THE GREAT KABUKI vs. MIKE DAVIS

The Great Kabuki vs. Mike Davis

ALL JAPAN
Mar. 1983 Korakuen Hall (Tokyo)

It became dark in the hall, Japanese traditional music sounded, The Great Kabuki appeared. He stood on the ring calmly, then he showed nunchaku performance and blew a splay.

Spectators cried "Kabuki !! Kabuki !!", young Mike Davis became impatient and got angry. TV announcer Kuramochi admired Kabuki's activity in USA. Kabuki succeeded in a foreign country, and returned to Japan for a while.

Of course we knew his unpainted face. He was Akihisa Takachiho, a middle-level wrestler of ALL JAPAN, comparatively small and quiet man. When he had visited to America, he had created a mysterious style and won popularity in USA. In short, he caught a 'Japanese dream', but it was not quite convincing for us, because an oriental gimmick and karate performance are common things in Japan.

Afterwards Kabuki was active as a side role in many parties in Japan. I rather had deep impression on his such attitude.

Well, in this match Kabuki took a fall from Davis with Flying Cross Chop. I knew just now, Mike Davis died in 2001. It seems that he could not catch an American dream.