Posted July 7, 200817 yr comment_5432714 AWA Tag champions v. Southern tag champions, fun 10 minute spot sprint. Tanaka takes some nutty backdrops, crazy double team powebomb by the RPM's, fun stuff, not as good as the other stuff from these tapings, but damn good AWA ESPN Wrestling Classics
August 3, 200817 yr comment_5433580 - Tanaka was bumping like a mother but a few of them bumps were a few inches short of major botches. This was non-stop action but a little on the short side. Out of all the AWA Classic matches so far, this one felt more AWA than Memphis than the others but if you guys think it goes on Memphis then I won’t argue. However, I think that I was criminally short and not as strong a nom as other matches… including the midget tag
August 3, 200817 yr Author comment_5433581 As far as context goes, this was in MSC and had your Southern tag champs challenging for the AWA tag titles, RPM's were a CWA team, and this was no different then Lawler v. Bock, Henning or Martel
August 8, 200817 yr comment_5433782 Correct date on this is 9/19/88. Tanaka had a death wish here as he was going nuts bumping around like a pinball for the RPM's who were the heels here. This was pretty much an all-action match like Will said with both teams looking good on offense especially the RPM's and that powerbomb. Finish sorta came out of nowhere and this was a quick match that could've used another couple of minutes at least. I'm on the fence on this one.
