Posted May 3, 201015 yr comment_5450383 (150) 5. Baba/John Tenta v. Rusher Kimura/Garo Tsurumi (05/01/87) - God, Tenta was skinny. And that's about the sum total I took from watching this. 6. Road Warriors vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/John Tenta (Int'l Tag Title, 06/08/87) - Below average Warriors in Japan. 7. Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh (06/11/87) - This was horrible. Baba should've stopped working singles in '85. 8. Jumbo Tsuruta/Tiger Mask vs. Tenyru/Hara (06/11/87) - This might've been the first Jumbo vs. Tenryu after Tenryu went on his own. The crowd was super hyped every time they teased going at it in the first 5 minutes. Actually, the match featured a nice two-layer story, with Tenryu trying to show he could handle Jumbo and Misawa trying to show he belonged in this level of tag. The Misawa plot dominated the first half, and he looked really sharp. I particularly liked the wide camera shot of his swank dive to the floor on Tenryu. In the second half, they got down to the business of Jumbo and Tenryu which was pretty great. Tenryu and Hara managed to neutralize Misawa on the outside and really took it to Jumbo with a bunch of nasty suplexes and double lariats. In fact, they got DQed because they wouldn't quit the double-team beatdown. Kind of a letdown because the match was going so well, but it made sense for a feud-building tag. Anyway, solid nomination.
September 9, 201015 yr comment_5455488 Giant Baba & John Tenta vs. Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi (5/1/87) Ugh. NWA International Tag Titles: The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) © vs. John Tenta & Jumbo Tsuruta (6/8/87) Tenta was too green for this and this just wasn't a good match. Jumbo being partnered up with Tenta & Wajima on consecutive days....no wonder he became a huge dick later on. Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh (6/11/87) Yeesh. Tiger Mask II & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Revolution (Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu) (6/11/87) This is the first match between Jumbo & Tenryu on opposite teams and the Osaka fans are into this fierce as Jumbo runs and slaps Tenryu on the apron wanting him to tag in and when he does the fans go nuts. TM has a mission of his own here since he is now Jumbo's regular partner, he wants to prove himself to everyone including himself that he belongs here and he goes a good job such as hitting a huge plancha from the top rope to Tenryu on the floor. Jumbo & Tenryu would finally get a long run against each other here and this is just great stuff with both men going to war with Hara & TM hanging right with them every step of the way. Revolution would then get rid of TM and just destroyed Jumbo enough for Joe Higuchi to call for the bell stopping the match. This was just awesome and a definite nomination.
