Reel in Place

vs  Andre the Giant & Giant Baba (11/20/1990) This is Taue and Jumbo's first real time in the ring with Andre. Jumbo was in a battle royal in 1974, but this is real virgin territory for Taue. This is fine. You get all of the Andre stuff you'd expect, Baba does everything he needs to do to make Andre's moments meaningful, Jumbo plays his part, but fiery underdog Taue slapping the shit out of Andre is the highlight of this match. That isn't the highlight of a great match, but it certainly makes this one worth watching.  vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 9/4/1991) There's a lot to like here. I would say that over the course of these matches, Taue has stood out more to me than Jumbo, and he's fine here, but Jumbo is great, in particular, the exchanges with Kawada are great. The shame of this match is that the Kawada/Jumbo sections aren't the main trust of the match. The main conflict is Jumbo and Misawa, which is fine, but it doesn't really...

The whole playlist is  here , for your continuous viewing pleasure.  Bull Curry vs Johnny Valentine - June 20, 1969 Here is a comprehensive list of the best things in wrestling: cool suplexes, wild dives, shoot punches to the head. The second fall of this match is mostly Curry punching Valentine in the head a bunch, it is incredible.   Nick Bockwinkel vs Ricky Morton - July 2, 1982 Bock rules, 1982 Ricky Morton does a real bad figure four leg lock.  Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu - April 20, 1989 This is the first match of the Tenryu/Jumbo series. The second match is one of the greatest matches of all time, but this one is great too. The botched powerbomb at the end is brutal.   Tatsuo Nakano vs Masakatsu Funaki - July 24, 1989 The opening strike exchanges here are great, and Nakano getting beat up is always worth watching. Naoki Sano vs Rick Martel - December 12, 1992 I've been trying to watch more Martel, there was a match with him and Choshu on an ear...