TAPE 1441

Quality: EX (1080i)

Length: 129 min (DVD)

ALL JAPAN HOUSE SHOW - 7/29/93 (Incredible!  As part of their streaming service, All Japan has
	released this mostly-complete house show from their Summer Action Series.  Lots of this stuff
	made TV but not this much, not this complete, and not in this quality!  This is 1080i footage
	and incredible EX quality.  A MUST-HAVE.)
	
	Giant Baba, The Destroyer & Kurt Beyer vs Masa Fuchi, Haruka Eigen & Masao Inoue (This is 
		The Destroyer's retirement/final match and is just so COOL.  So many little touches here
		that make it special.  It's obvious all six guys are just having a blast and Destroyer gets
		to have his son Kurt as a partner.  Baba surprises Destroyer by NOT being introduced last,
		instead giving that honor to Destroyer.  He's obviously surprised at that and Baba gives
		him this beautiful, sly little grin.  You get Fuchi doing Destroyer's strut at him, which
		nets him a handshake for it, and lots of other stuff.  In short, this is awesome.)
	Retirement Ceremony for The Destroyer
	Jun Akiyama & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith
	Akira Taue vs Big Bossman (Bossman is intro'ed as Big Bubba but is wearing his Big Bossman
		costume.  What's funny is the way his name gets pronounced - Big Boob-a.  Cracked me up
		constantly while watching this.  Bossman was really, really good in the ring.)
	KENTA KOBASHI VS STAN HANSEN (Many years ago, this was one of the very first All Japan matches
		I ever saw and I was blown away.  I rated it ****3/4 at the time.  This is my first time
		seeing it in probably two decades.  This match is incredible.  Before the match, Hansen
		kicks at an attendant at ringside, Kobashi jumps in to defend him and we are OFF AND
		RUNNING.  What we get is an amazing, 22-minute sprint that rarely lets up.  Hard-hitting
		match that gives off strong vibes of a fight.  Tense, hard-fought, competitive.  Kobashi
		dominates for almost 10 minutes before trying to charge Hansen, who is sitting down in the
		corner.  Hansen holds up a foot and DRILLS Kobashi in the face.  Kobashi's eye and cheek
		swell up and he's bruised by the end of the match.  MUST-SEE MATCH!  ***** - FIVE STARS.)
	MITSUHARU MISAWA VS TOSHIAKI KAWADA (These two have the unenviable task of following the
		masterpiece that went before.  They try, they roll out a terrific **** match, but it's
		nowhere close.)