Posted May 5, 201015 yr comment_5450475 (taped 9.12.87) 1 - Tenryu/Ashura Hara vs. Stan Hansen/Joel Deaton (PWF Tag Title) - This was all about which lesser partner could last longer. Deaton was pretty good as a guy getting his ass kicked and teasing little comebacks. And the brief Tenryu/Hansen showdowns were hot. But this never quite produced the kind of moment that would demand a nomination. (taped 11.26.87) 2 - Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Yoshiaki Yatsu - Hansen and Gordy spent a chunk of time working on Jumbo's back, but that really didn't go anywhere. Instead, we moved to a section of work on Hansen's leg. He did a great job of selling for Yatsu's modified figure four. And then he hit one of those sudden, game changing lariats. Instead of building on that, however, Yatsu rolled outside and took a countout. Disappointing match overall. (taped 12.2.87) 3 - Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Giant Baba/Hiroshi Wajima - This focused way too much on Wajima working holds, not a way to win my attention.
September 15, 201015 yr comment_5455636 Already seen Revolution vs. Deaton/Hansen Real World Tag League: Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy & Stan "The Lariat" Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (11/26/87) This had some good back and forth action featuring the Hansen/Jumbo formula of working the arm. I loved Jumbo's lariat on Gordy after getting out of his piledriver attempt. Jumbo takes a lot of punishment here but the crowd is near silent as he makes the tag to Yatsu who comes in cleaning house before getting the Prison Lock on Hansen although Gordy breaks it up before getting it on again. Jumbo holds Gordy at bay as Hansen tries his best to get free crying out in pain. Jumbo would just nail Gordy with a backdrop driver as he tried to break it up but Hansen would finally get in the ropes to get free. Yatsu would then come running but Hansen nailed with a lariat standing on one fucking leg and that was awesome. Yatsu rolled to the floor with Jumbo rooting him on to get back in the ring but not helping him back in which was ridiculous as Joe Higuchi would count him out. The finishing run put this over the top for me as the match was on the border before that so I think this is a nomination. Real World Tag League: Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima vs. Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy & Stan "The Lariat" Hansen (12/2/87) Wajima was in for almost the entire match and it wasn't good so not a nomination.
