Japan TV The best of the best.

Best of Japan TV April - July 2004 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
This includes the 'lost' juniors six-man from NJPW Nexess, which didn't air on the original TV special (a belter it is too). Plus all the best bits from NOAH's Tokyo Dome show, and a rare champions vs champions GHC tag title match. American Dragon, Ultimo Dragon & Koji Kanemoto vs Naomichi Marufuji, Heat & Tiger Mask IV… Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA Kobayashi (GHC Tag Team Champions vs GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)… Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs Kotaru Suzuki & Ricky Marvin (GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match)… Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA Kobayashi vs Kendo Ka Shin & Takashi Suguira (GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match)… Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Jushin Liger (GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea (GHC Tag Team Title Match)… Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (GHC Heavyweight Title Match – *****)

Best of Japan TV February – April 2004 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
The standout here is Kenta Kobashi's super-physical GHC title defense against Yoshihiro Takayama. These two knocked real chunks out of each other. KENTA Kobayashi vs Juventud Guerrera… Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama… Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Genichiro Tenryu (IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Final)… CIMA Nobunaga, KENTA & Heat vs Jushin Liger, Super Delfin & Jinsei Shinzaki… KENTA, Kotaro Suzuki, Naomichi Marufuji & Mitsuo Momota vs Donovan Morgan, Michael Modest, Superstar Steve & Ricky Marvin… Jun Akiyama, Yoshihiro Takayama & Jun Izumida vs Naoki Sano, Akira Taue & Takeshi Morishima… Kenta Kobashi vs Takeshi Rikio (GHC Heavyweight Title Match)… KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki… Ricky Marvin vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru… Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama (GHC Heavyweight Title Match – ****1/2)

Best of Japan TV November 2003 - January 2004 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes lots of Yuji Nagata (always a good thing), the Kawada/Ogawa clash from Zero One's 'Infinity' PPV, and the TV highlights of Wrestling World 2004. These compilations are always rewarding, and I now have more than eight years of them to offer – full listings in the catalogue and on the site. Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda… Takashi Suguira vs KENTA Kobayashi… Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima… Naoya Ogawa vs Toshiaki Kawada… Yuji Nagata & Josh Barnett vs Shinsuke Nakamura & Minoru Suzuki… Kensuke Sasaki vs Yuji Nagata… Yoshihiro Takayama vs Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP & NWF Title Change)… Jun Akiyama, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Takeshi Morishima vs Kenta Kobashi, Makoto Hashi & Takeshi Rikio… KENTA Kobayashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs Samarai & Wataru Inoue

Best of Japan TV July - November 2003 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
This features the entire Hogan/Chono spectacle from New Japan's Ultimate Crush II PPV, including the post-match fracas with Jeff Jarrett – with the added bonus that you can tell your friends you only bought it for the junior heavyweight matches. Satoshi Kojima vs Masato Tanaka… Satoshi Kojima vs Shinjiro Ohtani (Fire Festival Final)… KENTA Kobayashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama… Jun Akiyama, Makoto Hashi, Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Kenta Kobashi, KENTA Kobayashi, Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda… KENTA Kobayashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs Juventud Guerrera & Ricky Marvin… Takashi Sugiura vs Gedo… Hulk Hogan vs Masa Chono… Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (1985)

Best of Japan TV April - July 2003 (Volume 1) £9 vhs / £10 dvd
There are two classic carry-jobs on this tape, in the form Nagata vs Taue and Kobashi vs Honda. Quite astonishing matches. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Suguira vs KENTA Kobayashi & Kotaru Suzuki… Kenta Kobashi vs Tamon Honda (GHC Heavyweight Title Match)… Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi vs Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda, KENTA Kobayashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (elimination match)… Yoshihiro Takayama vs Takeshi Morishima… Yuji Nagata vs Akira Taue (****1/4)… Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda vs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito… Jushin Liger, Takehiro Murahama & Ricky Marvin vs KENTA Kobayashi, Naomichi Marufuji & Kotaru Suzuki… KENTA Kobayashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama

Best of Japan TV April - July 2003 (Volume 2) £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes Ultimo Dragon's last Japanese match before setting sail for WWE, another of Satoshi Kojima's spirited shots at the Triple Crown, a fine pair of All Japan vs Zero One tag matches, and an interminable slugfest for the IWGP heavyweight singles strap. Chigusa Nagayo & Lioness Asuka vs Dump Matsumoto & Rosey Moreno (1985)… Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang vs Low Ki & Michael Shane… Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa vs Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima… Ultimo Dragon vs CIMA Nobunaga (Dragon leaves Toryumon)… Shinya Hashimoto vs Satoshi Kojima (Triple Crown Title Match)… Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs Naomichi Marufuji & Kotaru Suzuki… Toshiaki Kawada & Satoshi Kojima vs Naoya Ogawa & Katsuhisa Fujii… Yoshihiro Takayama vs Masa Chono (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)

Best of Japan TV April 2003 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
I can't resist raving about the Nagata-Yasuda match on this tape. Nagata has dragged the paunchy old gambler to numerous good matches but, in his final defence of the IWGP belt, Yuji worked like a madman to give Yasuda his first ever must-see match. Blood and drama all over the place. This tape also includes some vintage stuff from 1985, including the infamous Maeda-Nielson worked shoot, and a truly frightening clip of Dump Matsumoto singing on TV. Akira Maeda vs Don Neilsen… Bob Sapp vs Mirko Cro Cop… Koji Kanemoto vs Akira… Yoshihiro Takayama, Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Suguira vs Kenta Kobashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Naoki Sano… Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji… Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto (IWGP Tag Team Champions vs Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)… Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinya Makabe… Tiger Mask IV vs Koji Kanemoto (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Yuji Nagata vs Tadao Yasuda (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)… Dump Matsumoto vs Lioness Asuka

Best of Japan TV February - March 2003 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Late February/early March 2003 saw every major group in Japan in grandstanding mode, with NOAH, Zero One, All Japan, New Japan and Riki Choshu's World Japan staging supercards within days of each other. This tape has the biggest and best TV and PPV matches from the mad weekend. KENTA Kobayashi & Kotaro Suzuki vs Mikami & Kudo… Ultimo Dragon & Yossino vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshito Sasaki (Differ Cup Tournament Final)… Satoshi Kojima, Kendo Ka Shin, Arashi & Nobutaka Araya vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Masato Tanaka, Ryuji Sai & Kazuyuki Ogasawara… The Great Muta vs Shinya Hashimoto (Triple Crown Title Change)… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (GHC Heavyweight Title Change)… Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki vs Don Frye & Dan Bobish… Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenyru… Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ayasit vs Paul London & Low Ki… Shinya Hashimoto & Shinjiro Ohtani vs Keiji Muto & Arashi

Best of Japan TV December 2002 - January 2003 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes the top two encounters from New Japan at the Tokyo Dome, and a raft of All Japan vs Zero One matches. Kendo Ka Shin and Tatsuhito Takaiwa, perennial nearly-men in New Japan's junior division, do themselves proud in the opener. Kendo Ka Shin vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa (AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Masato Tanaka (Kea injures his leg)… Bob Sapp vs Ernesto Hoost… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Yoshinari Ogawa (GHC Heavyweight Title Match)… Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Gedo & Jado (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match)… Yuji Nagata vs Kazunari Murakami (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - blood!)… Low Ki & Frankie Kazarian vs Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Hirotaka Yokoi & Kohei Sato vs Jimmy Snuka Jr. & Dos Caras Jr… Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Wataru Sakata… Satoshi Kojima vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Gary Goodridge vs Mike Bernardo… Yoshihiro Takayama vs Bob Sapp… Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero vs Dragon Kid & Ultimo Dragon… Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF Heavyweight Title Tournament Final)… Yuji Nagata vs Josh Barnett (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)

Best of Japan TV August - October 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
NOAH and NJPW trade the IWGP Junior tag belts, Kenta Kobashi's Burning and Jun Akiyama's Sternness factions go at it elimination-style, while Darkness Dragon and Dragon Kid collide in a mask vs mask match. The stipulations on this tape take up more space than the participants' names, which must be a first. An excellent edition of BOJTV. Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Change)… Darkness Dragon vs Dragon Kid (mask vs mask match)… Kenta Kobashi, KENTA Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kentaro Shiga vs Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi (eight man elimination 'Captain's Match')… Koji Kanemoto vs Tiger Mask IV (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs El Samurai & Masayoku Naruse (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Change)… Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (GHC Tag Team Title Change)… Yoshihiro Takayama vs Mitsuharu Misawa (GHC Heavyweight Title Change)… Chikayo Nagashima vs Manami Toyoda (AAAW Title Match)… Genichiro Tenyru vs The Great Muta (Triple Crown Title Change)

Best of Japan TV July - September 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Packed tape with bits and bobs from NOAH, GAEA, Zero One's Fire Festival, Michinoku Pro, and All Japan's 30th Anniversary PPV's (including both Goldberg matches). Manami Toyota & Aja Kong vs Dynamite Kansai & Toshiyo Yamada… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Masato Tanaka… Takashi Suguira vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru… Kaz Hayashi vs Jimmy Yang… Bill Goldberg vs Satoshi Kojima… Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Jimmy Yang vs Magnum Tokyo, Darkness Dragon & Susumi Yokosuka… Nobutaka Araya vs Satoshi Kojima… Bill Goldberg vs Taiyo Kea… Ran Yu-Yu vs Azumi Hyuga… Dick Togo vs Tiger Mask IV (Tohuku Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Final)… Kiyoshi Tamura vs Ikuhisa Minowa

Best of Japan TV May - July 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes an incredible, back and forth war between Genichiro Tenryu and Satoshi Kojima, which was awarded ****3/4 by the wise men at the Wrestling Observer. I would have found the extra quarter star somewhere. Match of the Year aside, this has Manami Toyota's final date with All Japan Women, and a perfect quality version of the 60-minute opener (which appears on the previous BOJTV with a shaky picture). Too much Pat Tanaka, though. Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura… Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Curry Man vs Black Tiger III, Gedo & Gokudo… Koji Kanemoto, Black Tiger III, Gedo & Akira vs Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, Tiger Mask IV & Curry Man… Jado vs Curry Man… Minoru Tanaka, Curry Man & Naruse vs Black Tiger III, Gedo & Gokudo… Momoe Nakanishi vs Kumiko Maekawa… Manami Toyota vs Kaoru Ito (Toyota's final AJW match)… Genichiro Tenryu vs Satoshi Kojima (Triple Crown Title Match)… Magnum Tokyo, Genki Horiguchi & Darkness Dragon vs CIMA Nobunaga, Sumo Fuji & Yoshikazu Taru vs Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid & Susumi Mochizuki (UWA Six-Man Tag Team Title Three-Way Match)

Best of Japan TV April - June 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Antonio Inoki's LA Dojo… Minoru Tanaka, Masahito Kakihara & Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto, Gedo & Jado… Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata vs Gedo & Jado… Black Tiger III vs Minoru Tanaka… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Scott Norton vs Naoya Ogawa & Shinya Hashimoto… Tadao Yasuda vs Don Frye… Bas Rutten vs Manabu Nakanishi… Tadao Yasuda vs Don Frye (restart)… Joanie Laurer's first New Japan appearance… Yuji Nagata vs Yoshihiro Takayama… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Masa Chono… Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima vs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito… Momoe Nakanishi vs Kayo Noumi… Momoe Nakanishi vs Kumiko Maekawa… Mima Shimoda & Mayumi Ozaki vs Takako Inoue & Kaoru Ito… Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (60-minute draw, poor picture quality)

Best of Japan TV March - April 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Osamu Nishimura vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Minoru Tanaka vs Masahito Kakihara… Yuji Nagata vs Tadao Yasuda (IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Final)… Jushin Liger & Osamu Nishimura vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki… Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs Tadao Yasuda & Dan Devine… Gedo, Jado & Koji Kanemoto vs Minoru Tanaka, Black Tiger III & Eddie Guerrero (Eddie and Tiger join Team 2000)… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs KENTA Kobayashi… Kazuhiko Ogasawara vs Ryuji Sai (shoot)… Naomichi Marufuji vs Naohiro Hoshikawa… Shinya Hashimoto vs Masato Tanaka… Naoya Ogawa vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Athena final show (30 minutes)… Jushin Liger, Katsuyori Shibata, Wataru Inoue & El Samurai vs Jado, Eddie Guerrero, Black Tiger III & Koji Kanemoto… Minoru Tanaka vs Gedo… Gedo, Jado, Black Tiger III, Eddie Guerrero & Koji Kanemoto vs Minoru Tanaka, Jushin Liger, Masahito Kakihara, El Samurai & Masayuke Naruse (elimination highlights)… Genichiro Tenryu vs Keiji Muto (for the vacant Triple Crown Title)… Satoshi Kojima vs Taiyo Kea

Best of Japan TV February 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Athena highlights from February 11th… Masa Chono & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & Shiro Koshinaka… Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenzo Suzuki & Yuji Nagata… Tiger Mask IV & El Samurai vs Masahito Kakihara & Katsuyori Shibata… Gedo & Jado vs Masayuke Naruse & Minoru Tanaka... Tatsumi Fujinami & Minoru Tanaka vs Masa Chono & Koji Kanemoto… Yuji Nagata & Tadao Yasuda vs Dan Devine & Kensuke Sasaki… El Samurai, Chris Candido & Masayuke Naruse vs Wataru Inoue & Katushi Takemura... Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata… Momoe Nakanishi vs Kumiko Maekawa (for the vacant AJW All-Pacific Title, 42:31!)… Manami Toyota vs Kaoru Ito (WWWA Title Change)… Genichiro Tenryu vs Satoshi Kojima… Keiji Muto vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title Change)

Best of Japan TV December 2001 - February 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes NJPW's 2001 Year in Review (always a good way to catch up on things), Antonio Inoki slapping everyone, and the cracking final of the G1 Junior Tag Team League. Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa (GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Change)… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tamon Honda vs Takao Omori & Satoru Asako… Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV & The Great Sasuke vs Gedo, Jado & Dick Togo… Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue vs Masahito Kakihara & Masayuki Naruse… Koji Kanemoto & Akira vs El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka… Kazunarui Murakami & Yuki Ishikawa vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki… NJPW Year in Review, including highlights of… Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Toshiaki Kawada… Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima… Keiji Muto vs Toshiaki Kawada… Minoru Tanaka vs Takehiro Murahama… Kazyuki Fujita vs Yuji Nagata… Keiji Muto vs Genichiro Tenryu (Triple Crown Title Change)… Manabu Nakanishi vs Tadao Yasuda… Keiji Muto vs Masa Chono… Keiji Muto vs Yuji Nagata (G1 Climax Final)… Kendo Ka Shin vs Masayuki Naruse… Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase vs Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata (G1 Junior Heavyweight Tag League Final)… Don Frye vs Cyril Abbidi (Bom-Ba-Ye)… Athena highlights from January 27th… Koji Kanemoto, Gedo & Jado vs Minoru Tanaka, Jushin Liger & Masahito Kakihara (finish of 30-minute draw, followed by restart)… Royal Rumble (Chono and Tenzan become allies)… Antonio Inoki 'fires up' the New Japan heavyweights… Yuji Nagata vs Manabu Nakanishi

Best of Japan TV December 2001 - January 2002 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
This tape is bookended by big tag tournaments - starting with New Japan's G1 Tag League and ending with NOAH's GHC Tag Team Title Tournament. The final of the former is one of the all-time classic carry-jobs. Kensuke Sasaki & Dan Devine vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki… Jushin Liger & Osamu Nishimura vs Masa Chono & Giant Silva… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Kensuke Sasaki & Dan Devine vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Hiro Hase & Taiyo Kea vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Mike Barton & Jim Steele (G1 Tag League Final)… Keiji Muto vs Tatsumi Fujinami (Triple Crown Title Match)… Jun Akiyama vs Yuji Nagata (GHC Heavyweight Title Match)… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Giant Singh & Masahiro Chono… Manabu Nakanashi vs Giant Silva… Kendo Ka Shin vs Daijiro Matsui (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match)… Clips of Junior Heavyweight matches from Wrestling World 2002… Keiji Muto & Hiro Hase vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura… Kensuke Sasaki vs Naoya Ogawa… Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan vs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito… Mitshuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Takao Omori… Mitsuaharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito… Vader & Too Cold Scorpio vs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (GHC Tag Team Title Tournament Final)

Best of Japan TV August - October 2001 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Highlighted by an absolute myriad of great tag team matches (amongst them a classic from MPW 'Love Michinoku'), snippets from Indicate of Next, and Scott Hall providing the first laughs ever seen or heard in a Triple Crown match. Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Daisuke Sekimoto... Gedo & Jado vs The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match)… Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta… Kaoru Ito vs Momoe Nakanishi… Silver King & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Jushin Liger & Gran Naniwa… Gedo & Jado vs Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai… Satoru Asako vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru… Hiro Hase & Keiji Muto vs Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama (terrible picture)… Giant Singh & Giant Silva vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenzo Suzuki, Yutaka Yoshie & Wataru Inoue (clips)… Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs Bob Backlund & Tatsumi Fujinami (clips)… Minoru Tanaka & El Samurai vs Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin… Manabu Nakanishi vs Kazunari Murakami… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura… Keiji Muto vs Scott Hall (Triple Crown Title Match)

Best of Japan TV July - August 2001 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami & Manabu Nakanishi vs Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Michiyoshi Ohara… Gedo & Jado vs Jushin Liger & Wataru Inoue… Yuji Nagata vs Yutaka Yoshie… Gedo, Jado & Chris Candido vs El Samurai, Negro Casas & Katsuyori Shibata… Akira Nogami & Hiro Saito vs Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Wataru Inoue & Manabu Nakanishi… Masa Chono vs Keiji Muto… Don Frye vs Kazuyuki Fujita… Keiji Muto vs Steve Williams (Triple Crown Title Match)… Yuji Nagata vs Kazunari Murakami… Jushin Liger vs Satoshi Kojima… Keiji Muto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Kazunari Murakami vs Tadao Yasuda… Jushin Liger vs Osamu Nishimura (clips of 30-minute draw)… Keiji Muto vs Tadao Yasuda… Masa Chono vs Yuji Nagata… Keiji Muto vs Yuji Nagata (G1 Climax Tournament Final)… Kentaro Shiga & Akitoshi Saito vs Michael Modest & Donavon Morgan… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (GHC Heavyweight Title Change)… Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Donavon Morgan… Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Naoki Sano vs Takao Omori, Takashi Suguira & Satoru Asako

Best of Japan TV May - July 2001 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes a bunch of Best of the Super Juniors TV matches. Chris Candido vs Silver King… Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Super Shocker… Jushin Liger vs Wataru Inoue… Minoru Tanaka vs Shinya Makabe… El Samurai vs Chris Candido… Akira Nogami vs Dr. Wagner Jr… Gran Naniwa vs Jushin Liger… Minoru Tanaka vs Wataru Inoue… Silver King vs Jushin Liger… Minoru Tanaka vs Jushin Liger (Super Juniors Tournament Final)… Toshiaki Kawada vs Satoshi Kojima… Keiji Muto vs Hiro Hase… Yuji Nagata vs Kazuyuki Fujita… Gedo, Jado & Negro Casas vs Jushin Liger, Wataru Inoue & Katsuyori Shibata… Minoru Tanaka vs Masahito Kakihara… Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Takao Omori & Takashi Suguira… Spellbinder vs Naomichi Marufuji… NOAH wrestlers sing 'Happy Birthday' to Misawa… Keiji Muto vs Genichiro Tenryu (Triple Crown Title Change)… Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Ricky Marvin vs Kanda, Susumi Mochizuki & Darkness Dragon… The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask IV vs CIMA Nobunaga, Judo Suwa & Big Fuji… Masaaki Mochizuki vs Magnum Tokyo

Best of Japan TV April - May 2001 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Another blinder, with more Zero One PPV stuff, more New Japan vs Osaka Pro, and more BATT vs Team 2000 - tempered only by a wasteful pair of Liger-Murakami non-matches, and a Norton-Fujita outing that should have been a non-match. Naomichi Marufuji vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Takashi Suguira vs Alexander Otsuka… Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda vs Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue… Mitsuharu Misawa & Takeshi Rikio vs Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami… Kazunari Murakami vs Jushin Liger… Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka vs Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi… Yuji Nagata vs Manabu Nakanishi… Masa Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Keiji Muto, Jinsei Shinzaki & Taiyo Kea… Scott Norton vs Kazuyuki Fujita (IWGP Heavyweight Title Change)… Shinya Hashimoto vs Kensuke Sasaki… Kazunari Murakami vs Jushin Liger… Minoru Tanaka vs Takashi Iizuka… Shinya Makabe vs Yutaka Yoshie… Scott Norton, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura… El Samurai vs Super Delfin… Minoru Tanaka vs Takehiro Murahama… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Silver King & Dr. Wagner Jr… Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Masa Chono vs Keiji Muto, Hiro Hase & Taiyo Kea… Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami vs Manabu Nakanishi & Riki Choshu… Minoru Tanaka vs Kendo Ka Shin

Best of Japan TV January - March 2001 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
One of the best BOJTV tapes available, with Scott Hall joining Team 2000, the best bits from Zero One's debut PPV, an Osaka Pro vs New Japan six-man tag, a classic Misawa-Tsuruta bout from 1990, and more great juniors matches than you could shake a particularly shakeable stick at. Naomichi Marufuji vs Naohiro Hoshikawa (shoot)… Daisuke Ikeda vs Tobu… Kazunari Murakami vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori vs Alexander Otsuka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata… Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto vs Silver King & Dr. Wagner Jr… Toshiaki Kawada, Masa Fuchi & Nobutaka Araya vs Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura… Jushin Liger & Super Strong Machine vs Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata… Super Delfin, Tsubasa & Takehiro Murahama vs El Samurai, Minoru Tanaka & Wataru Inoue… Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka vs Kazunari Murakami & Mitsuya Nagai… Keiji Muto vs Kazunari Murakami (Jinsei Shinzaki angle)… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Kensuke Sasaki… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin vs Koji Kanemoto, Minoru Tanaka & Negro Casas… Scott Hall, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Michiyoshi Ohara… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka… Jushin Liger vs Minoru Tanaka… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Minoru Tanaka & Kendo Ka Shin… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Riki Choshu & Shinya Makabe. Bonus: Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta (Misawa's first singles win over Tsuruta, April 1990)

Best of Japan TV December 2000 - January 2001 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
First of a series of BOJTV tapes stuffed with interpromotional matches: the classic New Japan vs All Japan tag team match from 'The Second Judgement', Shinya Hashimoto and Alexander Otsuka appearing in NOAH, and a raft of big matches from INOKI Bom-Ba-Ye. Highly, highly recommended. Tape cuts out just before the finish of the final match. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi vs Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka… Vader vs Mitsuharu Misawa… Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama… The Great Sasuke & Daijiro Matsui vs Akira Shoji & Kaoru Uno… Mark Coleman & Mark Kerr vs Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka… Don Frye & Ken Shamrock vs Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada… Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Shinya Hashimoto & Alexander Otsuka… Vader & Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue

Best of Japan TV October - December 2000 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Mainly NJPW stuff, including a great G1 Tag League Final, Minoru Tanaka in some horrendous day-glow tights, and the quest to find a good use for Tatsuhito Takaiwa. 'Doorstop' was never considered, obviously. Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Koji Kanemoto… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Jushin Liger vs Super Delfin… Jushin Liger vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Yuji Nagata, Brian Johnston, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie vs Masa Chono, Scott Norton, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (elimination match)… Ebessan, Kaiju Zeta Mandora & Yuki Miyazaki vs Kuishinbo Kamen, Monkey Magic & Goddess Chikako Shiratori… Super Delfin vs Takehiro Murahama (Osaka Pro Wrestling Title Change)… Masato Yakushiji, Naohiro Hoshikawa & Super Demekin vs Daiyo Quallt, Black Buffalo & Dick Togo… Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto vs Dr. Wagner Jr. & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin vs Kid Romeo, Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Yutaka Yoshie & Manabu Nakanishi… Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata vs Scott Norton & Masa Chono… Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs Kendo Ka Shin & Super Strong Ka Shin (Takaiwa)… Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (G1 Tag League Final)… Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie vs Takashi Iizuka, Junji Hirata & Kenzo Suzuki… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinya Makabe… Kensuke Sasaki vs Michiyoshi Ohara (0:06) … Minoru Tanaka vs Akira… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Masa Chono & Tatsutoshi Goto… The Sheik & The Great Mephisto vs Tor Kamata & Abdullah the Butcher (1980)

Best of Japan TV July - October 2000 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes the four best women's matches of the day. Yuji Nagata vs Takashi Iizuka (last 3 minutes)… Manabu Nakanishi vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Yuji Nagata vs Kensuke Sasaki… Manabu Nakanishi vs Kensuke Sasaki (G1 Climax Tournament Final)… Manami Toyota vs Sawai… Momoe Nakanishi & Takahashi vs Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita… Nagayo & Lioness Asuka vs Aja Kong & Dynamite Kansai… Manami Toyota vs Kaoru Ito (WWWA Title Change)… Kensuke Sasaki vs Toshiaki Kawada… Masa Fuchi & Shiro Koshinaka vs Masa Chono & Mr. T (Tatsutoshi Goto)… Shinya Hashimoto vs Tatsumi Fujinami… Masa Chono, Don Frye & Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata, Kensuke Sasaki & Jushin Liger… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Kendo Ka Shin

Best of Japan TV May - August 2000 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Masakatsu Fukuda tribute ceremony… Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (best of three falls)… Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Yutaka Yoshie & Jushin Liger vs Masa Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Akira & Super J (elimination match)… Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto… Kensuke Sasaki, Shiro Koshinaka & Kendo Ka Shin vs Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto… Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kendo Ka Shin vs Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, CIMA Nobunaga & Sumo Fuji… The Great Muta vs Power Warrior, w/Mrs Power Warrior (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Minoru Fujita… Yuji Nagata vs Takashi Iizuka… Masa Chono, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Kensuke Sasaki, Osamu Nishimura & Jushin Liger… Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Maunukea Mossman & Jun Akiyama… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Johnny Ace & Mike Barton… Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga vs Maunukea Mossman & Jun Akiyama… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa (Super Juniors Tournament Final)… Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Kid Romeo… El Samurai vs Katsumi Usuda… Kendo Ka Shin vs Koji Kanemoto... Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Change)… Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto… Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin vs The Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada… Jushin Liger vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Riki Choshu vs Atsushi Onita (no rope, exploding barbed wire death match)… Tomoaki Honma vs Ryuji Yamakawa (light tube death match, June 20th 1999)… Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (Queen of the 1990s match)

Best of Japan TV April - May 2000 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Takashi Iizuka vs Kazunari Murakami (Antonio Inoki angle)… Masa Chono vs The Great Muta… Jushin Liger vs Kensuke Sasaki (IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match)… Naoya Ogawa vs Shinya Hashimoto (retirement match)… Yuji Nagata vs Kendo Ka Shin… Don Frye vs Koji Kanemoto… Satoshi Kojima vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada… Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Daisuke Ikeda vs Kenta Kobashi, Kentaro Shiga & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi… Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (highlights)… Johnny Ace & Mike Barton vs Jun Akiyama & Maunukea Mossman… Kenta Kobashi vs Takao Omori (Champion Carnival Final)… Jumbo Tsuruta funeral footage and career highlights, including matches vs Billy Robinson (1977), Dick Slater (1980) and Genichiro Tenryu (1989)

Best of Japan TV January - March 2000 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Vader vs Jun Akiyama (Triple Crown Title Match)…. Steve Williams vs Mike Barton… Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Vader & Akira Taue… Vader vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title Match)… Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams… Kenta Kobashi vs Vader (Triple Crown Title Change)… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue… Kendo Ka Shin & Minoru Tanaka vs El Samurai & Jushin Liger… Masa Chono, Don Frye & Super J vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Hiro Saito… Shinya Hashimoto & Takashi Iizuka vs Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata… Akira Nogami vs Hiro Saito… Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Jushin Liger vs Minoru Tanaka… Don Frye vs Kensuke Sasaki… Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin vs Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani… Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto, Tatsumi Fujinami, Manabu Nakanishi & Takashi Iizuka vs Masa Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Don Frye & Super J… Jushin Liger, El Samurai, Dr. Wagner Jr., Gran Hamada & Kendo Ka Shin vs Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani, Negro Casas, Perro Aguayo Jr. & Perro Aguayo Sr… Jushin Liger vs El Samurai… Vader & Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (Double Tag Team Title Change)… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama

Best of Japan TV November 1999 - January 2000 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
The highlight here is a barnstorming Muto-Tenryu title switch. Their enjoyable matches in August 1998 and May 1999 got everyone's knickers in a twist, but this is the forgotten classic - maybe even better than their Triple Crown match in June 2001. Only 15 minutes of the match aired, but I could still talk about it till the sun goes down. As if you hadn't noticed. Magnum Tokyo vs CIMA Nobunaga… Ryo Saito vs Hamaguchi… Sumo Fuji vs Susumi Mochizuki… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Jushin Liger & Osamu Kido vs Koji Kanemoto & Shiro Koshinaka… Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita vs Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi… Masa Chono & Akira vs Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima… El Samurai, Kendo Ka Shin & Minoru Tanaka vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Masa Chono & Don Frye vs Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima (bloody)… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr… Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Minoru Tanaka, Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr… Masa Chono & Don Frye vs Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Keiji Muto vs Genichiro Tenryu (IWGP World Heavyweight Title Change)… Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami vs Shinya Hashimoto & Takashi Iizuka… Keiji Muto vs Masa Chono…Tokyo Dome highlights… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto… Kensuke Sasaki vs Genichiro Tenryu (IWGP World Heavyweight Title Change)… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Minoru Tanaka & Kendo Ka Shin… Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada

Best of Japan TV September - November 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko's last full tour with NJPW, and the classic conclusion of the Misawa-Vader feud. My personal highlight is the second of my two favourite tag bouts of 1999, in which Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka kick seven bells out of IWGP title-holders Ohtani and Takaiwa at NJPW Final Dome '99. Too Cold Scorpio vs Yoshinari Ogawa… Kensuke Sasaki vs Genichiro Tenryu… Don Frye & Masa Chono vs Scott Norton & Satoshi Kojima… Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match)… Dean Malenko vs Koji Kanemoto… Chris Benoit vs Jushin Liger… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata & Shiro Koshinaka… Chris Benoit & Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Keiji Muto & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Masa Chono & nWo Sting… Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (Double Tag Team Title Match)… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Vader (Triple Crown Title Change)… Jinsei Shinzaki vs Takao Omori… Koji Kanemoto vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Yuji Nagata vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai… Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Kendo Ka Shin vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Best of Japan TV August - October 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Toryumon makes its first appearance on a Best of Japan TV compilation, with four matches from Dragon Harvest '99. While the rest of the tape is perfect picture-wise, Akiyama-Omori is for some reason unwatchable. A full version, with excellent picture, is available on the AJPW Summer Action Series 1999 commercial tape. You have been warned. Susumi Mochizuki vs Genki Horiguchi… Chocoball Kobe vs Masaaki Mochizuki… Ken Arai vs Yasushi Kanda… Magnum Tokyo vs Yoshikazu Taru… Kendo Ka Shin vs Koji Kanemoto… Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs Tatsuhito Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Keiji Muto & Scott Norton vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Kendo Ka Shin vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima…. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Keiji Muto & Scott Norton… Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa… Keiji Muto vs Manabu Nakanishi (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)… Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Vader… Jun Akiyama vs Takao Omori… Kenta Kobashi vs The Gladiator… Akira Taue vs Toshiaki Kawada

Best of Japan TV June - August 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
This includes the first of the two best NJPW tag matches of the year, in which Ohtani and Takaiwa dethrone the Liger-Sasuke dream team, and the last Misawa-Kawada Triple Crown fight before they went their separate ways. For those that can't live without it, this also features Pierre Oulette's legendary tour of AJPW. Generally excellent quality, but a couple of lesser matches have a poor picture. Yoshinari Ogawa vs Kentaro Shiga… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title Match)… Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Johnny Smith & Gary Albright… Yoshinari Ogawa & Masahito Kakihara vs Johnny Smith & Jinsei Shinzaki… Akira Taue vs Pierre Oulette… Yoshihiro Takayama vs Toshiaki Kawada… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Vader & Maunukea Mossman… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Don Frye & Masa Chono… Shinya Hashimoto & Manabu Nakanishi vs Yuji Nagata & Tatsumi Fujinami… Tatsuhito Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs Kensuke Sasake & Shiro Koshinaka… Koji Kanemoto vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr… Shinya Hashimoto, Meng, Tadao Yasuda & Yuji Nagata vs Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Scott Norton… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & The Great Sasuke (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Change)… NJPW junior heavyweight battle royal… Tatsuhito Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka… Atsushi Onita, Masa Chono & Akira vs Keiji Muto, Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Shinya Hashimoto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Shiro Koshinaka vs Masa Chono… Yuji Nagata vs Satoshi Kojima… Keiji Muto vs Tatsumi Fujinami… Tadao Yasuda vs Tatsumi Fujinami… Kensuke Sasake vs Satoshi Kojima… Keiji Muto vs Yuji Nagata… Masa Chono vs Shinya Hashimoto… Keiji Muto vs Manabu Nakanishi (G-1 Climax Tournament Final)

Best of Japan TV May - July 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Features numerous Best of the Super Juniors bouts that, inexplicably, failed to find a place on the commercial tapes. Orihara-Ohtani, in particular, is a great, bloody brawl. By contrast, the 'bonus' matches are historic, but quite hideous. Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata, Shiro Koshinaka & Tadao Yasuda… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Masao Orihara… Keiji Muto & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Genichiro Tenryu & Tatsumi Fujinami… Masa Chono, Don Frye & Impostor Sting vs Kensuke Sasaki, Shiro Koshinaka & Brian Johnston… Minoru Tanaka vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka… Minoru Tanaka vs Masao Orihara… Jushin Liger vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Owen Hart memorial ceremony... Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu… Kendo Ka Shin vs Koji Kanemoto (Super Juniors Tournament Final)… Mitsuharu Misawa & Masahito Kakihara vs Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama… Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue & Mitsuharu Misawa… Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa vs Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama… Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama… Bonus matches: Masa Saito vs Antonio Inoki (jungle island death match), Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Stan Hansen (both 1987)

Best of Japan TV April - May 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
The first half of this tape consists entirely of All Japan TV matches, taken from the annual Champion Carnival and the Giant Baba Memorial at the Dome. It's not bad, to say the least. Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama… Kenta Kobashi vs Vader… Kenta Kobashi vs Vader (Champion Carnival Final)… Giant Baba funeral ceremony… Toshiaki Kawada vs Hiroshi Hase… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Vader (Triple Crown Title Change)… Mitsuharu Misawa meets Keiji Muto… The Great Sasuke, Hayabusa & Tiger Mask IV vs Yoshinari Ogawa, Masahito Kakihara & Maunukea Mossman (30-minute draw)… Koji Kanemoto & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Genichiro Tenryu, Tatsumi Fujinami & Tadao Yasuda… Yuji Nagata, Kazuo Yamazaki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Kensuke Sasaki, Shiro Koshinaka & Manabu Nakanishi… Masa Chono, Don Frye & Akira vs Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima… Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin… Shiro Koshinaka & Kensuke Sasaki vs Yuji Nagata & Kazuo Yamazaki… Koji Kanemoto vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Keiji Muto vs Genichiro Tenryu (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Dr. Wagner Jr.

Best of Japan TV March - April 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes highlights of Jumbo Tsuruta's retirement show, New Japan at the Tokyo Dome, and a five-star All Japan Double Tag Title switch. Kensuke Sasaki vs Keiji Muto… Atsushi Onita/Masa Chono angle… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Yuji Nagata… Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Change)… Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata vs Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima… El Samurai & Gran Hamada vs Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr… Jumbo Tsuruta career retrospective (30 minutes)… Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (Double Tag Team Title Change)… Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama… Vader vs Mitsuharu Misawa… Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (IWGP World Tag Team Title Change)… Atsushi Onita vs Masa Chono (no rope, exploding barbed wire death match)… Koji Kanemoto vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka vs Genichiro Tenryu & Tatsumi Fujinami… Keiji Muto vs Don Frye… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Minoru Tanaka… Kazuo Yamazaki & Kazuyuki Fujita vs Alexander Otsuka & Yuki Ishikawa… The Great Sasuke & Jushin Liger vs Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr. (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Change)

Best of Japan TV January - March 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes a 60-minute tribute to late All Japan boss Giant Baba, with highlights from dozens of Baba's matches and interviews - and a Ohtani-Liger corker. Kenta Kobashi vs Vader… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title Change)… Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Vader, Yoshihiro Takayama & Masahito Kakihara… Yoshinari Ogawa vs Masahiro Kakihara… Giant Baba tribute show… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Jushin Liger… Kensuke Sasaki vs Yuji Nagata… Dr. Wagner Jr. & Kendo Ka Shin vs El Samurai & Jushin Liger… Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi… Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Jushin Liger… Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinjiro Ohtani vs Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr… Satoshi Kojima vs Kensuke Sasaki… Akira Taue vs Vader (for the vacant Triple Crown)

Best of Japan TV November 1998 - January 1999 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
This features no less than three tag matches in which Genichiro Tenryu and Satoshi Kojima beat the hate out of one another. I still can't believe New Japan aborted their feud - thankfully, AJPW picked it up three years later. Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger, Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto… Jushin Liger vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki… Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto… Don Frye vs Yuji Nagata… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka… Kensuke Sasaki vs Atsushi Onita… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Kendo Ka Shin & Dr. Wagner Jr. (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Change)… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto… Brian Johnston vs Don Frye… Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa ('the shoot incident')… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (IWGP Tag Team Title Change)… Keiji Muto vs Scott Norton (IWGP World Heavyweight Title Change)… Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Stan Hansen & Vader (Real World Tag League Tournament Final)… Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masahito Kakihara vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshihiro Takayama… Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa

Best of Japan TV September - November 1998 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Vader appears as a Japanese regular for the first time since 1996, debuting in All Japan's Real World Tag League. The result: the hottest RWTL in years, and the price of Japanese rice increasing immediately. Also, Chris Jericho wrestles his last match for New Japan, while Satoshi Kojima's heel turn kicks off his feud with Genichiro Tenryu. Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (non-title match)… Akitoshi Saito & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Don Frye & Brian Johnston… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin… Kensuke Sasaki & Yuji Nagata vs Shinya Hashimoto & Kazuo Yamazaki… Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Don Frye & Igor Meindert… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Chris Jericho & Black Tiger II… Jushin Liger vs Kaz Hayashi… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Don Frye vs Akitoshi Saito (Frye goes nuts)… Koji Kanemoto vs The Great Sasuke… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin… Keiji Muto & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (Satoshi Kojima joins nWo)… Koji Kanemoto & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Jushin Liger vs El Samurai… Keiji Muto & Satoshi Kojima vs Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Koji Kanemoto… Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & nWo Sting vs Shinya Hashimoto, Yuji Nagata & Tatsumi Fujinami… Kendo Ka Shin vs Dr. Wagner Jr. (clip)… Koji Kanemoto vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Genichiro Tenryu, Hiro Saito & Shiro Koshinaka vs Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Brian Adams… Vader & Stan Hansen vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa… Vader & Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama… Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa… Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

Best of Japan TV August - November 1998 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes a fistful of action from New Japan's Junior Heavyweight Tag Title tournament, and a myriad of big All Japan heavyweight matches - amongst them the truncated TV version of Kobashi-Misawa '98. Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Kendo Ka Shin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs El Samurai… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Koji Kanemoto… Kendo Ka Shin vs Jushin Liger… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi & Maunukea Mossman… Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue… Jun Akiyama vs Yoshinari Ogawa… Toshiaki Kawada vs Masahito Kakihara… Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (Triple Crown Title Change)… Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Yuji Yasuraoka & Kendo Ka Shin… Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinjiro Ohtani vs Yuji Yasuraoka & Kendo Ka Shin… Dr. Wagner Jr. & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Kendo Ka Shin & Yuji Yasuraoka… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs El Samurai & Jushin Liger… Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Tournament Final)… Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata & Kazuyuki Fujita… The Great Sasuke vs Jushin Liger (non-title)… The Great Sasuke vs Jushin Liger (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match)

Best of Japan TV June - August 1998 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Loads of TV matches from NJPW's best G1 in some time, including the shockingly great Tenryu matches vs Muto and Hashimoto. Tenryu's good work was undone by the end of the tape, thanks to a dire rematch with Hashimoto. Also includes a ***** opener, courtesy of RINGS, and a pair of terrific Kenta Kobashi outings. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka… Jun Akiyama & Hiro Hase vs Kenta Kobashi & Maunukea Mossman… Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto… Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (IWGP Tag Team Title Tournament Final)… Satoshi Kojima vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Brian Adams vs Tadao Yasuda… G1 Climax highlights… Keiji Muto vs Genichiro Tenryu… Satoshi Kojima vs Tadao Yasuda… Kensuke Sasaki vs Kazuo Yamazaki… Masa Chono vs Shiro Koshinaka… Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu… Masa Chono vs Kazuo Yamazaki… Shinya Hashimoto vs Satoshi Kojima… Shinya Hashimoto vs Kazuo Yamazaki (G1 Climax Final)… Don Frye vs Kensuke Sasaki… Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu (J-1 Title Match)

Best of Japan TV May - July 1998 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
A major edition of BOTJV. Among a myriad of highlights are the classic finals of New Japan's IWGP Tag Team Title and Best of the Super Junior tournaments (****1/2 and ****3/4 respectively), the TV version of the cripplingly great Kobashi-Kawada Triple Crown title change, and All Japan Tokyo Dome undercard matches. Maunukea Mossman vs Daisuke Ikeda… Akira Taue, Takao Omori & Masao Inoue vs The Gladiator, Hideki Hosaka & Tetsuhito Kuroda… Kenta Kobashi, Johnny Ace & Satoru Asako vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace… Maunukea Mossman vs Satoru Asako… Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title Change)… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs El Felino, Kaz Hayashi & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Masakatsu Fukuda… Koji Kanemoto vs Kendo Ka Shin… Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi vs Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara… Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka… Don Frye vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara… Koji Kanemoto vs Dr. Wagner Jr. (Super Juniors Tournament Final)… Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (IWGP Tag Team Title Tournament Final)… Koji Kanemoto & Kendo Ka Shin vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Koji Kanemoto vs Kendo Ka Shin… Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinjiro Ohtani vs Jushin Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin… Jushin Liger vs Dr. Wagner Jr… Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara vs Hiroyoshi Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Takashi Iizuka & Tatsumi Fujinami… Scott Norton, Michael Wallstreet & Masa Chono vs Shinya Hashimoto, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi

Best of Japan TV March - May 1998 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Includes Genichiro Tenryu's return to New Japan and All Japan Champion Carnival TV matches. Shiro Koshinaka vs Masa Chono… Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani vs Jushin Liger & Dr. Wagner Jr… Satoshi Kojima Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Nakanishi vs Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara… Jushin Liger vs Kendo Ka Shin… Tatsumi Fujinami & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Keiji Muto & Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Kazuo Yamazaki vs Don Frye… Don Frye vs Naoya Ogawa… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani & La Fiera… Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani… Shinya Hashimoto & Satoshi Kojima vs Keiji Muto & Michael Wallstreet… Antonio Inoki vs Don Frye… Inoki's retirement… Jushin Liger vs Kendo Ka Shin… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Koji Kanemoto… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Yuji Yusuraoka… Shinya Hashimoto & Osamu Nishimura vs Keiji Muto & Masa Chono… Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Satoshi Kojima & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka… Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani vs El Samurai, Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin… Masahito Kakihara & Yoshihiro Takayama vs Jun Akiyama & Mighty Inoue… Toshiaki Kawada vs Mitsuharu Misawa… Kenta Kobashi vs Takao Omori… Stan Hansen vs Steve Williams… Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa (Champion Carnival Final)… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Johnny Ace & Johnny Smith

Best of Japan TV January - March 1998 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
This tape includes Jun Akiyama's second shot at Triple Crown kingpin Mitsuharu Misawa (Akiyama was taken more seriously this time out), and ends with the best collection of Johnny Ace matches you'll find this side of The Best of Johnny Ace. Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue… Toshiaki Kawada & Makoto Hashi vs Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga… Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs Akira Taue & Kentaro Shiga… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (Triple Crown Title Match)… Koji Kanemoto vs Kendo Ka Shin… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Ultimo Dragon (J*Crown Match)… Keiji Muto vs Kensuke Sasaki (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match)… Riki Choshu retirement ceremony/career retrospective… Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger & Hayato Nanjyo… Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura vs Kensuke Sasaki, Kazuo Yamazaki & Junji Hirata… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & nWo Sting vs Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsuhito Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara… Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Change)… Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Kendo Ka Shin… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto… Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Kendo Ka Shin vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Don Frye vs Naoya Ogawa… Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi vs Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield… Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue… Johnny Ace, Johnny Smith & Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa, Maunukea Mossman & Jun Akiyama… Johnny Ace vs Mitsuharu Misawa (Triple Crown Title Match)

Best of Japan TV September - November 1997 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Masa Chono & nWo Sting… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs El Samurai… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & The Great Muta vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Nogami… Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda vs Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi… Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki vs Michiyoshi Ohara & Akira Nogami… Hiroyoshi Tenzan & The Great Muta vs Osamu Kido & Junji Hirata… Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & The Great Muta… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa (J*Crown Match)… Kazuyuki Fujita vs Don Frye… Masa Chono & The Great Muta vs Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Jushin Liger (J*Crown Match)… Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Masa Chono & The Great Muta (IWGP Tag Team Title Change)... Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Hiro Hase vs Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Akira Taue… Jun Akiyama & Kentaro Shiga vs Hayabusa & Maunukea Mossman... Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (Triple Crown Title Match)… Akira Taue vs Johnny Ace… Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai… Jushin Liger, Norio Honaga & Kendo Ka Shin vs Negro Casas, Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Michael Wallstreet & nWo Sting vs Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Tadao Yasuda & Kazuo Yamazaki

Best of Japan TV June - September 1997 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Featuring the first of Jun Akiyama's Triple Crown title matches, in which he relentlessly bounces Misawa on his head to no avail, and a bloody Aja Kong/Kyoko Inoue tag match. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda… Tamon Honda & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama… Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Ohtani vs Jushin Liger & Norio Honaga… Koji Kanemoto vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Masa Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, nWo Sting, The Great Muta & Michael Wallstreet vs Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (Triple Crown Title Match)… Manami Toyota vs Kaoru Ito… Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda… Jinsei Shinzaki & Johnny Smith vs Hiro Hase & Jun Akiyama… Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Shinya Hashimoto… El Samurai vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Aja Kong vs Manami Toyota… Shinya Hashimoto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Kensuke Sasaki vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan (G1 Climax Final)… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (Triple Crown Title Match)

Best of Japan TV May - June 1997 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
In addition to the awesome Super Juniors tournament final, this includes a roaring great tag match from finals night (featuring Jericho, Liger, Tajiri, Wagner, Ohtani and more). Plus a Sabu/Rob Van Dam tag match from All Japan! Jushin Liger & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Antonio Inoki & Tiger King (Satoru Sayama)… Shinya Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa… Jun Akiyama & Tamon Honda vs Akira Taue & Mighty Inoue… Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & Masa Chono vs Keiji Muto & The Steiners… Steve Williams & La Crosse vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama… Shiro Koshinaka vs Kengo Kimura… Dick Togo, Mens Teoh, Hanzo Nakajima, Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs The Great Sasuke, Norio Honaga, El Samurai, Gran Hamada & Super Delfin (best of three falls match)… Sabu & Rob Van Dam vs Yoshinari Ogawa & Kentaro Shiga… Highlights of Super Juniors tournament… Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Double Tag Team Title Match)… Highlights of Super Juniors tournament… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title Match)… Keiji Muto vs Shinya Hashimoto… Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Takao Omori & Kentaro Shiga… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (Triple Crown Title Match)… Jushin Liger, Chris Jericho, Dr. Wagner Jr. & Gran Naniwa vs Shinjiro Ohtani, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Hanzo Nakajima… Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (Super Juniors Tournament Final)

Best of Japan TV February - April 1997 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
In what must be a record, this tape includes no less than eight matches rated over **** by the Wrestling Observer. Among these are a pair of junior singles blinders (Ohtani vs Liger for the J*Crown, Taka Michinoku vs Koji Kanemoto for the hell of it), the first major Ohtani/Takaiwa tag match, and the TV version of the Liger/Muta classic. Jushin Liger vs The Great Muta… Kyoko Inoue vs Manami Toyota (WWWA Title Change)… Clip of the Great Sasuke and Satoru Sayama as 'Crimebusters' (from Michinoku Pro commerical tape)… Shinjiro Ohtani, Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Norio Honaga… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs Keiji Muto & Junji Hirata… Koji Kanemoto vs Taka Michinoku… Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani (J*Crown Title Match)… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto (J*Crown Title Match)… Jushin Liger, Chris Benoit & El Samurai vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto… Jun Akiyama & Kentaro Shiga vs Kenta Kobashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru… Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto… Retirement ceremony of All Japan referee Joe Higuchi… Jushin Liger & Chris Benoit vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa… Riki Choshu & KazuoYamazaki vs Keiji Muto & Lord Steven Regal… Toshiaki Kawada vs Mitsuharu Misawa… Scott Norton vs Shinya Hashimoto

Best of Japan TV December 1996 - February 1997 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
There couldn't be more of a contrast between the twin peaks of this tape: Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi blind us with science, while the wild FMW 8-man tag blinds us with slashing, bludgeoning and copious volumes of blood. Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs Jushin Liger & Norio Honaga… Shinya Hashimoto vs Manabu Nakanishi…. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama… Manabu Nakanishi vs Masa Chono… Jushin Liger vs Ultimo Dragon (J*Crown Title Change)… Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Yoshihiro Tajiri… Steve Williams & Johnny Ace vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue… Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai & Jushin Liger… Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Junji Hirata, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima vs Kengo Kimura, Tatsutoshi Goto, Akira Nogami, Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito (best of three falls match - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Cup) … Koji Kanemoto & Chris Jericho vs Jushin Liger & El Samurai… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (Triple Crown Title Match)… Taka Michinoku, Shiryu, Dick Togo, Mens Teoh & Shoichi Funaki vs The Great Sasuke, Super Delfin, Gran Naniwa, Gran Hamada & Tiger Mask IV… Terry Funk, Hisakatsu Oya & The Head Hunters vs Atsushi Onita, Mr. Pogo, Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda

Best of Japan TV June 1996 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Compiled shortly after the death of Dick Murdoch, this includes (admittedly poor) footage of Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes cleaning out a bar in 'The Wrestler' (1972) and Ted DiBiase vs Ric Flair, a Mid-South bloodbath instigated by Murdoch (1985). Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (last 3 minutes)… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (Triple Crown Title Change)… Satoshi Kojima vs Osamu Nishimura… Yuji Nagata & Kazuo Yamazaki vs Shinya Hashimoto & Shinjiro Ohtani… Kensuke Sasaki & Junji Hirata vs Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Black Tiger II vs Villano IV (clips)… Black Tiger II vs Chris Benoit (clips)… Jushin Liger vs Norio Honaga… Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs El Samurai (clips)… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Black Tiger II… Shinya Hashimoto, Junji Hirata & Osamu Nishimura vs Kazuo Yamazaki, Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (Hashimoto/Yamazaki pull-apart brawl)… Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue… Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace… Black Tiger II vs Chris Benoit… Jushin Liger vs El Samurai… Shinya Hashimoto vs Satoshi Kojima… Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka… Black Tiger II vs Jushin Liger (Super Juniors Tournament Final)… Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi & Greg Dyett… Steve Williams vs Maunukea Mossman

Best of Japan TV February - April 1996 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Although the most famous match here is Benoit vs Ohtani (the 'final' of the WCW Cruiserweight Title Tournament - the rest of the tournament was taped weeks later in the US), Ohtani vs Liger is the real must-see classic. A very fine tape, despite the worst Triple Crown title match in years (Misawa vs Albright). Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido… Toshiaki Kawada & Kentaro Shiga vs Jun Akiyama & Maunukea Mossman… Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Gary Albright & Stan Hansen… Jushin Liger & Black Tiger II vs Shinjiro Ohtani & Koji Kanemoto… Mitsuharu Misawa vs Gary Albright… Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Yoji Anjoh… Keiji Muto & Jushin Liger vs Nobuhiko Takada & Naoki Sano… Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue… Masa Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Akira Saito vs Yuji Nagata, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido… Chris Benoit & Scott Norton vs Jushin Liger & Shinya Hashimoto… El Samurai vs Koji Kanemoto… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Jushin Liger… Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa… Shinjiro Ohtani vs Chris Benoit (WCW Cruiserweight Title 'Tournament Final')… Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue

Best of Japan TV December 1995 - January 1996 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
The first five matches are taken from throughout 1995. The first, unfortunately, has a terrible picture. Sabu & Masa Chono vs Terry Funk & The Great Kabuki… Mayuma Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (streetfight)… Chris Jericho vs Ultimo Dragon… Psicosis & Halloween vs Leon Negro & Damian (barbed wire cage match)… Gary Albright vs Tamon Honda… Jushin Liger vs Koji Kanemoto… Keiji Muto vs Shiro Koshinaka… Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs Johnny Ace, The Patriot & The Eagle

Best of Japan TV March - April 1995 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
The opening match is one of All Japan's best tag matches of the 1990's. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi… AJW lesbian angle… Etsuko Mita vs Aja Kong... Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta vs Kyoko & Takako Inoue… Fuerza & Juventud Guerrera vs Rey Misterio Sr. & Rey Misterio Jr… Vader vs Gary Albright… Manabu Nakanishi vs Hiro Saito… Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masa Chono… Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masa Saito… Masa Chono vs The Great Kabuki… Chris Benoit vs Koji Kanemoto… Shinya Hashimoto, Manabu Nakanishi, Riki Choshu & Hase vs Masa Chono, Sabu, Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan… Mitsuharu Misawa & Satoru Asako vs Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa… UFC V highlights, featuring Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock & Royce Gracie

Best of Japan TV July 1994 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
Quite a BOJTV classic, including perfect quality versions of the big tags from WAR Revolution '94, the best match of the Liger-Sasuke feud, and two Steiner suplex orgies. The tape still ends on its highest note - a ***** Triple Crown title switch. Masa Chono & Keiji Muto vs Scott Norton & Mike Enos… Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki vs The Steiners… Hiro Hase & Power Warrior vs The Steiners… Akira Taue & Tamon Honda vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama… Ultimo Dragon & Masao Orihara vs The Great Sasuke & Sato… Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto… Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Stan Hansen, Doug Furnas & Tom Zenk… Jushin Liger vs The Great Sasuke… Hiro Hase & Keiji Muto vs The Steiners… Dan Kroffat vs Masa Fuchi (AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title Change)… Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Jun Akiyama, Tamon Honda & Takao Omori… Sakie Hasegawa vs Toshiyo Yamada… Manami Toyota, Kyoko Inoue & Yumiko Hotta vs Bull Nakano, Aja Kong & Manami Toyoda… Steve Williams vs Mitsuharu Misawa (Triple Crown Title Change)