Happy Monday! Here's footage of Toshiaki Kawada Kicking a TV Show Host In The Head.

You all know I'm a huge fan of puroresu, ESPECIALLY of All Japan in the mid to late 90's.

Remember when I showed you this Saturday?

Well, here is footage of the man himself kicking a non-wrestling TV show host in the head.


KO in 38 seconds.  Even though the host was hyped up to, and I'm paraphrasing, "3X Superman."

So... can we then say that Superman got knocked out by Toshiaki Kawada?

I'd be OK with that.

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Sunday Morning Surprise: VIDEO LINKS TO EVERY 5-STAR WRESTLING OBSERVER MATCH!

Damn.

In some ways, I wish I could take credit for any of this, but I can't.  Not the matches, the ratings, not even the list (about the only thing I can claim credit on was choosing the above FANTASTIC mullet-filled photo of Dave).  It was posted on Reddit by M-G-K, and came to MY attention via the International Wrestling Fanbase group on Facebook.  Please proceed to this link to read M-G-K's intro and show some love to the post. 

Meanwhile, here is this list of matches.  I may do my own review of them in their own articles in the future.  I'd be interested to see if I agree with Davey-Boy.

And now, for "posterity," here it is:

Territories/NWA/WCW:

1986: Sheepherders v. Fantastics

1986: Ric Flair v. Barry Windham

1987: Ric Flair v. Barry Windham - Part 2

1989: Ric Flair v. Ricky Steamboat, Chi-Town Rumble

1989: Ric Flair v. Ricky Steamboat, Capital Centre

1989: Ric Flair v. Ricky Steamboat, 2/3 Falls @ Clash of the Champions

1989: Ric Flair v. Ricky Steamboat, WrestleWar

1989: Ric Flair v. Terry Funk - Part 2

1991: Wargames: Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, Barry Windham, & Sid Vicious vs. Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner

1992: Wargames: Sting, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, & Dustin Rhodes vs. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbyszko

1992: Terry Funk v. Eddie Gilbert - Texas Death Match - Part 2 - Part 3

WWF/E:

1994: Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon, ladder match

1994: Bret Hart v. Owen Hart, cage - (four more parts in user's video list)

1997: Bret Hart v. Steve Austin, submission match

1997: Shawn Michaels v. Undertaker, Hell In A Cell

2011: John Cena v. CM Punk

TNA:

2005: Samoa Joe v. AJ Styles v. Christopher Daniels - Part 2

ROH:

2004: Samoa Joe v. CM Punk - Part 2 - Part 3

2005: Samoa Joe v. Kenta Kobashi

2006: Do Fixer v. Blood Generation

2012: Davey Richards v. Michael Elgin

NOAH:

2003: Mitsuhara Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi

2004: Kenta Kobashi v. Jun Akiyama

All Japan:

1984: Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody v. Terry and Dory Funk

1985: Tiger Mask II v. Kuniaki Kobayashi

1986: Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu v. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu

1988: Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu v. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy

1989: Jumbo Tsuruta v. Genichiro Tenryu

1990: Jumbo Tsuruta v. Mitsuharu Misawa

1990: Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi - Part 2 - Part 3

1991: Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi v. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi

1992: Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa v. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - no video found

1992: Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi & Akira Taue v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada

1992: Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas v. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

1993: Toshiaki Kawada v. Kenta Kobashi

1993: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama

1993: Stan Hansen v. Kenta Kobashi

1993: Steve Williams v. Kenta Kobashi

1993: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi

1994: Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Giant Baba v. Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada, & Akira Taue - no video found

1994: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi v. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

1994: Mitsuharu Misawa v. Toshiaki Kawada

1995: Kenta Kobashi v. Toshiaki Kawada

1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi v. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako v. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Tamon Honda

1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi v. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi v. Steve Williams & People Power! - Part 2 - Part 3

1995: Mitsuharu Misawa v. Akira Taue

1996: Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama v. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

1996: Mitsuhara Misawa & Jun Akiyama v. Steve Williams and People Power!

1996: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - no video found

1997: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama

1997: Mitsuharu Misawa v. Toshiaki Kawada

1998: Mitsuharu Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi

1999: Mitsuhara Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi

1999: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa

New Japan

1983: Tiger Mask I v. Dynamite Kid - Part 2 - Part 3

1987: Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka v. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada - video not found

1990: Jushin Liger v. Naoki Sano - Part 2 - Part 3

1992: Jushin Liger v. El Samurai - Part 2 - Part 3

1994: Chris Benoit v. Great Sasuke

1994: Jushin Liger v. Great Sasuke

1997: El Samurai v. Koji Kanemoto - Part 2 - Part 3

AAA:

1993: Psicosis & Heavy Metal & El Picudo v. Rey Misterio Jr. & Super Calo & Winners - no video found

1994: Los Gringos Locos (Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr) v. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon - Part 2 - Part 3

1995: Rey Misterio Jr. v. Psicosis

AJPW Women

1985: Lioness Asuka v. Jaguar Yokota - Part 2 - Part 3

1987: Chigusa Nagayo v. Lioness Asuka - Part 2 - Part 3

1992: Manami Toyota v. Kyoko Inoue - video not found

1992: Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada

1993: Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori

1993: Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue v. Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki

1993: Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki v. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada

1993: Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada v. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki

1994: Manami Toyota v. Kyoko Inoue

1994: Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota

1995: Manami Toyota and Sakie Hasagawa v. Takako and Kyoko Inoue - Part 2 - Part 3

1995: Manami Toyota v. Akira Hokuto - Part 2 - Part 3

UWF:

1984: Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada - no video found

Japan Women's Pro:

1993: Dynami Kansai & Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki & Hikari Fukuoka v. Aja Kong & Sakie Hasegawa & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue

WWA:

1996: Rey Misterio Jr. v. Juventud Guerrerra

Michinoku Pro:

1996: MEN's Teioh, Dick Togo, Shoichi Funaki, TAKA Michinoku & Shiryu vs Super Delfin, Gran Hamada, TIger Mask IV, Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji

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Toshiaki Kawada's theme... performed LIVE???

That's right.  You heard me.  You see the above embed.  There is a band dedicated to performing pro-wrestling theme songs called Monkey Flip.

Once you've finished picking up the pieces of your exploded head, go ahead and click it.  You'll be glad you did!

Here, they're performing one of my all-time favorite theme songs, "Holy War."  This man who likes to do THIS to people:

I think I'm going to look up more of these performances!

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Greg Valentine: A Couple N-Bombs Away From Trouble...

Look... I know he was making a heel promo... and I know he never once used the aforementioned N-word...

But there's still something very off-putting about this.



Source: WWE

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Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah the Butcher and The Sheik!

There are some matches that you think will end up one way, yet end up going in a completely different direction.

This is not one of those matches.


This match, from AJPW's Real World Tag League 77, is EXACTLY what you think it would be... FROM THE WORD GO!

And it's glorious!

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The Return of the Jumping Bomb Angels!!! (...in 2008)

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas



Let me tell you a story...

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Jake Roberts vs Shawn Michaels (UWF 1984)

This is a fun look in the past, back when HBK was not at all known as such (and certainly not treated as such, as you can see), and when Jake Roberts was not yet officially "The Snake," but was seeing his star rise very quickly.

As I'm much more used to these guys as I was first introduced to them (both with long, elaborately designed tights), it was a bit of a startle to see them wear such different gear.

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WhattaHeel! - Owen Hart... How To Use Your Bret Hart Sunglasses

Last time we discussed GREAT HEEL TACTICS, we discussed Don Muraco's masterful use of a meatball grinder to great effect. This time I'd like to turn our attention to someone whose heel strength was just as strong, the late Owen Hart.

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Dump Matsumoto and Bull Nakano... in the WWF???

All right, all right... we all know that Bull Nakano had a pretty good run in the WWF during the early to mid-90's... mostly known for her feud with Alundra Blayze. But what you may NOT have known (and I certainly didn't know until today)... is that she made some appearances in 1986, with her partner/mentor, joshi heel legend Dump Matsumoto!

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WhattaHeel! - Don Muracco is my hero... My MEATBALL HERO...

Wow. I think this may be the greatest heel move in ALL of pro-wrestling, including all of WWE history!


This just goes to show that you don't need a thousand run ins, a hundred post match beatdowns and a hummer controversy to draw heat from your audience! Here, Muracco did it with a frickin' meatball grinder!

Also, Albano slipping... priceless!

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Superman in "No Holds Barred"

As while covering an episode of The Adventures of Superman for our sister site Phantom Screamer, I came across THIS pro-wrestling gem:


A crooked wrestling promoter? who'da thunk it?

This kind of thing was taken VERY seriously in the 50's I guess.

But you GOTTA love vintage wrestling names like "Bad Luck" Brannigan and "The Golden Adonais."

Or at least *I* do.

Yep.

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The ORIGINAL Screwjob

I assume that everyone reading this blog is aware that wrestling is a performance... with predetermined endings and sometimes even whole matches laid out. And usually on this blog, I like to keep that kayfabe going. However, somethings can only be explained using insider terms and language. Such is the case of Wendy Richter and the WWE.

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Andre the Giant on the David Letterman Show

While certainly David Letterman is no stranger to having guests from the pro-wrestling industry on his show (I.E. the famous Jerry Lawler - Andy Kaufman confrontation), I was surprised to see this, as I've never seen it before:

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