TAPE 179
Quality: EX (1st Gen Convert)
Length: 2 hrs (DVD)
UWFI WORLD PRO WRESTLING TOURNEY 1ST ROUND - 4/3/94 (Not quite as good as the later
rounds in the tournament, but still - this *IS* UWFI in 1994, so it's still a really
good tape. The only real drawback are poor booking decisions - Takada vs Yamazaki
in the first round? Lydick vs Berkovich? I've got a 1st gen convert so VQ is EX.)
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs Tatsuo Nakano (SUPER stiff)
Yoshihiro Takayama vs Yuko Miyato
Gary Albright Interview (Great stuff as he rips on Ken Shamrock, Akira Maeda, and others for
not showing up for the UWFI tourney.)
Kiyoshi Tamura vs Bad News Allen
Gene Lydick vs Vladimir Berkovich
Victor Zangiev vs Yoji Anjoh
Masahito Kakihara vs Dan Severn
Vader vs Salman Hashimikov (Wow, does this match SUCK)
Gary Albright vs Billy Scott
Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki (This match is just further evidence of the misuse of
Yamazaki in UWFI. I'm not saying he should've won the match - it's obvious that the whole
tourney was designed to bring about a Takada vs Vader rematch, so clearly Yamazaki has to
lose to one guy or the other at some point - but to have him lose in the first round?
That's just stupid. Still, Yamazaki is a pro and this is a good, albeit very short,
match.)
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