TAPE #59 HISTORY OF THE IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE PART 1 (VG-G QUALITY) [3 disks]
Any cruiser weight division you have ever heard of pales in comparison to the most prestigious title in the history of lightweight wrestling.
This tape Chronicles the history of this title back to the Jr. titles in the WWF and NWA. The early focus is on the major players in the
Japanese Lt. Heavyweight style. Namely Tatsumi Fujinami before he joined the heavyweight ranks and perhaps the greatest lightweight
of all time: the original TIGER MASK. From there, the tape explores the origin of the IWGP Jr. title and many of its first champions.
including Hiroshi Hase, Nobuhiko Takada, Owen Hart, Shiro Koshinaka, and Keichii Yamada who would later go on to be known as
Jushin "Thunder" Liger and hold the title more often than any other wrestler.
A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FAN'S MUST!
1. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Jose Estrada [WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title] 1/23/78
2. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Ryuma Go 7/27/78
3. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Mando Guerrero 8/4/78
4. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Rey Mendoza 8/13/78
5. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Perro Aguayo 4/5/79
6. El Gran Hamada VS. ?? [UWA Jr. Heavyweight Title]
7. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. El Canek 6/7/79
8. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Mark Rocco 6/15/79
9. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Ryuma Go 10/2/79
10. Discussion of Tatsumi Fujinami regaining title from Ryuma Go on 10/4/79
11. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Kengo Kimura 12/13/79
12. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Steve Keirn [NWA International Jr. Heavyweight Title] 2/1/80
13. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Dynamite Kid 2/5/80
14. El Gran Hamada / Kotetsu Yamamoto VS. Goro Tsurumi / ? 4/4//80
15. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Fishman 4/13//80
16. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Chavo Guerrero 8/9/80
17. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Kengo Kimura 9/25/80
18. Discussion of Fujinami vacating NWA title
19. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. Ron Starr 9/30/80
20. Tatsumi Fujinami VS. El Solitario 9/23/91
21. Discussion of Tatsumi Fujinami vacating WWF title to move to heavyweight division.
22. Tiger Mask Intro: Tiger Mask VS. Dynamite Kid 4/23/82
23. Tiger Mask Intro: Satoru Sayama / El Gran Hamada VS. Perro Aguayo / Baby Face 4/13/80
24. Tiger Mask Intro: Tiger Mask VS. Solar 9/23/81
25. Tiger Mask Intro: Tiger Mask VS. El Gran Hamada 11/5/81
26. Tiger Mask Intro: Tiger Mask VS. El Canek 12/8/81
27. Tiger Mask VS. Dynamite Kid [WWF Jr. Heavyweight Title] 1/1/82
28. Tiger Mask VS. Brett Hart 2/5/82
29. Tiger Mask VS. Steve Wright 4/1/82
30. Tiger Mask VS. Black Tiger 4/21/82
31. Discussion of Tiger Mask vacating title due to injury
32. Black Tiger VS. El Gran Hamada 5/6/82
33. Tiger Mask VS. Les Thorton [NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title] 5/25/82
34. Black Tiger VS. Tiger Mask 5/26/82
35. Tiger Mask VS. Ultraman 7/6/82
36. Tiger Mask VS. Dynamite Kid 8/30/82
37. Tiger Mask VS. Villano III 9/3/82
38. Tiger Mask VS. Kuniaki Kobayashi 10/26/82
39. Tiger Mask VS. Kuniaki Kobayashi 11/4/82
40. Tiger Mask VS. Kuniaki Kobayashi 1/6/83
41. Tiger Mask VS. El Gran Hamada 2/3/83
42. Tiger Mask VS. Black Tiger 2/7/83
43. Tiger Mask VS. Kuniaki Kobayashi 2/8/83
44. Tiger Mask VS. Dynamite Kid 4/21/83
45. Tiger Mask VS. Kuniaki Kobayashi 6/2/83
46. Tiger Mask VS. Fishman 6/11/83
47. Tiger Mask VS. Isamu Teranishi 8/7/83
48. Discussion of Tiger Mask retiring and vacating title.
49. Dynamite Kid VS. Cobra [Tournament Final] 2/7/84
50. Discussion of Dynamite Kid vacating title since he jumped to All Japan.
51. Cobra VS. Black Tiger 10/19/84
52. Cobra VS. Black Tiger 11/1/84
53. Cobra VS. Black Tiger 12/29/84
54. Cobra VS. Hiro Saito 2/6/85
55. Cobra VS. Hiro Saito 6/28/85
56. Cobra VS. Hiro Saito 7/28/85
57. Cobra VS. Fishman 10/4/85
58. Cobra VS. Don Arakawa 10/31/85
59. Discussion of creating IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title as a combination of WWF and NWA titles.
60. IWGP Tournament: Koshinaki VS. Black Tiger 1/10/86
61. IWGP Tournament: Black Tiger Vs. Keiichi (JUSHIN LIGER) Yamada 1/17/86
62. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Cobra [IWGP Tournament Final] 2/6/86
63. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Don Arkawa
64. Discussion of Nobuhiko Takada defeating Shiro Koshinaki on 5/19/86.
65. Nobuhiko Takada VS. Cobra 6/17/86
66. Nobuhiko Takada VS. Shiro Koshinaka 8/5/86
67. Nobuhiko Takada VS. Kazuo Yamazaki 8/7/86
68. Nobuhiko Takada VS. Shiro Koshinaki 9/19/86
69. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Nobuhiko Takada 2/5/87
70. Shiro Koshinaki / Keiji Mutoh VS. Akira Maeda / Nobuhiko Takada 3/20/87
71. Discussion of Koshinaka vacating title sue to injury in July, 1987.
72. IWGP Tournament: K. Kobayashi VS. Tarzan Gotoh 1987
73. IWGP Tournament: Nobuhiko Takada VS. K. Yamazaki 1987
74. Kuniaki Kobayashi VS. Nobuhiko Takada [Final] 8/20/87
75. Keiichi Yamada VS. Masakatsu Funaki 12/27/87
76. Kuniaki Kobayashi VS. Hiro Hase 12/27/87
77. Clips of Super J Cup 1988
78. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Hiro Hase [Super J Cup 88 Final]2/7/88
79. Nobuhiko Takada VS. Hiro Hase 3/11/88
80. Hiro Hase VS. Shiro Koshinaki 3/19/88
81. Discussion of Owen Hart defeating Hiro Hase on 5/27/88
82. Owen Hart VS. Keiichi Yamada 6/10/88
83. Owen Hart VS. Shiro Koshinaki 6/24/88
84. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Hiro Shaito 7/22/88
85. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Keiichi Yamada 12/9/88
86. Shiro Koshinaki VS. Hiro Hase 1/16/89
87. Hiro Hase VS. Shiro Koshinaki 3/16/89
TAPE #60 HISTORY OF THE IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE PART 2(VG-G QUALITY) [3 disks]
Part 2 in the IWGP Jr. series and by far my favorite tape as far as aerial wrestling goes, this tape has some of the greatest Lightweight
matches OF ALL TIME. Included on this tape is the evolution of the great Jushin Liger, the "Pegasus Kid" Chris Benoit, El Samurai,
Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani,and the only meeting between Liger and SABU! This tape also chronicles not only the IWGP Jr. title
from 1988 to the present, but focuses also on the WCW lightweight title, and the J*CROWN championship as well. You may notice that
the majority of this tape focuses on Liger, but The matches shown here are nothing like the mediocre stuff you've seen of him in WCW.
The matches on this tape are head and shoulders above anything that he has done in America, and truly show why he is one of the best
modern Lightweights wrestling today.
1. Jushin Liger VS. Kuniaki Kobayashi
2. Jushin Liger VS. Hiro Hase
3. Jushin Liger VS. Naoki Sano
4. Jushin Liger / Choshu / Kimura VS. Vader / Sawyer / Fernandez
5. Naoki Sano VS. Jushin Liger
6. Naoki Sano VS. Jushin Liger
7. Jushin Liger VS. Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero)
8. Hiro Saito VS. Jushin Liger
9. Jushin Liger VS. Akira Nogami
10. Jushin Liger VS. Owen Hart
11. Jushin Liger VS. Naoki Sano
12. Naoki Sano / Pegasus Kid VS. Jushin Liger / Akira Nogami
13. Jushin Liger VS. Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit)
14. Pegasus Kid VS. Jushin Liger
15. Jushin Liger VS. Villano V
16. Jushin Liger VS. Pegasus Kid
17. Jushin Liger VS. Negro Casas
18. Jushin Liger VS. Akira Nogami
19. Negro Casas VS. Jushin Liger
20. Jushin Liger VS. Owen Hart
21. Jushin Liger VS. Negro Casas
22. Norio Honaga VS. Pegasus Kid
23. Norio Honaga VS. Jushin Liger
24. Norio Honaga VS. Jushin Liger
25. Jushin Liger VS. Norio Honaga
26. Jushin Liger VS. Pegasus Kid
27. Akira Nogami VS. Jushin Liger
28. Akira Nogami VS. Norio Honaga
29. Norio Honaga VS. Akira Nogami
30. Norio Honaga VS. Negro Casas
31. Jushin Liger VS. Brian Pillman
32. Jushin Liger VS. Norio Honaga
33. Jushin Liger VS. Chris Benoit
34. Discussion: Brian Pillman wins WCW Light Heavyweight Belt
35. El Samurai VS. Tiger Mask
36. El Samurai VS. Jushin Liger
37. Jushin Liger VS. Norio Honaga
38. Jushin Liger VS. El Samurai
39. Jushin Liger VS. El Samurai
40. El Samurai VS. Jushin Liger
41. El Samurai VS. Chris Benoit
42. El Samurai VS. Jushin Liger
43. Ultimo Dragon VS. El Samurai
44. Jushin Liger VS. Ultimo Dragon
45. Jushin Liger / Ultimo Dragon VS. Norio Honaga / Hiro Saito
46. Ultimo Dragon / Norio Honaga VS. Jushin Liger / El Samurai
47. Tiger Mask VS. Jushin Liger
48. Dean Malenko VS. Eddy Guerrero
49. El Samurai VS. Too Cold Scorpio
50. El Samurai VS. Dean Malenko
51. Chris Benoit VS. El Samurai
52. Chris Benoit VS. Tiger Mask
53. Jushin Liger VS. Chris Benoit
54. Black Tiger VS. Tiger Mask
55. Black Tiger VS. Jushin Liger
56. Jushin Liger VS. Black Tiger
57. Jushin Liger / Chris Benoit VS. Hashimoto / Chono
58. Shinya Hashimoto VS. Jushin Liger
59. Great Sasuke VS. Jushin Liger
60. Chris Benoit VS. Gedo
61. Chris Benoit VS. Great Sasuke
62. Jushin Liger VS. Tiger Mask (Sayama) (complete)
63. Jushin Liger VS. Super Dolphin
64. Jushin Liger VS. Great Sasuke
65. El Gran Hamada VS. Jushin Liger
66. Yoshiaki Fujiwara VS. Jushin Liger
67. Chris Benoit / Keiji Mutoh VS. Jushin Liger / Ricky Choshu
68. Discussion: Jushin Liger injures ankle
69. Norio Honaga VS. El Hijo Del Santo
70. Shinjiro Otani VS. Great Sasuke
71. Norio Honaga VS. Chris Benoit
72. Norio Honaga VS. Black Tiger
73. Shinjiro Otani VS. Norio Honaga
74. Shinjiro Otani VS. El Samurai
75. Norio Honaga VS. Great Sasuke
76. Koji Kanemoto VS. Yuji Nagata
77. Koji Kanemoto VS. Norio Hanaga
78. Shinjiro Otani VS. El Gran Hamada
79. Koji Kanemoto VS. Chris Benoit
80. Koji Kanemoto VS. Shinjiro Otani
81. Sabu VS. Koji Kanemoto
82. Sabu VS. Black Tiger
83. Koji Kanemoto VS. El Gran Hamada
84. Koji Kanemoto VS. Sabu
85. Koji Kanemoto VS. Shinjiro Otani
86. Chris Benoit VS. Black Tiger
87. Shinjiro Otani VS. Koji Kanemoto
88. Chris Benoit VS. Shinjiro Otani
89. Shinjiro Otani / Koji Kanemoto VS. Jushin Liger / El Samurai
90. Shinjiro Otani / Koji Kanemoto VS. Jushin Liger / El Samurai
91. Jushin Liger VS. Sabu
92. Jushin Liger VS. Shinjiro Otani
93. El Gran Hamada VS. Koji Kanemoto
94. Koji Kanemoto VS. Chris Benoit
95. Naoki Sano VS. Jushin Liger
96. Jushin Liger / Koji Kanemoto VS. Naoki Sano / Yamamoto
97. Koji Kanemoto VS. Jushin Liger
98. Jushin Liger VS. Koji Kanemoto
99. El Samurai VS. Shinjiro Otani
100. Jushin Liger VS. Black Tiger
101. Koji Kanemoto VS. El Samurai
102. Jushin Liger VS. Shinjiro Otani
103. Shinjiro Otani VS. Chris Benoit
104. Jushin Liger / Chris Benoit VS. Shinjiro Otani / Koji Kanemoto
105. Great Sasuke VS. Jushin Liger
106. Black Tiger VS. Chris Benoit
107. Jushin Liger VS. El Samurai
108. Black Tiger VS. Jushin Liger
109. Masayoshi Motegi VS. Shiryu
110. El Gran Hamada VS. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
111. Shinjiro Otani VS. Kazushi Sakuraba
112. Super Dolphin VS. Taka Michinoku
113. Ultimo Dragon VS. Gran Naniwa
114. Jushin Liger VS. Dick Togo
115. Great Sasuke VS. Black Tiger
116. Great Sasuke VS. Masayoshi Motegi
117. Ultimo Dragon VS. Jushin Liger
118. Shinjiro Otani VS. Negro Casas
119. El Samurai VS. El Gran Hamada
120. Ultimo Dragon VS. Shinjiro Otani
121. Great Sasuke VS. El Samurai
122. Great Sasuke VS. Ultimo Dragon
