Cruising the 80's: Giant Baba vs Nick Bockwinkel - 12/01/80

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Giant Baba vs Nick Bockwinkel (All Japan): Holy cow! Bockwinkel was like a man possessed in this match! I've never seen him this aggressive. He's usually cool, calm & calculating in the ring. Here he was looking to hurt Giant Baba. Nick was driving in knees like Yoji Anjo and clubbing Baba's chest like Stan Hansen. This really was something special to see. Baba was certainly spry in in 1980. His big boot looked great and he had quite the offensive flurry (for him at least). This was very good pro wrestling. It's about 9 minutes long. I really liked this match. 


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