Posted May 26, 201015 yr comment_5451305 All Japan Pro Wrestling (March 12 & March 26 1989) 1. Masa Fuchi vs Mighty Inoue - JIP about eight minutes in. Inour controlled Fuchi on the mat for a bit and then they traded roll-up attempts until Fuchi got the pin. Jeez, the junior belt seemed to change hands every time it was defended in '89. No vote. 2. Ricky Steamboat vs Tiger Mask - Reviewed on Classics. 3. Road Warriors & Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Shunji Takano - There was something inherently cool about watching Tenryu come out to "Iron Man" with Animal and Hawk. The match didn't have a lot of grace or flow but the crowd helped give it the feel of a big spectacle. Tenryu took a hell of a lot of punishment and his effort really made the match. Jumbo directed his trio into some nifty triple-knee drives. Takano hit some sick offense on Tenryu. The only one who didn't look good was Hawk. I'm amazed people saw so much star potential in that guy. Outside of his flying clotheslines and double team moves, he always came off as such a stiff. Anyway, this kept me entertained for 20 minutes and added another chapter to the Jumbo/Tenryu rivalry, so I'll give it a nomination. 4. Shunji Nakano & Shunji Takano vs Dustin Rhodes & Joel Deaton - I was excited to see Dustin in All-Japan. He didn't get to show much in this forgettable match, though he did win it with an elbow drop. 5. Genechiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Fuyuki vs Tom Zenk, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas - This moved along at a decent clip but didn't feature a single thing that won't be better represented in multiple other places on the set. 6. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Jumbo Tsuarta & Yoshiaki Yatsu - Reviewed on Classics.
