Five-on-five match between the two rival promotions. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Kantaro Hoshino, & Umanosuke Ueda for New Japan; Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada, & Kazuo Yamazaki for the UWF. Elimination occurs by pinfall, submission, or being thrown to the floor. March 26, 1986.
From All-Japan's 1975 Open Championship. Hoffman was the biggest wrestling star in continental Europe in the 1960's and '70s, facing arguably the most famous gaijin talent in the history of Japan. Part 1 of 2.
All Japan - July 22, 1986. DiBiase you likely know. Tiger Mask II is Mitsuharu Misawa, 4 years before unmasking. Jumbo may well be the greatest worker in the history of the business. Pete Roberts is a British mat technician.
Old, old, old school here--if you have an exact date, I'd love to know what it is. And yes, that youngster with the brown hair is in fact Freddie Blassie. He's a babyface here, going up against future managing legend Wild Red Berry.
June 1977. Inoki and an unrecognizable Choshu take on "The Asian Terrors," a masked duo eventually revealed to be the legendary Mexican team of Black Gordman and The Great Goliath. Watch Gordman bust out a DDT years before anyone had heard of Jake Roberts.
From All-Japan's 1975 Open Championship. Hoffman was the biggest wrestling star in continental Europe in the 1960's and '70s, facing arguably the most famous gaijin talent in the history of Japan. Part 2 of 2.
