Antonio Inoki vs Hulk Hogan - Japan 1984 Part 3

[latinomint]

Most wrestling I've ever seen from Hogan. Ever.

[honyakujoshua]

AWESOME

[Semtex0809]

Who won

[21richkid]

Yokozuna and Antonio Inoki would have form a land of the rising sun tag team. The finisher would be Inoki's armbar and Yokozuna's Banzai Drop combination.

[dnaisinmybody]

I can imagine when the Japanese get excited: "" GO HUUUKKOOOGAAN!"

[taengbakados]

man wrestling was so much fun back then

[Fj3]

This started out as a great match... But why the many interruptions?

[LastCaress5050]

Saying wrestling is fake is like saying all of the Ramones songs sound the same. That's part of why I love it.

[isostar5]

Not my thing..

Maybe they can wrestle well but they're terrible actors there in the ring.

[ffiva]

What a shame

[u4umi987]

punch him on da bladyy face kmt

[64mysteryman]

Worst fight ever

[eljefereal]

Hulk: I was back in first!

Ref: I counted them both out.

Other: What? We need a winner to this tournament (this was the final iirc). Start it again!

Ref: OK.

[religionisfree]

Hulk Hogan raped me

[stonecoldnwo]

Hogan was 31 at the time

[K4BOSH]

man, this is awesome. you could bake a pizza, there's so much heat in the arena.

[TkSkinnyBones]

Damn who knew Hulkster can actually Wrestle mean i like the guy and all but if he kept wrestling like this threw the years he would of had more respect great match

[Fabbe131]

This is why I will NEVER like wrestling, it's all fake.

They have decided what to do before the match and then they just do it, they dont get damaged for real etc.

At for example 2:01 you can see that the kick never hit his head.

Boring sport.

[butoden]

Of course, they put up a great show and they entertain the crowd - that's what wrestling is. Putting up a great show. And tell a story if u can.

[QuantumProphet]

@butoden americans do reverse, great story and then putting a great wrestling, which seldom they can :(

[TheEndKing]

Are we still trying to figure out if wrestling is fake or not? I really thought we were past this? Can't I just watch Inoki kick some gaijin ass without this silly, age-old pointless argument, please??

[TheMrmoonlight]

its a mixture of amatuer wrestling and choreographed technique, amatuer wrestling holds etc are as real as anything and even the choreographed ones are not exactly without risk, if you or i were to experience them we would be hurting very much the next day. it takes great skill to be a wrestler.

[venetok]

inoki is better

[querciantica]

Antonio Inoki x sempre il migliore!

[654654321321]

hulk hogan was the best. drove the crowd into a frenzy.

[fighter3223]

This is one of the best matches ever!

[ruinedbackyard]

I do think the acting is some part of wrestling but not ALL.

A professional actor can't perform as well as a pro wrestler in the ring, not even close. A wrestler requires not only accurate acting skill but massive athletic training. A pro-wrestler usually has over 100 games in a year. That's one of the toughest jobs on earth.

For the results of the game, I believe few of them are arranged but most of them are not. It's a pity to see WWE nowadays manipulates many results.

[Thellbro]

Eeeeh, WWF,WWE, WCW is ALWAYS rigged. It´s part of the show. It´s a HARD show, bones are broken, blood is shed, but it´s still a show.

[fighter3223]

Yeah this is an epic match and looks super real because they are not actors they were real pro wrestlers!

[morto00x]

Pro Wrestling fights are always staged. Nonetheless, doing that kind of acting requires being a top level athlete. I'm not saying that the punches are real, but you do need physical skills to be lifting and throwing people around without getting injured.

[isostar5]

@morto00x yes ofcourse they had to train hard to do those moves.

But how the crowd acts.. so weird, they already know it's a set up and the champ is chosen, there is no title fight if u know what i mean.... kids i can imagine they could think it's real.. but grown up people who talk about the fight as it was real???

Well, maybe u need to grow up with it to get soaked into this game and forget it's.. show :P

I first saw it After i saw real fights :P

[PhoenicianMan]

ah really? a 10 years old child can see that its all acting...there is nothing real about pro-wrestling, only occationally they will make a real match but 99% of it is acting and they r all actors

[superfatamusic]

There´s absolutely something real about pro wrestling. It´s staged fighting performance. And as such it is REAL. The bumps hurt, the chops and kicks too. The punches dont even touch, most of the time.

However, wrestling is not legitimate fighting competition and has´nt been in decades. It´s simply an exhibition with predetermined outcome for entertainment purpose. VERY physical, though.

Is theater/movies fake or real? It´s a play and that´s what it is. Real or fake is irrellevant.

[PhoenicianMan]

u are partially right, at least in a play or a movie u know that its fake or its based on real events, but in wrestling they r trying to convince the viewer that its real, i mean where is the reality when a person is getting that much beating on his face and body and no drop of blood will come out of him...dont understand me wrong, like i said earlier there is some real games, but its very rare and all the others r just acting, in the end this is a profitable business for the betting offices

[wiseoneetest]

This matchup should dispell any notions that pro wrestling is fake....these two warriors in a brytal match pull out the stops...folks...this is full contact pro wrestling...highly technical, highly dangerous...DO NOT try this at home..this is for PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS ONLY.....very dangerous...even lethal

[mdub2000]

holy crap was that giant baba who walked in the ring?

[mmmikeyxx]

wow awesome upload thx

[iconjj]

Yeah the legdrop was just another move for Hogan in Japan

[OliverNero]

oowhh inoki kicked out from hogan's leg drop!

[hack0tv]

I love how Hogan has no idea what's being said on the mic, but knows that when the crowd cheers he's supposed to act pissed at whatever was said.

[cbiswhite]

I love when Inoki gets random bursts of energy and tears Hogan up (ie 5:30-5:35)! So great to see Hogan get owned!

[4BearWarrior]

Inoki should have been disqualified twice here.

[claudiaculona]

actually hogan won this match by count down and wft all those f****** with red pants are doing in the ring they should stay the f*** out of the ring

[claudiaculona]

as you can see hogan in the minute 20 is most of the time outside the ring gasping for air wish is good to give the fans a good match thumbs up for the hulkster

[johan861]

One quiestion, why does the male wrestlers shave themselfes under their arms?

[butoden]

Looks better I suppose

[johan861]

But it´s a little girly xD

[butoden]

Yes well, I think it would be kind of yucky if they do a headlock and those hairs wud stick in ur ear or something LOL

[johan861]

Lol point taken.

It would be itchy xD

[foolish1193]

And nasty.

[ZeroXF5]

@butoden lol imagine a reverse ddt xD

[K4BOSH]

@butoden It makes them more aerodynamic when they fight

[jamshow1]

@johan861 Looks better on TV, plus you don't risk having them pulled out when you do something like run the ropes

[linksysrouted]

@johan861

Do you want your face in another man's pubes?

[piggypoo]

@johan861 so they don't get ingrown hairs from all the rubbing from headlocks and everything else. all fighters do that.

[roylucier]

@johan861 So when they do headlocks, the hair isn't in the opponents face

[doozer001]

I don't want to poop on anyone's parade but this whole thing is one of the best matche's of the entire eightie's, maybe of all time so don't bitch!

[Mbk606]

Definitely Hogan's best technical match.

[backstreetgambler]

is this fake?

[sheikwrestling]

By fake, do you mean is the match a work, or is the video not really Hogan vs. Inoki?

[sami123465]

this isnt WWE not all wrestling is fake,

This is Real

[Calisthenics101]

No it's not all Pro Wrestling is a "work", the compitive side to it is how real the performers make it look, for this reason I still watch wrestling athough it ain't at it's best in either WWE or TNA, , though TNA do put on better matches...

[hannibalslaughter]

Well it's not a real fight like Pride or UFC obviously. You can tell because the punches doesn't really hit them directly.

[McMahonHater]

I've never seen a Japanese crowd so animated.

[ebonyroundass]

omg, I think he's the first person who's no-sell hogan's finishing move....then ultimate warrior and sid also did it!

[azmoon81]

Hehe, in Japan his finishing move is actually the 'Ax Bomber', a forearm lariat. I think he calls for it soon after the attempted leg drop but Inoki ducks it, then dropkicks him.