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
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