Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kintaro Ooki, Kim Duk
ALL JAPAN, The World Open Tag Tournament
1977, Kuramae Kokugikan (Tokyo)
It was the last day of this big event. Kokugikan is the sacred place of SUMO. Kuramae Kokugikan was broken up in 1984. (Now it is in Ryogoku.) I went to Kuramae in 1985, of course, there was nothing at all.
Ooki and Kim were Korean. Ooki was a pupil of Rikidozan. His butt of head was very strong, and it was said that Baba let his hair grow long to ease its hurt.
Baba and Tsuruta had been wrested International Tag title by the Korean team.
The Korean team's relay play was very good.
Because of Ooki's butt of head, the Japanese team fought against heavy odds.
At last, Baba took a fall from Kim with the running neckbreaker's drop !!
As a result, three teams had a possibility of winning the championship, the Japanese team, the Funk brothers, and the team of heels.
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