Posted October 27, 200816 yr comment_5435402 DVD 7 3/26/86: Elimination Match: Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda, & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada, & Kazuo Yamazaki - As we've covered elsewhere, a classic and a strong contender to finish No. 1 in the poll. Keichii Yamada vs. Tatsutoshi Goto - Good match with some tight mat exchanges, a few bursts of high-end offense from Yamada and a clean finish. Nothing about it screamed that it had to be on the set, however. 3/24/86: Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Osamu Kido - Really solid tag that seemed on the way to a possible nomination but ended very abruptly in what felt like the middle of the match. Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Chris Adams, Matt Borne, & The Jackal - This was pretty entertaining. You had the story of Ueda seeking revenge on guys who had spurned his managerial services, and Adams took a real asskicking during his heel-in-peril segments. But I hated that Inoki took the win when the story of the match was Ueda's.
