Ultimate Warrior vs. Ted DiBiase
WWF Heavyweight Championship Match
ALL JAPAN, NEW JAPAN, and WWF, The Wrestling Summit
Apr 13, 1990 Tokyo Dome (Tokyo)
About WWF title match I remember a series of fights between Antonio Inoki and Bob Backlund, but it was unusual that the big title was contested in Japan by two American wrestlers.
Ultimate Warrior had wrested the belt from Hulk Hogan, and visited to Japan for the first time. As a matter of course, I saw him first. I had read about him in a magazine, they said that he had an only fight style of violent rush. At the first match in Japan, that was certainly right. He ran, used Flying Elbow, Ultimate Splash (Body Press for the back), and won. The end !! (ha-ha)
Ted DiBiase is a famous wrestler in Japan. In his youth, we thought he was a strong rival of Tsuruta and he would become the world champion. In 1985, when Brody moved to NEW JAPAN, DiBiase was nominated for Hansen's partner, they won PWF tag title and The World Tag League'85.
In this match, he didn't use the gimmick of the million dollar man, and showed his former fight style in Japan. Though he lost, we felt kindly to him as a good wrestler again.
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