Guest Report post Posted June 6, 2002 ALL JAPAN/ NEW JAPAN/ WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION WRESTLING SUMMIT (PART TWO) (by DEAN RASMUSSEN) Tito Santana/ Jimmy Snuka vs. Kenta Kobashi/ Masa Fuchi Kobashi and Fuchi come out to Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Kenny Loggins holds no sway over any particular region of America so I cannot concoct a theory as to why they use it. I can concoct THREE: REASON #1 Fuchi: We need a theme song. Kobashi: You enjoyed that Beverly Hills Cop series of Movies. Fuchi: Why yes. Judge Rheinhold was a revelation in all of them. The non-stop thrill ride kept me on the edge of my seat for FOUR movies. He truly lived in the DANGER ZONE! Kobashi: Heeeeeey, there ya go, big man! DANGER ZONE! Our theme for the match Sunday! You think Tito Santana can hook us up with some Latin chicks. Cuz ya know I..... Fuchi and Kobashi: LIKE BIG BUTTS and I cannot LIE! You other brothers you can't DENYY! REASON #2 Fuchi: Kenta, my theme song- WHAT SHALL IT BE? It needs to express the inner me! The Tiger inside! Kobashi: Well, what records do you like? Fuchi: I'm old. I like that mid-70s mellow folkrock. You may not remember Bread, Jim Croce or Loggins and Messina? Eventhoughhhh we AIN'T GOT MONEY - IIII'm so in looove with ya honey.... Kobashi: I know of that song. Who did that? Fuchi: Oh that was Loggins and Messina. They broke up. Jim Messina I never heard anything else by him. Kenny Loggins did a bunch of soundtrack songs. Kobashi: Oh yeah. I remember you getting Kawada to go along with that whole Footloose thing you were pitching him. Fuchi: Oh Loggins is a genius. You ever hear "Whenever I call You Friend"? Kobashi: Oh yeah, with Stevie Nicks. Fuchi That's one redneck sorceress I would throw a serious amount of jitter into. Kobashi: Fuckin-A. Fuchi: There was "I'm Allright" from Caddyshack. Kobashi and Fuchi together: "HEY, DID SOMEONE STEP ON A DUCK!" HAHAHAHAHHAHA! Kobashi: That is a great great great song but not upbeat enough for a wrestling entrance. Maybe we should just order some fake Queen music from.... Fuchi: NO! Guitar orchestrations violate the very essence of my SOUL! IT MUST BE KENNY LOGGINS! Kobashi: Did you like that Dan Fogelberg guy? Fuchi: He was actually a little later... Kobashi: Why don't you just use that song he did that sounds like Journey? Fuchi: AH! DANGER ZONE! PERFECT! REASON #3 Kobashi: Me and the boys were out drinking last night and we were trying to think of the shittiest song ever written. Fuchi: There are so many. "Life Is Just A Fantasy" by Aldo Nova. "Rico Suave" by Gerardo. "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. Kobashi: "Lady" by Kenny Rogers. "9 to5" by Dolly Parton. Fuchi: Hey, I know what would be funny. Think of the worst song you can think of that was ever written. And so will I. GO! Kobashi: Okay....uh....uh DANGER ZONE by Kenny Loggins. Fuchi: Oh yeah. Okay, I will go with..........SUSUSSUDIO by Phil Collins. Fuchi: Okay, Get two bottles of Beam's Choice and we do shots. First one to pass out has their worst song played Sunday at that wrestling summit. Kobashi: YOU'RE ON, BIG DADDY! I like to think it's theory #3, but it is probabaly theory #1. Tito and Kobashi start out in a knucklelock and Tito is working heel. He also throws some of the comical punches you will ever see. Tito's offense is so 1982- with the head of Kenta Kobashi between his knees jump up and down spot. I awaited a man who took three straight Backdrop Drivers to tap to an Airplane Spin. Instead he tags in Fuchi and Fuchi starts pummeling the hot-blooded Santana with these Murdock-level punches. Kobashi is young and high-flying at this point and hits the dropkick off the top. Tito reverse out of a Brainbuster and tags in Snuka who would have had a great fucking match with Kobashi if Kobashi was 5 years older and this was from 1985. Snuka and Fuchi fuck up running the ropes and then they fuck up a Back Body drop spot. Tito rushes in and hits a bunch of dropkicks and a FLYING BURRITO/ FIVE-ARM/ MEXICAN HAMMER/ FLYING JALAPENO on Fuchi to set up the Superfly Splash for three. In the back, Misawa was putting on his Tiger Mask Mask and saying to himself, "Flying Burrito? That finisher is GENIUS! I should......" Greg Valentine vs. Great Kabuki 1990 for these two. Hmmmmm. I live in fear. Oh shit. This is Rhythm and Blues-era Valentine so I am already hating this even more than I would have. Actually, Kabuki has the nunchuks and the mist so it all negates each other. So I am back to square one with all of this. This match is straight out of 1976 so I'm actually not minding it at all. It's all kinda Memphis 1976 because the psychology is basically whoever is punching last is the winner. Valentine does the facefirst flop and I wonder if I need to watch anymore- my only needs from this match satiated. Eh, Valentine hits some old school knife edge chops and Vertical Suplex. Kabuki jumps into the Tree of Woe and Valentine kicks him a few times before dragging him into the middle of the ring and crushing Kabuki's testicles with his forehead. Kabuki remembers to fight out of the Figure Four and procures a Boston Crab. Valentine escapes and goes back to the knife edge chops. Kabuki goes SUPERMEMPHIS and punches to offensive transition. Kabuki counters the Figure Four into a roll-up for three. Let's speak of this match no more.... Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask This is Misawa as Tiger Mask and Bret Motherfucking Hart in the ring and it is joined in progress. Why have I never watched this before? Bret works out of chinlock and Misawa Dustys his way out of it. Bret hits him across the back and they reverse out of Abdominal stretches. Bret misses an elbow. TM hits a Flying Cross Body Block. Hart hits the 100 Miles per Hour into the turnbuckle spot. And then the bell rings? Huh? What the fuck? This sucked. I expect more when the best wrestler in Japan in the 1990s gets in the ring with the best wrestler in America in the 1990s. PEEE-YOOOO! Jake Roberts vs. Big Boss Man At this point, Big Boss Man could still work like a mutha. Jake The Snake could never work like a mutha. Jake could always sell really well. Boss Man had a lot of offense and would bump big for such a fatboy. It kinda plods along with a really long heat segment on Jake which works with the crowd at first but wears off. I mean it jusrt keeps going. It kinda lasts for 78 minutes- the HEAT SEGMENT~! This was better than the last Jake the Snake match I saw. Which was the one at Heroes Of Wrestling where he was too drunk to speak. Jake goes on offense finally and hits some punches. Jake goes for a kneelift but Boss Man throws him in the turnbuckle. Boss Man goes for a powerslam but Jake does a standing switch and hits a SWANK DDT for the three. The body of the match was tedious. The finish was nice. You just want the second half of this card. Oooooooh yeah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 6, 2002 Wasn't "The Danger Zone" Nakamaki's old interview segment on Big Japan SNME? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RetroRob215 Report post Posted June 6, 2002 Dean, can you link me up with Part 1? I can't find it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 6, 2002 Dean, can you link me up with Part 1? I can't find it. Try here: http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/dvdvr/dvdvr136.html DEAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 10, 2002 is the complete bret hart/tiger mask match good? it probably sucked due to being joined in progress and clipping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted June 10, 2002 I don't think that it's available in full non-clipped form. But the five minutes they did show was pretty bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
