TAPE 578

Quality: EX

Length: 8 hrs (4 DVD)

TABE'S BEST OF NOBUHIKO TAKADA VOL 3: 1988-91 (The long-awaited third volume is now here!
	Follow the development of Takada as he goes from being a solid junior mid-carder in
	New Japan to the unquestioned ace of UWFI.  All kinds of great action here, definitely
	a must-see for shoot-style fans.  Every match is complete and is transferred from DVD
 	masters or converted from VHS masters, so quality is perfect.)

	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWF, 8/13/88 (Interesting psychology here, with Takada
		cheating several times.  It doesn't help, however, and Takada jobs!)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Norman Smiley, UWF, 9/24/88 (Takada takes on the criminally
		underrated Smiley)
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS BOB BACKLUND, UWF, 12/22/88 (The best of Backlund's post-WWF matches.
		See it turn heated when Takada is extra stiff with Backlund and Backlund retaliates
		by spinning his boot on Takada's eye, giving him a nice raspberry.)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWF, 2/27/89 (Another in this long-running rivalry)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWF, 5/4/89 (Nice, long match - ***1/2)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Yuko Miyato, UWF, 7/24/89
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Masa Funaki, UWF, 8/13/89 (Two MMA pioneers hook it up!)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoji Anjoh, UWF, 9/7/89
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Tatsuo Nakano, UWF, 9/30/89
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara, UWF, 10/25/89 (Excellent match - ***1/2)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Duane Koslowski, UWF, 11/29/89 (from the big UWF Tokyo Dome show)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara, UWF, 2/27/90
	NOBUHIKO TAKADA VS YOJI ANJOH, UWF, 4/15/90 (Great match - Anjoh had several really good
		matches in the UWF - this is the best)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Minoru Suzuki, UWF, 5/4/90
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Tatsuo Nakano, UWF, 5/28/90 (Ultra stiff)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, UWF, 7/20/90 (Another good one from these two)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Masa Funaki, UWF, 8/13/90 (Hot match until Funaki cuts Takada's
 		eyelid with a strike)	
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara, UWF, 10/25/90
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Tatsuo Nakano, UWF, 12/1/90 (Nakano was never more than a jobber but
		he often had excellent matches in both the UWF and UWFI.  This one is from the very
		last UWF show ever held.)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Tom Burton, UWFI, 5/10/91 (Takada is now the unquestioned ace of a 
		promotion for the first time.  Here he main events the first-ever UWFI show and
 		looks every bit the star he will become.)
	Nobuhiko Takada vs Tatsuo Nakano, UWFI, 7/3/91
	Nobuhiko Takada & Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoji Anjoh & Jim Boss, UWFI, 7/30/91 (Longest match
		in UWFI history, clocking in at over 31 minutes.  Excellent match!)
	Nobuhiko Takada & Billy Scott vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Tatsuo Nakano, UWFI, 8/24/91 (Another
		long, excellent tag match.  That's one thing UWFI did that RINGS never did - run
		tag matches.  They work, however, and often provide excellent action.)