Deathstroke's Top 100 Matches From Japan

[Deathstroke]

Thanks man. I hope everyone watches these and hopefully they enjoy even if they're new puro-viewers.

[Mrs Grudge]

top 5 wasnt much surprise coming from YOU

[Deathstroke]

Am I that pre-diddly-ictable? *sighs* I've wasted my whole dang-diddly life.

[War Machine]

Thanks man. I hope everyone watches these and hopefully they enjoy even if they're new puro-viewers.

I was hoping you wouldn't mind me posting the top matches. I wasn't want to hijack or anything, I just want people to realize there's more to wrestling than WWE.

[Mister F]

Congratulations on finishing! Great list!

[Chuck Norris]

Kobashi/Misawa 1-20-97, my favorite puro match.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9FNCKVD6

[Mrs Grudge]

Kobashi/Misawa 1-20-97, my favorite puro match.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9FNCKVD6

shut up chucky

[Deathstroke]

1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue, AJPW 6/9/95
2. Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, AJPW 1/20/97
3. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori, AJW Dreamslam 1
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada, AJPW 6/3/94
5. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue, AJPW "Real World Tag League 96" Finals
6. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shijiri Ohtani, NJPW 2/9/97
7. Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) vs. The Great Sasuke, NJPW "Super J Cup 94" Finals
8. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. The Funks, AJPW "Real World Tag Leage 82" Finals
9. Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki - 2/3 Falls, AJW Dream Rush
10. Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask, NJPW 4/21/83
11. Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen, AJPW 7/31/93
12. Shinjiri Ohtani vs. El Samurai, NJPW 1/21/96
13. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa, AJPW 7/2/93
14. Masahiro Chono & Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki, NJPW 11/1/90
15. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shinjiro Ohtani, NJPW J-Crown 96 Semi-Finals
16. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, AJPW 9/1/90
17. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi, AJPW 6/12/98
18. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, AJPW 5/25/92
19. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki & Hikari Fukuoka - Thunder Queen Battle, AJW/JWP 7/31/93
20. Toshiaki Kawada vs. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, AJPW Championship Carnival 94
21. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue, AJPW "Championship Carnival 95" Final
22. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai, NJPW "Top of Super Juniors 92" Finals
23. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada, AJPW 2/28/93
24. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Johnny Ace & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, AJPW 3/4/95
25. Masahiro Chono vs. Keiji Mutoh, NJPW "G-1 Climax 91" Finals
26. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano, NJPW 1/31/90
27. Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit, NJPW "Top Of Super Juniors 96" Semi-Final
28. Antonio Inoki vs. Big Van Vader, NJPW 1/4/96
29. The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase, NJPW 12/14/92
30. Manami Yoyota vs. Aja Kong - "V" Top Tournament, AJW Big Egg Universe
31. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader, UWF-i Pro Wrestling World Tournament 94
32. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasake vs. The Steiner Bros. NJPW/WCW 3/21/91
33. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi, AJPW 4/20/91
34. Yumiko Hotta vs . Lioness Asuka - UFC Rules, AJW Queendom III
35. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kenta Kobashi, AJPW 5/24/91
36. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Stan Hansen, AJPW 5/21/93
37. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Owen Hart, NJPW "Top of Super Juniors" 91
38. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano - Cage Match, AJW WrestleMarinpiad II
39. Black Tiger II (Eddy Guerrero) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, NJPW "Top of Super Juniors 96" Finals
40. Chris Benoit vs. El Samurai, NJPW "Best of Super Juniors" 93
41. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki, NOAH 7/18/05
42. Great Sasuke & Black Tiger II (Eddy Guerrero) vs. Chris Benoit & Shinjiro Ohtani, NJPW "Jr. Tag League 94" Finals
43. Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs. Aja Kong & Bull Nakano, AJW Queendom II
44. The Funks vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy, AJPW 8/31/83
45. Akira Maeda vs.Tatsumi Fujinami, NJPW 6/12/86
46. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu, AJPW 6/5/89
47. Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai, AJW "V" Top Tournament
48. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Great Muta & Shiro Koshinaka, NJPW 3/20/87
49. Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase vs. Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow, NJPW 5/1/92
50. TAKA Michinoku/Sho Funaki/Dick Togo/Shiryu/Men's Teioh vs. Gran Naniwa/Super Delfin/Tiger Mask IV/Masato Yakushiji/Gran Hamada - Michinoku Pro "3rd Anniversary Show"
51. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama, NOAH 7/10/04
52. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto - Hair vs. Hair, AJW8/28/85
53. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Vader, AJPW 2/17/00
54. FootLoose (Toshiaki Kawada & Kodo Fuyuki) vs. Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano, AJPW 7/19/88
55. Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota, AJW Destiny
56. Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson, AJPW 7/24/76
57. Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger, NJPW 5/26/82
58. Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Chris Benoit, WCW Cruiserweight Title Finals
59. Jun Akiyama vs. Katsuyori Shibata, Wrestle-1 2005 GP
60. Kenta Kobashi & Joe Malenko vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas, AJPW 10/11/89
61. Vader vs. Stan Hansen, NJPW vs. AJPW Super Fight 90
62. El Samurai vs. 63. Dynamite Kid vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, NJWW 2/5/80
63. Koji Kanemoto, NJPW "Best of Super Juniors 97" Finals
64. Devil Masami vs. Chigusa Nagayo, AJW 8/22/85
65. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama, Zero-1 MAX 3/2/01
66. Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA, NOAH "Autumn Navigation 06"
67. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. The Funk Brothers, AJPW "Real World Tag League 80" Finals
68. Satoshi Kojima vs. Toshiaki Kawada, AJPW 2/16/05
69. Taka Michinoku vs. Black Tiger II (Eddy Guerrero), NJPW "Super J Cup 94"
70. TenKoji vs. Mike Barton (Bart Gunn) & Jim Steele, NJPW 12/11/01
71. Owen Hart vs. Keiichi Yamada, NJPW 6/10/88
72. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, New Japan 11/11/07
73. Great Muta vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, NJPW 10/20/96
74. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi, NOAH 7/15/07
75. Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody, NJPW 4/18/85
76. Combat Toyoda v Megumi Kudo - Exploding Barbwire Match, FMW 5/5/96
77. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 11/5/05
78. Satoru Sayama (Tiger Mask) & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara, UWF-i 7/23/84
79. Kenta Kobashi vs. Minoru Suzuki, NOAH 1/8/05
80. Megumi Kudo vs. Mayumi Ozaki - Barbwire Death Match, FMW 4/18/97
81. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. The Funk Brothers, AJPW "Real World Tag League 81" Finals
82. Yuji Nagata vs. Akira Taue, NOAH "Nagata's Debut Navigation Tour"
83. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Stan Hansen & Akira Taue, AJPW "Real World Tag League 99" Finals
84. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kazuo Yamazaki, UWF-i 7/24/89
85. Mr. Gannosuke vs. Masato Tanaka, FMW 8/20/99
86. Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs. Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe - Cage Match, AJW 9/21/97
87. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto, NJPW vs. WAR 2/17/94
88. Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki & Masato Tanaka vs. Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke & Yukihiro Kanemura - War Games Cage Death Match, FMW 12/22/97
89. Masato Tanaka vs. The Gladiator, FMW 9/28/97
90. Vader vs. Jun Akiyama, AJPW "New Years Giant Series 2000"
91. Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) & Tiger Mask III (Koji Kanemoto) & Tiger Mask IV vs. Ultimo Dragon & Jushin Thunder Liger & Great Sasuke, Toryumon X "The Legend of Tiger Mask"
92. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayam, NOAH "Kobashi Returns" 12/2/07
93. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada, AJPW "Real World Tag League 88" Finals
94. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi, NJPW/AJPW "The Second Judgement 2000"
95. Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, AJPW 10/9/81
96. Stan Hansen vs. Andre The Giant, NJPW 9/23/81
97. Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki) & The Roadwarriors vs. Scott Norton & The Steiner Brothers, UWF-i vs. NJPW "Battle Formation" 96
98. Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo vs. Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka - No Rope Barbwire Bomb, FMW 5/5/96
99. The Sheik & Abdullah The Butcher vs. The Funk Brothers, AJPW "Real World Tag League 77" Finals
100. Atsushi Onita vs. Masashi Aoyagi - Karate Fighter vs. Pro Wrestler, FMW 10/6/89

[TimDF]

I remember seeing this thread when I first joined, but forgot about it completely. Just spent the last hour at work reading over all 7 pages. Great stuff as usual DS.

By the way, LockeLesnar where u at?

[NKWulf]

holy old bump...

[Donoreem]

TTT.

Deathstroke, would you make any changes to your list after 7 years? Especially since Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, A.J. Styles, Katsuyori Shibata, Tomohiro Ishii, Kota Ibushi, et al... have been putting in absolutely fantastic work in NJPW the last few years. I mean, Hiroshi Tanahashi could very well likely go down as the #1 Wrestler of the Decade (10'-19').

[Deathstroke]

TTT.

Deathstroke, would you make any changes to your list after 7 years? Especially since Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, A.J. Styles, Katsuyori Shibata, Tomohiro Ishii, Kota Ibushi, et al... have been putting in absolutely fantastic work in NJPW the last few years. I mean, Hiroshi Tanahashi could very well likely go down as the #1 Wrestler of the Decade (10'-19').

This is one I would not change, because I have stopped following Puroresu 5+ years ago, I hear it is better or as good as it's ever been as far as match quality goes. I did not know Tanahashi was that highly regarded currently though, but I cannot say I am surprised. The man was destined to be the top ace.

[Deathstroke]

I have since taken an interest in reptiles, I FUKKEN LOVE REPTILES!!!! I am a reptile (lizard) enthusiast to the highest degree. I have since taken a greater interest in MMA. I will always be a pro wrestling fnatic, but I just watch WWE atm. Although those years, upon years filled with countless hours of viewing different genres of wrestling, I don't regret, got me through a lot! A SH*TLOAD!