Yet another I just got these tapes thread

[Guest DragonflyKid]

I ordered alot of tapes after visiting my Grandma and getting some cash.

Here are the tapes and any help would be appreciated. I ordered 14 tapes in all including a Liger comp, Ohtani comp, a Great Muta 3 vol. comp(Includes both Muta/Hase bloodbaths.), 3 AJ tv tapes from '93, J-Crown '96(Ohtani/U. Dragon match.), Ric Flair comp, and more. I got great service from all 3 dealers.

 

Tabe's Tapes

 

TAPE 424

Quality: EX

Length: 7.5 hrs (SLP)

 

JUMBO TSURUTA LEGEND VOL 1 (First tape in this outstanding series that chronicles

the career of Jumbo Tsuruta. Watch these tapes and you get an appreciation

for just how great a worker he was. Everything on this volume is clips

or highlights unless otherwise noted.)

 

Jumbo Tsuruta History

Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs Dory & Terry Funk, 10/9/73 (2/3 Falls - 60-min

draw)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jack Brisco, 1/30/74 (2/3 falls)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ken Mantell, 12/15/74 (2/3 falls)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs Dory & Terry Funk, 2/5/75 (2/3 falls - Tsuruta &

Baba win the NWA Int'l tag titles)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Giant Baba, 12/15/75

JUMBO TSURUTA VS GIANT BABA, 5/1/76 (Complete - I am truly stunned that I have

now actually seen a match where Giant Baba isn't a total embarrassment

in the ring.)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jack Brisco, 8/28/76 (2/3 falls - Tsuruta wins UN title)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mil Mascaras, 8/25/77 (2/3 falls)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kim Duk, 9/13/78 (2/3 falls - 65-min draw)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Dick Slater, 5/1/80 (1980 Champ Carny Finals)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ric Flair, 6/8/82

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ted Dibiase, 6/18/83 (This takes place in a WCCW ring)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bruiser Brody, 8/31/83

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkel, 2/23/84 (Tsuruta wins AWA World title)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Riki Choshu, 11/4/85

Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (Tsuruta &

Tenryu win the NWA Int'l tag titles)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask II vs Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase, 7/3/87 (Tsuruta

& Tiger Mask win PWF tag titles)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Road Warriors, 6/10/88 (Complete - Tsuruta &

Yatsu win the NWA Int'l tag titles to unify the Double Tag titles)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen, 4/18/89 (Tsuruta wins the PWF & UN titles to unify

the Triple Crown - historic match, but we only get clips! Boo!)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy, 5/14/90

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen, 4/16/91 (Champ Carny Finals)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa, 4/18/91

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada, 10/24/91

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi, 2/27/92

Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, & Rusher Kimura vs Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigen, &

Okuma, 10/23/93

Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, & Rusher Kimura vs Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigen & Tsuyoshi

Kikuchi, 9/11/98

Jumbo Tsuruta Retirement Ceremony, 3/6/99

 

JUMBO TSURUTA LEGEND VOL 2 (The series continues! This volume contains matches that

are complete, unless noted.)

 

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Rusher Kimura, 3/28/76 (2/3 falls - clipped, I think)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Funk, 6/11/76 (2/3 falls - clips)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Billy Robinson, 7/17/76 (2/3 falls - 1st two falls JIP, third

fall complete - 65-min draw)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Abdullah the Butcher, 10/22/76 (2/3 falls)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Chris Taylor, 12/3/76 (2/3 falls - 1st fall JIP)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Harley Race, 6/11/77 (2/3 falls - good match!)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Fritz Von Erich, 1/5/79 (2/3 falls)

 

JUMBO TSURUTA LEGEND VOL 3 (This volume chronicles Tsuruta's later years as the #1

star in All Japan and his feud with Genichiro Tenryu. Great stuff)

 

Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu & Masa Saito, 2/5/85 (clips)

Ric Flair vs Riki Choshu, 4/23/85 (clips)

Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu, & Rusher Kimura vs Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi,

& Yoshiaki Yatsu, 6/2/85 (clips)

JUMBO TSURUTA VS RIKI CHOSHU, 11/4/85 (1-hr draw, complete!)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask II vs Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, 6/11/87 (clips)

Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu, 3/9/88 (Clips - Tenryu wins PWF title)

Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu, 3/27/88 (clips)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bruiser Brody, 3/27/88 (Brody wins NWA Int'l title)

Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu, 7/27/88 (Hansen wins PWF & UN titles)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, 4/4/89 (clips)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen, 4/18/89 (Tsuruta wins PWF & UN titles to unify

the Triple Crown - clips)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu, 4/20/89 (This is the famous "butchered powerbomb"

match. Tsuruta & Tenryu are well on their way to a great match when Tsuruta

screws up a powerbomb on Tenryu, basically KO'ing him, ending the match right

then. Disappointing. Complete match.)

 

TAPE 363

Quality: VG/EX

Length: 6 hrs (SLP)

 

TABE'S HISTORY OF MISAWA VS KOBASHI (Forget Misawa/Kawada, the best feud in

puroresu history is Misawa vs Kobashi. Their series of matches are

absolutely unmatched in terms of quality and drama. I've compiled all of

their matches available on video, including every one of their Triple Crown

matches, for this awesome video. Nearly every match on the tape is ****,

you will NOT be disappointed wit this one! Quality is VG/EX or better

on everything.)

 

Mitsuhara Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi, 4/5/91 (handheld)

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 4/12/93 (JIP)

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 3/26/95

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 10/25/95

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 3/31/96

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 1/20/97 (Misawa wins the Triple Crown

in this incredible ****3/4 classic!)

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 4/19/97

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 10/21/97

Mitsuhara Misawa & Takao Omori vs Kenta Kobashi & Jinsei Shinzaki,

10/24/98 (Kobashi debuts the Burning Hammer and pins Misawa! -

clips)

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 10/31/98 (Absolutely amazing match,

as both guys pull out one great move after another. ***** match,

easily one of the best matches you'll ever see! Misawa wins the

Triple Crown)

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 6/11/99 (Take everything I said about

the 10/31/98 match and expand on it! Another *AMAZING* match, this

is the pinnacle of the AJ "head-dropping" style! *****

must-see!)

MITSUHARA MISAWA VS KENTA KOBASHI, 4/11/00 (Kobashi finally gets a

singles win over Misawa that's released on video - his three

previous wins not being available. Good stuff. This is the rare, full version

of this match. This goes a long way to showing how the All Japan head-dropping

style was dead by this point. They do a ridiculous number of head drops that

are kicked out of and the crowd will basically pop for nothing else. Still,

this is a good match.)

Tiger Mask II vs Kenta Kobashi, 3/6/90 (Finally! I've found a copy of this match!

This is so fun, as both guys work a style totally different from their later

matches. They are both a lot trimmer than their later years and are moving

great here. It's scary to see Kobashi in this match as he looks EXACTLY like

Akira Taue here. ***1/2 or so.)

 

 

Blue Thunder Video

 

BLUE THUNDER~! Joshi Comp Volume 1 (Various Dates) – EX, 6:09.

 

Bull Nakano & Aja Kong vs. Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada, 8/15/92

Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada, 8/15/92

Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai, 11/20/94

Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai, 8/30/95

Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa, 8/30/95

Aja Kong, Toshiyo Yamada, Kyoko Inoue, & Mariko Yoshida vs. Yumiko Hotta, Manami Toyota, Takako Inoue, & Sakie Hasegawa, 2/26/95

Sumio Toyama, Candy Okutsu, Cutie Suzuki, & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Dynamite Kansai, Devil Masami, Hiromi Yagi, & Hikari Fukuoka, 3/25/95

Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada, 1/4/92

KAORU & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda, 4/4/99

 

 

BLUE THUNDER~! Joshi Comp Volume 2 (Various Dates) – EX, 6:09.

 

Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki, 11/26/92

Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki, 12/6/93

Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong, 11/14/90

Mayumi Ozaki vs. Dynamite Kansai, 3/17/95

Lioness Asuka vs. Mariko Yoshida, 7/3/01

Michiko Omukai vs. Ayako Hamada, 7/3/01

Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs. Mariko Yoshida & Lioness Asuka, 7/29/01

Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs. Ayako Hamada & AKINO, 12/11/99

Hikari Fukuoka, Hiromi Yagi, & Candy Okutsu vs. Azumi Hyuga, Carlos Amano, & Commando Boilshoi, 3/28/99

 

 

Golden Boy Tapes

 

Name: Michinoku Pro Compilation

ID#: B-003

Length: Five Hours

Tapes: One

Condition: Excellent

 

1. Great Sasuke, Tiger Mask IV + Shiryu vs. Super Delfin, Gran Naniwa + Taka Michonoku

2. Great Sasuke vs. Shiryu

3. Mens Teioh + Shiryu vs. Taka Michonoku + Sho Funaki

4. Dick Togo vs. Danny Collins

5. Shiryu, Mens Teioh + Dick Togo vs. Taka Michinoku, Sho Funaki + Super Delfin

6. Danny Collins, Dick Togo, Shiryu + Sho Funaki vs. Super Delfin, Super Astro, Gran Hamada + Alexander Otsuka

7. Tiger Mask IV vs. Mens Teioh

8. Masato Yakushiji, Gran Naniwa, Gran Hamada, Tiger Mask IV + Super Delfin vs. Taka Michonoku, Sho Funaki, Dick Togo, Mens Teioh + Shiryu

9. Hayabusa vs. Jinsei Shinzaki

Clips of many, many other matches are spaced in between the matches listed above.

[Guest Tim Cooke]

Few comments:

 

The Jumbo tapes are a good set to intorduce you to his early work. The Funk and Race matches on tape 2 are classics.

 

The Misawa/Kobashi tape is decent but Kobashi after 1995 would get way too much on my nerves.

 

The Joshi tapes look like good introductions as well.

 

Tim

[EL DANDY~! 0]

How much did you get all those for? I think I need ALL OF THOSE...I need to get into some puro DEEPLY and now, dammit!

[Guest DragonflyKid]

For the 14 tapes I paid around $160, alot of the tapes are comps with 5/6 hours on them.

 

I'm watching the Michinoku Pro comp first, I've watched the first three matches and like it alot, although I still prefer the AJPW HW style. The Sasuke/TigerMask IV/Shiryu vs. Delphin/Naniwa/Michinoku(3/16/96) was great.

[Guest wolverine]

Just be glad you got the 11/26/92 match. It's by far the best match on all of those tapes.

[EL DANDY~! 0]

Wolvy...10/10/96 is on that motherfucker, too...c'mon man...

 

OK...I agree, 11/26/92 is the best Joshi match on there...

 

but SPOT-FU~! is running wild with 10/10/96. I did a review in the Smarks Krew folder a while back for it. It's ucking fawesome.

[Guest wolverine]

Wolvy...10/10/96 is on that motherfucker, too...c'mon man...

 

Yeah, and.....?

 

I don't think 10/10 would make my Top 50, honestly. More of a 'FUN' match, rather than a classic one like 11/26.

[Guest RickyChosyu]

Dream Rush is considered the best match of all time by a great number of people, Dandy. Michinoku Pro, while one of my favorite promotions to watch at its peak, just doesn't come into the realm of being as good as that. Like woverine said, "fun spot-fu" and "better than 11/26/92" are two entirely different things.

[Guest DragonflyKid]

I was away for over 4 days and have only gotten to watch the Michinoku pro comp and most of the Shinjiro Ohtani: Premium Issue*.

 

The Michinoku Pro tape was loads of fun, the These Days 10-man was great and I can see both sides of peoples' opinion of it. On one hand it is highly entertaining an can be a ***** match to someone and a ***** for the spot-fest type match it was. On the other hand it lacked the depth of alot of the AJ classics I have seen, on an overall scale it probably isn't a ***** match to me but certainly over ****.

 

So far I love Ohtani, he's not only a great wrestler but his antics are great. It's one thing to act like a prick, it's another thing to pull it off the way he does. The average match on the tape is clipped to a little over 5 minutes so I am able to get a sense of Ohtani but want to get more footage of his work. I will be watching 2 of his matches with Lygar(6/6/94 and 11/4/95)next and will be ordering his '97 matches with Lygar later as I have heard they are classics.

 

I was wondering if anyone can explain the 11/26/92 match to me(Wolverine maybe?) since I will be watching the tape with that match next. Is there any backstory I should know about? I won't have the chance to watch any of the lead-in matches if there are any before I watch the 11/26 match but are there any that I should seek out and watch later on before watching 11/26 again? I know Kawada/Misawa 6/3/94 is considered one of the best ever only after one has a grasp of their history, does 11/26 require a knowledge of their history as well?

 

 

*Shinjiro Ohtani Premium Issue

1. Ohtani vs Koji Kanemoto (6-23-95)

2. Ohtani vs Koji Kanemoto (9-14-98)

3. Ohtani vs Kendo Ka Shin (10-23-97)

4. Ohtani/Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger/Kendo Ka Shin/Dr. Wagner Jr. (4-13-98)

5. Ohtani vs TAKA Michinoku (5-28-94)

6. Ohtani vs Tajiri (5-20-97)

7. Ohtani/Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Lyger/Great Sasuke (4-13-99)

8. Ohtani vs El Samurai (10-16-97)

9. Ohtani vs El Samurai (5-19-98)

10. Ohtani vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa (9-16-95)

11. Ohtani vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa ( 5-31-98)

12. Ohtani vs Jushin Lyger (6-6-94)

13. Ohtani vs Jushin Lyger (11-4-95)

14. Ohtani/Kensuke Sasaki vs Satoshi Kojima/Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3-24-99)

[Guest PlatypusFool]

Lygar?! Hehehehehehehehe!

 

You just made a Lyger / Liger fan extremely amused my friend.

[Guest wolverine]

It's the first interpromotional match between All Japan Women and JWP. The beginning of the match is a little rough, but again, it's the first time the teams had ever worked with each other, but I feel that dynamic adds to its richness.

 

Your best bet is to go here:

 

http://airraidcrash.tripod.com/archives/cr...unch21.html#ajw

[Guest DragonflyKid]

On the Shinjiro Ohatani tape the NJ people or whoever releashed the tape are the one's who have it as Lygar. I have never seen his name spelled that way anywhere else and I kinda like it. Or maybe I should just call him Ryger.

 

 

I'll be checking out the AirRaidCrash site before I watch the 11/26, thanks for the link.

[Guest DragonflyKid]

I just finished watching the 12/6/92 Ozaki/Kansai vs. Toyota/Yamada match and it was amazing. I would rate it if I had to at ****3/4 because there were some imperfections but the sheer emotion and workrate still puts this as my second favorite tag match behind 6/9/95. I will be watching it again today then watching their 12/6/93 rematch afterwards which I also hear was great but not on the level of this match.

 

I was thinking how the people who thought the Trish/Molly/Victoria match yesterday on Raw was good would have their minds blown by watching 11/26/92. I did like the Raw women's match but the two are incomparable.

[Guest wolverine]

The rematch after 11/26/92 was their Dreamslam II match (4/11/93) which isn't in the same league as the first. Their third match on 12/6/93 is by far the lowest of the three matches.

[Guest DragonflyKid]

I just watched 12/6/93 and if that was the lowest of the three matches I have to track down 4/11/93 because I thought 12/6 was great(****1/2+).

 

Next comes 9/2/95 Hokotu vs. Toyota which wasn't even listed on the matchlist but is one of DVD's top 20 Joshi matches of the 90's(#14).

[Guest wolverine]

Next comes 9/2/95 Hokotu vs. Toyota which wasn't even listed on the matchlist but is one of DVD's top 20 Joshi matches of the 90's(#14).

 

Shit, going from 11/26/92 to 9/2/95 is like going from Monet to "Dogs Playing Poker."

 

I fucking hate that match.

[Guest Jubuki]

Monet sucked.

[Guest wolverine]

Lighting a turd on fire and watching it simmer would be less torture than having to sit through that 9/2 match again. And that's the goddamn truth.

[Guest Jubuki]

I'm talking about painters, bonebrain - Monet sucked.