Posted February 24, 200817 yr comment_5428522 All Japan Classics 94 Chavo Guerrero vs. Masa Fuchi (NWA Int'l Jr. Title, 8/31/83) - This was much more action-packed than their dull American match. The theme of this amtch was how are you going to escape my hold and capitalize off of it. Early on, I really loved how Chavo held onto his neck vice through several sequences as Fuchi tried in vain to escape. In turn, Chavo had to work out of an arm grapevine and turned it into a bow and arrow hold. Later on, he escaped a neck scissor by picking Fuchi up and dropping him head first on the turnbuckle. It looked better than I described it. By the end, the crowd was hot and Chavo finally put it away with a rollup flip. This was much moe exciting than the Savannah match and is on par with the Inoue match I nominated. I think this was better though. Easy nomination. Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (PWF Title, 9/8/83) - This feud has jumped the shark and baba looks like he has regressed even more. It wasn’t horrible but nothing like some of the early barnburners. Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (Int'l Title, 10/14/83) - This was ok and reminded me of the May match. Still, I don’t think we need both on this set when there are so many awesome matches still to come on this set.
August 30, 201015 yr comment_5455152 NWA International Jr. Heavyweight Title: Chavo Guerrero © vs. Masa Fuchi (8/31/83) Fuchi's ring jacket is quite fabulous here. This was good stuff as it was a game of mental chess as well as physical as both men were trying to outthink the other whenever one tried to get the advantage and this led to some really good counter wrestling and in Fuchi's case being agile on the floor avoiding dives by Chavo. Onita was shown on the floor cheering on his best friend as he was mounting a comeback on Chavo trying to win the title that Onita had to vacate due to injuries and that was a nice touch. The crowd got hot around this time as the match was really getting going and Fuchi broke out this funky version of the figure-four which looked like it hurt like hell which led to a really fun stretch run with Fuchi coming so close but Chavo would get the win on a sunset flip. This moves forward easily. PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba © vs. Stan "The Lariat" Hansen (9/8/83) Yeah Baba is starting to slow down by this time and this definitely isn't as good as their matches last year. The fans were into it and the action was okay but this isn't a nomination even with Hansen getting the big win. NWA International Heavyweight Title: Jumbo Tsuruta © vs. Bruiser Brody (10/14/83) This was a fine match but I've seen so much better from these two and this just didn't captivate me like the others did. Not a nomination.
