334. JAPAN COMPILATION #2 (K 100-102, NOV ‘89 TO FEB ‘90)

a) Shinya Hashimoto VS Vader (Vader is very stiff, Hash vomits at the end!) [*1/2]

b) Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki VS Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [***1/2]

c) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas VS Kenta Kobashi & Masa Fuchi [JIP]

d) The British Bulldogs VS Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh [3/4*]

e) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu VS Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [**3/4]

f) Ricki Choshu VS Masa Chono [**]

g) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas VS The British Bulldogs [JIP]

h) Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu VS Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu [****1/2]

i) Akiri Maeda VS Takada (worked shoofight) (clips)

j) Ricki Choshu VS Shinya Hashimoto [**3/4]

k) Tiger Mask Misawa & Kenta Kobashi VS The British Bulldogs [***1/4]

l) Naoki Sano VS Jushin Liger [****1/4] (Liger loses mask & bleed heavily)

m) Chris Benoit & Naoki Sano VS Jushin Liger & Iizuka [***1/2]

n) Jushin Liger VS Owen Hart [****1/2]

53. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #1

a) 1985 Don Muraco-Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka feud. Muraco interview.

b) Jimmy Snuka VS Don Muraco [***]

c) Jimmy Snuka VS Don Muraco (cage) [**] (Famous match where you can see a young Mick Foley in the crowd!)

d) Vader & Machine VS Tatsumi Fujinami & Choshu [**1/2]

e) Tiger Jeet Singh entrance.

f) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada VS Jumbo Tsuruta, Taue & Fuchi (JIP)

g) The British Bulldogs VS Fuchi & Kenta Kobashi (clips)

h) Jushin Liger VS Nogami [***1/4]

i) Scott Norton & The Samoans VS Keiji Muto, Choshu & Masa Chono [**3/4]

j) Memphis Brawling. Trash cans/concession stand brawl.

k) Jushin Liger VS Owen Hart [****]

l) The Steiner Brothers VS Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki [***]

m) Keiji Muto, Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami VS Scott Norton & The Samoans [**1/2]

n) Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey VS Terry Gordy & Steve Williams [***]

o) 13/12/90 Lightning Kid VS Jerry Lynn [**3/4]

p) 1/6/91 The Steiner Brothers VS Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki [***1/2]

q) 16/6/91 Kroffat & Doug Furnas VS Kenta Kobashi & Kikuchi (JIP)

r) 30/6/91 Jumbo Tsuruta & Taue VS Kenta Kobashi & Kikuchi [***]

s) Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey VS Misuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada [***3/4]

t) 20/7/91 Joel Deaton & Billy Black VS Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi [***3/4]

u) 14/7/91 Joel Deaton & Billy Black VS Kroffat & Doug Furnas (clips)

v) Jumbo Tsuruta & Taue VS Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi (JIP)

w) Terry Gordy, Steve Williams & Rick Rude VS Mitsuharu Misawa, Kikuchi & Toshiaki Kawada [***1/2]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS: Brilliant tape. Superb, classic wrestling.

64. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #4

a) 3/11/91 Fuchi VS Dan Kroffat (JIP)

b) Jumbo Tsuruta VS Toshiaki Kawada [***]

c) 17/11/91 Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada VS Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey [**1/2]

d) 23/11/91 Rick Steiner & Scott Norton VS Hiro Hase & Keiji Muto [**3/4]

e) 24/11/91 Kenta Kobashi & Kikuchi VS Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada [****]

f) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams VS Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta [***1/4]

g) 8/12/91 Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta VS Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [**3/4]

h) 15/12/91 Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta VS Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (JIP)

i) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams VS Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada [****1/2]

j) 21/12/91 Jushin Liger & Nogami VS Negro Casas & Katana [***1/4]

k) 22/12/91 Dynamite Kid retirement - clips of various matches.

l) Beach & Johnny Ace VS Kimala & Abdullah The Butcher (clips)

m) Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith VS Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (JIP)

n) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams VS Kenta Kobashi & Kikuchi (JIP)

o) Toshiaki Kawada & Matsuharu Misawa VS Jumbo Tsuruta & Taue [***3/4]

p) 29/11/91 Hiro Hase VS Tiger Jeet Singh (last man standing) (JIP)

q) Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr VS Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen (clips) (Baba-Hansen brawl)

r) 4/1/92 AJPW New Year Special (clips from various classic AJPW matches)

t) 4/1/92 Steiner Brothers VS The Great Muta & Sting [***1/2]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS: More good stuff.

56. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #19

a) Ms. Matsumoto Vs Chigusa Nagayo (hair vs hair) [3/4*]

b) Ultimo Dragon & Honaga Vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai [***1/4]

c) Riki Choshu Vs Genichiro Tenryu [**1/2]

d) Toshiaki Kawada Vs Kenta Kobashi (JIP)

e) Stan Hansen Vs Taue (JIP)

f) Terry Gordy Vs Mitsuharu Misawa [***1/4]

g) Doug Furnas Vs The Patriot (clips)

h) Steve Williams Vs Dan Kroffat (JIP)

i) Hotta Vs Kansai [**3/4]

j) Hokuto Vs Kandori [**1/2]

k) Tatsumi Fujinami & Kido Vs Machin & Takano [**1/2]

l) Masa Chono & Nogami Vs Power Warriors [**1/2]

m) Stan Hansen Vs Mitsuharu Misawa [***1/4]

n) Hiro Hase Vs Fujiwara [**3/4]

o) Hulk Hogan interview where he basically insults the WWF title.

p) Hulk Hogan Vs The Great Muta [***1/4]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: More classic action.

477. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #42

a) 24/12/94 - Tatsumi Fujinami VS Ricki Choshu

b) Honaga VS Otani

c) Hiroshi Hase VS Shinya Hashimoto

d) 30/9/94 - Cactus Jack VS Sabu

e) 7/1/95 - Hiroshi Hase VS Kensuke Sasake

f) 7/1/95 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama & Satoru Asako VS Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa

g) 14/1/95 - Great Sasuke VS Honaga

h) Kensuke Sasake VS Shinya Hashimoto

i) 14/1/95 - Steve Williams & Johnny Ace VS Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi

j) 21/1/95 - Stan Hansen & Johnny Smith VS Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas

k) 28/1/95 - Sabu & Masa Chono VS Ohara & Koshinaka

l) 28/1/95 - Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa VS Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS:

497. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #43

a) Keiji Muto & Yasuda VS Mike Enos & Scott Norton

b) Masa Chono & Hiro Saito VS Hirata & Ricki Choshu

c) Kensuke Sasake & Tenzan VS Shinya Hashimoto & Nakanishi

d) 16/1/95 - Aja Kong VS Ito

e) Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue VS Hasegawa & Combat Toyoda

f) 21/1/95 - Sabu & Masa Chono VS Hirata & Tatsumi Fujinami

g) Koji Kanemoto VS Nagata

h) Shinjiro Otani VS El Samurai

i) The Steiner Brothers VS Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Muto

j) 6/2/95 - Chaparita Asari & Suzuka Minami VS Yumiko Hotta & Watanabe

k) Combat Toyoda & Maekawa VS Aja Kong & Ito

l) Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue & Mariko Yoshida VS Mima Shimoda, Toshiyo Yamada & Etsuko Mita

m) 25/2/95 - Rey Misterio Jr. shows off his new move!

n) 11/2/95 - Dean Malenko VS Honaga

o) Shinya Hashimoto VS Mike Enos

p) Scott Norton VS Keiji Muto

q) 11/2/95 - Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori VS The Fantastics

r) Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat VS Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS:

498. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #44

a) 18/2/95 - The Steiner Brothers VS Scott Norton & Mike Enos

b) Gran Hamada & Koji Kanemoto VS Shinjiri Otani & El Samurai

c) Tenzan & Hirata VS Masa Chono & Hiro Saito

d) 18/2/95 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama VS Steve Williams, Rob Van Dam & Johnny Ace

e) 25/2/95 - Shinya Hashimoto VS Tenzan

f) 25/2/95 - Stan Hansen & Dan Kroffat VS Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

g) 4/3/95 - Toshiaki Kawada VS Stan Hansen

h) 11/3/95 - Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasake VS Masa Chono & Tenzan

i) El Samurai & Shinjiro Otani VS Koji Kanemoto & Gran Hamada

j) Shinjiro Otani VS Gran Hamada

k) Koji Kanemoto VS Honaga

l) 18/3/95 - Stan Hansen, Kensuke Sasake & Chono VS Hiro Saito, Tenzan & Masa Chono

m) Shinya Hashimoto VS Scott Norton

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS:

479. NJPW ‘FANTASTIC STORY’ PART 2 - 4/1/93

a) Shiro Koshinaka, Great Kabuki, Masaji Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito VS Super Strong Machine, Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto

b) Ron Simmons VS Tony Halme

c) Ultimo Dragon VS Jushin Liger

d) The Steiner Brothers VS The Hellraisers

e) Ricki Choshu VS Genichiro Tenryu

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: Some stars from WCW add to the second part of this classic show.

75. BOB BARNETT CLASSIC JAPAN #85

a) Naoya Ogawa VS Too Cold Scorpio (JIP)

b) Kensuke Sasaki VS Genichiro Tenryu [***1/2]

c) Don Frye & Masa Chono VS Scott Norton & Kojima [***]

d) Takaiwa & Shinjiro Otani VS Kanemoto & Tanaka [*****]

e) Dean Malenko VS Kanemoto [**3/4]

f) Jushin Liger VS Chris Benoit [***1/2]

g) Keiji Muto & Kojima VS Koshinaka & Nagata [**3/4]

h) Shinjiro Otani & Takaiwa VS Chris Benoit & Jushin Liger [***3/4]

i) Masa Chono & NWO Sting VS Tenzan & Keiji Muto [**1/2]

j) Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi VS Mitsuharu Misawa & Naoya Ogawa [****1/4]

k) Mitsuharu Misawa VS Vader [***1/2]

l) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama VS Omori & Takayama [***1/4]

m) Omori VS Ginsei Shinsaki [**]

n) Takaiwa VS Kanemoto [***1/2]

o) Nagata VS Shinjiro Otani [***]

p) El Samurai VS Kanemoto [**3/4]

q) Ka Shin VS Shinjiro Otani [***]

r) Takaiwa VS Ka Shin [***]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS: More hot action from Japan. If all you watch is US based action, this tape will make you realise just how good the Japanese style is.

255. NJPW ‘RING WARRIORS 3’

a) Brutus Beefcake VS Masahiro Saito [DUD]

b) Tony Halme & Ron Power VS TNT & Scott Norton [*1/4]

c) The Lightning Kid VS Eddy Guerrero [***1/2]

d) Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono VS The Hellraisers [***3/4]

e) Rambo VS Tatsumi Fujinami [1/2*]

f) The Hellraisers VS Jim Neidhart & Scott Norton [**]

g) Shinjiro Otani VS Eddy Guerrero [****]

h) Super Strong Machines VS Brad Armstrong & Tony Halme [**1/4]

i) Black Cat VS Michael Rowanski [3/4*]

j) Tiger Mask VS Jushin Liger [****1/4]

k) The Hellraisers VS Brad Armstrong & Rambo [*1/2]

l) Hulk Hogan VS The Great Muta [***1/4]

m) Takayuki Iizuka & Masa Chono VS Bobby Eaton & Tony Halme [**3/4]

n) Shinya Hashimoto VS Oz (Kevin Nash) [1/4*]

o) Hiroshi Hase & Masa Chono VS The Hellraisers [***]

p) Eddy Guerrero VS Negro Casas [*3/4]

q) Chris Benoit & El Samurai VS Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask [****]

r) Too Cold Scorpio & Black Cat VS Frank Anderson & Koji Kanemoto (JIP)

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: Some very good and interesting matches on this tape.

259. NJPW ‘RADICAL FIGHTS’ (2 TAPES, £7 EACH)

TAPE 1:

a) Tonnes of Antonio Inoki footage including matches with Bob Backlund and Stan Hansen

b) 23/4/81 - Dynamite Kid VS Tiger Mask Sayama (clips)

c) Masa Saito VS Antonio Inoki (island death) (clips)

d) Stan Hansen VS Andre The Giant (clips)

e) Andre The Giant VS Hulk Hogan (JIP)

f) IWGP Final - Hulk Hogan VS Antonio Inoki (clips)

g) Davey Boy Smith VS Dynamite Kid (clips)

h) Bruiser Brody VS Antonio Inoki (clips)

i) Antonio Inoki VS Andre The Giant (JIP) (Andre submits!!)

j) Vader VS Antonio Inoki (clips)

k) Stan Hansen VS Vader (clips)

l) Hiro Hase VS The Great Muta (JIP)

m) Masa Chono VS Keiji Muto (JIP)

TAPE 2:

a) Chris Benoit VS Jushin Liger (mask vs mask) (JIP)

b) Hiro Hase VS Antonio Inoki (JIP)

c) Rick Rude VS Masa Chono

d) The Steiner Brothers VS Hiro Hase & Masa Chono (JIP)

e) Hulk Hogan & The Great Muta VS The Hellraisers (clips)

f) Genichiro Tenryu VS Antonio Inoki (JIP)

g) 16/4/94 - NJPW ‘Super J-Cup 94’ - Chris Benoit VS Great Sasuke

h) The Great Muta VS Antonio Inoki

i) Ginsei Shinzaki VS The Great Muta (JIP)

j) NJPW ‘J-Crown Tournament’ - Ultimo Dragon VS Great Sasuke (clips)

k) Shinya Hashimoto VS Nayoa Ogawa

l) The Outsiders & Masa Chono VS The Steiner Brothers & Keiji Muto (clips)

m) Atsushi Onita VS Masa Chono (no-rope exploding barbed wire) (clips)

n) The Great Nita VS The Great Muta (barbed wire barricade, electric landmine, double hell) (clips)

PIC RATING: Both A. TIME: 3hrs per tape. COMMENTS: These tapes contain only clipped action but some of it is simply unmissable.

Tape 1 focuses alot on the legendary Antonio Inoki, whilst Tape 2 concentrates on the newer stuff which includes the NWO angles and Onita angles.

Some of the best wrestling action ever seen is here.

387. NJPW ‘SUPER JUNIOR TAG LEAGUE’ - 9/10/94 to 18/10/94

a) Dean Malenko & Tokimitsu Ishizawa VS Yuki Ishikawa & Shoichi Funaki

b) Kamikaze & Masayoshi Motegi VS Too Cold Scorpio & El Samurai

c) Taka Michinoku & Super Delfin VS Gran Hamada & Norio Honaga

d) Chris Benoit & Shinjiro Otani VS Eddy Guerrero & Great Sasuke

e) Dean Malenko & Tokimitsu Ishizawa VS Chris Benoit & Shinjiro Otani

f) Eddy Guerrero & Great Sasuke VS Gran Hamada & Norio Honaga

g) Chris Benoit & Shinjiro Otani VS Eddy Guerrero & Great Sasuke

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: Some awesome action from the hottest tag-league in the world. You can see many top US stars like Guerrero, Benoit & Malenko on their top form here.

67. NJPW ‘SUPER J CUP 94’ - 16/4/94

a) Dean Malenko VS Gedo [**1/4]
b) Shinjiro Otani vs Super Delfin [***1/4]
c) Taka Michinoku vs Eddy Guerrero [***1/4]
d) El Samurai vs Masayoshi Motegi [**1/4]
e) Negro Casas vs Ricky Fuji [**]
f) Hayabusa vs Jushin Liger [***1/2]
g) Gedo vs Super Delfin [**]
h) Chris Benoit vs Eddy Guerrero [****1/4]
i) Great Sasuke vs El Samurai [***1/4]
j) Jushin Liger vs Ricky Fuji [**3/4]
k) Chris Benoit vs Gedo [**1/4]
l) Great Sasuke vs Jushin Liger [****1/4]
m) Chris Benoit vs Great Sasuke [*****]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 4hr. COMMENTS: This event is said by many to be the greatest card of all time. There are certainly some fantastic matches here which should not be missed.

240. NJPW ‘BEST OF THE SUPER J 1994’ - 26/5/94 TO 13/6/94

a) Taka Michinoku VS Shinjiro Otani [***1/4]

b) Tokimitsu Ishizawa VS Chris Benoit (clips)

c) El Samurai VS Masayoshi Motegi (clips)

d) Dean Malenko VS Jushin Liger (clips)

e) Jushin Liger VS Super Delfin [***]

f) David Finlay VS Chris Benoit (clips)

g) Eddy Guerrero VS Taka Michinoku (clips)

h) Shinjiro Otani VS El Samurai [***1/4]

i) Dean Malenko VS Shinjiro Otani (clips)

j) David Finlay VS Taka Michinoku (clips)

k) Super Delfin VS Tokimitsu Ishizawa (clips)

l) Jushin Liger VS Eddy Guerrero (clips)

m) Eddy Guerrero VS Chris Benoit [***1/2]

n) Taka Michinoku VS Masayoshi Motegi (clips)

o) Jushin Liger VS Shinjiro Otani (clips)

p) El Samurai VS Super Delfin [***]

q) Super Delfin VS Jushin Liger [****]

PIC RATING: C. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: Many of these matches are in clipped form, but it’s all great action that should be seen by any true pro-wrestling fan.

102. NJPW ‘SKYDIVING’ - 17/6/96

a) Lance Storm & Yuji Yasuraoka VS Honaga & El Samurai [***1/4]

b) Masayoshi Motegi VS Shiryu [**1/2]

c) Gran Hamada VS Tatsuhito Takaiwa [**1/2]

d) Kazushi Sakuraba VS Shinjiro Otani [**1/4]

e) Super Delfin VS Taka Michinoku [***3/4]

f) Gran Naniwa VS Ultimo Dragon [***1/2]

g) Jushin Liger VS Dick Togo [****1/2]

h) Great Sasuke VS Eddy Guerrero [****1/4]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: The final two matches are simply unmissable. A very good overall which shows the US promotions how a card should be put together!

30. NJPW 'J-CROWN TOURNAMENT' - 2/8/96 TO 5/8/96

1) Great Sasuke Vs Masayoshi Motegi [**3/4]

2) Ultimo Dragon Vs Jushin Liger [**] (very quick upset win for Dragon. Good while it lasted!)

3) Shinjiro Otani Vs Negro Casas [****]

4) El Samurai Vs Gran Hamada [**1/4]

5) Ultimo Dragon Vs Shinjiro Otani [****3/4]

6) Great Sasuke Vs El Samurai [***1/4]

7) Great Sasuke Vs Ultimo Dragon [***1/2]

PIC RATING: A. TIME: 3hr. COMMENTS: Technical, high-flying wrestling at it's very best. Awesome matches, awesome wrestling. A wonderful tape.

254. NJPW AT THE TOKYO DOME - 12/4/97

a) Tiger Mask VS Antonio Inoki [*3/4]

b) Jushin Liger VS Great Sasuke [****]

c) The Great Muta VS Masa Chono [**3/4]

d) Tatsumi Fujinami & ??? VS Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu [**]

e) Shinya Hashimoto VS Naoya Ogawa [**1/2]

PIC RATING: B. TIME: 2hr. COMMENTS: More hard-hitting stuff from NJPW.

214. NJPW ‘SUPER J-CUP 2000’ - 1/4/00 & 9/4/00

Phase 1:

a) Ricky Marvin VS Cima [***]

b) Sasuke The Great (Masao Orihara) VS Ricky Fuji [3/4*]

c) Suwa VS Naoki Sano [**1/4]

d) Mens Teioh VS Katsumi Usuda [**3/4]

e) Onryo VS Curry Man (Christopher Daniels) [**]

f) Gran Hamada VS Shinya Makabe [*1/2]

g) Kaz Hayashi VS Great Sasuke [***]

h) Tiger Mask VS Jushin Liger [***1/4]

i) Minoru Tanaka, Shinya Makabe, Tiger Mask, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ricky Marvin VS Kendo Ka Shin, El Samurai, Superboy, Suwa & Masayoshi Motegi [***3/4]

Phase 2:

a) Cima VS Onryo [**]

b) Ricky Fuji VS Gran Hamada [**]

c) Great Sasuke VS Naoki Sano [***]

d) Jushin Liger VS Mens Teioh [**1/4]

e) Chaparita Asari VS Hiromi Yagi [****]

f) Cima VS Naoki Sano [***1/2]

g) Jushin Liger VS Gran Hamada [***]

h) Cima VS Jushin Liger [***]

459. NJPW ‘FIGHTING SPIRIT’ - 18/2/01

a) Minoru Tanaka, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa VS Dr. Wagner Jr. , El Samurai & Silver King

b) Tatsutoshi Gotoh & Michiyoshi Ohara VS Brian Johnston & Sledgehammer

c) Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Toshie VS Jushin Liger & Osamu Nishimura

d) Manabu Nakanishi VS Super J

e) Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka VS Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai

f) Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan VS Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe

g) Don Frye VS Masa Chono

h) Keiji Muto VS Kazunari Murakami

i) Shinjiro Otani VS Kensuke Sasaki