(ALL JAPAN) Techniques: Proof of the boom! Lariats fly everywhere at the All Japan Pro Wrestling 22nd March Toda event
18th March 1986 Weekly Pro (Issue No 135) The lariat craze is truly massive. At the opening event of All Japan Pro Wrestling’s "Exciting Wars" tour—held in Toda on February 22nd — the lariat was the undisputed star of the ring. In the tag-team match, Tiger Mask unleashed a spinning leg lariat on Kabuki. It is a new weapon in which he leaps, rotates his body in the opposite direction of a *sobat* (spinning back kick), and slams his shin into his opponent's chest. It is a move with interesting potential if refined. The deciding blow was a strike Hara landed on Inoue. One Man Gang, having undergone a dramatic image change that gave him a menacing new aura, delivered a lariat that slammed into Tenryu with the full force of his 190-kilogram frame; though the running start was minimal, the blow packed devastating power. Had the opponent been anyone other than Tenryu, a single hit might well have knocked him out cold. In the main event tag-team match, the outcome hinged on the ...
