I feel like I'm spamming at this point since I get through these matches so fast since I watch all the down parts either a 1.5x speed or scrub through them a few seconds at a time. I'm doing an AJPW Archive rec list along the way similar to Mr. Lariato/Bootaaay/British Monsoon/Limey Mcfukkface's NJPW World rec list.
1975.02.05 - Terry Funk-Dory Funk Jr. (c.) vs. Giant Baba-Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA International Tag Team Titles - San Antonio TX)
I'm pretty sure you could get Terry and the corpses of Baba/Jumbo/Dory and you'd get a 4 star match in 2018. Every interaction is perfection. The different atmosphere and dark, smoky look gave the match a different vibe than if it was in Japan, and they went full blast AJPW classic instead of the normal kind of half assed showings you'd see from big name Japanese guys in the US in the 70s/80s. I think 30 years of Terry as middle aged and crazy guy makes you forget that he was a super athletic high spot guy once upon a time. Baba throws what I have no doubt was the hardest chop of his career in this.
1975.03.13 - Giant Baba-Jumbo Tsuruta (c.) vs. Terry Funk-Dory Funk Jr. (NWA International Tag Team Titles)
The Funks are always tough, but respectful with Jumbo, but here they seem pretty pissy and try to hurt him throughout the match, up to and including a piledriver on the floor. Perhaps they were upset about being embarrassed by dropping the titles in Texas. Baba comes off the top rope in this! Another classic.
1975.03.13 - Jack Brisco (c.) vs. Bobo Brazil (NWA World Heavyweight Title)
Bobo is years out of his prime by this point, but this is interesting because it's a much different side of Jack you get to see. Bobo is now some kind of savage, starting the match with a mouthful of food that keeps falling out of his mouth, and he scores a shocking first fall win in like 45 seconds. Instead of a technical battle of human chess, Jack is forced to be a fired up babyface fighting from underneath trying to chop down this monster and having to deal with Rufus R. Jones causing trouble on the floor.
1975.04.10 - Giant Baba (c.) vs. dikk The Bruiser (PWF Heavyweight Title. 2 Of 3 Falls)
Boy is this heated. dikk The Bruiser was, again, definitely years out of his prime, but what he did he did well. And that's punching and creating chaos. Baba gets a full crimson mask that also bleeds all over DTB, dikk repeatedly tries to literally murder Baba, Baba goes crazy and responds by also trying to literally murder dikk, Baba's crew and dikk's crew (Bob Orton Jr. and some guy I don't recognize) get into a big brawl on the floor, even Lord James Blears got involved trying to hit dikk with the title belt. And then after the match dikk came after Baba and Jumbo with a fukking hammer
1975.04.10 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bob Orton Jr. (Champion Carnival Prelim Block C First Round)
Just a good, sprint paced intense technical battle between two young studs.
1975.04.10 - Mr. Wrestling-Killer Kowalski vs. The Destroyer-Kutsuwada
Definitely skippable, but I am curious to know why after 20 years of touring Japan that Killer Kowalski is now wearing a mask.
1975.07.19 - Anton Geesink vs. Chavo Guerrero
Inititally the size difference looks ridiculous, but it turns out to be a pretty even match except when Anton decides to pick up Chavo with such ease that it's scary. He actually double clutched in a Backlund/Gotch lift at one point without even a hint of struggle.
1975.07.19 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Fritz Von Erich (2 of 3 Falls)
Fritz and Baba famously had the first main event in the Budokan about 10 years prior, and as Baba was on commentary, Fritz immediately starts shyt with him and ends up in a pull apart before the match even starts
. So Jumbo then gets tired of Fritz fukking with Baba and jumps him to score a quick first fall, only to get busted open HEAVILY in the next falls and get put in the claw about 50 times. I think, literally, the only thing Fritz did was the claw, an eye poke, a punch, and a kick the entire match, but it was still interesting somehow. At this point you can see Jumbo starting to bulk up, starting to grow into his more familiar lumpy dad bod.
1975.07.19 - The Spirit (Karl Kox) vs. Samson Kutsuwada
I don't know the exact story on why Kox was in mask as The Spirit, but I gather it was to fukk with The Destroyer, as before the match he made the commentators read the newspaper showing him pinning Destroyer, then did a number of Destroyer tricks, most notably the loaded headbutt of which there were MANY, busting Kutsuwada open pretty bad. He'd continue the punishment until Destroyer himself came out to call for it to end.
1975.07.25 - Bobby Duncum-Bob Remus (Sgt. Slaughter) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta-Anton Geesink
This isn't particularly good or interesting, but holy shyt Sarge with a headful of feathered hair dressed in an American flag robe is a fukking trip
1975.07.25 - Giant Baba vs. Fritz Von Erich (Texas Death Match #1 Contender NWA Heavyweight Title)
Weirdly this has way more going on in it than the Fritz/Jumbo match. Fritz gets a terrible gash behind his ear in the first few minutes from something, I couldn't tell what, but it was gross looking.
1975.07.25 - The Destroyer vs. The Spirit (Karl Kox)
Two lumpy white guys punching and headbutting each other with foreign objects for 20+ minutes
Jumbo helping Destroyer hide his object
. Bleeding through a mask
1975.10.12 - Giant Baba-Anton Geesink vs. Stan Hansen-Bobby Jaggers
Idk when the switched flipped for Hansen, but it definitely was after he stopped bleaching his hair. The most interesting thing about this match is the venue, which I initially thought was on a beach but might be in a giant open mall or hangar.
1975.10.12 - The Destroyer (c.) vs. Abdullah The Butcher (PWF US Heavyweight Title)
This venue is at least partially outside and all I can make out of it is that there's a giant blue and white starfish structure in the middle of the place. Anyway it's exactly the match you'd think it was: Destroyer working for two while Abdullah does nothing but punches/bytching/stabbing, and both guys bleeding. Fans were NOT happy with the title change. Abby had DA HEAT.
1975.10.30 - Abdullah The Butcher (c.) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (US Heavyweight Title 2 of 3 Falls)
The video file for this looks like it was made for a Nokia brick phone
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Jumbo gets wiped out a few times in this, Abby takes a few bumps, and there's a lot of Jumbo kicking Abby in the head. A LOT. Like 10 minutes out of 13.
1975.10.30 - Giant Baba vs. Kintaro Oki
Baba comes in with an open cut, so it's not a surprise that he gets busted open. They literally don't even interact for 75% of the match, then it's all headbutts from Oki until Baba quickly puts him down with a falling lariat. Then Abby comes out, argues with and attacks Oki, then while the crew is holding Oki back, Abby attacks Baba.
1975.10.30 - The Destroyer vs. Stan Hansen
On paper you see these names and
, but in reality this was still long bleached hair Stan Hansen who hadn't leveled up, and it's a pretty light affair where Destroyer does Destroyer things and make the still youngster Stan look like a stooge. It's fun, but not great or must see. I recall being very disappointed the first time I saw it, but recognize it as pretty fun fluff without the expectations attached to it.
Classic 70s, classic NWA, classic AJPW.
the entire match, which is mostly him trying to stop Anton from actually throwing his ass. Both guys are completely gassed like half way in and Gorilla's reactions to his jacket and having to keep going are hilarious.
, Jumbo and Sullivan randomly beat the shyt out of each other with elbows, and there were a lot of fun spots in this. Instead of feeling like one company's match in the other promotion's area like most mixed company matches, this actually feels like a 50/50 split of WWWF and AJPW at this time, which is pretty neat.
Also it dawned on my that George Steele was basically the white Abdullah before the 80s comedy stuff, yet they never got booked against each other or as a team except once in the 60s before Steele even had the Animal gimmick.
Would have loved to see them have a match 5 years later when Bob was really embracing his weirdness and Jumbo had really come into his own as a top guy. This gets quite chippy, unsurprising since everyone hates Bob Roop. I know I said I didn't want to do gifs but then Bob tries to murder Jumbo and
trained Murdoch, and Murdoch was basically a clone of him in the ring, and dikk Slater would go on to be one of the finest Terry Funk impersonators to ever live, although it wasn't quite as pronounced at this stage in his career. Destroyer is probably the guy who the "could have a good match against a broomstick" phrase was probably invented for, so this is pretty fun.
someone should use that as a finisher 
Student vs Teacher, Dory doing shyt you rarely ever see from him (like kip ups), crushing suplexes, Dory respecting when his pupil picks up a fall but also having no problem being a surly c*nt when need be, young Jumbo 
Greatness. Sadly the match where Jack wins the title back doesn't seem to be around. Also look at this shyt: 
