Posted May 14, 201015 yr comment_5450828 4- Nasty Boys vs. Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (Real World Tag League match, 10:46, 11/25/89) - This was actually a good match-up between the brawling team and the more athletic one, both possessed of ample attitude. But they didn't get enough time to make it memorable. 5- Davey Boy Smith/Dynamite Kid/Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Samson Fuyuki/Yoshinari Ogawa (13:48, 12/4/89) - This featured some good action, especially when Kawada was in the ring. He and Dynamite had some appealingly surly exchanges. But this wasn't nearly as good as the Bulldogs/Kobashi six man from the previous episode. No vote. 6- Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (Real World Tag League match, 11:59, 11/25/89) - Yatsu wore this ridiculous headgear that looked like a 1920s football helmet. They never found any kind of rhythm in this one, and it ended out of nowhere with Jumbo Thesz pressing Dynamite. 7- Abdullah the Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu (Real World Tag League match, 11:22, 11/25/89) - I enjoyed the Abby/Tenryu interplay, with Abby busting him open and Tenryu stiffing the shit out of the fat man in response. Singh stayed on the apron for long, merciful stretches before taking a clean fall off a Tenryu lariat. So it wasn't half bad but also wasn't dramatic enough to be essential.
September 18, 201015 yr comment_5455886 Real World Tag League: The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat) vs. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) (11/25/89) This had good crowd heat which is always a plus as they loved the Can-Ams. The action here was fast and furious and we even had some good brawling on the floor with Kroffat swinging chairs and Sags bringing the table into the ring then using the ringbell later. The ending would sorta come out of nowhere with Kroffat nuking Sags with the Tiger Driver but this was still a very fun match and could've been a nomination if it went longer with a stretch run. The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) & Kenta Kobashi vs. Ricky Fuyuki, Toshiaki Kawada, & Yoshinari Ogawa (12/4/89) Ogawa makes his Classics debut and isn't wearing zebra print although his partners are. This wasn't nearly as dynamic as the Can-Ams/Fuchi match but it was a pretty good match with the DK/Kawada exchanges, Davey nearly dropping Ogawa on his head on a press slam, & DK's top rope superplex on Fuyuki being the main highlights. The finish was neat too as you had a double spike piledriver on Ogawa for the finish. Good but not good enough. Real World Tag League: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) (11/25/89) This wasn't that good plus Yatsu is rocking the headwear but the Dogs don't work on it like Baba & Rusher did. The 5/24/89 match was way better than this one. Real World Tag League: Stan "The Lariat" Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh (11/25/89) This doesn't get going until Abby comes in and he forces Tenryu to juice and then Tenryu just chops the shit out of him in response. Hansen then kicks the hell out of Abby too forcing juice from him also. Singh didn't work much here so this was at least tolerable and did the clean job in the end so that was good.