Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
ALL JAPAN
Mar. 1983 Korakuen Hall (Tokyo)
Who is the strongest wrestler in the history of Japanese pro-wrestling ? Perhaps this question is meaningless, but if I answer "Jumbo Tsuruta is", I think many people don't deny it.
Tsuruta was a truly genius wrestler, he took part in the Olympics at Munich, and then joined in ALL JAPAN. He learned skill of wrestling from The Funk brothers. As a wonderful rookie, Tsuruta (with Baba) won International Tag Championship, and got United National title. In those days he was good at many kinds of Suplex and Drop Kick from the top of a corner post.
Tsuruta was active as an amazing new star, but after a while he ran up against a wall. Though he challenged the world champions, Harley Race, Ric Flair, and Nick Bockwinkle, he could not get a title. He showed nice fights, but he could not win, and he was called a good fight maker by wrestling fan.
At that time, Tiger Jeet Singh, the cruelest heel moved to ALL JAPAN from NEW JAPAN. Baba made Tsuruta fight against Singh. Because Singh had been a rival of Inoki, Baba needed to regard Singh as a lower rank wrestler. As a result, this was a good fortune for Tsuruta.
To be continued.
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