Rambles about the wonderful world of wrestling.
While Flair has been a regular in this series so far, we are now hitting what many might see as his heydey. His feud with the Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat is still spoken about in hushed tones, and there are three five-star matches between the two in 1989. The first one is for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and took place at NWA Chi-Town Rumble.
Continue reading “Meltzer’s Classics: Steamboat vs. Flair 20/2/89”
After a brief time in the US of A, we are back in Dave Meltzer’s beloved Japan for our next five-star classic. Once again it is a tag team match featuring Stan Hansen, but this time he teams up with Terry Gordy to take on Genichiro Tenryu and Toshiaki Kawada. This match was the final of the bizarrely named World’s Strongest Tag Determination League in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
Continue reading “Meltzer’s Classics – Hansen & Gordy vs. Tenryu & Kawada”
Let’s start this one off with a confession. I was very surprised to find The Sheepherders (later known as The Bushwackers) on this list. They are a tag-team that even as they were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame felt like more of a comedy duo that a real wrestling proposition. Although, maybe that all stems from seeing the clip of Luke being eliminated from the Royal Rumble a million times.
Continue reading “Meltzer’s Classics: The Sheepherders vs. The Fantastics”
My third Meltzer Classic is the most unusual yet, at least from my point of view. Kazuo Yamazaki and Nobuhiko Takada are the first wrestlers on the list that I haven’t even heard of. In fact, watching the copy of the match I have, I’m not even entirely certain whether I know which one is which. I don’t know if this is some massive oversight on my part or whether the two just aren’t appreciated on this side of the world.
Continue reading “Meltzer’s Classic: Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada 5/12/84”
Ramblings About Wrestling 