Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu – easily one of my favorite rivalries in NJPW history; just pure unfiltered hate and stiff violence.


You had Tenryu being the "invader", coming along with his WAR crew to challenge NJPW's best. Tenryu would defeat the likes of Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu and Keiji Muto in NJPW but would run into the one man who would come back at him with as much hate and violence, if not more so, in the form of the "King of Destruction", Hashimoto. Seriously, Big Hash was known for his super stiff strikes, but it always seemed like he had a little extra spice to his kicks and chops when it came to doling them out to Tenryu.

by MrPuroresu42

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