TAPE 64
Quality: EX (1st Gen Convert)
Length: 2.3 hrs (DVD)
UWF VIDEO BOUT SERIES VOL 1 - 7/8/85 (Commercial tape from the hard-to-find-video-of
1st UWF. Terrific shoot-style action with some truly talented performers. I found
myself asking, though, while watching this: "Who releases commercial tapes that are
27 minutes long?" as each of the vols on this tape is 27 minutes. Why not release
60-min tapes and make each match complete instead? I've got a 1st gen convert, so VQ is EX.)
Akira Maeda vs Keith Heyward (clipped)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (clipped - good match, but a bit strange in that
there's tons of cheating in this one. Both guys take cheap shots on the break,
refuse to break holds, etc. Seems out of place, even in the 1st UWF.)
Satoru Sayama vs Osamu Kido (clipped)
UWF VIDEO BOUT SERIES VOL 2 - 7/13/85 (Same as above, 1st gen)
Satoru Sayama vs Keith Hayward (clipped - Sayama is, of course, the original Tiger Mask)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Osamu Kido (clipped)
Akira Maeda vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (clipped)
UWF VIDEO BOUT SERIES VOL 3 - 7/17/85 (Same as above, 1st gen)
Osamu Kido vs Keith Hayward (clipped)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (clipped - their first meeting, I believe. Great stuff
from the two guys who would come to define "Shoot Style" wrestling.)
Satoru Sayama vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (clipped - terrific match. Lots of heat and intensity
in this one and the stiffness is way up there. Sayama in particular seems to just
wildly throw kicks and knees with no regard for his opponent.)
UWF VIDEO BOUT SERIES VOL 4 - 7/21/85 (Same as above, 1st gen)
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Keith Hayward (JIP)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Satoru Sayama (clipped)
Akira Maeda vs Osamu Kido (clipped - Kido scores the upset!)
UWF VIDEO BOUT SERIES VOL 5 - 8/25/85 (Same as above, 1st gen)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Osamu Kido (clipped)
Satoru Sayama vs Kazuo Yamazaki (clipped)
Akira Maeda vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (clipped)
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