A Decade (and 3 days...) Ago..

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

It happened!

 

 

I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned...

 

[Dangerous A 0]

June has been a great month for AJPW classics. The usual suspects include...

 

 

6/8/90 Jumbo vs Misawa

6/3/94 Misawa vs Kawada

6/5/89 Jumbo vs Tenryu

6/9/95 Misawa/Kawada vs Kawada/Taue

 

These are all 5 star or damn near 5 star classics that should be viewed by anyone looking to make AJPW a part of their wrestling world. (provided that you also do lookup some of the backstory on why the match is happening)

[Guest momoracci]

Add:

 

Jumbo vs. Terry Funk, 6/11/76

 

Best match of the 70's and quite possibly of Jumbo's career (and that obviously says a ton).

 

Anthony

[Guest JPF]

And Harley Race vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 6/11/77. Not quite as the matches already mentioned, but pretty damn close.

[Internet Warfare 0]

These all seem like great matches but do you think "marks" would like them?

[Guest momoracci]

The 6/9/95 tag was one of the first AJ matches I'd ever seen and was totally blown away by the work and epic storytelling (even without a great deal of knowledge going in) that I knew I had to see more. So yeah, that match would likely work for anyone.

[Internet Warfare 0]

ccol. Maybe someday I'll buy it and lend it to my friend who thinks puro is boring after he Downloaded the Hogan/Muta.

[Guest JSL]

6/9/95 Misawa/Kawada vs Kawada/Taue

Wait, Kawada faced himself? Now that I'm interested in this match, who was on Taue's side? Or are there two Kawadas?

[Ace309 0]

Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue.

[Coffin Surfer 0]

If were gonna link to reviews we might as well spin the guy in the right direction.

 

6/9/95 review

[Ace309 0]

Sorry. I was googling for accuracy in the matchup, not for quality, and grabbed the first site that discussed the match in detail. I figured I'd leave finding reviews up to people who knew what they were talking about.