TAPE 203

Quality: EX

Length: 7.75 hrs (4 DVD)

TABE'S BEST OF NOBUHIKO TAKADA VOL 1: THE RIVALRIES (People who know me know that I've
 	been a huge Nobuhiko Takada mark for quite some time now.  I get asked all the time 
	"Tabe, when you gonna do a Takada comp?"  Well, the answer is NOW.  I've been tracking 
	down quality footage for quite awhile and am finally able to unleash the first in what 
	will be a series of compilations chronicling the career or Nobuhiko Takada.  For this 
	first volume, I've chosen to a "theme" tape highlighting Takada's 5 most memorable
 	rivalries.  I defined a rivalry as an opponent that Takada feuded with in at least 3 
	singles match.  And the 5 top feuds that I came up with that fit that definition were 
	his feuds with: Vader, Shiro Koshinaka, Gary Albright, Kazuo Yamazaki, and Akira Maeda.
	Source footage on all of this is master or 1st gen convert so quality is EX!  A must-have for
	shoot-style fans or anyone who wants an intro to the style!)


	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS VADER, UWFI, 12/5/93 (Historic match as Vader, the WCW champ, takes on
		Takada, the UWFI champ.  Part of a huge outdoor show that drew over 40,000 people.  UWFI
		does it up right, too - playing the whole thing like a heavyweight boxing title fight from
		days gone by.  Lots of pomp and circumstance, etc.  Great stuff.)
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS VADER, UWFI, 8/18/94 (Vader wins UWFI title)
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS VADER, UWFI, 4/20/95
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS SHIRO KOSHINAKA, New Japan, 8/5/86 (clipped)
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS SHIRO KOSHINAKA, New Japan, 9/19/86 (JIP - Koshinaka wins IWGP jr title)
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS SHIRO KOSHINAKA, New Japan, 2/5/87
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Shiro Koshinaka, UWFI, 3/1/96
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright, UWFI, 5/8/92
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright, UWFI, 9/21/92
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS GARY ALBRIGHT, UWFI, 6/10/94
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright, UWFI, 11/30/94
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, New Japan, 8/17/86 (***3/4)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, New Japan, 8/20/87
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWF, 2/9/90
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWFI, 10/6/91 (***3/4 - great match to re-introduce fans to
 		the Takada/Yamazaki rivalry, now carried over to UWFI)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWFI, 4/10/93
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWFI, 4/3/94
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWFI, 2/18/95
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda, UWF, 7/17/85
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda, UWF, 8/29/85
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS AKIRA MAEDA, UWF, 6/11/88
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS AKIRA MAEDA, UWF, 11/10/88 (Fabulous match in front of a molten-hot crowd.  
		Takada scores the big upset in the best shoot-style match of the decade.)
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS AKIRA MAEDA, UWF, 1/10/89
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda, UWF, 6/14/89
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda, UWF, 1/16/90
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda, UWF, 6/21/90
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda, UWF, 9/13/90