Stan Hansen, Terry Gordy vs. Bruiser Brody, Jimmy Snuka
ALL JAPAN, The World Tag League '87
Nov 22, 1987 Korakuen Hall (Tokyo)
The highlight of this match was a confrontation between Hansen and Brody, two big stars of ALL JAPAN, but I have to refer to their partners.
Terry Gordy visited to Japan at first as a member of The Free Birds. I remember that they were not popular with Japanese fan. Except by way of some exceptions, nearly always a typical heel doesn't catch on in Japan.
However, Gordy's fight-style and powerful tricks were valued by Baba. He became a main wrestler of ALL JAPAN, and fought against Tsuruta, Tenryu. His nickname in Japan was The Torpedo Man. May be it was a metaphor of his Lariat. (Between ourselves, this nickname suggests the suicide attack of Japanese soldiers.)
Jimmy Snuka won the tag league '81 with Brody, but at that time Hansen broke into the ring, Japanese fan paid attention to Hansen. In the next year Brody teamed up with Hansen, and they created a boom of the team of super monsters.
Snuka formed a new team with Harley Race. Though we expected his hard fights against Brody and Ricky Steamboat, Snuka was injured and Dick Slater was nominated for Race's new partner. Some people say that foreign wrestlers of ALL JAPAN punished Snuka because of the trouble in connection with his contract.
To be continued.
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