Posted June 25, 200916 yr comment_5441157 #197 9/5/97 June 13, 1985 Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura - (International Tag Title) - Damn, Murdoch is channeling his inner-Brody as he interacts with the crowd. Only missing the chain. North/South controls early on the match.. oh shit, they are in control, déjà-vu! If you c=guys can’t get hyped for the way they tore Kimura apart early on, I don’t know what the fuck to say to you. After some brawling in the crowd, they reset the match with Fujinami and Kimura firing up and putting the North-South on the defensive with no miscommunication between the two gaijin. North/South end up falling out of the ring again and more brawling outside leaves North-South damaged. Ending was weak but this was nothing like the Manila match. Not as strong as that match but still a nomination. I am calling bullshit on the ‘North/South matches are all alike” memo. Maybe they use the same offensive moves but that is like saying that “Fujiwara always uses headbutts “ or “Maeda kicks too much”. No, it is part of what makes them enjoyable to watch. Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan - (IWGP Final) - The crowd is amped for these guys. A little slow in the beginning but it picks up once Hogan starts unloading some sweet forearms. Di he ever rely on the forearms in the states and I just missed it? Both Hogan and Ibnoki traded big moves and Inoki even uses a blatant choke that sends Hogan to the outside to regroup. Just good stuff by both guys. At one point, you could tell Inoki was accustomed to the enziguiri but I guess he decided to just use a dropkick instead since it was Hogan. They brawl outside and Inoki wins on a countout. I was banking on a double countout. Anyway, I’ll go low-level nomination since I enjoyed the match but not a match I’ll go to the wall for.
