Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW) 12/22/1984
This was a great tag team match. It was the finals for the Real World Tag League. Tenryu had a stand out performance in this match. His selling here was incredible and made his comebacks more intense. Hansen and Brody did an excellent job getting the heat on both opponents. Their tag team offense and psychology was really great and mostly kept their control periods interesting. There were a couple of points during those control periods where it felt as if they were repeating spots; a critique I have of this team from other matches. The dynamic between Tsuruta and Tenryu was properly displayed throughout this match. Tsuruta was Tenryu’s senior. Tsuruta was mentoring and protecting Tenryu throughout the match, especially when Hansen and Brody were getting the heat on Tenryu. In another instance, Tenryu took a Western Lariat from Hansen when he moved Tsuruta out of the way defending him. All of this worked to create sympathy for the babyface team as the crowd erupts towards the end when they start their comeback. They unleash a flurry of offense on Hansen and Brody that was brutal. The finish protects Hansen and Brody as they start to fight back but also hit the referee for the DQ. I get what they were trying to do with this finish but this was the finals of the Real World Tag League, there’s no reason Brody couldn’t do the clean job here. Now I understand the politics here but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t suck. Despite the terrible finish I really enjoyed this match. It had the simple babyface and heel dynamic with some great heat.
Final Rating - ****
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