Posted June 29, 201015 yr comment_5452546 DVD #18 August25：Isesaki citizen gymnasium (aired 8/30/86) Kuniaki Kobayashi/ANIMAL HAMAGUCHI vs. HIRO SAITO/SUPER STRONG MACHINE - JIP. Lots of wild, back-and-forth offense here, but they really didn't show enough for it to merit consideration. I love Hamaguchi's hook clothesline out of the corner as a counter. Tiger Mask vs. Invader #3 - Another match in which Misawa took some brawling offense from a luchador and then won casually with a dive. Blah. Takashi Ishikawa/JUMBO TSURUTA vs. TIGER JEET SINGH/KILLER KHAN - I liked Jumbo attacking Singh with his own sword at the bell. Singh and Khan spent most of the match clubbing on Ishikawa. When Jumbo tagged in and went after Khan's leg, I thought the match might go somewhere interesting. But no. In typical Singh fashion it ended with both teams DQed for using a chair. Samson Fuyuki/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu/Riki Choshu - This started with about 10 minutes of solid back-and-forth action. But they really got my attention when Choshu knocked Fuyuki off the top turnbuckle with a lariat and Fuyuki re-entered the ring with a bad cut. Choshu and Yatsu worked the cut with some nasty punches and top-rope double teams, and Fuyuki ended up with a Masa-Saito-level gusher. Tenryu made a great save, catching Yatsu with a lariat in the middle of an attempted bulldog. That set up a hot tag, and Tenryu cleaned house for a few minutes before giving Fuyuki his shot at revenge. It was fun to see Fuyuki -- a bloody, tubby mess -- hit a big splash off the top. Yatsu, however, turned the tide on the wounded man. Tenryu tried to make a another save but in a nifty reverse of the previous spot, Choshu caught him with a lariat and followed with a big lariat on Fuyuki for the win. Tenryu couldn't stomach the result and hurt Choshu's ribs with an attack at ringside, setting up their great singles match the following week. The crowd stayed oddly subdued, but between the blood, the cool saves from the apron and the post-match attack, I thought this was pretty damn good. Nomination. September3：Osaka castle hall (aired 9/6/86) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu - Reviewed on Classics. NWAInternational・Heavyweight／Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta - Reviewed on Classics.
