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The Rock n Roll Express cut a promo on all the challengers to their NWA World Tag Team Championships.
NWA World Championship Wrestling
December 14, 1985
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NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelión
#NWA#NWA World Tag Team Champions#Bestia 666#Mecha Wolf 450#La Rebelión#NWA World Tag Team Championship#National Wrestling Alliance#Tag Team Title#NWA Wrestling#Lucha Libre#Pro Wrestling#20s
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#the kingdom#vinny marseglia#matt taven#tk o'ryan#roh#champions: roh#roh six man tag team championship#champions: cmll#nwa world historic welterweight championship#ringside#no action#wrestling#ppv show#male#tag teams#*mine
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🌟 MAKING WRESTLING MAJESTIC AGAIN! 🌟
Folks, tonight is gonna be something BIG in the world of wrestling. It's NWA Samhain 2023, and we've got a match that's gonna be absolutely TREMENDOUS! 🤼♀️💥
For the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship, it's Pretty Empowered, with Ella Envy and Kylie Paige, who are the champs, going head-to-head against Natalia Markova and Taylor Rising. This is gonna be a match that's really something special, believe me!
But here's what I need from you, folks: We're covering this show, and you DON'T want to miss out. The link is in my bio, so click it and join us for the most controversial, combative, and serious in-depth analysis you've ever seen. We're the best at it, just like me at everything else! 💪🎙️
So, don't wait! Tune in and let's keep MAKING WRESTLING MAJESTIC AGAIN! It's gonna be the best, no doubt!
#NWA #Samhain2023 #TagTeamChampionship #PrettyEmpowered #NataliaMarkova #TaylorRising #Wrestling 🇺🇸💪🌟
#Make pro wrestling majestic again#mpwma#pro wrestling#pro wrestling podcast#professional wrestling#professional wrestling podcast#wrestling#wrestling podcast#nwa#national wrestling alliance#Samhain#Samhain 2023#nwa Samhain#nwa Samhain 2023#pretty empowered#ella envy#kylie paige#natalia markova#taylor rising#nwa world womens tag team championship#nwa world womens tag team champion#nwa world womens tag team title
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Kamala/ James Arthur Harris
James Arthur “Kamala” Harris was a professional wrestler best known for his professional wrestling persona, Kamala, a fictional Ugandan giant. Harris was born on May 28, 1950, to Jessie Harris and Betsy Mosely in Senatobia, Mississippi. He had four sisters as well. Harris grew up in Coldwater, Mississippi where his family owned a furniture store. When he was four years old, his father was murdered after a dice game. Growing up, he worked as a sharecropper to help provide for the family. Harris dropout out of high school in the ninth grade and became a burglar.
In 1967, on the advice of police, Harris left Mississippi and moved to Florida where he worked a truck driver and fruit picker. He next moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan where he met a professional wrestler Bobo Brazil who became his trainer. In 1978, Harris made his professional wrestling debut as “Sugar Bear” Harris. One year later, in 1979 he won his first professional wrestling championship in the National Wrestling Association (NWA) Tri-State Tag Team competition with wrestler Oki Shikina. In 1980 he joined Southeastern Championship Wrestling as “Bad News” Harris and later that year won its championship. In 1982, Harris joined the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) after being offer by a job by promoter Jerry O’Neal “The King” Lawler.
While wrestling for CWA, Lawler and another wrestling promoter, Jerry Winston Jarret, created a new wrestling character for Harris. This character, named Kamala, was a stereotypical Ugandan headhunter with face and body painting who was supposed to be the bodyguard of former President of Uganda Idi Amin. Harris then joined Mid-South Wrestling owned by promoter William Harris and remained with the organization until 1986.
Harris wrestled with other wrestling organizations during his career including World Class Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE), and World Championship Wrestling before retiring in 2010 at the age of 60.
Despite his long successful wrestling career, Harris had numerous personal and health related issues. In 2011, had his left leg amputated below the knee due to complications from high blood pressure and diabetes. A year later, his right leg was also amputated below the knee. As a result of the amputations, a charity fund was set up to help with his financial needs.
In 2016, Harris was part of a class action lawsuit filed against World Wrestling Entertainment claiming that wrestlers received traumatic brain injuries during their time with WWE. Unfortunately for Harris and other wrestlers, the lawsuit was dismissed by Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in 2018.
Harris was married twice during his lifetime, first to Clara Freeman. That marriage ended in divorce. He later married Emmer Jean Bradley and that marriage lasted until his death. He was also father six children, five daughters and one son.
In 2017, Harris underwent lifesaving emergency surgery to clear fluid from around his heart and lungs. His health problems continued. He was hospitalized on August 5, 2020, after testing positive from COVID-19 during the pandemic in Mississippi. Four days later, on August 9, Harris died from complications from diabetes and COVID-19 in Oxford, Mississippi. He was 70.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/kamala-james-arthur-harris-1950-2020/
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so last night at wwe's survivor series ppv (sorry, ple) a HUGE pro wrestling legend made his return. one of my all time favorite pro wrestlers, a multi time champion who has been in the pro wrestling business for 20+ years. the FIRST EVER african american to win the NWA world heavy weight championship: R Truth.
now, in WWE R Truth has mostly been treated as a comedy wrestler, but he does have some serious achievements including being a 54-time 24/7 champion! he's also won the US, Intercontinental, Hardcore, and Tag Team championships.
putting his work in WWE aside, R Truth is still an accomplished wrestler. as stated, he was the first ever african american NWA world heavyweight champion. he's also a 3-time tag champion in TNA, as well as a 2 time world champion (with the NWA title in TNA)
R Truth deserves respect
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Lacey Von Erich , daughter of Kerry Von Erich posing with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship as a member of The Beautiful People , 2009-10 .
Kerry Von Erich posing with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, 1984.
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WRESTLING FURY: June 1989
PAUL E. DANGEROUSLY
The Manager Fans Love To Hate
By Don Laible
[The original Midnight Express are wreaking havoc in NWA rings everywhere.]
What a difference two years can make. It wasn’t too long ago that this Scarsdale, New York resident was juggling responsibilities as managing editor for several internationally recognized professional wrestling magazines. Always tagged as the ‘Boy Wonder’ who worked best under pressure, a career as a spokesman and manager to some of the most respectable grapplers seems to have been destined to Paul E. Dangerously.
With the encouragement and support from key wrestling personnel and his family, Dangerously has become the top ‘mouthpiece’ in the sport today, at least he has according to this writer. As a result of his dedication and will to succeed in such a brutal game filled with more disappointments than highlights, Paul E. has overcome the biggest hurdle of them all–the rookie jinx. Dangerously has been riding high on victories and championships for two years now with no let up in sight.
The weight that tipped the scale in favor of Dangerously giving him a shot at becoming a manager actually occurred several years back.It was the late Grand Wizard of Wrestling, one the sharpest dressers and smoothest talking men among the managerial ranks, that encouraged Paul E. to follow his dream. Through his father-son type of a relationship with the Wizard, the managing seed was planted within Dangerously.
“The Wizard was a wonderful man who commanded respect,” stated Paul when asked about the man he admired for so many years. “I owe so much to him. You know, I studied his actions both in and out of the ring. To me, he was the master and who better to learn from than a man who managed world heavyweight singles and tag team champions,” continued Dangerously from his home in Atlanta, Georgia.
[Paul E. and Eddie Gilbert really got things cooking at the CWF.]
Everyone, regardless of their profession, needs a place to begin from, a so-called launching pad. In January 1987, the state of Florida was where Paul E. Dangerously unleashed his managerial talents to the wrestling world. His first proteges who paraded the ‘Sunshine State’ territory were billed as The Motor City Mad Madmen: Tombstone and Man Mountain Mike. What a pair of bookends Dangerously was nestled between! Both men were over 6’4” and 260 lbs. And, needless to say, opponents found it frustrating and difficult to take a swipe at the bold young manager.
During their first pro tour, Dangerously and his duo wanted to send a message loud and clear that they could not be intimidated. Kevin Sullivan, a seasoned veteran with numerous championship belts displayed in his trophy case, was targeted by Dangerously to be the Madmen’s first victim to get their ‘no mercy’ policy across to the rest of the wrestling pack.
Sure enough, after being on the receiving end of a few brutal beatings by Dangerously’s duo, the much heralded Sullivan disappeared from the Florida region for apparently safer grounds in the Mid-Atlantic area. In a few short weeks, Paul E. Dangerously was not only a respected managerial mind but the talk of all wrestling promoters throughout North America as well.
Shortly after his stint drew to a close in Florida, Paul E. Dangerously became a household name with wrestling fans. Once signing on with the Minneapolis, Minnesota based American Wrestling Association, whose television show aired on the ESPN Cable Network, Dangerously was brought into millions of households on a daily basis. With the confidence he gained with the Motor City Madmen carried over into the AWA, Paul E. began an intense search to bring together a wrestling family that would play ‘second fiddle’ to no one. He didn’t just want to make a name for himself, the brash rookie manager was culminating a plan to totally dominate the prestigious organization.
Paul E. Dangerously didn’t waste any time in ruffling a few feathers within the AWA. “Loverboy” DEnnis Condrey and “Ravishing” Randy Rose, the Original Midnight Express tag team, through lengthy negotiations, were reunited and brought into the AWA by Paul E. They most assuredly entered with a bang. At the time Dangerously brought in the Original Midnight Express, Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee held the AWA Tag Team title.
[Randy Rose and Paul E. inspect the bloody damage done to Tommy Rich by Austin Idol. Idol was one of the first men handled by Dangerously.]
After winning challenges in convincing fashion from such respected teams as Greg Gagne and Steve O, Dangerously shrewdly secured a contract calling for his prized up to get a shot at the tag champs in a match that was to be held in Whitewater, Wisconsin. The championship match went according to his most fans anticipated, quick paced and lots of high flying maneuvers. However, it was because of Dangerously ‘two cents’ thrown into the encounter that had a profound impact on the outcome.
As Lawler let his temper get the best of him, he chased Paul E. around the ringside area. With the referee’s back to the action in the ring, Dangerously successfully noticeably flipped his ever present cordless telephone to Dennis Condrey who wacked it across the unsuspecting Dundee’s forehead. The pin was now academic. One, two, three–on October 30, 1987 the new AWA Tag Team Champions, led by Paul E. Dangerously, were the Original Midnight Express.
The late ‘Adorable’ Adrian Adonis and ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton, Jr. were two other established wrestling machines who entrusted their careers in the hands of Dangerously. It was through the strategy set forth by Paul E. that enabled Adonis to run Tommy “Wildfire” Rich out of AWA rings.
When asked about his feelings towards Adonis, Paul E. was quoted as saying. “Adrian put on quite a bit of weight when we were together but it never affected his performance on the mat. He was a remarkable athlete and it was a privilege to have worked with him.”
[Veteran wrestling announcer Boyd Pierce puts a headlock on Dangerously as “Kangaroo” Al Costello takes control of the famous phone.]
Once his goals in the AWA were accomplished, it was off to the Alabama headquartered Continental Wrestling Federation. What a greener pasture the CWF proved to be for Paul E. Dangerously. The services of “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert were quickly secured by Dangerously. Together, Gilbert and his manager literally brought back front he grave a promotion experiencing unhealthy low attendance figures to all-time high box office receipt records.
Dangerously and Gilbert were the pulse that pumped exciting ring action throughout the CWF circuit. Fan favorites Austin Idol and Willie B. Hurt were Eddie and Paul E.’s main adversaries. With some of the painful, degrading stunts executed by Dangerously on Gilbert’s opponents, there wasn’t a fan in Dixie that had any compassion for what would happen to the cocky, quick-talking Yankee. Unfortunately, and much to the fans disappointment, Paul E. Dangerously had the last laugh on all of them. He departed from the CWF without a scratch on his body.
With all the attention Jim Cornette’s Midnight Express (“Beautiful” Bobby Eaton and “Sweet” Stan Lane) had been receiving, Dangerously regrouped his Express and headed back to the National Wrestling Alliance to reclaim the right to be known as the one and only Midnight Express. Right off the bat, Paul E. got his angered message across to Jim Cornette.
While the verbose Cornette was being interviewed during an NWA television taping, a phone call for Jim was received. The voice speaking to Cornette was that of Dangerously. Apparently there had been bad blood between the two managers in the past as Jim Cornette was screaming derogatory remarks at Dangerously at the onset of the call. A challenge was then made by Cornette to Dangerously.
Just moments after the heated conversation, all hell broke loose. Paul E. Dangerously and his Original Midnight Express miraculously appeared on the set. Eaton and Lane were overcome by the surprise attack by Dangerously’s tag unit. Cornette was victimized with a wallop to the forehead by Paul E.’s phone and bled profusely. When order was finally restored, a feud was born within the ranks of the NWA–Express VS Express and manager clawing at manager.
Intimidation isn’t in Paul E. Dangerously’s vocabulary. Wherever he turns up, whatever task is put to him, Paul E. challenges it with a vengeance. Young, articulate, professional, agree or disagree with his tactics inside an arena, one fact remains unblemished–Paul E. Dangerously remains on top in wrestling due to his will to be the best. Second best is all the motive the “Scarsdale Superbrat” Needs to keep him working overtime on staying ahead of the rest of the pack.
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Dynamite 29/11/23
The Jack Perry Conspiracy
Dynamite continues the Continental Classic with Jon Moxley vs. Jay Lethal. The only thing about this tournament I don’t like is that we’re told no one can interfere, and that everything is put into place to make sure we get clean matches. If this is possible to do in story, then why not do this for every wrestling match? It doesn’t make any sense. But I digress. Lethal loses the opening bout due to rear naked choke. Moxley leads with six points. Poor Lethal has zero.
Eddie Kingston is disappointed in his defeat last week and here he said he will be ready for Bryan Danielson. Eddie has a lot more to lose in his tournament than everyone else. Bryan is on commentary – eyepatch and all – and he delivers some strong words for his preparation on Saturday. This match is going to be awesome.
Sting will have his last match on March 3 in Greensboro, North Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum. Both Sting and Ric Flair talked about the match they had there 35 years ago at Clash of Champions for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The match ended in a draw at 45 minutes. Take in as much Sting as you can because we only have 4 months of him left.
In the second Continental match of the night, Rush pinned Jay Briscoe to obtain his first three points. Jay – like Lethal – have zero points. Rush and Briscoe had better matches last week, although this was decent.
Toni Storm will be defending her title next week. Against whom? No body mentioned a name.
MJF comes out to the ring and praises Samoa Joe for his accomplishments. He said Joe paved the way for people like him and that Joe never got the recognition he deserved in WWE. MJF gets fired up for his match and breaks his cane in half. This is when the goons who work for the Devil make an appearance. Three masked men hold MJF as a large guy with a baseball bat threatens him. It’s worth noting when Wardlow comes out next, his hair looks quite messy; as if it could had been under a mask. Joe comes to Max’s aid just as he promised. The Devil requests a tag match with Max and Joe next week, and the challenge is accepted. I’m not sure if this is with two of the goons or with the Devil himself, who I still believe is Jack Perry. For a fun little dive in to the Jack Perry conspiracy, check out this thread on X.
Wardlow – with mask hair – came out to fight AR Fox. Fox gets some offensive early on, but Wardlow dominates most of the match and wins by stoppage. I don’t see Wardlow going into a solo feud with MJF. Wardlow is still getting his momentum back, so the feud wouldn’t really be strong, but if he is apart of this new group, then I think this would be a great way for him to get his match with Max.
Dante Martin is back from a horrific looking injury and he teams with his brother and Action Andretti to take on the Hardy Boyz and Brother Zay. Martin showcased some nice athletic moves while picking up the win. This match was built around the return and it worked for Dante. The Hardyz are floating around not doing much. It's fine to take the loss, but they gotta get them in some sort of story.
Julia Hart defended her TSB title against Emi Sakura in a decent bout. The ending was strange as Emi rolled as Hart delivered the moonsault which caused Hart land awkwardly.
Christian Cage called out Adam Copeland so that he could convince him to team up. He brings up their past and that Adam’s mother said she would have loved to see them tag again, but unfortunately, she passed away. Adam was contemplating the offer before Christian tried to hit Adam with the TNT belt, but Copeland knew his former best friend too well and deliver a kick to the balls sending Christian to the mat. Adam tells him to shine the belt up real nice for next week for their match and tells Christian to go fuck himself. This entire segment had me hooked. Christian is such a mean bastard, and I keep thinking of how low he can go each week.
Jay White and Swerve Strickland was our main event. Swerve picked up the win and continues his winning streak.
I like this episode of Dynamite. Matches were good and we have some excitement rolling into next week with this Devil storyline. Julia needs a new feud and something needs to be done with Matt and Jeff as they are not being used effectively.
#aew dynamite#aew mjf#swerve strickland#professional wrestling#adam copeland#christian cage#jack perry#julia hart#jon moxley#continental classic#wrestling#samoa joe#the hardy boyz
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TERRY FUNK (1944-Died August 23rd 2023,at 79).
American professional wrestler. He was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career. He is considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Over the course of his career, Funk has wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them All Japan Pro Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the International Wrestling Association of Japan, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories including Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. He was the promoter of the Amarillo-based Western States Sports promotion.
Championships held by Funk include the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and ECW World Television Championship. He headlined ECW's premier annual pay-per-view event, November to Remember, three times. Funk has been inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them WWE, WCW, NWA, and Hardcore.
Funk was also a small part actor,appearing in film such as the Patrick Swayze action drama,Road House,and in the 1990's US police comedy series,Tequila & Bonetti.Terry Funk - Wikipedia
#Terry Funk#American Professional Wrestlers#Professional Wrestlers#Notable Deaths in 2023#Notable Deaths in August 2023
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Arn Anderson cuts a promo about Dusty Rhodes.
NWA World Championship Wrestling
January 25, 1986
#Arn Anderson#Tony Schiavone#NWA World Television Championship#NWA National Tag Team Championship#NWA
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NWA World Women's Tag Team Champions The Hex
#NWA#NWA World Women's Tag Team Champions#Marti Belle#Allysin Kay#The Hex#NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship#National Wrestling Alliance#Women's Wrestling#NWA Wrestling#Tag Team Title#Pro Wrestling#20s
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Shawn Michaels Title History
Intercontinental Title
Vs British Bulldog - Saturday Night's Main Event 1992
Tag Team Championship
Vs Owen Hart/British Bulldog - RAW 5/26/97
Vs Jeri-Show - TLC 2009 (Unified Titles)
European Title
Vs British Bulldog - UK One Night Only 1997
Royal Rumble
1995
1996
WWF/E Championship
Vs Bret Hart - Wrestlemania 12
World Heavyweight Championship
Vs Triple H, Booker T, RVD, Chris Jericho, Kane - Survivor Series Elimination Chamber 2002
Hall of Fame
2011 - Individual
2019 - w/ DX
Not Listed
WWE
Intercontinental Championship
Vs Marty Jenetty - 6/6/1993
Vs Jeff Jarrett - In Your House 2
Tag Team Titles
Vs The Headshrinkers - 8/28/94
Vs Yokozuna/British Bulldog - In Your House 3
Vs Rated RKO - RAW - 1/29/07
WWF/E Championship
Vs Sid - Royal Rumble 1997
Vs Bret Hart - Survivor Series 1997
AWA
AWA Tag Team Championships
Vs Buddy Rose/Doug Somers - 1/27/87
Vs Midnight Express - 12/27/87
CSW
NWA Tag Team Championship
Vs The Batten Twins - 5/15/86
CWA
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
Vs The Rock N' Roll RPMs - 10/26/87
Vs The Rock N' Roll RPMs - 11/22/87
If you would like to see a certain superstar's title history, feel free to ask!
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Tonight is NWA 312! For the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship, Madi Wrenkowski and Missa Kate (c) vs. Pretty Empowered 2.0 (Ella Envy and Roxy) (with Kenzie Paige)! We are covering the show SUNDAY!
#Pro wrestling#pro wrestling podcast#professional wrestling#professional wrestling podcast#wrestling#wrestling podcast#make pro wrestling majestic again#mpwma#nwa#national wrestling alliance#nwa 312#national wrestling alliance 312#madi wrenkowski#missa kate#pretty empowered 2.0#pretty empowered#ella envy#roxy#nwa world women's tag team championship
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As of now
All The Young Bucks and FTR needs are the Impact World Tag Team Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championship
Lucha Bros only need the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championship
I'm not sure if we should include PWG, RPW, or MLW tag titles
#the young bucks#ftr#lucha brothers#lucha bros#aew#all elite wrestling#matt jackson#nick jackson#pentagón jr.#penta el zero miedo#penta el 0m#rey fenix#fenix#dax harwood#cash wheeler#mlw#major league wrestling#pwg#pro wresting guerrilla#revpro#rpw#revolution pro wrestling#nwa#national wrestling alliance#impact wrestling#njpw#new japan pro wrestling#ring of honor#roh
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Puro Introduction Guide Part 2: The Four Pillars
WARNING: I am just a puro fan so it is likely I am going to get some details wrong or put them forward in an incorrect way. If anyone ends up reading this and having corrections please say and I will be happy to change it to be more correct.
As a big fan of Puroresu I am aware that often older Puroresu can be harder to get into for newer fans due to the language barrier and actual age of the wrestling making it difficult to actually gather information from just watching it like you can with wrestling in languages you can understand (if you watch matches on AEW you can gather details about ongoing stories and wrestling history thanks to the commentary and promos, but this is much more difficult when you cannot understand the commentary).
However there is a large catalogue of great classic puro matches that have influenced wrestling across the globe and are also just damn fine watches. So in order to help with newer fans trying to get into Puro and potentially watch these classics I am going to do a series of little guides discussing different Puro things.
This one is going to be about The Four Pillars of Heaven. Frequently regarded as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) groups of wrestlers of all time, with many classics between them. This guide will hopefully help get across the basics about these classic performers. This guide will mainly focus on their time in All Japan, with a later guide focusing on NOAH.
These 4 men were Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, and Akira Taue.
THE BEGINNING: ALL JAPAN IN THE 90s
All Japan Pro Wrestling had not struggled for success since it’s founding. Held aloft by the star power of Giant Baba, even after he had to start pulling back on matches and eventually retire, he had been able to prepare a successor in the form of Jumbo Tsuruta, who was able to keep the company aloft. Even when they split from their lucrative NWA partnership during the decline of the system in the 80’s, they managed to simply create their own top title separate from the NWA World Title; the Triple Crown Heavyweight Title. They even secured many high profile foreign talents to come over, such as Stan Hansen, Vader, and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams.
Despite Jumbo Tsuruta still being a top draw and great wrestler, Baba wanted to plan for the future. So he decided that a young wrestler named Mitsuharu Misawa, who up until he was picked was working as the second Tiger Mask, would be the man to embark on a feud with Tsuruta to become the new Ace of All Japan.
Misawa and three other men from his generation of All Japan home talent would become known as “The Four Pillars of Heaven”. These 4 men would come to be regarded as the best wrestlers of not just THEIR generation, but perhaps ANY generation. While this group never became an official on-screen stable, these men’s careers would be intrinsically tied together.
THE SCARLET PILLAR: AKIRA TAUE
Akira Taue began with a Sumo career under the name Tamakirin, but had to retire from Sumo and decided to transition to Pro Wrestling. He would find success early and rapidly teamed up with the rest of the Four Pillars in their faction “Super Generation Army” to face off against Jumbo Tsuruta and his villainous “Tsuruta-Gun ''. However, Taue would rapidly abandon Super Generation and join up with Tsuruta. The feud between these 2 factions would produce many fantastic tag team encounters featuring Taue. Taue’s success in tag team competition would continue when Toshiaki Kawada turned heel on Misawa, with Taue and Kawada joining up to create the tag team “Holy Demon Army ''. The 2 men would go on to hold the World Tag Team Championship 6 times together.
Akira Taue is often regarded as the odd man out of the Pillars. Not because he is bad, but because he is Very Good in a set made up of some of the greatest of all time.
Taue’s style was remarkably different from the rest of the Four Pillars, being a much more traditional big man style fitting for his tall and lanky frame. Taue is famous for his many, many chokeslams and his vibrant Red gear.
THE BURNING PILLAR: KENTA KOBASHI
Unlike Kawada or Taue, Kobashi never turned heel on Misawa. While the 2 were not always partners and faced each other many times, there was never a point where the 2 would truly become heated rivals, merely having a friendly rivalry instead. Kobashi was thus often thought of as the number 2 to Misawa, not helped by the fact that for all their time together in All Japan he was never able to defeat Misawa in a singles match for the title; with 2 of his three reigns with the belt being ended by Misawa, and the one that wasn’t ending with it being vacated due to Kobashi leaving the company.
Kenta Kobashi began his career in All Japan with a titanic 63 match losing streak. This allowed him to showcase the incredible fighting spirit and determination that would become a hallmark of Kobashi for all his time in AJPW.
The idea of him being a master of Babyface fire and fighting spirit may give the impression to people unfamiliar with him that he was a selling heavy wrestler. This is not truly the case, as while he would take his shots and give a lot of spirited screams, he could dish it out too. Beating his opponents down with chops and clotheslines, and if he truly wanted them dead and buried, he would hit the legendary Burning Hammer to seal the deal. Unlike many Uber-Finishers in wrestling Kobashi only hit the Burning Hammer 7 times across his 25 year career.
Unlike his later career however, Young Kobashi was also quite fast, including a Moonsault amongst his finishers.
THE DANGEROUS PILLAR: TOSHIAKI KAWADA
Kawada found success befitting his dangerous aura as well, being a 6 time tag champ with Taue as the Holy Demon Army, and holding the Triple Crown 5 times across his time in All Japan. He also had many all time classic matches, including a match with Misawa that is often considered one of the greatest matches of all time.
“Dangerous K” Toshiaki Kawada was the most Strong Style member of the Four Pillars. Having been an actual Karateka in his youth, Kawada as a wrestler brought his kicks into his offence. Blasting his opponents with kicks and drops before trying to ground out a submission, Kawada’s style seemed much more deadly compared to the others with a snugness unlike his perennial rival Misawa. Sporting Black and Yellow gear reminiscent of a caution sign, Kawada truly seemed like the most dangerous competitor in All Japan.
When the rest of the four pillars left to found NOAH, Kawada stayed in All Japan and became the Ace of the promotion, before going freelance later in his career, and quietly retiring from wrestling years later.
THE EMERALD PILLAR: MITSUHARU MISAWA
Having many all time classic bouts in tag team and singles action, Misawa wrestled like a man much smaller, well suited to the athletic style of Tiger Mask. He would blast his opponents with a variety of elbow’s. While his strikes alone were enough to finish many opponents, he also spiked them with Tiger Suplexes, his innovative Tiger Driver, and eventually the move that would become synonymous with him, the Emerald Flowsion.
Quite possibly THE greatest wrestler of all time in his prime, Mitsuharu Misawa came from humble origins in All Japan. Spending most of the 1980’s as Tiger Mask II, Misawa suddenly unmasked in 1990, quickly challenging and defeating the Ace, Jumbo Tsuruta. While he would never get a true title victory in his feud with Tsuruta before Tsuruta had to pull back his role due to cancer, Misawa still went on to become the Ace of All Japan after taking the title from Stan Hansen.
At the peak of his greatness in the ring, Misawa was THE most popular wrestler in all of Japan, with crowds going insane the moment his music hit, and even before in several cases.
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