Inoki vs. Saito: Island Death Match

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I just got this on DVD and was wondering what the story behind the match was.

[Uraken]

From another post:

"He (Saito) was involved in the "Island Death Match" with antonio inoki. They had been feuding for a while and decided to settle the score with a ring set up on some island somewhere with no fans or referees. No official winner but Inoki left Saito unconcious on the ground."

Seems like a simple feud settle.

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

More on the significance of Ganryujima

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I guess I should have been more specific... On the disc is an earlier match betweeen the two, wherein a man in a goalie mask comes to the ring and interferes. He appears to pull Saito off of Inoki and puts what looks like a handcuff on Saito's wrist. They leave, then eventually come back where Saito attacks and repeatedly hit Inoki in the head with the cuffs.

Who was the man in the mask? What was his beef with Inoki? What was going on?

[stunning_grover]

I just got this on DVD

What DVD was this? Was the complete match shown?

[El Pollo Guerrera]

No, it skipped over the six (or so) minutes. I ordered it from purodvd.com.