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• Davey Boy Smith Jr. wins prestigious AJPW championship in Japan

@NatbyNature It is a prosperous time in the busy landscape of professional wrestling. One of the cooler pieces of news from this past weekend was Davey Boy Smith Jr. achieving a childhood goal to win the All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. Smith challenged champion Yuma Aoyagi at Giant Series 2024 in Sapporo, Japan on November 4. In a hard-fought battle (full mat...2024
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• One-Post Complete and Accurate Bockwinkel vs Jumbo

MD: Back in November 2022, I was doing fairly detailed bullet point write ups of AEW TV over at DVDVR. I think maybe it was a little bit easier to do that at that point of the pandemic, I don't know. I had no intention of writing up the Death Triangle vs Elite series though, so I decided to counter-program by going through all of the singles Bockwinkel vs Jumbo matches we had on tape. These are mo...2024
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• (Almost) 5-Star Match Reviews: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kenta Kobashi – AJPW, February 27, 1992

Alright, it’s time to return to 1990s All Japan and check out another match from everyone’s favorite overachiever, Kenta Kobashi. Kobashi’s matches have largely withstood the best of time better than most wrestlers to reach their peak in the 1990s. Many fans still remember his legendary wars with Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Steve Williams, Jun […]...2024
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• “Rowdy” Roddy Piper & Dick Slater vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (and other Dream Matches!)

Hey all! Welcome back to more Dream Matches! This week I have a TRULY wild assortment, leading off with the craziest 1983 match possible- “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER in All Japan as he teams with Dick Slater to face Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta! Three of the all-time legends and huge stars in Jumbo/Piper/Baba, with some […]...2024
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• (Almost) 5-Star Match Reviews: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue – AJPW, March 4, 1992

AJPW had a lot of classics in their 1990s heyday, many of which still hold up to a present-day standard. Countless wrestlers to have made their names in North America have drawn inspiration from these AJPW legends, either directly or indirectly. And while the industry has changed quite a lot over the decades, there are […]...2024
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• Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (and other Dream Matches!)

Welcome back to more Dream Matches! I had to put this one up pretty late- I was at Disney World for twelve days, and my backlog was pretty much destroyed by that and having my computer break only a couple weeks beforehand (ugh RIP my bank account), meaning I had even less time to write […]...2024
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• One-Post Complete and Accurate Bockwinkel vs Jumbo
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 2/19 - 2/25
AEW Collision 2/24/24Bryan Danielson vs Jun AkiyamaMD: One of the last couple of times I discussed Eddie Kingston, I waxed poetic on how I can write about him as if it was all real, that I barely even need to go into mechanics or subtext, because the text itself is so rich and immersive. I mentioned at the time the one other thing that popped off the top of my head as something I could do that wit...2024
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"When most wrestling fans hear/read the date June 8, 1990 the first thing that comes to mind is the iconic and industry-changing singles match between Jumbo Tsuruta and Mitsuharu Misawa."

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"Our match of the week is Jumbo Tsuruta defending the AJPW Triple Crown title against Genichiro Tenryu, on June 5, 1989."

• AEW Five Fingers of Death 2/19 - 2/25
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• One-Post Complete and Accurate Bockwinkel vs Jumbo
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• Davey Boy Smith Jr. wins prestigious AJPW championship in Japan
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• One-Post Complete and Accurate Bockwinkel vs Jumbo
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 2/19 - 2/25
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• Found Footage Friday: TSURUTA-GUN~! VS~! SUPER~! GENERATION~! ARMY~! BARR~! DANDY~! PANTHER~! CHARLES~! ESTRADA~! RAYO~! HERMANOS DINOMITA~!
Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue/Masa Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi NJPW 3/3/91 MD: Oops, this one's on me guys, sorry. There was a big dump of handhelds that came into the community back in 2018 and it was a lot to parse through. Over the years, we've covered a lot here, and I'd had reached out to all the usual tape trading subjects from years past to see what was really n...2023
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• Jumbo Tsuruta – The First True Ace of Puroresu
When Jumbo Tsuruta passed away in May of 2000, my first response was, “Oh yeah… That’s the guy who unified the Triple Crown Championship in All Japan before Stan Hansen beat him for it.” More than 20 years later, the ignorance I displayed in that moment still repulses me. Shortly thereafter, I was taking a […]...2023
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• Match of the Week: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (June 5, 1989)
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• (Almost) 5-Star Match Reviews: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kenta Kobashi – AJPW, February 27, 1992
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• A 16-Man Lucha Tag (and other Dream Matches!)

Welcome back to more Dream Matches! This time I have a request as the feature contest- a SIXTEEN-MAN “Tornero Cibernetico” match as two 8-man squads fight each other in a non-stop 45-minute contest! Then it’s over to Japan for another Jumbo Tsuruta Dream Match, as he teams with Genichiro Tenryu against Billy Robinson and… BOBBY […]...2024
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• (Almost) 5-Star Match Reviews: Tsuruta, Fuchi & Kabuki vs. Misawa, Taue & Kobashi – AJPW, May 26, 1990

This is the match that started a legendary two-year war between Jumbo Tsuruta and Mitsuharu Misawa. That brutal war carried All Japan until Tsuruta’s unfortunate and premature departure and while it went on All Japan was white hot. This match also includes something unusual as far as All Japan classics are concerned: Akira Taue as […]...2024
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• Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA Title) (and Other Dream Matches!)

Welcome back to more Dream Matches! Having just done WrestleMania III, I figured I’d dive back into the more obscure, starting with a request- one of the only recorded NWA World Title defenses of 31-year old Terry Funk, as he takes on Jumbo Tsuruta in 1976 All Japan! Then it’s more Japanese guys fighting Americans, […]...2024
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• Minus-Star Match Reviews: Abdullah The Butcher vs. Tiger Jeet Singh – AJPW, June 8, 1990

When most wrestling fans hear/read the date June 8, 1990 the first thing that comes to mind is the iconic and industry-changing singles match between Jumbo Tsuruta and Mitsuharu Misawa. What often gets forgotten is that the undercard for that genuinely exciting match featured one of the biggest stinkers of the decade and quite possibly […]...2024
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• (Almost) 5-Star Match Reviews: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa – AJPW, September 1, 1990

When wrestling fans see or hear the names “Jumbo Tsuruta” and “Mitsuharu Misawa” together, one of two things comes to mind: the collection of top-tier tag matches they had between 1990 and 1992; or their historic singles match from June 8, 1990 that changed the course of wrestling. What often gets forgotten is that these […]...2023
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• Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi vs. Misawa, Kawada & Kobashi (Part Three- and other Dream Matches!)

Welcome back to more Dream Matches! This time, I have the last match in the great AJPW trilogy from 1990-92, as Jumbo Tsuruta leads aging shitbird Masanobu Fuchi & young upstart Akira Taue against Mitsuharu Misawa & the next generation of superstars- Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi! This one pays off all the dramatic struggles […]...2023
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• One-Post Complete and Accurate Bockwinkel vs Jumbo
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• Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA Title) (and Other Dream Matches!)
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 2/19 - 2/25
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• Found Footage Friday: TSURUTA-GUN~! VS~! SUPER~! GENERATION~! ARMY~! BARR~! DANDY~! PANTHER~! CHARLES~! ESTRADA~! RAYO~! HERMANOS DINOMITA~!
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