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AJ 1981 TV #13
-2hr 5min. Q=PG/Gd

Super Power Series 5/22/81 Kawasaki City Gym

Kintaro Oki vs. David Von Erich

Ricky Steamboat & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. The Sheik & Bugsy McGraw

5/29/81 Omiya Skate Center

Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bugsy McGraw & The Sheik

Jumbo Tsuruta & Ricky Steamboat vs. The Destroyer & Jimmy Snuka

6/3/81 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center

Ricky Steamboat vs. Jimmy Snuka

Giant Baba & Kintaro Oki vs. Bugsy McGraw & The Sheik

6/5/81 Asahikawa City General Gym

Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs. David Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich

Jumbo Tsuruta Ricky Steamboat vs. The Sheik & Jimmy Snuka

AJ 1981 TV #14
-1hr 55min. Q=VG/Ex/PG

5/29/81 Omiya Skate Center: Jumbo Tsuruta & Ricky Steamboat vs. The Destroyer & Jimmy Snuka

6/5/81 Asahikawa City General Gym

Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs. David Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich

Jumbo Tsuruta Ricky Steamboat vs. The Sheik & Jimmy Snuka

6/11/81 Korakuen Hall

Asia Tag Title: Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich vs. Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa. TV & HH versions

Ricky Steamboat vs. The Sheik

NWA United National Title Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Jimmy Snuka. TV & HH versions

AJPW G+ Puroresu Classic #25 3/8/04
-2hr. Q=Perfect

10/12/75 Osaka, 2/3 Falls: Giant Baba & Anton Geesink vs. Stan Hansen & Bobby Jaggers

10/30/75 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: The Destroyer vs. Stan Hansen

01/05/79 Kanagawa Kawasaki-shi Taiikukan: Bruiser Brody & King Iaukea vs. The Destroyer & Giant Baba

07/19/75 Nagano Sports Center: Fritz Von Erich vs. Giant Baba

07/25/75 Tokyo, Texas Death Match & NWA World Heavyweight Challenger Decision Match: Fritz Von Erich vs. Giant Baba

06/10/81 Akita: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. David Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich

AJPW G+ Puroresu Classic #39 9/5/05
-2hr. Q=Perfect

6/10/81 Akita: Kintaro Oki vs. The Sheik

7/4/81 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dick Slater vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

7/6/81 Akita: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Bobby Heenan

10/6/81 Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center

NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Ric Flair vs. Genichiro Tenryu

International Tag Title Match: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka

AJ 1981 TV #16
-2hr 5min. Q=VG-Ex

7/3/81 Kumagaya Citizen Gym

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Victor Rivera

Akio Sato & Takashi Takashi Ishikawa vs. Great Marshalborg & Killer Tor Kamata

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Slater & Billy Robinson

7/6/81 Lake Tazawa Obonai Town Gym

Motoshi Okuma & Great Kojika vs. Great Marshalborg & Killer Tor Kamata

Giant Baba & Rocky Hata vs. Billy Robinson & Dick Slater

Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Bobby Heenan

7/13/81 Sunagawa City Gym

Giant Baba & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Billy Robinson & Victor Rivera

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Slater

AJ 1981 TV #17
-1hr 30min. Q=VG/Ex

7/4/81 Korakuen Hall

Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Bobby Heenan & Larry Zbyszko

Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Dick Slater

PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba vs. Killer Tor Kamata

7/23/81 Uozu City Gym

Asia Tag Title: Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato vs. Victor Rivera & Rufus Jones

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Billy Robinson

AJ 1981 TV #18
-1hr 20min. Q=Ex

7/17/81 Shimotsuma Municipal Gym

Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Billy Robinson & Dick Slater

6/21/81 NWA World Heavyweight Title: Harley Race vs. Dusty Rhodes

International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Great Marshalborg & Killer Tor Kamata

12/6/75 World Open Title: Harley Race vs. Dusty Rhodes

6/21/81 NWA World Heavyweight Title: Harley Race vs. Dusty Rhodes

International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Great Marshalborg & Killer Tora Killer Tor Kamata

AJ 1981 TV #19
-1hr 50min. Q=VG-Ex

7/30/81 Korakuen Hall 2/3 Falls International Tag Title: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Billy Robinson

8/22/81 Korakuen Hall

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta & Dos Caras vs. Anibal & Chavo Guerrero & Dr. Wagner

Ricky Steamboat vs. Mil Mascaras

Ricky Steamboat & Mil Mascaras vs. Gino Hernandez & Gypsy Joe

8/28/81 Sanjo Welfare Hall

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta & Gypsy Joe & Gino Hernandez

2/3 Falls PWF Cup Tag Team Tournament Final: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Ricky Steamboat & Chavo Guerrero

9/4/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym International Junior Heavyweight Title: Dos Caras vs. Anibal

AJ 1981 TV #20
-2hr. Q=VG/Gd/Ex

8/20/81 Korakuen Hall

Jumbo Tsuruta & Dos Caras vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ricky Steamboat. HH & TV versions

Giant Baba vs. Gypsy Joe. HH

Chavo Guerrero vs. Masao Ito. HH

Mil Mascaras vs. Gino Hernandez

Battle royal

PWF Cup Tag Team Tournament First Round: Takashi Ishikawa & Sato vs. Anibal & Wagner. HH

8/22/81 Korakuen Hall

PWF Cup Tag Team Tournament First Round: Gino Hernandez & Gypsy Joe vs. Motoshi Okuma & Great Kojika

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta & Dos Caras vs. Doctor Wagner & Chavo Guerrero & Anibal

2/3 Falls: Ricky Steamboat vs. Mill Mascaras

Special Match: Ricky Steamboat & Mill Mascaras vs. Gino Hernandez & Gypsy Joe

AJ 1981 TV #21
-1hr 20min. Q=VG-Ex/Ex

8/28/81 Sanjo Welfare Hall

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Gino Hernandez & Gypsy Joe

2/3 Falls PWF Cup Tag Tournament Final: Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras vs. Chavo Guerrero & Ricky Steamboat 25:50

9/4/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym

International Junior Heavyweight Title: Dos Caras vs. Anibal

IWA World Heavyweight Title: Mil Mascaras vs. Chavo Guerrero

NWA United National Title: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Gypsy Joe

AJPW Handhelds 10/7/81 & 10/8/81
-2hr. Q=VG/Gd

10/7/81 Yokohama Bunka Gym

Brusier Brody vs. Bruno Sammartino

Dory Funk & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race & Jimmy Snuka

Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk

10/8/81 Utsunomiya Prefectural Gym

Mighty Inoue vs. Umanoseke Ueda

Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Jimmy Snuka & Alexis Smirnoff

Giant Baba & Bruno Sammartino vs. Harley Race & Buck Robley

AJ 1981 TV #25
-1hr 55min. Q=Gd/VG

10/9/81 Kuramae Kokugikan

Prince Tonga vs. Jimmy Snuka

Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu & Terry Funk vs. Harley Race & Alexis Smirnoff & Don DeNucci

IWA Heavyweight Title: Mil Mascaras vs. Mighty Inoue

NWA International Heavyweight Title: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody

2/3 Falls NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 28:55. HH & TV versions

Bruno Sammartino & Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

AJ 1981 TV #30
-1hr 50min. Q=Gd/Ex

World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match 11/27/81 Korakuen Hall

Killer Karl Krupp & Larry Hennig vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba

Tag League: Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Mark Lewin & The Sheik

Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

12/3/81 Osaka Prefectural Gym

Dory Funk Jr. vs. Genichiro Tenryu

Tag League: Umanosuke Ueda & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Mark Lewin & The Sheik

Tag League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Killer Karl Krupp & Baron von Raschke

Tag League: Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. Bruiser Brody vs. Jimmy Snuka

AJ 1981 TV #31
-1hr 35min. Q=Ex

12/9/81 Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center

The Sheik vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Larry Hennig

Tag League: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba

12/13/81 Kuramae Kokugikan

Tag League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka

AJ 1981 TV #32
-1hr 50min. Q=VG/Ex

11/27/81 Korakuen Hall: Harley Race vs. Bruiser Brody

12/13/81 Kuramae Kokugikan Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka. TV

11/30/81 Aichi Prefectural Gym

Harley Race vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

Bruiser Brody vs. Terry Funk. TV

Tag League digest

12/13/81 Kuramae Kokugikan

Tag League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda. Classics

Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka. Classics

AJ Chogei Selection #65 2/28/98
-55min. Q=Ex

12/11/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Robinson

'81 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. The Sheik & Mark Lewin

12/3/81, '81 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda

AJ 1981 TV #33
-2hr 5min. Q=Gd/VG-Ex

Handheld 12/12/81 Yokosuka City Gym

Prince Tonga vs. Larry Hennig

Baron von Raschke & Killer Carl Krupp vs. Ashura Hara & Terry Funk

Takashi Ishikawa & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race

Tag League: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Motoshi Okuma & Great Kojika

Tag League: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mark Lewin & The Sheik

TV 11/27/81 Korakuen Hall

Killer Karl Krupp & Larry Hennig vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba

Tag League: Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Mark Lewin & The Sheik

Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

12/13/81 Kuramae Kokugikan Tag League: Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka

AJ Chogei Selection 2000 Shinshun Special ~Sekai Saikyo Tag Meishobu~ 1/8/00
-2hr 55min. Q=TV Master. 2 DVDs

12/11/77 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik. Dory gave a typically strong performance, but couldn't save the match with such unskilled opposition. Butcher & Sheik bled, but that was all they could do. *1/4

12/13/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka 21:41. Dory was typically excellent here, and brought the best out of Snuka. Their stuff was quite good, with Snuka utilizing his athleticism including a swandive body press and Dory making him really work to keep his headlock. Brody was on offense most of the time he was in, though he found a way to bleed. Terry was alright, but really pales compared to Dory. He did a plancha, but he did one of his completely ridiculous oversells, a 360 degree spin after Brody kicked him. Funks worked the knee setting up the key spot where they had spinning toe holds, but Brody shot Terry to the floor and whipped him at Hansen, who took him out with the western lariat. Dory continued on his own, persistent on the knee, but Snuka was able to tag while in a subsequent spinning toe hold. Dory attacked after the bell, but Hansen beat him up then Baba & Jumbo jumped in and fought Hansen, who juiced. ****

12/13/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody 17:43. Jumbo & Tenryu were good at having action oriented match with the gaijins, making up for their technical deficiencies by keeping things moving and doing a number of good well executed simple spots. Though Hansen & Brody aren't exactly limited and are capable of a deeper match, this is certainly the kind of match they can excel in, especially since their moves are so over. Even though I prefer the other style, it's nice seeing a double dropkick from Hansen and Brody every once in a while. Surprisingly Tenryu carried things for his side, allowing Jumbo to eventually make the hot tag. Once this occurred the match really picked up; great action in the final three minutes. ****

11/30/85 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu 30:00. One of those matches where it was obvious they were going long. Started slow and the pace never seemed to pick up, continuing to be technical in the boring wear the opponent down with rest holds kind of way. The crowd didn't react that much until Jumbo tagged in at 27:30 and used some finishers. It was a solid match, but what makes Choshu good is fire and intensity and for the most part that was sorely lacking here. ***

11/24/89 Hokkaido Sapporo Nakajima Taiiku Center: Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura. Well thought out match that told a good story. If Baba & Rusher weren't so disgraceful on offense it might have been a great match, but man their offense is just terrible! As Baba was about to enter the ring Tenryu caught him with a tope, causing the match to begin without ring announcements. Tenryu & Hansen were nasty, and the match was quality as long as they stayed on offense. They beat Rusher up for 8 minutes while Baba was selling on the floor, causing him to juice a gusher. Baba eventually came in and cleaned house, but he has about 2 minutes worth of stamina and Rusher was still on the floor recovering. Soon the tide turned when Hansen chaired Baba in the stomach. ***

12/9/95 Tokyo Nippon Budokan, '95 Sekai Saikyo Tag Kettei League Yushoketteisen: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 27:00. Overshadowed because they had so many great matches in such a short period of time. This may have been the worst, and a half dozen in one year is too much, but these are the two greatest teams ever and 1995 was a peak year for all. Everything that made the other matches great except for crowd heat was present here, the big difference to me is the best stuff came early. Kawada stalled the start to incite Kobashi then when Kobashi finally got him in a headlock Kawada exploded with a backdrop driver, high kick to Misawa, and jumping high kick. Taue worked on Misawa while Kawada and Kobashi were legal, with Kawada assisting every time Kobashi was down. This led to the dynamic duo taking Misawa out with an elevated nodowa otoshi on the floor at 5:00. Kobashi's left arm was injured when Taue pulled him off the apron into the security rail, and they worked it over for several minutes while Misawa was out of it on the floor. When Misawa would make it back to the apron they would knock him off, which elicited some boos. Eventually Misawa got back in the match when Kobashi blocked Kawada's udehishigigyakujujigatame so Taue came in and broke his clasp, turning it into a double. Misawa did enough damage that Kobashi was able to make the hot tag at 13. The first half was tremendous, but they either used up their story points too early or didn't capitalize on them quite enough during the second half. The final half contained most of their top moves, but the fans didn't react as they should. For instance, at one point Kawada turns Kobashi's lariat into an udehishigigyakujujigatame and even though they'd worked over Kobashi's arm for all that time, the fans didn't buy it. It would have helped if Kobashi didn't rope escape so quickly, but Kawada didn't even get too negative a reaction for refusing to release. The tide turned when Misawa blocked Kawada's powerbomb on the floor and took him out with a Tigerdriver. Taue was getting the better of Kobashi in the ring, but finally Misawa's team was able to do some double teaming. *spoilers* Given they were beaten on almost the entire match, it was not very credible that they were able to put Taue away within two minutes. ****1/2

12/5/98 Tokyo Nippon Budokan, '98 Sekai Saikyo Tag Kettei League Yushoketteisen: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Vader & Stan Hansen 18:58. They delivered all you could ask for. Vader gives an excellent performance carrying his team and Hansen doesn't screw it up. Obviously the problem with the match, with any match involving a monster team, is it's completely one-sided. Vader & Hansen really don't take any legitimate bumps, but you knew that coming in. The crowd was going nuts anytime Kobashi & Akiyama did anything, which granted wasn't too often but shows the monster gimmick worked. In particular, they were exploding when Vader's knee was injured. The '95 final was way better in every other regard, but this at least felt like a tag final due to the fans. Kobashi & Akiyama gave regular performances, both very good but I would not say either were that impressive. The gaijins stepped it up a lot more than the natives, though obviously they were still the weak link, Vader is the only one that really impressed me in all he did to carry his team. One wicked spot where Akiyama tries to use his northern lights suplex on Vader, but Vader uses his weight to drive Akiyama straight down into the canvas nose first with Vader coming down on top. Finish was improbably but basically all they could do given the result and the limitations of those involved. ***1/2

AJPW World's Strongest Tag Legend =1977-1999= DVD Box
-18hr 5min. Q=Near Perfect. 11 DVDs

DVD #1 1977/1978

Finishes of 1977 league matches: Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman vs. Mighty Inoue & Akihisa Takachiho, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata, Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman, Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk

12/15/77 World Open Tag Title League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik finals 14:40

Finishes of 1978 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson & Wild Angus, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik

12/15/78 '78 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 45:00

DVD #2 1979/1980

Finishes of 1979 league matches: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Frank Hill, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik, Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik, Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba,

12/13/79 '79 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 17:15. Corny bloodbath that's more like a Z grade horror movie with almost no actual wrestling, but the fans are going nuts the whole time. Terry just hams it up with all his spastic overselling then Dory finally tags in & manages to suplex Abby, which is about where the holds begin & end. Abdullah has to find a way to carry his team since Sheik is 53, so he does what he always does, bleeds from the 1st or 2nd punch to the head, and from here it's just carnage with Terry focusing on enlarging Abby's cut while Sheik busts Dory open. Everyone eventually bleeds because what else are they capable of doing together, but none of this leads to anything that resembles a wrestling move or match, with the ref constantly managing to not see the foreign objects that are responsible for all the offense. I don't know that this is any worse than any other Abby & Sheik match, but I'd literally rather watch any match in the history of FMW or IWA Japan than this DUD.

Finishes of 1980 league matches: Ricky Steamboat & Dick Slater vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. The Sheik & Great Mephisto, Billy Robinson & Les Thornton vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata, Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata vs. The Sheik & Great Mephisto

12/11/80 '80 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 43:50. These teams had 45:00 draws in the previous 3 tag leagues, but with Baba & Jumbo coming in a point behind the Funks, that really put the pressure on the natives to finally break through & even things at 2 tag leagues a piece rather than finish tie for 2nd with Abdullah & Kamata & allow the Texans to capture their third league. Only Baba seemed to feel that urgency early on & was interested in taking things to the next level when he came in. However, while Baba tried to pick things up with his signature highspots, the others still more or less stuck to their body work, delivering an unspectacular technical match where the Funks worked on Jumbo's knee & Baba's team worked on Terry's back. The quality was good from the outset, and it was a consistent but never particularly dynamic until they shifted to the stretch run about 27 minutes in when Jumbo came in & stomped Terry's head to break up the rolling cradle, then just kept putting the boots to him until Dory came in swinging. Jumbo was quite good during this final portion, but overall, the disappointment of the match is his greatness wasn't on display before that. He didn't or couldn't prod the Funks into doing anything that would instill any urgency or changes of pace into the match before the action finally got hot. Part of the problem may just have been that, even though Jumbo was well established by this point as the #2 star in the company, the style was basically Baba's when he was in & Dory's when Baba wasn't, so Jumbo never seemed to make even portions of the match his own despite logging the most ring time. Baba finally hit his big boot on Dory & told Jumbo to ascend to the top for his flying knee drop, which he gladly still delivered despite Terry diving on top of his brother before Jumbo lept. Terry taking the brunt of the impact apparently allowed Dory to come right back with his backdrop, but he lost the advantage going to the floor to check of Terry's health. The stretch run was shaping up to contain all the intensity & action you wanted to occur 20 minutes earlier when Baba managed to win without even knowing he won despite booking this nonsense. I'm not honestly sure why Jumbo wasn't counted out as he hit the floor first with Terry knocking him through the ropes with his headbutt then following him out. Both made it back to the apron, with Baba shoulderblocking Terry off then going back to fighting Dory, but Jumbo then fell off the apron without actually reentering. However, Joe Higuchi just completely ignored Jumbo & finished the count on Terry. To make things more muddled, you can't really tell he counted Terry out as Joe goes back in the ring & deals with Dory & Baba then eventually raises the hand of Jumbo, who finally reentered, and Baba just has this great befuddled look as he looks around trying to figure out what the hell happened. Needless to say this finish was super anticlimactic, and actually way worse than just another draw because at least you know what a draw is without having to rewind to figure out what happened. I want to say this match would have benefitted from being 2/3 falls, but the whole gimmick was neither team could even win one. The finishing sequence is what would essentially have been the 3rd fall, give or take, but what I mean though is they just needed something to prod them into some tempo changes earlier on. As it was, it was fine except for the finish, but as the final match of the tournament & the "payoff" to a rivalry that had been so equal, it just seemed like a nice match that managed to inconclusively keep everyone & everything exactly as before. ***1/4

DVD #3 1981/1982/1983

Finishes of 1981 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. The Sheik & Mark Lewin, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

12/13/81 '81 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 21:41

Finishes of 1982 league matches: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Umanosuke Ueda & Super Destroyer, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater,

12/13/82 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. 12:30

Finishes of 1983 league matches: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham, Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Goro Tsurumi & The Mongolian, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

12/12/83 '83 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsruta & Genichiro Tenryu 17:54

DVD #4 1984/1985

Finishes of 1984 league matches: Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu

12/8/84 '84 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen 18:42

Finishes of 1985 league matches: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Rusher Kimura & Ashura Hara, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig, Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr., Harley Race & Jesse Barr vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Harley Race & Jesse Barr, Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu

12/12/85 '85 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu 30:00

DVD #5 1986/1987

Finishes of 1986 league matches: Rick Martel & Tom Zenk vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba & Tiger Mask II vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu, Terry & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu,

12/12/86 '82 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs. Jumbo Tsruta & Genichiro Tenryu 8:13

Finishes of 1987 league matches: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Mark Youngblood & Chris Youngblood, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. TNT (Savio Vega) & Abdullah The Butcher, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Tom Zenk & The Terminator, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. TNT & Abdullah The Butcher, Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Great Kabuki & John Tenta vs. Tom Zenk & The Terminator, TNT & Abdullah The Butcher vs. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara,

12/11/87 '87 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka 8:46 of 16:51. No finish

DVD #6 1988/1989

Finishes of 1988 league matches: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Shunji Takano & John Tenta, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada, Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Jerry Blackwell & Phil Hickerson, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh

12/16/88 '88 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada 21:02

Finishes of 1989 league matches: Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin, Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki, Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas

12/6/89 '89 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu 28:57

DVD #7 1990/1991

Finishes of 1990 league matches: Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Dick Slater & Joel Deaton, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr., Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Skywalker Nitron & Butch Masters, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada

12/7/90 '90 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey 29:59

Finishes of 1991 league matches: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Al Perez, Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey, Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith vs. Johnny Ace & Sonny Beach, Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala vs. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant, Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue

12/6/91 '91 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada 25:24

DVD #8 1992/1993

Finishes of 1992 league matches: Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kamala, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Dan Spivey & Kendall Windham, Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Joel Deaton & Billy Black, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada, Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Th The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace

12/4/92 '92 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Mitsuhara Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama 23:52

Finishes of 1993 league matches: Steve Williams & Big Bubba vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Dan Spivey & Johnny Ace, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Giant Baba & Stan Hansen, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. The Patriot & The Eagle, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Steve Williams & Big Bubba

12/3/93 '93 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 23:34

DVD #9 1994/1995

Finishes of 1994 league matches: Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. The Eagle & The Falcon, Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, Dan Spivey & Jim Steele vs. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori, Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace

12/10/94 '94 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Match: Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 26:30

Finishes of 1995 league matches: Stan Hansen/Gary Albright vs. Dan Kroffat/Doug Furnas, Misawa/Kobashi vs. Rob Van Dam/Johnny Smith, Kawada/Taue vs. Johnny Ace/Patriot

12/9/95 '95 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 24:04

DVD #10 1996/1997

Finishes of 1996 league matches: Kobashi/Patriot vs. Hansen/Omori, Kawada/Taue vs. Kamala/Izumida, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Steve Williams/Johnny Ace, Hansen/Omori vs. Sabu/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Williams/Ace, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kobashi/Patriot, Hansen/Omori vs. Kamala/Izumida, Albright/Sabu vs. Kobashi/Patriot, Kawada/Taue vs. Akiyama/Misawa, Hansen/Omori vs. Sabu/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Izumida/Kamala, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Williams/Ace,

12/6/96 '96 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 31:37

Finishes of 1997 league matches: Izumida/Kamala vs. Hayabusa/Jinsei Shinzaki, Williams/Albright vs. Omori/Honda, Kobashi/Ace vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Wolf Hawkfield/Johnny Smith, Kawada/Taue vs. Hansen/Duncum Jr., Omori/Honda vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki, Hansen/Duncum vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Williams/Albright vs. Hawkfield/Smith, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kamala/Izumida, Williams/Albright vs. Windham/Bradshaw, Kawada/Taue vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Ace/Kobashi, Kawada/Taue vs. Ace/Kobashi, Misawa/Akiyama vs. Hayabusa/Shinzaki

12/5/97 '97 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 30:52

DVD #11 1998/1999

Finishes of 1998 league matches: Kawada/Taue vs. Headhunters, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Vader/Hansen, Johnny Ace/Bart Gunn vs. Takayama/Omori, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Headhunters, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Ace/Gunn, Akiyama/Kobashi vs. Vader/Hansen, Takayama/Omori vs. Kamala/Albright, Kawada/Taue vs. Ace/Gunn, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Misawa/Ogawa, Vader/Hansen vs. Ace/Gunn, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Headhunters, Kawada/Taue vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Omori/Takayama, Hansen/Vader vs. Headhunters, Ace/Gunn vs. Kobashi/Akiyama

12/5/98 '98 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Vader & Stan Hansen 19:03

Finishes of 1999 league matches: Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Honda/Masao Inoue, Taue/Hansen vs. Albright/Hawkfield, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Smith/Vader, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Honda/Inoue, Hansen/Taue vs. Omori/Takayama, Misawa/Ogawa vs. Omori/Takayama, Kobashi/Akiyama vs. Taue/Hansen, Albright/Hawkfield vs. Kobashi/Akiyama, Taue/Hansen vs. Vader/Smith

12/3/99 '99 World's Strongest Tag Decision League Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Stan Hansen & Akira Taue 20:15

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