(Originally published on July 9, 2021 on the Fight Game Media Network)
Notes via Justin
Fumi and I began our profile series on “Mr. Puroresu” himself, Genichiro Tenryu. In Part One, we went over Tenryu starting sumo at 14, then transitioning to Giant Baba’s AJPW a decade later. We also detailed Tenryu’s early career in the US, teaming with Billy Robinson and Jumbo Tsuruta, Tenryu’s legendary rivalry with Riki Choshu and the importance of their 2/21/85 Osaka-Jo Hall match which Tenryu’s huge spike rise in popularity from this. We finished the show discussing his Tenryu’s UN Heavyweight title and the eventual formation of AJPW’s Triple Crown and his big-time singles matches vs. Jumbo and Stan Hansen before covering the rise and fall of SWS and later Tenryu’s WAR promotion.
Additionally, at 16:00 into the show, Fumi and I spent about ten minutes talking about about Terry Funk’s recent health condition and how overblown it has gotten this week.
