Posted March 11, 200817 yr comment_5429359 Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA Title, 4/24/85) - Flair-Jumbo is one of those matchups where we really have to watch all of them back to back to see which ones should move forward. I liked this match and will nomiante it but I felt like I had been here before. All of the Flair and Jumbo spots and sequences are here. The big spot here is Flair reversinga suplex and sending Jumbo to the outside. Flair tries to capitalize but Jumbo rams him into the ringpost. As Jumbo tries to make his way in the ring, Flair nearly tears his shorts off. However, both men are counted out and nothing is settled. (AJC 113)
December 1, 200915 yr comment_5446093 Good match but it really didn't add anything to their stuff from '81-'83. As Will mentioned, they did a lot of the same spots, and this lacked the big-time atmosphere and dramatic swings of their earlier stuff. If it were their only match, I'd slap it on the set for sure, but in context, I'm leaning no.
September 1, 201015 yr comment_5455242 NWA World Heavyweight Title: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair © vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (4/24/85) Great to see Dick Slater in Flair's corner here. Flair & Jumbo have worked enough against each other by now that they have their own formula match and this is it as you can pretty much telegraph what is going to happen and when. It doesn't really matter though because this is still a damn good match with both men working their ass off. Flair would take a brutal backdrop driver by Jumbo which led to a great stretch run with Flair getting a figure-four and the crowd going nuts then Jumbo getting one of his own before the battle went to the floor where Flair held Jumbo's tights showing his ass to keep him from coming back in the ring for a double countout. This was a really solid match and while it may be the lesser of the series I've seen so far, it's still a nomination.
