Posted July 1, 201015 yr comment_5452631 Funk worked cowardly heel early, letting Choshu slap him around in the ring and taking long breaks outside. Funk finally got in some offense and tossed Choshu over the guardrail. A frustrated Choshu then tossed his PWF belt at Funk, who happily took it and posed with it at ringside. Funk bladed off of a whip into the ringpost and Choshu followed by working over the cut with punches. Terry did his usual great transition from wobbly selling to firing off jabs and headbutts. I was digging the match but it ended more abruptly than I would've liked. Choshu put Terry in the scorpion and Dory helped him to the ropes twice before jumping in the ring and attacking Choshu for the DQ. I guess this set up the Funks for matches with Choshu and Yatsu. I'm going to toss it on the block because it's a cool match-up and they did some fun stuff. But I'm thinking this might end up as an extra rather than a voting match. 1986 All Japan TV Disc 21
September 16, 201015 yr comment_5455790 Riki Choshu vs. Terry Funk, 10/21/86 (TV21) - Terry’s overselling in the beginning was annoying, not clever. Come on, I can deal with stalling but for such a short match, this served no purpose. Thankfully, Choshu was fed up and busts Terry open. It’s pretty cool that once Terry is busted open, the only offense Choshu attempts is punching Terry’s face. Good stuff. I’ll take a Terry-Riki punching contest any day of the week. I mean, shit, this may be the simplest match I have ever seen. Terry counters the punches with headbutts, misses a charge so Choshu starts kicking his leg to set up the Sharpshooter… then it was over. Man, I was sort of annoyed with the beginning, loved the punching-headbutt, kicking section and then it just ends. I want another ten minutes from these guys. I can’t push it forward in good conscience. If they would have gone balls to the walls for ten minutes before the finish, it would have been an enthusiastic thumbs up. As it stands, they were building towards an epic without delivering one.
October 6, 201014 yr comment_5456844 PWF Heavyweight Title: Riki Choshu © vs. Terry Funk (10/21/86) God this pissed me off because this is a match that should've been awesome but it was far from it. There was some fun stuff especially after Terry juiced but the finish sucked and this was just a disappointment. Not a nomination.
