Notes via Justin:
Here’s part two of our profile on Jumbo Tsuruta. If you missed part one, it's here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54951284.
This episode picks up in 1985–1986, which is when Riki Choshu turned heel on Tatsumi Fujinami and left NJPW for AJPW with the rest of his ISHIN-GUN crew. It was around this time that Jumbo evolved into a type of enforcer for All Japan, as his character from the ’70s and early ’80s became bigger, gruffer and meaner.
Fumi and I also talked about Jumbo’s relationships to Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu, two of his most important rivals, his use of the power bomb, Tenryu leaving AJPW to help form SWS, and his truly legendary Nippon Budokan match vs. a young Mitsuharu Misawa.
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