UWFI vs All Japan - 1996-09-11 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Yoshihiro Takayama - RARE MATCH!!!! 

Wow! You were there for this match? Amazing!

同じく！全日、鎖国からの開国に興奮しました

同じく自分も興奮しました。この カードはやはり川田さんだから、盛り上がったんだと思いました。技を受け切る川田さんだから面白い試合でしたね。今思えば、なんだかんだ言ってもUWFインターはいい選手が多かったですね。安生、桜庭、高山、垣原、田村、高田？。

その通り😭　私達の知っている、この宇宙を作った神様なら、一瞬で完治させてくれる筈なのです。m(_ _)m😭

奇跡よ、起きろ！

🌃🌠🌅☀️👍️

プロレスは、無理でしょうね😮

普通の生活を送らせてあげたい。

川田と藤波はプロレスの天才

相手の技を全く受けない小川＆藤田みたいな塩が相手でも、しっかりプロレス出来るし❗

@@sly7736 三沢光晴を忘れなく！

三沢と川田は高校時代にアマレスやってたから誰とでも対応できる

@@tatsurock1751 特に馳浩との一戦は見応えある。

You're welcome!

You're welcome!

それ、いい話だなあ。プロレスファンとして。

神宮球場行きたかった

why didn't he want to go to all japan

初めてこの試合観たけど、高山選手は全日での初戦の時よりも良かったように思った。さすがにこちらは慣れてるホームリングだし、全日初戦はタッグマッチでパートナーのオブライトがケガしていたんだよね。そういう理由もあるかもしれないな。

何年後かに、天龍さんと闘う川田さんが、成長した自分をぶつけるかの様に試合してた😊

髙山でけえ

Why

@@DirtiestSoul この後高山は全日移籍　帝王の始まりです

移籍はしてませんよ。Uインターが解散し、キングダムと言う後継団体を辞めた高山選手は無所属のフリープロレスラーとして全日にフル参戦して行くのです。

三沢以上だと思う。

​@@hiptrip99三沢さん怒るよ😅

今でも現在進行形でカッコいい人ですね。

I have the full Weekly Pro show from 1995 but the quality is not great.

I'm glad you like it!

当時の高山はまだ四天王三銃士クラスには1.5枚くらいは落ちる立ち位置だったよ。そもそも最初ハンセンとやる予定だったし。

四天王は更に別格😊

最後の方は蹴って攻撃する川田に対して、スタミナ切れで立とうとするけど立ち切れない高山って構図だから、ブックにしてもそうでなくとも勝ち負けに説得力ある

１万枚位しか捌けてなかったチケットが、川田さん参戦が決まったその日に３万枚売れて、Ｕインターのフロントが吃驚したらしいよ😊

baba liked his big body

@@grawakendream8980 He did. The only thing that Baba thought Takayama should work on was his weight. Baba made him thicker and bigger after his transfer to All Japan.

序盤、全日のレスリングの安定感、ハンパないですね。そして最後Uのおかぶ奪って打撃で決めるってのがよかった。

同じく。

当時の全日本勢で顔と名前が一致するのが、馬場と三沢とハンセンだけだとか著書には書いてありましたねw

Hey, thanks for asking. Ya know, I don't really know why this match came to occur. My best guess would be that it was a tryout match of sorts for Takayama. It was no secret that UWFI was hurting by this point - despite this show drawing a big crowd - so maybe Kawada was sent to get a feel for Takayama for bringing him in.

@@CoachTabe My girlfriend is Japanese and I have some insight, and I was also huge into AJPW following it closely. Kawada was always known to be the most loyal to AJPW and the Baba family out of the "Four Pillars", and you could say he was somewhat of an ambassador to AJPW. With that Kawada has had many oddball matches, wrestling a few main-events in IWA Japan, NJPW, and even Michinoku Pro under the AJPW banner. Because of that he tended to be the "go-to guy" for cross-promotional events & Giant Baba always trusted him. Kawada was also one of the very few who thought positively of Mrs. Baba. He also had an appearance & wrestled a match in Dragon Gate (a cruiserweight show) out of all places, looking exactly how his did in AJPW. I think this explains his UWFI appearance. Off-topic unrelated story: Kawada and Dr. Death Steve Williams couldn't stand each other at all in the 1990s (butting heads of egos being young guys), but by 2000 Kawada started to mellow-out in his life after Giant Baba's passing and the NOAH split. Kawada and Doc weren't friends, but they developed respect for each other and got along backstage at this time. When Doc got throat cancer in 2004 while in IWA Japan, on the Steve Williams "get well soon" tribute show, Kawada main-evented and won dedicating the match to Doc. Ever since, Kawada has always said positive things about Doc and they seemed to bury the hatchet. In the summer 2004, Doc was also going to fight Kawada one last time, where Doc was rumored to most likely win, and Doc was very excited about a Kawada rematch at such a bad time in his life. Sadly he was way too sick to do the match (he had to unexpectedly go on life support) & the angle/match was cancelled.