Tag: Mighty Inoue

Pacific Rim: A look back at the 1998 Real World Tag League finals

Posted on by Jim Valley

On a new Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling podcast, we take a trip back to the late-90s, specifically 1998.

26 years ago on December 5, 1998, the finals of the All-Japan Pro Wrestling Real World Tag League took place as Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama faced off against Vader & Stan Hansen.

Fumi Saito talks to me about how this wasn’t just one of the best matches of the 90s, but that it symbolized a lot of changes happening around the end of one century and the beginning of another.

Plus, we chat about career of Mighty Inoue, and plenty of other news and notes.

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Free episode on the state of AEW, WWE Survivor Series preview

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with a free Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

This episode is up for free on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and the full video is on our free YouTube channel, which is embedded below. Take advantage of our Black Friday deal for the website subscription as well as the Apple Podcasts Black Friday deal which both expire in just a few hours.

Here were some of the things we covered:

  • The passing of Mighty Inoue
  • Dave’s WON story on the state of AEW
  • Week one of the Continental Classic
  • AEW’s financial outlook
  • Ricky Starks
  • WWE Survivor Series
  • Jade Cargill
  • Kenny Omega
  • Saturday Night’s Main Event and WWE’s first Netflix show

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