RIPPA Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I was going to pick La Sombra so we could do an education class on the newest NXT signee but that's right - I tried that like a month ago and all you fuckers no-sold it. We honor Tenryu again because it's Genichiro Motherfucking Tenryu Originial Tenryu WOTD WIKI http://youtu.be/E7BhuQE6Gu0 And because this can never be posted enough times http://youtu.be/5VDk3CEnzUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Plus, theres a la sombra thread already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 http://youtu.be/6YGUYkrBrh8 http://youtu.be/IJ4j4p7cgVg http://youtu.be/nPlUOZE73J8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I did not post in the WoTD La Sombra thread. I failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I could run and run and run with this pick. My first thought was to do a different match for every fed he's wrestled in but that would be like five posts long, so I'll just give y'all some tasty morsels. Ouch. Still one of my favorite matches of all time. EDIT: Goddammit, Rippa! No fair. Okay since Rippa stole my Pogo match by a minute I'll give you the insane heatfest from "JPW" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 EDIT: Never mind, beaten by two minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I was just flipping through the part in Jericho's book and he was talking about when he worked for FMW he was instructed to NEVER speak to Onita and how Tenryu when he worked for WAR was such a cool boss that he'd go out drinking with him, sing karaoke on the bus with him. He also mentions that the rumor he'd heard that Tenryu had pearls surgically implanted in his little Tenryu but he never had the guts to ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Tenryu was a killer tag wrestler in any era, but especially before he was Grumpus Maximus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKpj3R5oTZk And you thought your brittle body was old and decaying -- watch these two middle-aged gents take years off their lives http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19b45n_keiji-muto-vs-genichiro-tenryu-ajpw-6-8-01_sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I couldn't find the I BReak Your Nose Sequel- Tenryu vs Kojima, but I did find THIS, which I did not know existed. (SPOLIER! This match is motherfucking awesome.) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2aowsp_war-genichiro-tenryu-vs-hayabusa-7-13-00_sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Tenryu is fucking awesome. He's wrestled everybody. vs Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage 4/13/90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PQ-ZaRzgc vs Randy Savage 4/1/91 vs Ric Flair '92 WAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYkqkKTt8fE w/Dory Funk Jr, and Rongai Nosawa vs Suwama, Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I couldn't find the I BReak Your Nose Sequel- Tenryu vs Kojima, but I did find THIS, which I did not know existed. (SPOLIER! This match is motherfucking awesome.) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2aowsp_war-genichiro-tenryu-vs-hayabusa-7-13-00_sport There are a couple things I got from this. 1. Tenryu was having a ball. The snap when he chopped Hayabusa after dumping him over the top rope was so great I laughed like a maniac. Then he decided to do the Dusty Bionic Elbow windup before hitting another chop later and I fell out again. 2. Tenryu is a lefty! Never recognized that. 3. In the Dailymotion related feed for this match there is a whole lot of Hard Gay... Hard Gay Cupid, Hard Gay Cooking, and Hard Gay Social Improvement (?!). I had to click on one and it is actually subtitled in English. Yes. Someone MUST watch these and report back telling us how insane and ludicrous a faux leather daddy/pro wrestler teaching people life skills on a Japanese television show is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 HG was quite popular there for a bit in pop culture and Tenryu did work Hustle, so it's not as unlikely as it seems they'd be "related". Hustle Aid 200717. Juni 2007 @ Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama (Japan)HG defeated Gen'ichiro Tenryu [Mask vs. Hard Gay Mask] They were in 10 matches together, at least. Anytime HG and RG especially were gotten hold of by Tenryu or Kawada, there was much death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Oh yeah, I remember the HG/RG vs. Tenryu/Kawada (I think?) tag where poor Real Gay got every single blood vessel in his chest demolished. I'm not surprised about the videos being linked but the volume is ridiculous, and the content... well, someone else has to find time for that and let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'm still amused him and Tanahashi were university wrestlers together(think backyarders, only in a ring, in front of people and watchable). HG isn't gay in case that wasn't well known by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 You don't remember Hard Gay Tenryu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Now THAT should be the cover of the next DVDVR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Or a poster on someone's wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Most of the big matches have already been covered (and seriously, everyone needs to watch that KENTA match, it's so gratuitously cruel that I actually started laughing at it), so I'll just hit up a few more "wait, Tenryu wrestled THAT GUY?!" oddities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNQkLJf94xU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshQ349Ehzg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 If you haven't seen this before you gotta watch it. The match itself is standard high quality AJ tag work but the end is where it's at. Tenryu and Hara go for an enzuigiri/face kick double-team move. Hara hits Hansen in the back with a weak shot but (in contrast to every other time he uses the move) Tenryu pastes him right in the face with his boot and knocks him right the fuck out. Everyone can tell he's limp and Terry saves the match until Hansen wakes up, and proceeds to absolutely run riot all over the place, with Gordy trying to cool him down while he throws tables and chairs and hits Tenryu with a left-hand slap that's as hard as his lariat. After the replay Stan comes over yet again to yell "NOBODY POTATOES ME!" at Baba; he smashes the announcer's head into the table and then gives Baba a weak chop before finally storming off. It's the greatest thing ever. I mean the camera catches Stan running towards the ropes like an angry bull and then he FLIES THROUGH THE ROPES at Tenryu, then does the same thing over the rail. Just insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 That was actually a total work. It was All Japan doing a snarky riff on what was then a current event with Maeda's infamous face-kicking of Choshu in New Japan. And WTF, Youtube?! Those matches have been on your site for months if not years; I post 'em here, and two days later they've been cpyright'd? SHENANIGANS, I declare shenanigans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 So that was the reasoning behind it? I had heard it might be a work but watching it again, they all sold it so well I thought it was Hansen realizing what had happened and only running rampage to a certain extent because he knew he might lose his meal ticket if he truly went ultra mega mass homicide on everyone. If it can fool me it can suspend your disbelief so watch it and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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