RIPPA Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Okay Fuck it - since All Japan (at least as we have known it) is basically dead. Okay... truly All Japan as I have known it basically died when Misawa left but anyway.... This is ALL JAPAN WEEK!!!! And we might as well start with the man who Jumbo beat to form the Triple Crown. Which is ironic consider, his doppelganger was cutting a promo about the Triple Crown on Saturday. STAN MOTHERFUCKING HANSEN!!! Like I need a God Damn excuse to post this again... http://youtu.be/bp0Wo7hLTIE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 The most your ass ever got beaten in a barfight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHe06_DNxI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlpgULnBmnE Beat ya to it. STAN HANSEN vs. KENTA KOBASHI - AJ 7/31/93: (POGO PETE) As beautiful as the Hash/Tenryu match from the '98 G1 Climax was for all the stiffness, this IMO is even more beautiful for the variety of attacks used. Kobashi controls the early portion, electrifying the crowd to the point where they're counting along with Joe when Kobashi goes for a pin less than 2 minutes into the match. Stan sells like a champ early, but he finally takes control by sticking his boot in Kobashi's face as he charges into the corner, which results in the left side of Kobashi's face immediately swelling up like a grapefruit. Kobashi rolls to the floor, at which point Stan Misterio Jr. hits a motherfucking TOPE! Kobashi somehow finds the strength to come back, and the rest of the match has the triple-tough veteran and fiery youngster throwing every move they know at each other. The finish is my all-time favorite: Kobashi slams Stan and goes for the moonsault, but Stan recovers and keeps him from going for it. He steps out to the apron and the two trade slaps, headbutts and elbows... at which point Stan absolutely O B L I T E R A T E S Kobashi with an honest-and-for-true Lariat From Hell and gets the pin. You have to hear the reaction when Stan hits it... 16,300 people collectively screaming "Oh my God, he's DEAD!" Most of them don't even bother counting along with Joe when Stan pins him- that's how final this looks. Awe-inspiring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I actually transcribed the Sunrise theme horn part to guitar as an intro riff for my old band: http://semataryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/augmentor God, that recording was horrible. Fuck it I'm running with this one, he's my favorite wrestler. The last stand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBs1XCGOGFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxMXHIsPk_I NOBODY POTATOES ME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9W-io5xUJE Total chaos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvT2nLDhNE I don't know which one this is but him and Kawada went together like chocolate and peanut butter every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Stan Fucking Hansen... The man's middle name is indeed "fucking." There have been many raw boned, ass-kickers and bad men in wrestling but how many ever truly equaled Stan in pure "I'll kill you" stiffness and hatred in the ring. His style was so violent and aggressive. When you add to that his break neck pace and you have a hurricane of death. He was the Incredible Hulk with a cowboy hat and maybe the greatest brawler wrestling has ever known. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I win. (fuck HHH) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Lariato!!!!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 One of my alltime favorite promos - Stan in mexico cvity 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Someday I'll watch a bunch of Stan Hansen. That day is not yet. That Andre match is sure a corker though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUkKGNjFBgM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 "Jumbo Truta" "Teneruu" "You long-haired weirdo" Hook-em-Horns, baby I already posted this in the Colon thread but it bears repeating. If anything makes Stan look more like a horrible redneck and heels both him and Chicky at the same time, this is it. You just know after this Carlos will bleed like mad but Hansen is getting crushed, and Chicky is getting the Cornette treatment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Might I add, as a serious 70's,80's,90's AJPW mark, I heartily applaud an AJPW week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I really want a Stan Hansen t-shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 This is like the greatest match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8sqt1WgGCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Trying to stay Japan free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I love watching him destroy jobbers in WCW. He gives zero fucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpD2X6pHi9I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBMXVkwUMg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Oh no way is Rippa slipping Hansen day by me. Lord knows Phil and I have watched the Andre match enough to keep us from killing. And this vid of Stan randomly stiffing the shit out of people has single-handedly kept me out of jail far too many times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Stan Fucking Hansen... The man's middle name is indeed "fucking." There have been many raw boned, ass-kickers and bad men in wrestling but how many ever truly equaled Stan in pure "I'll kill you" stiffness and hatred in the ring. His style was so violent and aggressive. When you add to that his break neck pace and you have a hurricane of death. He was the Incredible Hulk with a cowboy hat and maybe the greatest brawler wrestling has ever known. In reality, Stan is actually his middle name, well Stanley. John Hansen doesn't have the same ring to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgqxznO07UQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Let's not forget the AWA run! Stan vs. Vader before Stan removed an eye from its socket Can't watch it right now but this has to rule. Jerry Blackwell juicing like a maniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I love watching him destroy jobbers in WCW. He gives zero fucks. Ask and ye shall receive. Plus you get chew running down Stan's face and Lance Russell calling him "a total devastator" which is about the coolest goddamn thing ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LM4VA9lnIs Since Rippa mentioned it in his first post and nobody has posted it yet, here's the Triple Crown formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireThunder Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 "I got a big fat wife and nine kids at home, and I gotta feed em!" http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2skcg_larry-zbyszko-s-in-this-corner-w-st_sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tystates Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Another huge Hansen fan here. I've made lots of different comps of him in Japan. On my first trip to Tokyo in 2001 I found an autographed copy of his book. Bought it even though it's in Japanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 One of my all-time favorite PWI stories was that Stan owned a ranch in Japan that raised Kobe beef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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