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Nakamura been swagger jacking Rufus R. Jones this whole time :ohhh:
 

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I've only seen a few Tiger Mask matches from the mid to late 90s when he popped back into the wrestling scene, and I'm convinced he could have had a whole second career as a top tier heavyweight dude if he had the motivation and inclination. He still had the speed and technique, could still do the shyt he was doing in 1982, but had the added UWF experience and weight. He could have been a killer in 1994-1999 NJPW as top heavyweight, imo.
 

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I mean yeah, but those are huge "ifs" with a guy like Sayama, and you would also need for him to not be a pain in the ass to work with with a stacked fukking roster at heavyweight :patrice:
 

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Vince would have LOVED grumpy Tenryu in the early 90's. That ruthless agression era would have came early if he signed him :pachaha:

Pretty sure Vince DID love Tenryu since he worked with SWS and WAR frequently and sent actual stars over to Japan for him. That working relationship was so one sided, I can't remember anyone but Tenryu and Kitao coming over to America to work anything. Vince sent Taker, Macho, Hogan, Bret, HBK, and had Flair defend the title against Tenryu in Japan at one point.
 

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Pretty sure Vince DID love Tenryu since he worked with SWS and WAR frequently and sent actual stars over to Japan for him. That working relationship was so one sided, I can't remember anyone but Tenryu and Kitao coming over to America to work anything. Vince sent Taker, Macho, Hogan, Bret, HBK, and had Flair defend the title against Tenryu in Japan at one point.
Holy shyt thats a great point! That Tenryu/Kitao vs Demolition match was a TV squash :laugh: Just wish Vince had the same respect for Giant Baba...
 
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