Posted February 23, 200817 yr comment_5428477 Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race (UN title, 4/22/82) - Nothing really special early on. It reminded me of a Jumbo-Bock match which is disappointing considering Harley Race is in the ring. The match picks up as Race gives Jumbo a few headbutts, making him bleed in the process. At this point, the match picks up as both guys brawl, Race attacks Jumbo’s cut and Jumbo makes the fiery comeback. In the end, Jumbo and Race keep blasting each other with stiff shots, both ending up in a bloody mess. Race ends up getting DQed for shoving the ref (is that Lou Thesz?) but that doesn’t stop these two from going at each other. I’ll consider this a low-level nomination thanks to the exciting 2nd half of the match.
April 6, 201015 yr comment_5449071 These guys didn't sell anything, and I'm sure some will be bothered by Harley's standard meaningless piledriver on the floor. But I still really enjoyed this after Harley busted Jumbo hardway with the headbutts. Harley threw these great little corkscrew knuckle punches to keep the blood flowing. And Jumbo blasted right back, so you had both guys bleeding and nailing each other in the face, which was great. Then, we got one of the shittier endings I've seen so far as Lou Thesz waved it off, because, uhhhm, they were fighting too hard? I'll second the lukewarm nomination because of the top-notch brawling, but boy did I want to reach into the TV and slap Thesz when he called it.
August 25, 201015 yr comment_5454961 NWA United National Heavyweight Title: Jumbo Tsuruta © vs. "Mr. Puroresu" Harley Race (4/22/82) Lou Thesz is the referee here. This started out as moves for the sake of moves as they were throwing out stuff haphazardly especially Race and his piledrivers but it picked up very nicely when Race headbutted Jumbo until he juiced then posted him on the floor. Jumbo is bleeding good here then makes a good fiery comeback taking it to Harley posting him on the floor causing him to juice. Then both take turns into pounding each other hard with Thesz trying to get in the middle so Harley hits him a couple of times then calls the match as they tumble to the floor to continue their brawling. The 2nd half dominates the 1st half and makes this match a nomination to me.
