Posted October 3, 200817 yr comment_5434991 Disc 25 November 09th & 16th 1984: 1. Tiger Toguchi/Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Brian Blair/Masked Superstar - Sakaguchi got to look like a badass, throwing some stiff knees and submitting Blair with a half-crab. Not a particularly noteworthy tag overall. 2. Hiro Saito vs. The Cobra - Again, Saito reined Cobra into a solid little match. This one was actually better as it carried more of an air of nastiness. Cobra cut off Saito's pre-bell attack by snapping his kendo stick. Saito then controlled the early portion with his heelish combination of throat chops, chokes, etc. Cobra used his athleticism to rally but also mixed in more brawling than I'd seen him do in any other match this year. At one point, they squared off on their knees and just pounded the shit out of each other. Match ended after they spilled outside and Saito again hurled Cobra over the rail. The over-the-rail DQ always strikes me as a reasonable heel copout ending, so it never bothers me. Anyway, I like this feud and the nastiness of this particular match enough to throw it on the block for disciussion. 3. Tatsumi Fujinami/Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Machines - Inoki seemed fairly fired up for this one, but the match was little more than a prop to set up another factional brawl between his posse and the Machines/Saito. Yawn. 4. Jerry Morrow/Andre the Giant vs. Strong Machines - Machines pounded Morrow. Andre entered. Machines scattered. Not much of a match. 5. Tiger Toguchi/Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch - Pretty typical Adonis and Murdoch against a lower-tier opponent. They always delivered some pretty cool offense, but nothing distinguished their performance here. Actually, the match dragged on for quite awhile, given that the outcome never seemed in doubt. Toguchi wasn't very good, and I thought they gave him too much offense. 6. Tatsumi Fujinami/Antonio Inoki vs. Wild Samoan/Hulk Hogan - This was short and designed to remind us that Hogan and Inoki were the unassailable gods of wrestling. As if we'd ever been allowed to forget it.
