Cobra Commander Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 am I the only one who thinks that if Watts made it a few more years, then Tenta would have wound up in Mid-South/UWF for a few years and had an even better reputation than he has right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Well, he did play football in college, which was always important to Watts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 oh yeah, I forgot that Tenta went to LSU. So he would have been perfect for the base of Wattsland. With uncomfortable rants about "Big John went to LSU to wrestle but they took that away with Title IX, so he played football too" from Bill, probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWXAGDFNjzg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parties Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Segunda Caida has written a lot about the awesome WAR shows that Tenta was on, and while this doesn't seem to be online, it seems like the best match Tenta was in, if not his career performance: SEGUNDA CAIDA DECLARES WAR!!! 2/12/93 Handheld7. Genichiro Tenryu/John Tenta vs. Great Kabuki/HakuER: Hashimoto shows up at ringside before the match and the fans go apeshit as Tenta holds Tenryu back. They desire Hash's amazing brand of asskicking. This is a 17 minute match that almost seems too short. I would have loved this as a 30 minute draw. You really get a sense of how massive Tenta is when he matches up against Haku and just towers over him. Tenta works a little too soft at first for WAR but soon realizes where he's at and dishes some great elbow drops and knee lifts. Haku and Kabuki more than make up for any early softness by dishing a fierce beating to Tenryu. Kabuki's short left uppercut is a thing of beauty and Tenryu sells every shot to his ear and/or throat great (there is an above average chance that Tenryu was just getting hit in the ear and/or throat). Haku busts out some neat stuff too, just unleashing an insane slap/chop attack on Tenryu at one point, just flying at him with both arms before dealing a great sit out powerbomb. Kinda looked like he may have been pissed at Tenryu for kicking him with the toe of his boot one too many times. Kabuki and Haku make an awesome team of two asskickers, hardly ever using moves, just being vicious ear/nose/throat specialists. Tenryu's comebacks are the best, throwing some of the hardest chops I have EVER seen him throw. The last 5 minutes are just incredibly great with Kabuki decimating Tenryu's ear some more, Tenta tagging in and beating down some dudes (GREAT spot included Tenta setting up the Earthquake splash and the crowd going nuts, but then Kabuki hitting him with the mist after Tenta runs the ropes). This was all awesome stuff and pretty much exactly what you'd want.PAS: I loved this match, this was that next level shit the previous match didn't get to. Haku is a really hit and miss guy during his career, you get flashes of the psychotic ass kicker you want him to be, but sometimes that guy isn't there. He is the distillation of all your hopes and dreams here, and Haku and Tenryu just tear into each other and it is glorious. Kabuki is great too, I love his little uppercuts and Tenryu sells them like he had a roll of dimes in his hand. Finish run got really exciting and I loved the Kabuki mist counter of the Earthquake splash, felt like something which would have been a legendary spot if 1989 Muta worked 1990 Earthquake at a Summerslam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 vs The Warlord in Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdbwJDCPH6Q vs Bam Bam Bigelow vs Scott Norton 1 vs Scott Norton 2 vs Bastion Booger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Segunda Caida has written a lot about the awesome WAR shows that Tenta was on, and while this doesn't seem to be online, it seems like the best match Tenta was in, if not his career performance: I loved the Kabuki mist counter of the Earthquake splash, felt like something which would have been a legendary spot if 1989 Muta worked 1990 Earthquake at a Summerslam. I now want to find a way to time travel to get 1989 Muta vs. 1990 Earthquake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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