All Japan Matchlists

These matchlists should be listed in the same order that they appear on the page.  I would list them in chrono order, but it's easier on the eyes if the same type of shows appear together, like all the AJ Classics together.  Comments in green have been made by someone else (likely Drakkhim or PWVideos), and comments made in orange are by me.  I've likely seen the matches in green, but sometimes someone else just makes a better comment than me.
 
 
 

All Japan TV 3/12/1989   (55 mins.)

Masanobu Fuchi  vs.  Mighty Inoue         PWF Junior Heavyweight Title
Ricky Steamboat  vs.  Tiger Mask II (Misawa)     NWA World Heavyweight Title
Road Warriors/Genichiro Tenryu  vs.  Jumbo Tsuruta/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Shunji Takano     NWA 6-Man Tag Titles
 
 

All Japan TV 6/11/1989   (50 mins.)

Sting  vs.  Dan Spivey
Jumbo Tsuruta  vs.  Genichiro Tenryu      Triple Crown Title   ****3/4     (this match ranks in the top five best All Japan singles matches of the 80s... maybe in the top three. Great 20+ minute bout in which Tenryu wins the Triple Crown. Best match of their feud)
 
 

All Japan TV 1/14/1990  (50 mins.)

British Bulldogs  vs. Isao Takagi/Akira Taue
Yoshiaki Yatsu/Shunji Takano  vs.  Abdullah The Butcher/Ivan Koloff
Jumbo Tsuruta/Great Kabuki/Tiger Mask II   vs.  Genichiro Tenryu/Ricky Fuyuki/Toshiaki Kawada  ****  (Very awesome six-man tag with Kabuki and Tenryu having more heat with each other than what Tsuruta and Tenryu has. At one point, Kabuki just blasts Tenryu with strikes and he sells them like dream. Lots of fun!)
 

All Japan TV 1/21/1990  (50 mins.)

Kenta Kobashi  vs.  Randy Rose
British Bulldogs  vs.  Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers
Genichiro Tenryu/Ricky Fuyuki  vs.  Jumbo Tsuruta/Tiger Mask II
 

All Japan TV 1/28/1990  (50 mins.)

Abdullah The Butcher/Randy Rose  vs.  Yoshiaki Yatsu/Shinichi Nakano
British Bulldogs  vs. Tiger Mask II/Kenta Kobashi
Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada  vs.  Jumbo Tsuruta/Isao Takagi
 
 

All Japan Classics #42     (2 hrs.)

Ric Flair  vs. Ricky Steamboat    6/4/82         NWA World Heavyweight Title   (one of the earlier matches of the Flair/Steamboat saga. Both men are very young here and work a great match)
Ric Flair vs.  Jumbo Tsuruta   6/8/82
Giant Baba  vs.  Terry Gordy    2/28/82 Atlanta, GA
Terry Funk/Dick Slater  vs.  Jerry Lawler/Don Diamond     2/20/82, St. Petersburg, FL
Jumbo Tsuruta  vs.  Mil Mascaras   7/30/82    (decent match, goes to a draw. Imagine that, Mil Mascaras not wanting to lose)
 
 

All Japan Classics #47

Ric Flair vs. Bruiser Brody        2/11/1983   Saint Louis, MO       2/3 Falls NWA Title     (This one goes to a 60:00 draw.  Very impressive. The original footage is a little less than perfect and you can see very minor faults on certain camera angles. Totally watchable however, and very enjoyable)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Hercules Hernandez          1/7/1983
Jimmy Garvin vs. David Von Erich        6/17/1983     Fort Worth, TX. WCCW Texas Title (I haven't gotten to watch most of this tape.....but how is this AJPW?  Same for Flair and Brody, especially when the matches took place in the US.  Mystery of life I guess)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tommy Rich         2/25/1983    UN Title
Tommy Rich vs. The Great Kabuki      3/2/1983
 
 

All Japan Classics #58

Dory Funk Jr. vs. Stan Hansen          4/26/1984      (At the end of the match, Bruiser Brody comes out from what seems to be nowhere, and annihilates Dory with Hansen's help. Awesome!)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel           5/13/1984      St. Paul, MN     AWA World Title
Stan Hansen vs. Giant Baba        7/31/1984     PWF Title
Harley Race vs. Ric Flair          5/22/1984
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kerry Von Erich     (This is the infamous match where Jumbo goes nuts and starts stomping Kerry's hand therefore making him unable to execute the discus punch. I'll bet this was good old Fritz's plan as his son would drop the NWA Title to Flair only two days later (ON THE NEXT TAPE! Episode #59). Word has it that Fritz talked about Kerry's loss on WCCW TV as if he'd been screwed by the Japanese ref and Jumbo himself!)
 
 

All Japan Classics #59

Kerry Von Erich  vs.  Ric Flair     5/24/ 984       NWA Title change
Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody vs.    Giant Baba/Dory Funk Jr.      826/1984     PWF Tag Title
Great Kabuki  vs.   Umanoseke Ueda        6/5/1984
Tiger Mask II (Misawa) v. La Fiera        8/26/1984      (This is Mitsuharu Misawa's debut as Tiger Mask. Watch as La Fiera seems to kill himself on more than one ocassion.)
Terry Gordy vs. Jumbo Tsuruta       8/29/1984     INT'L Title
 
 

All Japan Classics #65

British Bulldogs vs Tiger Mask II/Mighty Inoue        11/30/85
Terry Funk/Dory Funk Jr.   vs.   Terry Gordy/Art Crews       10/22/85
Terry Funk/Dory Funk Jr. vs. The Road Warriors         10/19/85
Stan Hansen vs. Rick Martel          12/29/85      AWA World Title   (First 5 minutes are clipped, and the rest of complete)
Road Warriors   vs.   Genichiro Tenryu/Jumbo Tsuruta        10/21/85
Mil Mascaras vs. Norio Honaga        10/22/85
Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta        10/19/1985       (Flair holds the title, but this is a Non-Title match)
Dynamite Kid   vs.   Tiger Mask II       11/27/85
Ric Flair/Rick Martel   vs.   Genichiro Tenryu/Jumbo Tsuruta      10/22/85    (One day after their historic title vs title match, Flair and Martel team up for what is maybe the only time two reigning world champs have teamed together)
 
 

All Japan Classics #105   (2 hrs.)

Nasty Boys  vs.  Great Kabuki/Shunji Takano    11/19/89
British Bulldogs/Kenta Kobashi  vs.  Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat/Masa Fuchi     11/19/89
Stan Hansen/Genichiro Tenryu  vs.  Terry Gordy/Bill Irwin      11/19/89
Nasty Boys  vs.  Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat      11/25/89
British Bulldogs/Kenta Kobashi  vs.  Toshiaki Kawada/Ricky Fuyuki/Yoshinari Ogawa    12/4/89
Yoshiaki Yatsu/Jumbo Tsuruta  vs.  British Bulldogs     11/25/90
Abdullah the Butcher/Tiger Jeet Singh  vs.  Stan Hansen/Genichiro Tenryu    11/25/89
 
 

All Japan Classic TV 3/3/2001

Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat vs. Steve Williams/Terry Gordy      4/17/90     ****1/4
Andre the Giant/Giant Baba/Great Kabuki  vs.  Masa Fuchi/Shunji Takano/Shinichi Nakano     4/17/90   
Randy Savage vs. Genichiro Tenryu    4/13/90  ***1/2   (holy SHIT do the fans get upset when Sherri tries to interfere)
 
 

All Japan Classic TV 3/17/2001

Kenta Kobashi  vs.  Bam Bam Bigelow     6/5/90
Stan Hansen/Dan Spivey  vs.   Steve Williams/Terry Gordy   (great match)
Jumbo Tsuruta  vs.   Genichiro Tenryu     4/19/90     (according to Tabar, this is the last meeting between Tenryu and Tsuruta, and possibly Tenryu's last AJ match before forming SWS. An angle is run with Hansen taking out Tenryu before the match and then challenging Tsuruta)
 
 

All Japan Commercial  9/3/94  (1 hr.)

Kenta Kobashi  vs.  Steve Williams       9/3/1994   *****    (just an awesome match)
 
 

AJPW New Year's Giant Series 1997

Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue  vs.  Steve Williams/Johnny Ace    Double Tag Titles  ****
Mitsuharu Misawa  vs.  Kenta Kobashi      Triple Crown    *****  (this match goes over 40 minutes and just totally rules it)
Hiroshi Hase  vs.  Kentaro Shiga
Akira Taue  vs.  Jun Akiyama
 
 

AJPW October Giant Series 1998

Mitsuharu Misawa/Takao Omori  vs.  Kenta Kobashi/Jinsei Shinzaki   (This isn't a whole match, it's JIP and clipped on different points....the only real point to it is that Kobashi debuts THE BURNING F'N HAMMER!!!! and pins Misawa, setting up the next match)
Mitsuharu Misawa  vs.  Kenta Kobashi        Triple Crown    ****3/4    (This is a very good and entertaining match and both guys hit almost all of their special moves.....their match from NY Giant Series 97 is better, but you can't go wrong here either)
Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Jun Akiyama/Kenta Kobashi       Double Tag Titles   ****1/4
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jinsei Shinzaki
 

All Japan Excite Series 1999   (2 hrs.)

Kenta Kobashi/Jun Akiyama  vs.  Mitsuharu Misawa/Yoshinagi Ogawa
Vader  vs.  Akira Taue
--Tsuruta retirement feature
Tamon Honda/Jun Izamida  vs.  Hayabusa/Jinsei Shinzaki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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