ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING TV
November 7, 1999
1. All-Asian Tag Team Title: Johnny Smith & Maunakea Mossman vs Masao Inoue & Tamon Honda
Smith and Honda hit simultaneous lariats as footage began. Inoue gained a near fall on Smith after Honda dropped him on Smith’s knee. Smith gained a near fall on Inoue with a stun gun and another with a Death Valley driver. Honda was double suplexed. Smith hit a top rope elbow and Mossman hit a top rope splash on Inoue for a near fall. Mossman gained a near fall on Inoue with a Hawaiian crush. Mossman ran into a lariat from Inoue. Mossman gained a near fall on Inoue with a DDT and another with a northern lights suplex. Inoue blocked a dragon suplex attempt by Mossman. Honda gave Mossman a delayed German suplex. Inoue gained a near fall on Mossman with a lariat. Honda and Inoue gave Mossman a strange modified inverted powerbomb and Inoue gained a heated near fall. Inoue applied a torture rack on Mossman. Mossman countered an Inoue DDT with a backslide for a near fall. Inoue reapplied the torture rack on Mossman and made him submit at 26:18 to win the vacant title (7:16 aired). Looked like a really good match, maybe better than ***.
2. Jinsei Shinzaki vs Takao Omori
Shinzaki gave Omori an inverted dragon screw as footage began. Shinzaki went for his cross-arm choke but Omori blocked it. Omori knocked Shinzaki off the apron and into the barricade with a dropkick. Shinzaki dove onto Omori and knocked him over the barricade into the crowd. Shinzaki followed with an incredible somersault plancha. Shinzaki gained a near fall with a springboard dropkick. Shinzaki gave Omori a prayer powerbomb for a near fall and then applied a cross-arm choke on Omori. Omori countered a prayer powerbomb attempt and gave Shinzaki a full nelson slam. Omori went for a top rope dropkick but Shinzaki dropkicked him in mid-air. Omori blocked a powerbomb attempt but missed a spin kick. Shinzaki missed a spin kick and Omori gave him an ax bomber. Omori gained a near fall with a top rope kneedrop. Shinzaki fought back with a superkick and gave Omori a huracanrana for a great near fall. Omori hit an ax bomber, Shinzaki hit a spin kick, Omori a second ax bomber for a near fall, and Omori a third ax bomber for the pin at 21:11 (7:57 aired). This also looked like a good to very good match.
3. Yoshihiro Takayama vs Gary Albright
Takayama dropkicked Albright off the apron and into the barricade. He German suplexed Albright. Albright back suplexed Takayama and whipped him into the barricade. Albright knocked Takayama off the apron into the barricade with a knee to his back. Albright hit two belly to belly suplexes for a near fall. Albright gave Takayama a pumphandle slam and a German suplex. Albright hit a double underhook suplex but missed a corner splash. Takayama fought back with some kicks and applied a cross armbreaker. Takayama again dropkicked Albright off the apron into the barricade. He gained a near fall on Albright after a couple stiff kicks. Takayama missed a jumping knee in the corner and Albright powerslammed him. Takayama gained a near fall with a German suplex. Takayama applied a crossface and made Albright submit at 8:32 (6:37 aired). A watchable match, but only the suplexes were good. *1/4
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