Posted April 3, 200817 yr comment_5430370 Jumbo Tsuruta & John Tenta vs. Abdullah the Butcher & TNT (01/28/88) - This match took me completely off guard. This was perfectly acceptable tag wrestling. The first half was not much to write home about but the 2nd half was really hot with the crowd into all 4 wrestlers. The turning point happened when TNT came off the top rope and hit Abby instead of Jumbo. After that point, we get a pretty cool Tenta-Abby Fat Man standoff and a hot ending. Tenta tries to put TNT away wit ha Canadian backbreaker but Abby kicks him to break the hold. As Abby is going back to the ring apron, Tenta tags Jumbo and then knocks Abby off the apron and brawls with him on the outside. Inside the ring, TNT attempts a superkick, misses and receives a Jumbo lariat. Jumbo then gives the backdrop driver to end the match. This is a low-end tag nominee but worthy of nomination. I want you guys to check this one out. The post-match was fun also. (AJC 164)
May 7, 201015 yr comment_5450564 This was a bunch of fun. Early on, I enjoyed Abby coaching TNT on the finer points of a nerve hold from the apron. And I appreciated the heels focusing their nefarious double teams on Jumbo and thus leaving Tenta to be the dominant force for his side. He looked really good tossing TNT around. Finally, I liked Jumbo just obliterating TNT at the finish. Some of my favorite Jumbo moments come after he has unexpectedly struggled with a lesser opponent and finally says fuck it, I'm killing this little shit. Anyway, they got the crowd and me hyped, so I'm happy to push this one forward.
July 10, 201015 yr comment_5452986 This was a nice, hot 10 minutes. The crowd was completely jacked for Abby vs. Jumbo, and get into it more once TNT spikes Abby and Jumbo starts working him over with knees and kicks. The end run is what makes it, as there’s a bunch of cool stuff: great nearfall from an Abby elbowdrop to Tenta, TNT shooting across the ring after getting dropkicked by Tenta (REAL great spot). Abby beating up rookies after the match does nothing but help. LOW LEVEL NOMINATION!
September 15, 201015 yr comment_5455648 John Tenta & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Abdullah the Butcher & TNT (1/28/88) This was fun when Jumbo & Abby were in and the fans were into the Abby/Tenta battles before a pretty hot stretch run featuring a Tenta dropkick and Jumbo killing TNT with a lariat/backdrop driver combo for the win. Fun stuff but not a nomination.
