Category: The Wrestling Classic

What would we have missed out on if Terry Funk stuck to an official, not-just-Japan retirement?

25 years ago today, WWE took a bold risk putting their top babyface in a position to be booed.

Carve out thirty minutes of your time thirty years after the fact and enjoy the epic that is Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat from Beach Blast 1992.

Two watershed moments in Japanese wrestling history—Inoki vs. Saito & Tsuruta vs. Misawa—unified by the power of a finish.

Should this whole retirement, the ceremony and the match, be looked down upon due to Terry Funk’s eventual return in just over a year?