Recommendations for AJPW

[ThePhantom]

I'm new to Japanese wrestling and I have some NJPW videos but I thought I should get some AJPW too. What videos do you think I should get? I'm going to order from highspots.com but I can't decide what to get. Maybe something with some American people I know but if it's just great wrestling then that would do fine.

[Luds]

If I were you I'd start with buying the history of the Triple Crown as there were so many great matches between Kobashi, Kawada, Misawa, Hansen and others...

BTW I sell that tape set cheap

[edgehead1984]

Luds, always with the cheap plug...

but he's right, that would be a good starting point.

[Luds]

The plug is cheap, but the tapes or DVD would be Gold!


Seriously, these 3 guys probably put on the best singles matches in All Japan history.

[villano619]

Exactly right, get the history of the Triple Crown. Match of the decade is on that one. Tsuruta vs. Tenryu. Also you should get, Keiji Muto, Triple Crown championship.

[stunning_grover]

You should get some matches from '93-'96 featuring Misawa, Kawada and Kobashi. Don't get the new stuff as it sucks. Just get anything from '84-'96 and you'll be fine.

[Bushido]

Start off with the Tsuruta/Tenryu '89 matches, since they're a prerequisite to the greates match ever (Misawa/Kawada 6/3/94) Then, get as many TV blocks a you can fom 1990-1996. Also be sure to pick up the New Year's Giant Series '97 tape, since it has the best Misawa/Kobashi match on it, and the Summer Action Series '98 tape, since it has the last really great AJ match, Kawada/Kobashi.

All of these sites are GREAT places to get all of the above stuff at for really cheap:

www.tabe.nu
www.highspots.com
www.wrestleholicsvideos.com
www.triplecrowntapes.com

[ThePhantom]

I haven't finished the set of the History of the Triple Crown Championship yet, but I got tired of seeing the same 5 or 6 people fight for the titles. No disrespect to any of the wrestlers.