Blog Note: There was a stellar 5 on 5 elimination bout that took place on 3/26/86. Between NJPW and the UWFI, a shoot style grappling based promotion! The match is great and worth your time if you love that style(i do)! I chose not to do a review because i am not familiar with the UWFI guys and not knowing names makes for a bad review! But please as I said if you like that MMA Hybrid style seek it out!
3/27/86 Central States Heavyweight Title match Champion "Bulldog" Bob Brown defends against the late great Harley Race! Brown is managed by a very young looking "Dr of Style" Slick! The ring announcer says before the bout that Bob Brown's original challenger Jerry Blackwell had been injured by Brown, but the promoter had found a replacement 8 times NWA Champ Harley Race! Brown and Slick do a great job of going berserk! The action quickly spills out to the floor where Brown drives Race chest first in the safety rail thin hits him with three rather soft looking/sounding chair shots to the chest.Harley controlled about 90% of this ten minute match! This match would have been good in 66, and i think damn great in 76! By 86 this was slow plodding and looked like two grizzled vets trying not to get hurt! I don't blame them. They fought on the floor several times, The finish saw Brown take a chair in the ring and try to hit Race in the corner. Harley moved and brown took the chair to the head as it bounced off the turnbuckle. Harley then used a sunset flip to pin a bent over Brown to capture the title! Everything about this match screamed "Time Warp and not in a positive way!
AJPW TV 3/29/86 Match #1 Killer Khan vs Ted Dibiase DiBiase's ring attire looks like a cross between Rambo(the thing around his head) and a cowboy (he had chaps on) this was damn weird! This was a quick but solid match. DiBiase is one if the all-time greats and Khan for being a crazy man knew how to work with American Wrestlers. He was a big star for the then WWWF in the early 80's with his big push coming while "breaking the leg" of Andre the Giant! Neither man had an advantage for a long period of time during the match! Early on DiBiase hit a top rope elbow that popped the crowd.Khan came back with knees and eye rakes! At one time they fought on the floor where Ole Killer used a chair on teddy. Khan had a blood curdling scream when he was on offense it was great! One more piece in the "he is legit Nuts" persona! Thet battled on the floor each trying to suplex the other! The made it back in the ring before the countot still in the suplex position! Just a nice touch! Khan got Dq'd after he went for his cross chop to the throat move and dibiase ducked and Khan creamed the ref! the continued to brawl for several minute after the bell, your winner Ted Dibiase!
Match#2 Kuniaki Kobayashi Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Tenryu Haru Sonoda and Tiger Mask Kobayashi and Tiger Mask had a long standing blood feud and great in ring chemistry! The first major turning point in the contest happened when Choshu caught tiger mask with a beauty of a back suplex,back drop suplex in Japan! Tiger Mask fought back once Kobayashi was tagged back in, but he was subdued once again after being trapped in his foes corner by some stiff Yatsu chops. Mask finally makes to his corner and tags Sonoda But it isn't long until Choshu and crew have him beat down. Kobayashi hits him with a spinng kick to the back and puts him in a single leg Boston crab. Sonda manages to trip him and makes the tag to Tenryu. Tenryu does the Rick Steiner upside down porersham into the turnbuckle then hits a running powerslam for a near fall! Kobayashi manages to get to the middle rope and come off with the side body press for a two count! he does not get a pin but he does scramble up and tag Choshu! Tenryu quickly tags out to Tiger Mask. Choshu takes control with the Scorpion Death Lock(Sting took the move from him on a tour of Japan!) Soon after Sonda comes in a hits a bulldog headlock. When he goes for a second one tiger pushes him off hits a rooling sabat kick to the head and makes the tag. Then a six way brawl breaks out. In the midst of the chaos Choshu hits Sonda with a lariat and gets the pin! this was a great match! The finish did come out of nowhere however!
Match #3 Main event Jumbo Tsuruta PWF International champion vs Stan Hansen AWA and PWF Heavyweight Champion! I love when these two wrestle it is always stiff and believable! This feud lasted for years! It starts out quick(as every match i have seen between these two did). With stiff chops thrown by both. Hansen takes a elbow from Jumbo goes down but rises and fires Tsuruta to the floor. the brawl for a moment then Tsuruta throws Hansen back in. Stan hits a back elbow and lock on a hard reverse chinlock mid-ring. Jumbo makes it to his feet and tries to throw Hansen off but Stan rolls thru to maintain control. Tsuruta comes back up and manages to wrench Hansen's arm down acoss his shoulder. Hansen briefly fires back as Jumbo continues to dissect the arm. Tsuruta takes the advantage back by using the hammerlock again weakening the arm.Hansen drives Jumbo's head into the turnbuckle goes for a short tackle Tsuruta sidesteps it, Hansen hits the buckle and goes flying out over the top rope. Tsuruta goes to the floor and throws Hansen shoulder 1st into the ringpost. The foes get back in the ring where Hansen takes charge with a short kneelift a couple chops and a high knee(a Tsuruta trademark) After taking more punishment Jumbo hits a lariat, when he goes for a second one Hansen Ducks and headbutts Tsuruta in the stomach. A great counter I have never seen Hansen use! Stan then hits a crisp snap suplex and a belly to belly suplex for near falls. He tries a running elbow smash but Tsuruta counters with the Lou Thez press and then a small package for two near fall of his own! Jumbo hits a high knee that puts Stan on the floor outside. Tsuruta goes outside and nails Hansen with a high knee from the apron to the floor. He then tries for a second high knee on the floor Hansen moves and Tsuruta hits the ringpost knee first. Hansen grabs him and attempts a back suplex over the safety rail, but he looses his balance and both go over the barricade hard! The ref has been counting this whole time and reaches 20 so, double countout! A great match with a unique "Scewjob"finish! did i mention I love these two!
Four different bouts in this blog for sure!
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