Ric Flair/Rick Martel vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenryu pt.1

Here is the first part of a very rare matchup. NWA World Champion Ric Flair teams up with AWA World Champion Rick Martel to take on on Japanese legends Genricho Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta.

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Sports

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• Ric
• Flair
• Rick
• Martel
• Jumbo
• Tsuruta
• Genricho
• Tenryu

[edudrepus]

Is it just my misunderstanding or are these Japanese guys really green!

[sondog42]

Jumbo Tsuruta was a former olympic wrestler, Genichiro Tenryu was a former ranked sumo wrestler. Both men, at different times in their career were trained by Terry and Dory Funk jr. Both held many titles in Japan, and Tsuruta was AWA world champion. They definitely were not green.

[sondog42]

I'll have it up in a couple days. It goes over 40 minutes, so I'll have to break it up.

[bjohns1975]

Two of the finest looking wrestlers in history.

[SilverPhoenixLEK]

Holy Horse Shit!! The NWA and AWA World Champions in a tag match. This is awesome!!

[Tubewings]

So we have the NWA World Heavyweight Champion (Flair) and the AWA World Heavyweight Champion (martel) taking on the NWA International Tag Team Champions (Tsuruta & Tenryu). Oh, and for those not in the know, the NWA International Tag Team Championship is one of two belts that comprise the current All Japan Unified World Tag Team Championship (the other being the PWF World Tag Team Championship).

[shizeninho]

tsuruta no sells flair alot

[eslubin]

Funny how people effuse about Tsuruta, yet Tenryu was the guy doing all the work. Tenryu never phoned it in. 

[UltimateEvilGoku]

man this japanese are awesome

[4life1971]

you are AWESOME!!!!

[miggy25]

Rick Martel was such an underrated mat technician.....he was one of THE BEST of the time.....this is a dream match for me--gotta love YouTube!

[jmgarcar]

Qué buena lucha!, siempre me parece que Martel no ha sido debidamente reconocido como uno de los mejores..

[tremendous112233]

You're right. AJPW had business with the NWA & the AWA (NJPW with the WWF) back then. As you hear in this commntary, the title of this tour is "World Champion Carnival" in which a lot of top guys in the U.S. were booked: Flair, Martel, Terry Gordy, Bill Robinson, Chavo Guerrero, The Road Warriors, The Funks, and Mil Mascaras. and in the following tour, the Real World Tag Team League: Stan Hansen, Ted Dibiase, Harley Race, Nick Bockwinkle and The British Bulldogs. it's impossible today.