Posted August 12, 200817 yr comment_5433934 Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr vs Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura - This episode of TV ends during a face-in-peril segment, and the match concludes on the next episode. A very well worked U.S. style tag match and thus, a welcome change of pace. I love Adonis and Orton as a heel team. They made Inoki look great with their crazy bumping, they tossed in a million little dirty double-team tactics and they looked really vicious when necessary. Adonis had to have been one of the all-time greats at mixing borderline cartoonish bumps with brutal-looking offense. No wonder he ended up with Murdoch. Inoki had a great hot tag, looking genuinely pissed that the gaijin had pounded on Kimura for so long. But once Kimura tagged back in, Adonis masterfully steered him back to the heel corner. They finished him with a nasty-looking double team highspot. This was a solid match that used everyone to best effect, so I'll nominate it.
June 28, 200916 yr comment_5441270 Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr vs Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura, NJ TV 3/4/83 - Adonis and Orton worked really well on KImura, just abusing him including a nifty hammerlock slam by Adonis. I was also taken aback by Inoki's willingness to let himself be controlled by the gaijin but this is really all about the Americans kicking Kimura's ass. I really enjoyed this but I mark for Adonis. The ending was perfect because as much as Kimura got his ass kicked, he desreved to take the fall. However, even though I second the nomination, I don't think this is as good as the Murdoch/Adonis tags I nominated. (Need to edit from 3/4 and 3/11 episodes)
August 27, 200916 yr comment_5443392 Yeah I liked this a lot, Orton was great here, slowly kicking ass, and breaking out some big highspots, including a dive to the floor. Adonis did some big bumping and Inoki was good as avenger. Solid nomination.
