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[1984-04-28-AJPW] Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody


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Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody - AJPW 4/28/84

 

The biggest native team vs the biggest gaijin team! Had a big fight feel to it even though no titles were on the line. Very much in the All Japan style of a lot of action and frequent tags for both teams. So heat is not sustained a single person with the idea to build to the hot tag, but rather there is just a steady state of heat from the perpetual motion of both teams. I would say the story of the match was that native team just could not get anything going. Jumbo starts hot out of the gate with a Thesz Press and the native team would not take the lead again until the end of the match. I loved Hansen shortening the distance between him and Tenryu on that criss cross exchange and really hitting him with that elbow. The big gaijin brutes used a lot of double teams to maintain their advantage. Brody takes a bump for Tenryu's enziguiri! Actually this was a pretty good Brody performance much more giving than usual. There felt like there were a shit ton of dropkicks in this match. Every time the natives would get a tag, the gaijin team found a way to almost immediately overwhelm them, usually with double team moves. Double shoulder block to Jumbo or that wicked blind uppercut knee from Brody to Tenryu. In one case, Hansen targeted the arm of Jumbo and the work on Jumbo's arm was pretty good and the most sustained heat of the match. The problem was that gaijin team could never maintain enough control to keep their opponent on their side of the ring so that allowed for frequent tags for the natives too. Great suplex struggle between Tenryu & Brody. Brody does not take the bump but forces Tenryu back to his corner. Hansen muscles Tenryu up for a suplex. Great meaty exchange there between the powerhouses. Hansen piledriver! Really classic Hansen a total tornado in there, double back body drop. Hansen telegraphs back body drop and Tenryu bodyslam and tags out to Jumbo. JUMBO IS ON FIRE! Big jumping knee to Hansen who tags out. Brody gets whipped so hard he falls to outside and is busted open on the ringpost, nice bladejob over one eye. Jumbo is incensed. He is relentless on Brody. Hansen tries to pull him off to no avail! That's how pissed Jumbo is! Tenryu SUPLEXES BRODY!!!! Mark out city! I think there have been a dozen dropkicks. Even Hansen hit one and it was great! Tenryu reverse flyng elbow! Enzguiri to Hansen. Natives finally have the gaijin on the ropes. Stereo BACK SUPLEXES!!! It is breaking loose in Tokyo! Brody misses the King Kong Kneedrop and Everybody ends up outside in a fracas. Hansen drives Jumbo's bad arm into the post. Tenryu double teamed. He is on apron when Brody dropkicks him off and the Monster Heels win by countout.

 

A story of oh so close after being dominated for much of the match, the natives finally wake up and kick ass, but once the match spills to the floor it is anybody's ballgame and the heels are able to isolate Tenryu and win by countout. Interesting take on the tag match. Instead of building to one or two hot tags. There was no hot tags and it was just fluid on both babyfaces. I thought while novel it was not as dramatic as the formula. There was plenty of action, but I didn't think it added up to a compelling narrative. That being said the action made it so it was never boring, there was plenty of effort and the finish was hot. ***3/4

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