Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW Super Power Series Day 18 1989, June 5th: ****
Incredible match, I must say. Jumbo vs Tenryu was always going to be good but this was above that, this was a special match. The crowd was red hot for this. Great psychology with Jumbo dominating the younger and smaller Tenryu, targeting the neck and legs with cobra clutches and various submissions, allowing the crowd to get behind Tenryu. Tenryu sold all the offence very well and gave a tremendous performance. The finishing stretch was great and really well done with the well timed false finish with the folding bomb only getting a two count first. Hot crowd, very stiff, great storytelling, pretty good selling from Tenryu. This match was a turning point of history in many ways but not way that you would think as Tenryu left All Japan a few months after this but it still holds up today.
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Genichiro Tenryu vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW G1 Climax Day 6 2004, August 13th: ***
F'N WOW. Shibata starts of the match beating the piss out of Tenryu and pisses Tenryu off so much that he grabs a bottle and goads him into using it for the DQ with stiff kicks, chops and slaps. Very short but lesson learned, don't piss off grumpy Tenryu or you'll get a bottle to your head.
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