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Post by chazraps on Apr 13, 2020 23:10:29 GMT -5
WWF & AJPW present The Wrestling Summit 1990 Tokyo Dome Big Egg Revisited this show today, and boy it's a lot of fun! (footage in my Instagram stories chazraps ) Randy Savage getting the audience to just absolutely hate his guts, Giant Baba getting the biggest Tokyo Dome pop I've ever heard, Andre the Giant in 1990 absolutely more motivated than I recall him being for a long while at that point with his working boots on, Hulk Hogan and Stan Hansen brawling into the crowd (including Hansen whamming Hogan with a chair and then throwing-and connecting- the chair at the ref and still not getting disqualified), Greg Valentine coming out to Roxette's "The Look." Just a super fun show and such a different refreshing take on 1990 WWF. Anyone seen this? IVP Videos has the original Japanese broadcast with original music for $2.99 - new.ivpvideos2.com/product_info.php?products_id=3565 (clips of the undercard matches are on this other disc new.ivpvideos2.com/product_info.php?products_id=3566 ) |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 13, 2020 23:20:43 GMT -5
Fun fact: The original main event was supposed to be Hogan vs. Terry Gordy. Hansen talked his good buddy Gordy into backing out (he convinced him that losing to a non-champion Hogan here meant he'd be toast as a Japan attraction and it would kill his chances of a US run).
And then once Gordy backed out, Hansen swooped in, took the match, the L, and the main event money.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 14, 2020 1:14:33 GMT -5
For anyone who isn't familiar with this show: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF/AJPW/NJPW_Wrestling_SummitThe line-up: Dan Kroffat, Doug Furnas, and Joe Malenko vs Samson Fuyuki, Tatsumi Kitahara, and Toshiaki Kawada Jushin Thunder Liger vs Akira Nogami Jimmy Snuka and Tito Santana vs Kenta Kobashi and Masanobu Fuchi Bret Hart vs Tiger Mask (II aka Misawa) The Great Kabuki vs Greg Valentine Jake Roberts vs The Big Boss Man Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs Masahiro Chono and Riki Choshu (IWGP Tag Titles) Jumbo Tsuruta and King Haku vs Mr. Perfect and Rick Martel Genichiro Tenryu vs Randy Savage (with Sensational Sherri) The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs Ted DiBiase (Singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship) André the Giant and Giant Baba vs Demolition (Ax and Smash) Hulk Hogan vs Stan Hansen |
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Post by chazraps on Apr 14, 2020 1:39:43 GMT -5
Before anyone asks, yes Jake Roberts and Boss Man were both faces at the time, but Boss Man worked the match as his heel version of Boss Man that he used in Japan.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 14, 2020 9:56:05 GMT -5
I adore that Savage/Tenryu match. They don’t do anything too fancy outside of big dives and a running Tenryu senton, but they just beat the crap out of each other and the crowd is way into it. Sherri outside going nuts as the coach, it’s great stuff.
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Apr 14, 2020 10:09:37 GMT -5
I've known about this show forever, but reading that card makes it seem unbelievable. Like something that would get mocked on here as a dream card for being too unrealistic
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 14, 2020 10:39:46 GMT -5
I adore that Savage/Tenryu match. They don’t do anything too fancy outside of big dives and a running Tenryu senton, but they just beat the crap out of each other and the crowd is way into it. Sherri outside going nuts as the coach, it’s great stuff. The best part is that Tenryu is having none of Savage's BS. It's on such level of "Man, f*** this guy!", it's not humanly possible. Also, we got Bret vs. Misawa(as Tiger Mask II), two guys who were arguably the best wrestlers of the decade. |
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Post by Mecca on Apr 14, 2020 10:57:19 GMT -5
I adore that Savage/Tenryu match. They don’t do anything too fancy outside of big dives and a running Tenryu senton, but they just beat the crap out of each other and the crowd is way into it. Sherri outside going nuts as the coach, it’s great stuff. The best part is that Tenryu is having none of Savage's BS. It's on such level of "Man, f*** this guy!", it's not humanly possible. Also, we got Bret vs. Misawa(as Tiger Mask II), two guys who were arguably the best wrestlers of the decade. Yet that match isn't all that good and Bret later went on to say Misawa wasn't fun to work with at all. |
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 14, 2020 11:32:47 GMT -5
The best part is that Tenryu is having none of Savage's BS. It's on such level of "Man, f*** this guy!", it's not humanly possible. Also, we got Bret vs. Misawa(as Tiger Mask II), two guys who were arguably the best wrestlers of the decade. Yet that match isn't all that good and Bret later went on to say Misawa wasn't fun to work with at all. Sometimes two guys just can't click. |
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