Posted August 30, 200817 yr comment_5434308 August 10th & 17th 1984: The Cobra vs. El Canek Just a trainwreck, bad execution, blown spots, dull work. Can’t believe two wrestlers this good could have a match this bad. Kuniyaki Kobayashi/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Riki Choshu vs. Rip Oliver/British Bulldogs Cboshu’s Army v. Olivers Army and this match felt like it could have used Mean Mike Miller and the Grappler instead of the Bulldogs, Oliver and Yatsu were fun but this wasn’t much Tatsumi Fujinami/Antonio Inoki vs. David Shultz/Bad News Allen Both Schultz and Allen are really good on the mike, I imagine I would enjoy them talking up this match way more then I enjoyed them wrestling it Animal Hamaguchi vs. Roger Smith I think this is in Pakistan (may be India or possibly Bangladesh) , which begs the question where does this go? In New Japan? Or in some other set? This was a bunch of fun, they start really basic, and then kick it into another gear with Hamaguchi taking some big bumps, and Smith winning with his awesome belly to belly suplex. Fuck It, it may be that I am just a ridiculous Roger Smith mark, but I am nominating this. Kengo Kimura vs. Bad News Allen Man this Pakistani show was pretty great, this may have been one of the best Bad News Allen matches I have seen, brawling, hard work, fun finish. I don’t think this would make a New Japan set, but if we put together a South Asian set, this should make it. Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. El Canek Pretty disappointing, never really got going, and this felt like they were going through the motions way more then anyone else on the Pakistani show. Osamu Kido/Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu This was your Choshu Army workrate tag, lots of fun stuff, with Yatsu especially looking awesome, but I think the heat was hurt by it being in Pakistan and the crowd not really knowing how to react to stuff Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Crusher I have no idea who Billy Crusher is, he doesn’t look Pakistani, and was damn good. Clubber forearms, nice suplexes, an awesome looking half takle half body press. Inoki is pretty awesome here, as all of his escapes from moves are great. Cool shit which should make either a South Asian or New Japan set.
