Thanks for this! Easily the most underwhelming 80's NJPW Elimination match, but still a nice curiosity. I didn't even realize Maeda had been eliminated.
Me neither! Apparently Sakaguchi did it somehow. Inoki and Maeda were off due selling the toil of the Island Death Match. I have absolutely no idea why Takada was with NOW instead of NEW but if anyone has any idea, I'd love to hear it. He seemed to switch back and forth in the weeks prior.
@@mattd2a Yeah, Sakaguchi threw (rolled??!) him outside and that counted, as these Elimination matches also count ring-outs as eliminations, even if you go under the lower rope. Sakaguchi himself was eliminated by count-out later on, when everyone else dogpilled on him, and the camera couldn't catch it. Takano and Mutoh being with the Now Leaders isn't surprising, but Takada being there was a surprise.
