Strong Machine #1 & Strong Machine #2 & Strong Machine #3 vs. The Cobra & Shunji Takano & Gran Hamada (1/25/85)

- Cobra is coming out with fire in this one. Cool visual as Cobra puts a Machine on his shoulders and Takano leaps and clotheslines him off. Both teams are looking good here including the Machines doing the same Hart Attack clothesline to Hamada as a receipt for the earlier Takano line. Cobra happens to be the face who gets punished the most but he also ends up with some decent hot tags. The end was sloppy which brings this down a bit but I enjoyed the match as a whole. We’ll go low-level nomination.

 

NJ Classics 182

In his TV listing, Dan had this listed as Hoshino instead of Hamada. But regardless ...

 

I didn't get the booking here as the Machines, supposedly a main-event force, struggled for 20 minutes to put away a trio of light heavies. The match had a meandering vibe as the teams traded offensive advantage. The Machines were getting more innovative in their triple teams but that wasn't enough to save this match.

A no from you and a low level from me is probably enough to kill the match.

Man Will fuck you for getting me excited about a Gran Hamada match, Hoshino motherfucker. More okay stuff, I liked the super hart attack clothesline, and stuff seemed a little cleaner hit. Fun but not a selection

Whatever... alot of this stuff was when I was just starting to super-watch. I had no idea we would have this big fucking problem of too many good matches.