Posted December 2, 200816 yr comment_5436143 DVD #11 6/4/82 Tiger Mask/Osamu Kido vs. Gonzales/Estrada - Gonzales and Estrada did a lot of stalling and heel miscommunication spots. Sayama and Kido weren't exactly expert at playing into that style, so the match felt disjointed. Hamada/Hoshino vs. Perro Aguayo/Black Tiger - This passed the time pleasantly enough. But I watched it last night and already, I can't remember anything distinctive about it. Oh yeah, Hamada botched a springboard to the floor pretty badly and could easily have suffered a catastrophic injury. After that, they brawled to a double countout. Yatsu/Fujinami/Hogan vs. SD Jones/Allen/Abby - This was a mess, plain and simple. Even the brawling lacked requisite focus. 6/11/82 Tiger Mask vs. Les Thornton - They worked decently together. Thornton tried to wear down Tiger Mask by attacking his back (he used a backbreaker as his finisher.) Tiger Mask used his quickness to produce flurries of offense, no selling the back attack more than I would've liked. This was sort of a midrange Tiger Mask match. It had more structure than a lot of his stuff but lacked the wow moments that made him worth watching. Thornton played his role logically but without much fire. I can do without it. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo - JIP by about 5 minutes. Pretty good match-up, as Perro used high-flying and dirty tricks to remain competitive against the technically superior guy. Nothing remarkable, however. Hogan/Sakaguchi vs. Abby/Bad News Allen - My problem with the Bad News/Abby tags is that they're all so similar. Heels beat on the weaker face in their corner. Tag. Stronger face tosses Bad News around for a bit. Abby reinvolves himself and chaos ensues, leading to a DQ or countout. If the breakdown at the end feels that predictable, it fails to serve its purpose. And the work leading up to the craziness rarely stood out.
