Cruising the 80's: Piper & Slater vs Hara & Inoue 05/19/83

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Roddy Piper & Dick Slater vs Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue (AJPW): Writing this one for myself like the other one...as it it'll float like a turd in a pool. Still its good to have these up for posterity. Perhaps future generations will find value in this 🤔 In any case, this is a very fun tag match. It is especially true if you're a fan of Piper who provides a lot of the character to this match. I don't know if he did more than one tour in Japan but, his charisma is international. Dick Slater provide the moves as he and Mighty Inoue do some really good stuff for '83. This is not a secret hidden gem match but it is a good time. If anybody reads this and is making a Piper playlist on YouTube, this is a good one to add!



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