TAPE 424

Quality: EX (Master Convert)

Length: 7.5 hrs (6 DVD)

JUMBO TSURUTA LEGEND VOL 1 (First tape in this outstanding series that chronicles the career of
 	Jumbo Tsuruta.  Watch these tapes and you get an appreciation for just how great a worker he
 	was.  Everything on this volume is clips or highlights unless otherwise noted.  I've got a 1st
 	gen convert so VQ on this is EX.)

	Jumbo Tsuruta History
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs Dory & Terry Funk, 10/9/73 (2/3 Falls - 60-min draw)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jack Brisco, 1/30/74 (2/3 falls)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ken Mantell, 12/15/74 (2/3 falls)
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs Dory & Terry Funk, 2/5/75 (2/3 falls - Tsuruta & Baba win the
 		NWA Int'l tag titles)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Giant Baba, 12/15/75
	JUMBO TSURUTA VS GIANT BABA, 5/1/76 (Complete - I am truly stunned that I have now actually
 		seen a match where Giant Baba isn't a total embarrassment in the ring.)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jack Brisco, 8/28/76 (2/3 falls - Tsuruta wins UN title)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mil Mascaras, 8/25/77 (2/3 falls)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kim Duk, 9/13/78 (2/3 falls - 65-min draw)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Dick Slater, 5/1/80 (1980 Champ Carny Finals)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ric Flair, 6/8/82
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ted Dibiase, 6/18/83 (This takes place in a WCCW ring)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bruiser Brody, 8/31/83
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkel, 2/23/84 (Tsuruta wins AWA World title)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Riki Choshu, 11/4/85
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (Tsuruta & Tenryu win the NWA
 		Int'l tag titles)
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask II vs Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase, 7/3/87 (Tsuruta & Tiger Mask win
 		PWF tag titles)
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Road Warriors, 6/10/88 (Complete - Tsuruta & Yatsu win the
		 NWA Int'l tag titles to unify the Double Tag titles)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen, 4/18/89 (Tsuruta wins the PWF & UN titles to unify the Triple
 		Crown - historic match, but we only get clips!  Boo!)
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy, 5/14/90
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen, 4/16/91 (Champ Carny Finals)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa, 4/18/91
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada, 10/24/91
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi, 2/27/92
	Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, & Rusher Kimura vs Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigen, & Okuma, 10/23/93
	Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, & Rusher Kimura vs Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigen & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi,
 		9/11/98 
	Jumbo Tsuruta Retirement Ceremony, 3/6/99


JUMBO TSURUTA LEGEND VOL 2 (The series continues!  This volume contains matches that
	are complete, unless noted.  I've got a 1st gen convert so VQ on this is EX.)

	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Rusher Kimura, 3/28/76 (2/3 falls - clipped, I think)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Funk, 6/11/76 (2/3 falls - clips)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Billy Robinson, 7/17/76 (2/3 falls - 1st two falls JIP, third fall complete -
 		65-min draw)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Abdullah the Butcher, 10/22/76 (2/3 falls)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Chris Taylor, 12/3/76 (2/3 falls - 1st fall JIP)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Harley Race, 6/11/77 (2/3 falls - good match!)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Fritz Von Erich, 1/5/79 (2/3 falls)



JUMBO TSURUTA LEGEND VOL 3 (This volume chronicles Tsuruta's later years as the #1 star in All
	Japan and his feud with Genichiro Tenryu.  Great stuff.  I've got a 1st gen convert so VQ on
 	this is EX.)

	Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu & Masa Saito, 2/5/85 (clips)
	Ric Flair vs Riki Choshu, 4/23/85 (clips)
	Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu, & Rusher Kimura vs Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi,
		& Yoshiaki Yatsu, 6/2/85 (clips)
	JUMBO TSURUTA VS RIKI CHOSHU, 11/4/85 (1-hr draw, complete!)
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask II vs Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, 6/11/87 (clips)
	Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu, 3/9/88 (Clips - Tenryu wins PWF title)
	Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu, 3/27/88 (clips)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bruiser Brody, 3/27/88 (Brody wins NWA Int'l title)
	Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu, 7/27/88 (Hansen wins PWF & UN titles)
	Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu, 4/4/89 (clips)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Stan Hansen, 4/18/89 (Tsuruta wins PWF & UN titles to unify
		the Triple Crown - clips)
	Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu, 4/20/89 (This is the famous "butchered powerbomb"
		match.  Tsuruta & Tenryu are well on their way to a great match when Tsuruta
		screws up a powerbomb on Tenryu, basically KO'ing him, ending the match right
		then.  Disappointing.  Complete match.)