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Watch Along: Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW Super Power Series 1991)

🕑 Added 2025-09-20 16:00:40 +0000 UTC

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Rhys Withhisspoon

Luckily I think this should be one of the only times if not the only time we get a clipped match here. Everything else should be in full. Because of the shorter length I only have a couple of notes here. - So, idk if anyone has broken an arm, elbow or anything from strikes, but Kobashi had to get double elbow surgery in the early 2000s because of how many lariats he hit. - In matches like these, where the two guys really are in complete different stratospheres in terms of experience and kayfabe standing, the little moments of fighting spirit in between the getting dominated are what makes the wrestlers. At the start of his career Kobashi lost like 100 straight matches, but he got over simply because of those little moments. Of course those little moments mean a lot more when it's the main event, and when it's against Jumbo.

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Rhys Withhisspoon

Fantastic match, just a shame we only have the second half. A very bright sign of things to come for Kobashi, however.

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ElSche

Well Kobashi was very early in his career in 1991, having a singles match with Jumbo and getting some good offense in is basically a sign of great things to come.