The British Bulldogs vs. “Wrestling was my life, and I loved it. Lafon charged at Dynamite with a tope suicida. ***, NJPW 7/5/84 Osaka Furitsu Gym, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title: The Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid 5:14 of 11:38. Rey Mysterio. The third fall was started. They were not able to keep the momentum they had in the first fall going for the rest of the match. Hennig showed a lot of energy and a tremendous dropkick. From 1980 through mid-1984, Dynamite would tour NJPW on a regular basis. This was the final of the tournament. Dynamite was impressive and worked unlike anyone else in WWF at the time. Dynamite fought back with a couple of knife edge chops. This match from 5/12/78 was from Dynamite Kid’s third week in Canada and his third week wrestling for Stampede Wrestling. Fujinami saw this as a great chance. The work in this match was crisp. Matches with the Dynamite Kid, to Andre The Giant, Mr. Sayama was so good at escaping headscissors in a resourceful way. When Johnny was tagged in, he hit a dropkick off the top rope, followed up by a kick up, which was something Dynamite used to do. This was one of those matches where the Bulldogs were pretty much just working a glorified squash. Dynamite did quite well in this match though, considering this was 1991. I think people sometimes forget that Fujinami was so important to the history of Japanese junior heavyweight wrestling back in the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving to the NJPW heavyweight division in the mid 1980s. Considering the fact that the Bulldogs were clearly not in top form, and the fact that the Can-Am Express did a good job in making the most out of this match, it was still quite a decent match overall. Tally Ho Kaye. This was pretty much a squash match. This is not their best match against each other, but it was still very good and certainly worth watching. When Dynamite was on offense, he showed intensity and roughed Bret up a bit more. Dynamite suplexed Kobayashi on the floor at some point. This match was joined in progress at the start of the ninth of ten 3-minute rounds. During the match, Sawyer gave a decent performance and was at least able to kinda hang in there. The winner would be the #1 contender for the Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Title, which was held by Dick Steinborn. This resulted in the legendary matches between Dynamite and Sayama having elements of British, Northern American, Japanese and Mexican wrestling influences. Dynamite hit Tsuruta with a running clothesline. Race is widely considered to be the innovator of the diving headbutt. This was the final match of the tour for Dynamite Kid. This aired 11/18/76 on WOS. Dynamite hit spectacular dropkicks. No matter how often he does that, it’s amazing each and every time. *****, Stampede 4/29/83 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion, Stampede Mid-Heavyweight Title: Dynamite Kid vs. Hubert Gallant 4:00 of 13:00. Jones would throw Dynamite chest-first into the corner. His bodyslams and kicks had a lot of ferocity behind them. It was interesting to see Dynamite and Owen wrestle each other, but it’s a shame we got to see less than half the match. It was a non-title match as Dynamite’s British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title wasn’t on the line, but Dynamite was still enraged because he didn’t like to be beaten. These two would wrestle each other again in Preston, England on 1/25/78 and that’s when Dynamite would beat Breaks for the British Welterweight Title. ***¾, Stampede 6/11/82 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion: Dynamite Kid & Duke Myers & Hubert Gallant vs. Bret Hart & Bruce Hart & Keith Hart 4:20 shown. It was also the year the legendary feud started with Shodai Tiger Mask (original Tiger Mask), Satoru Sayama. Dynamite reversed a tombstone piledriver attempt by Gama and hit Gama with a tombstone piledriver. Dynamite showed a lot of intensity and was easily the best performer in the match. Dynamite Kid bridged out of a pin attempt by Tatsumi Fujinami. Fujinami occasionally had the opportunity to fight back. I only wish that I could see fight Tiger Mask. Keith didn’t really do much. If we think back about the match the Bulldogs had exactly one year prior, it was a very happy situation because the Bulldogs were back after a lengthy period of absence. This was scheduled for 15 three-minute rounds and two-out-of-three-falls. Myers and Danny Davis used an illegal object when they worked over Hito. Whenever Davey Boy and Dynamite worked against each other, it was great. This took place a day after a disappointing glorified squash the Bulldogs worked against Masa Fuchi and the mediocre Isao Takagi. Dynamite hit a tombstone, which he followed up with a flying headbutt that saw him fly halfway across the ring. Playing next. In addition, he had also received training in boxing during his formative years, which helped instill toughness in him before his career. It was the last day on the tour. It’s quite ironic that the best matches the Bulldogs worked as a tag team took place in 1989, which was after what most would consider the prime years of the Bulldogs. It was a disappointing finish to a very good match. The finish of the second fall had Hennig hit a dropkick on both opponents, which sent Dynamite to the floor in spectacular fashion, and it enabled Hennig to pin Assassin. It’s almost like the Malenkos unlocked a lost level inside of Dynamite, and Dynamite remembered that years ago he was able to go on the mat. They brawled a bit on the floor and Dynamite juiced. Fujinami had been the holder of the WWF Junior Heavyweight Title since beating Jose Estrada (a.k.a. Bret Hart was in Dynamite’s corner, and he briefly got involved in the action near the finish. TYSON KIDD: Dynamite is so special, because he would mix everything. The next day, Dynamite went to Portland, Oregon for a tour to wrestle in the Pacific Northwest Wrestling territory. The Bulldogs started off with a lot of aggression. His intensity stood out, because his offense was hard-hitting, and his bumping and selling was spectacular. Dynamite freed Davey Boy from the hold by stomping on Teranishi’s face. Dynamite hit a beautiful falling headbutt. I guess it has a lot to do with them being more interested in steamrolling over their opponents in Japan in 1984-1985, and their work in WWF doesn’t hold up very well (like most WWF). This is one of many things that Bret Hart would end up copying from Dynamite. Dynamite Kid sold and bumped well for Billy Jack Haynes. Fun stuff. They really changed the potential of what pro wrestling could be like, and they were about to raise things to new heights in the next year or two. In his role as Tiger Mask, he was decent to pretty good, but nowhere near the level Satoru Sayama was as Tiger Mask I, as Misawa wasn't anywhere near the athlete or worker in the junior heavyweight style, and wasn't doing anything groundbreaking. Davey Boy executed a Romero Special. Dynamite threw Bret into the ropes and Bret rebounded with a flying elbow, which Dynamite bumped big for. The crowd was loud, because the fan favorites, Hennig & Rose, were taking it to the heels. It was a Japanese table, which meant that it was a high-quality table that didn’t break. Rose pinned Dynamite to win the second fall. This match still definitely holds up today and it is insane to me that this happened in 1981. Dynamite hit a wicked tombstone piledriver, but missed the flying headbutt after Kobayashi moved. ***, NJPW 1/13/84 Yokohama Bunka Gym, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title Decision League: Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 12:40 shown. John Foley’s Army had Hubert Gallant joining them, and the “Hart Mafia” (as Foley liked to call them) had Keith Hart joining them. When he returned to Japan, he would receive a big push as the new top native babyface in the NJPW junior heavyweight division, in an attempt to recreate the magic they had with Shodai Tiger Mask. Bruce fought back though. **1/4, Stampede 7/11/80 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion, Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Title: Bruce Hart vs. Dynamite Kid 6:57 shown. Dynamite executed a beautifully executed knee drop and then followed it up with an even more amazingly executed knee drop off the top rope. Eventually, it turned into all chaos and Hubert Gallant interfered against the Harts, resulting in a disqualification. Anyway, let’s not focus on my fantasy booking ideas. This time, he followed it up with a beautiful flying headbutt off the top rope. This is said to be one of if not the most revolutionary wrestling matches in history. It was interesting to see Dynamite in the babyface role after watching so many matches of his as a heel in Calgary and Japan. Dynamite went for another top-rope diving headbutt in the second fall, but Fujinami moved out of the way and followed it up with a suplex to win the second fall, which lasted approximately five minutes. His NJPW feud with Shodai Tiger Mask (original Tiger Mask), Satoru Sayama, is one of the most important series, not only in Japanese pro wrestling history, but all of pro wrestling history. **1/4, Stampede 3/4/83 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion: Dynamite Kid vs. Leo Burke 6:46 shown. This was significantly better than the matches the British Bulldogs had earlier this tour, and this match was more competitive than the previous Bulldogs matches on this tour. Sawyer started beating up Bret, but Jake Roberts came to Bret’s aid. **1/4, Joint Promotions 12/6/77 Hemel Hempstead, England: Dynamite Kid vs. Jim Breaks. After being on the receiving-end of a monkey flip, the Kid landed on his feet. In the third fall, Assassin hit a headbutt with his loaded mask on Dynamite when Rose moved away. Sayama went for a diving headbutt, but Dynamite moved out of the way. *½, Stampede early/mid 1980 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion, hair vs. hair: Dynamite Kid vs. Bruce Hart 3:28 of 13:13. Dynamite immediately took advantage, made the cover and got the pinfall victory. This was Dynamite Kid’s second match back in Japan since 12/6/91 (he also wrestled a match on 7/28/93). In the second fall, Dynamite juiced. Dynamite threw Sayama into the guardrail and then suplexed him on the floor. *3/4, NJPW 4/3/83 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, NWA Junior Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Dynamite Kid vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 15:19. At some point, the referee got hit by Dynamite. Bret was decent. This was a very good match overall, even though it felt more like a warming up for the next match between Dynamite and Tiger, which would take place six days later. Chris Benoit was one of the most promising workers in the world at the time. However, back in Calgary, he was still in the middle of the angle that was about the split-up of the British Bulldogs. The fans were incredibly happy to see the local Hart beating the villainous Dynamite. When Dynamite was in there with Shunji, Dynamite hit some stiff-looking elbow smashes and a falling headbutt. Dynamite executed a vicious tombstone piledriver on Sayama on the floor. ***½, NJPW 8/5/82 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 15:57. This meant that Dynamite Kid, who had in the past four years had been a heel in Calgary, was pretty much on the verge of being a babyface. Dynamite hit a sick piledriver on Haynes to win the first fall by pinfall. Dynamite hit a nice monkey flip and a dropkick. WWE CLASSICS: The key to a lot of Bob Backlund’s success as a … NJPW 4/23/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 9:29. Dynamite got Jones down again. The winner would become the WWF Junior Heavyweight Champion. Satoru Sayama, Tatsumi Fujinami, Mark Rocco and Marty Jones were among the best opponents Dynamite Kid wrestled during his career. Fuchi went for the cover, but Dynamite kicked out. Dynamite went to the top rope and executed a flying headbutt. In the tenth round, Dynamite hit a couple of falling headbutts from a standing position in the ring. Hara hit a nice sunset flip, but Dynamite kicked out at two. The match ended in a time limit draw. Also part of the deal was that McMahon would start booking Bret Hart, Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith, who were Stu’s top three guys. Dynamite Kid was a heel during this run in Pacific Northwest Wrestling. R3 1:35. **, AJPW 1/28/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko 23:55. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith: AJPW October Giant Series '90 - Day 2 Sep 30th … Cobra was aggressive and worked over Dynamite in a vicious manner. 5 is slightly longer. There was one Japanese wrestler called Hoshino who always wanted to be the big hero in the ring - well the little prick was only five foot four anyway. AJPW 11/16/91 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue 8:24. It was clearly time to go home. By this time, Dynamite had lost so much size due to him not using steroids as often as he would in the mid 1980s, that he was now at his smallest since the late 1970s. Bret was tagged in again and had Sayama in a Boston crab, but Hoshino entered the ring to break it up. It seems the old school Calgary crowds of the late ‘70s and the ‘80s really appreciated good wrestling. Davey Boy made the hot tag to Bruce Hart, who beat up everyone. In 1987-1988, after returning from the severe back injury, he was not the worker he once was. Davey Boy pinned Gama after a top-rope splash. Sayama then hit a piledriver that got him a two-count. Dynamite Kid showed his intensity. In April, 1978, Dynamite Kid left Britain and headed for Calgary, Canada, booked to work for Stu Hart’s Stampede Promotions. Later in the match, Dynamite hit a tombstone piledriver on Nakano. They tried to keep the action going, and this turned out to be a good mid-1980s NJPW junior heavyweight match. His opponent in this match was Norman Frederick Charles III, who was an English wrestler who started his career in Australia. Dynamite juiced after headbutting the ringpost when Rose moved out of the way. **3/4, AJPW 4/6/91 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan, All Asia Tag Team Title: Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith 18:06. This was a pretty good match, and it was particularly interesting whenever Dynamite and/or Hennig were in the ring. The Cobra attacked Dynamite Kid right away, and was in control during the first few minutes. Marty Jones was a very good worker. Dynamite Kid hit a diving headbutt on Jesse Barr. One of the main highlights of this match was Great Sasuke hitting a tremendous Asai moonsault on Kuniaki Kobayashi. The crowd was really into this because Dynamite had built quite a reputation for himself in Calgary as a villain who was despised for his heelish tactics, but respected for his tremendous ability. Bret Hart’s work was a lot more crisp and intense than in previous Stampede Wrestling footage. Dynamite’s tombstone piledriver on Misawa got a good reaction from the crowd. Commentator Ed Whalen informs us that Dynamite had won the first fall and that Bret had won the second fall. Report. On one particular tour to AJPW, Dynamite looked so ill that Giant Baba, who was legendary for never missing a match himself, forced Dynamite to take a day off. Hara received some uppercuts that looked really good. The action was incredible, and these two once again showed they were years ahead of their time. Hoshino and Dynamite Kid were tagged in. This was decent, but I was hoping it would feel a bit more like an important match-up. This was a pretty good match overall and I would have liked to have seen the match in full form. 5. In this match with Teranishi, Dynamite snapped Teranishi’s fingers Jim Breaks-style. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this match is that this match was excellent. Both men tumbled to the outside, but Dynamite hits his back really hard on the apron. After 11 minutes of great action, they both end up over the guardrail. Rose did well for himself and gave quite an okay performance. It may have been a good match, but only three minutes were shown. **1/2, AJPW 6/5/85 Nagoya Aichi-ken Taiikukan: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Tiger Mask II 6:35 of 10:57. He’s fallen victim to bridging German suplex twice, and he doesn’t seem any closer to finding a way to defeat Tiger Mask. Cobra missed a move in the corner and Dynamite started working over Cobra’s right leg in a vicious manner. Dynamite Kid showed quite some intensity. The match didn’t seem to be anything special. While Shodai Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) would become Dynamite’s most famous opponent, I’d like to go ahead and claim that Fujinami was easily the second best opponent in Dynamite’s career. The ref warned Dynamite and didn’t seem to approve of this move off the top turnbuckle. This wasn’t a good match, but it’s useful to watch Dynamite Kid in his early years, so that we can see how he evolved as a worker. Just like all their other singles matches against each other, this match between Dynamite and the Cobra was pretty good. He was a decent bumper and seller. And this blu ray enhances the experience from the previous Bret Hart DVD entitled "The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best There Ever Will Be." Johnny Smith gave a solid performance. The match ended after Dynamite hit a superplex for the three-count on Nakano. This was an interesting match-up. Kantaro Hoshino was not about to back off and slapped Dynamite early in the match. Still, this one from 5/20/89 was pretty good overall and worth watching. Dynamite Kid is one of the finest technical wrestlers of all time. This may or may not have been the moment where Dynamite started having back problems. It’s a shame not much footage of their single encounters exist. Dynamite and The Cobra worked particularly well with each other in this match. This match, along with their 8/5/82 match, is among the most legendary junior heavyweight matches ever. Once back in the ring, Hara threw Dynamite into the corner and executed a monkey flip, which Dynamite bumped tremendously for. It seems like most matches featuring Dynamite from around this time were worth watching, and this one was no exception. Jumbo Tsuruta was the worker of the match, and he pinned Johnny Smith to win the match. NJPW 4/23/81 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan: Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask 9:29. They needed that aggression if they wanted to win this match. Dynamite showed a lot of intensity during this tour. The match started off quite well, but the middle part was quite slow and didn’t see much happening. David Schultz was just along for the ride. Teranishi applied a figure-four leglock on Davey Boy, but Davey Boy reached the ropes. Walton mentioned he had never seen anyone execute a headbutt like that before. Stampede 2/24/89 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion: Dynamite Kid vs. Gama Singh 4:30 shown. Dynamite hit a backdrop and a wicked tombstone piledriver. Dynamite was thrown into the corner, but managed to leap onto the second rope. Dynamite Kid roughed up Japanese wrestler Hiro Saito during the early minutes of the match. While not bad, “Kangaroo” Norman Frederick Charles III didn’t resemble a kangaroo in any way and was quite average as he mostly did standard punching-type offense. Norio Honaga was originally a NJPW worker, and would later return to NJPW and have a run as the top native heel in the early days of the Liger era junior division when all the 80's stars had either went back to shoot style or been promoted to heavyweight. Bret rammed Dynamite’s head into the turnbuckle and followed it up by hitting an atomic drop that sent Dynamite outside. The Bruisers were decent. **3/4, AJPW 11/23/85 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, ‘85 World’s Strongest Tag Decision League: Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith vs. Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase 5:32. This match had a good amount of action. ****, Joint Promotions 11/30/81 Catford, England, World Heavy-Middleweight Title Match: Mark Rocco vs. Dynamite Kid 12:50 (3:00; 3:00; 3:00; 3:00; 0:50). However, Fujinami somehow kicked out. **¾, PNW 6/25/83 Portland, OR Sports Arena: Dynamite Kid & Rip Oliver & Assassin vs. Curt Hennig & Buddy Rose & Billy Jack Haynes 9:40; 6:30. The match ended in a double count-out. The yellow card idea was something Bruce Hart started implementing when he was booking after he got the idea when he was on tour in Germany. Dynamite hit a headbutt into Bruce’s face. Dynamite had lost quite a bit of size compared to the last time he was in Japan (in late 1985, when he was probably at his most roided). This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match. Bret managed to come really close to pinning Dynamite after a rollup. All four workers gave a good effort, and it was easy to get drawn into the match because they took this match seriously. He was almost 200 lbs at the time. There have been different workers portraying the masked Mr. Wrestling, but this version was American wrestler Dick Steinborn. DYNAMITE KID TOM BILLINGTON STORIES. Dynamite Kid was really starting becoming too broken down by this point, to the point that he didn’t have the energy level he had just a few months prior to this match. Dynamite would come close to victory after a flying headbutt, but Sayama kicked out. **1/2, Stampede 10/15/82 Calgary, AB Victoria Pavilion, Elimination Match: Dynamite Kid & Gama Singh & Hubert Gallant & Duke Myers & Danny Davis vs. Davey Boy Smith & Bret Hart & Mr. Hito & Bruce Hart & Keith Hart 10:00 of 38:15. This was a really interesting match-up because the Bulldogs were still able to have good matches here, and Jumbo Tsuruta was one of the best wrestlers in the world at the time. Thomas Billington (5 December 1958 – 5 December 2018), best known by the ring name the Dynamite Kid, was a British professional wrestler. It was Dynamite's spectacular bumping and selling that stood out most. This was interesting because this footage has Pillman and Benoit in it, and those two would become big names in the 1990s after getting their start in Calgary in the late ‘80s. Dynamite went for the top rope and went for a diving headbutt, but Bruce rolled away. This was the first match in the famous feud between Dynamite Kid and Shodai Tiger Mask (original Tiger Mask), Satoru Sayama. Dynamite decided to retire from puroresu in December 1991. Dynamite’s work in Canada and England was also top-notch around that time. Shodai Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) played a big role for his team. Some of you may remember Akio Sato as a member of the Orient Express in 1990, and later as Shinja in 1995 when he took on the role of the manager of Hakushi (Jinsei Shinzaki). Dynamite executed an armdrag, a leapfrog and another armdrag. Two of Tiger’s top foes battled it out here. The Cobra hit a nice plancha off the top to the outside. This was fun to watch, but it’s hard to imagine that someone could think this is one of the twenty best matches of the 1980s. This match started off with a very significant battle, which was Dynamite and Shodai Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) wrestling each other for the first time since 1983. WWF started as a regional territory in the northeast of Northern America, in the New York area under Vince's father. They both ended up getting counted out. They worked some really good reversals and counters. Gerry Morrow was a wrestler from Martinique. After showing his great potential during his early years, Dynamite Kid really started becoming a very good wrestler in 1979. However, after a disagreement with the promoter of Joint Promotions in England (which at the time was the main promotion in England, and they were the promotion featured on World of Sports), Dynamite decided to accept Bruce's offer. Dynamite was then thrown into the guardrail. It was not necessarily something that specifically happened during the match that caused the injury, but it was years of bumping, high risk moves and steroids that culminated in nearly a career-ending situation. Davey Boy did some power moves, and he was kinda what you’d expect from 1990 Davey Boy Smith. This appeared to be a decent match, but we only got to see four minutes of it. In Japan, Dynamite was in pure heel mode, and he was great in the evil gaijin role, yet at the same time was able to command respect from the viewers through his tremendous ability. It was Dynamite who eventually got the upper hand and hit a great-looking snap suplex. He worked as a heel in Japan, as he usually did. Bret entered the ring and Hoshino tagged out as soon as he could. Another ref entered the ring to count the pin when Keith scored the win over Gallant. The match was obviously significantly better whenever Dynamite was in the ring. The title remained in Japan for the most part with the occasional defense in New York or Mexico here and there. Both Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith were bigger than ever before because of the steroids they were using. Only a little over a third of the match aired, but it appeared to be in the **¾ range. In the 5th round, Dynamite started getting more aggressive. This match was certainly a different story. Masa Fuchi was obviously a much better tag team partner for Misawa than Shinichi Nakano was the day before. This was part of Dynamite Kid’s final tour in AJPW, at least until he would return in early 1989. **. The final card of Stampede would take place in the fall of ‘84 (until they would eventually start up again a year later). Bad News pinned Davey Boy with some help from K.Y. Dynamite went for a top-rope diving headbutt, but Bruce moved away. This match is interesting because it has Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith against each other when they were still very agile and flexible. Mr. Hito explained to Dynamite that working a Japanese tour was a good opportunity to get exposure in Japan and that other promoters would be interested in him. Dynamite threw Davey Boy into the corner and Davey took a Dynamite-esque bump. One of todays highlights was a tremendous snap suplex by Dynamite Kid, after which the crowd applauded. This was an uneventful match because of the stalling by Burke, who was focused too much on being a cowardly heel. For a while, Davey Boy was selling quite a bit for the opposition until he hit a powerslam on Nakano, lifted Shunji on his shoulders, and let Dynamite leap off the top rope via Shunji’s back onto Nakano with a diving headbut for the win. This was a tornado tag team match, which meant all four wrestlers would be in the ring at the same time. This was the best match these two workers had against each other. Johnny hit a superplex on Kikuchi. Bruce Hart wasn’t in this match that much. Davey Boy Smith showed up in WWF in October 1990 though, so perhaps that gives you an idea about Davey Boy’s possible motive. Rey Mysterio is a small man in a world of giants! Stampede was struggling at the time and Stu was even thinking about selling the company. First it was the roids making him less mobile, then it was the injuries limiting his ability, and then it was also getting used to working repetitive matches against opponents of lesser quality in the WWF. The second fall ended when Dynamite pinned Kaye after a sunset flip, the crowd loved it and started chanting “easy!” Saying it was an easy match for Dynamite may have been a slight exaggeration, but things definitely seemed to come naturally to him. In the end, Hansen kicked out of Dynamite’s flying headbutt, and Hansen won the match via the lariat. His father, the brother of Davey Boy In First Look: Best of NXT 2017, Triple H is excited for the WWE Universe to relive some of the best moments of the year: Courtesy of the award-winning WWE Network. Dynamite Kid was aggressive from the start and hit his moves with great intensity. Dynamite was dominating the match. Eventually, when they were back in the ring, Sayama was able to pin Bret for the win. Unfortunately, they only showed some slow-motion clips and stills of this match. In the pre-match promo earlier on the show, Dynamite Kid said: “Listen here Yagi, just because you’re Japanese don’t mean you’re good.” Apparently, Yagi was over 220lbs, so he wasn’t able to challenge for Dynamite Kid’s World Mid-Heavyweight Title. Still, it was fun to watch at least once. In a way, it’s almost sad to watch 1990s Dynamite matches because he had been such an exceptional worker in the past. Dynamite and Kobayashi suplexed each other on the floor, but then were both counted out. In the third fall, Bruce tried to fight back with a dropkick, and he rammed Dynamite’s head into the ringpost. In the post-match promos, Sawyer asked for a title shot. Receiving a 5 or higher star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement. Dynamite went for a diving headbutt off the apron, but Cobra moved. Ed Whalen also enjoyed it and proclaimed it to be a “malfunction at the junction.” Sawyer pinned Dynamite with an inside cradle. In a promo earlier on the show, Dynamite Kid mentioned that he was thinking of hanging his boots up at some point because he has too many injuries. Dynamite went for his diving headbutt, but Sayama moved out of the way. Davey Boy was pretty good, but no longer the flexible worker he was a little over a year ago, and that’s what made him stand out back then. Dynamite took a big bump for a back body drop by Bret Hart, who gave a solid performance. In the second fall, Dynamite went for the flying headbutt, but Rose moved out of the way. Louis Laurence was a wrestler from Montreal, and he seemed average. Dynamite obviously outwrestled Bruce. **1/4, WWF 8/30/82 New York City MSG, WWF Junior Heavyweight Title: Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid 8:20 of 9:36. 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