WATCH ALONG: Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW Super Power Series 1989)
Added 2025-07-10 16:35:18 +0000 UTCCome watch Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu at AJPW Super Power Series 1989 for the first time with me!
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Finally some good fucking food (thank you for taking my recommendation) - Honestly your pronunciation was pretty good. You nailed Jumbo. Tenryu just needs to be faster, Ten-Ryu (like the street fighter character). Ten means Heaven and Ryu means dragon so Tenryu literally means Heavenly Dragon. Pretty fucking cool. - I'm glad you included the entrances. Jumbo has one of the best themes of all time. - Hansen is with Tenryu, and also is just anti-Jumbo they had been facing off for years at this point. The very first Triple Crown match ever was Stan vs Jumbo. - STAN Hansen and Tenryu team together in that years world tag league (basically the G1 but for tag teams) and dominate, beating every other team and losing no matches. One of the most over powered teams ever. - For the most part at this point All Japan wasn't huge into the face/heel dynamic. Jumbo had been the Ace of the promotion for over a decade at this point (he was built up as All Japans guy since day 1 in 72). It wasn't about who's good who's bad it was mostly just about competition. - Unfortunately after this match Jumbo only had a few years left in him at the top. He was sadly diagnosed with hep c in 92 and moved to the lower end of the card before retiring in 99 and then tragically passing away in 2000 at only 49. Luckily, in the 89-92 time range he put on some of the greatest matches ever so you still have a lot to look forward to. - Tenryu left All Japan to start his own company (SWS) soon after, though SWS wasn't successful Tenryu himself still may have been THE wrestler of the 90s. Despite already being 39 here, he had one of the greatest free lancing careers all after turning 40. Appearing in companies all over the place and having some of his best matches. He'd eventually shockingly return to All Japan in 2000 following Baba's death and the NOAH exodus, and even at 50 would put on incredible matches well into the 2000s. He eventually retired in 2015 in a kinda insane match vs Okada at the age of 65. Jumbo was already a mean bastard here, but as he starts to feud with the next generation in 1990 he transforms into an old prick, and it's glorious. His matches with Misawa are the stuff of legend. You'll have to watch Misawas unmasking and then the first big six man first, but the next big chronological All Japan match will be Jumbo vs Misawa 1. I think that'd be a perfect event/series watch along to do in place of a single match. 1st match - Tiger mask and kawada vs Yatsu and Fuyuki https://youtu.be/hx-I9Asceug?si=6HKLezHOWTDTeZZI 2nd match - Misawa, Taue, and Kobashi vs Jumbo, Fuchi, and Kabuki https://youtu.be/fg8KoSf_fCg?si=6XNBTNTE9QVxAJA1 Match 3 - Jumbo vs Misawa 1 https://youtu.be/SP879hZ3DxQ?si=-obfVt70pSEdzktl While you can watch Jumbo vs Misawa on its own, knowing and watching the full context adds so much. Thats why I'd recommend watching them all together for your weekly event/rivalry watch along. Lock in buddy.
Rhys Withhisspoon
2025-07-10 22:25:28 +0000 UTCSeeing as you’re watching more AJPW, I’d also recommend watching Joseph Montecillo’s “Walking the King’s Road” series on YouTube, as he covers a lot of the stories and rivalries from 80’s - 90’s AJPW. It’s a really interesting watch, and helps you to understand more of what’s happening on-screen, as well as appreciating the matches even more!
Peaks ‘n’ Beaks
2025-07-10 19:23:57 +0000 UTC
