Guest Dangerous A Report post Posted February 5, 2003 I've heard all these great things about the Ishingun vs Seikigun feud and how monumental it was to puroresu. I've heard it mentioned here and there, but have not seen any articles or seen any message boards that elaborated on the feud that much. Could anyone please provide a link to a summary of the feud or, if you know a lot about it, give me a brief summary on this subject. Any and all help is appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DEAN RASMUSSEN Report post Posted February 5, 2003 Here's Schneider's review from the beloved DVDVR of the fucking AWESOME 5 on 5 rope match. @@@@@@@@ Akira Maeda/ Yoshiaki Fujiwara/ Osamu Kido/ Nobuhiko Takada/ Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Antonio Inoki/ Tatsumi Fujinami/ Kengo Kimura/ Umanosuke Ueda/ Kantaro Hoshino -3/26/86-(PHIL SCHNEIDER): This was after the failure of the first UWF, and was a battle between the returning wrestlers and the defenders of the New Japan tradition. This had one of the hottest crowds I think I have ever seen. As a rule I don't buy people who rate matches high, because the crowd was hot, but the action in this match played off the emotion of the crowd so well, that the fan enthusiasm was an integral part. This was an elimination match, where eliminations could come by being forced to the floor, this allowed eliminations without having to do pinfall or submission jobs. This match went 35+ minutes and had a lot of great work before the first elimination, unfortunately Yamazaki was the first UWF guy eliminated as he is one of the better workers. The best work of the early part of the match was when Fujinami and Maeda were in together, which is no surprise because they had one of the best singles matches ever. Takada also looked good. Ueda (who looks like a cross between Tarzan Goto and Tatsushi Goto) was used really well, he was the aging legend who couldn't compete anymore, but wanted to fight for the honor of the company. Every time he tagged in the crowd went apeshit, but he would tag out with out making contact. The match came down to Maeda + Kido and Takada v. Inoki and Ueda (When Fujinami got eliminated, leaving it 3 on 2 with Ueda as one of the NJ boys, I cringed it looked like Dustnoki was lining up the three big UWF stars for the bionic elbow). Ueda tags in for the first time to face the most dangerous UWF wrestler Maeda, and sort of bowls into him taking them both to the floor, and sacrificing himself to the roar of the crowd, very cool booking and a good use of a worker who would jeopardize the match quality if used differently. This also allowed for the New Japan win, while still heavily protecting Maeda. It was then Inoki versus Kido and Takada and it was a foregone conclusion, both guys get a near fall or two, before falling to Antonio, but you didn't get the sense that either had a legitimate shot of beating him, especially Kido who ended up in at the end. Very good match, which reminded me of the Canadian Stampede, where booking and heat elevated a match with some poor workers (Neidhart and the LOD and Ueda, Inoki and Fujiwara respectively), I would have like to see Inoki eliminated via the floor, and have Fujinami get the New Japan win, but the crowd was clamoring for Antonio, so that wasn't going to happen. Great, great match that has got me inspired to get my hands on some old UWF. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DEAN RASMUSSEN Report post Posted February 5, 2003 Actually, i think this is the wrong fued. DOH! DEAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EL DANDY~! 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2003 Poor DEAN! Stick with the porno pictures of Sasuke... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
