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Weekly Pro (Issue 11, 1972) Bringing out The Sheik is impressive! Giant Baba, who has been showing his skills in All Japan, suddenly pulled off a big match in Honolulu, Hawaii, surprising everyone involved with Japan Pro. It was on September 20th. The venue was the Honolulu International Center, and the opponent was none other than "The Arabian Monster, The Sheik." Of all people, the choice of The Sheik, who had just been invited by Japan Pro Wrestling at the beginning of September to fight two consecutive title matches with Sakaguchi, was widely acclaimed as a typical Baba revenge. If that were all there would be nothing to say, but at that time Baba was answering an international telephone interview with a certain newspaper company and he said, "Did I have plans to work with Sheikh? No, it was a sudden decision. I really wanted to work with him, so I called him from Detroit." That caused a big stir. At first glance, this response seems like a very obvious one, b...
