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The Infamous Island Death Match - Inoki vs Saito

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Island Death Match between Antonio Inoki and Masa Saito took place October 4, 1987 on Ganryujima, a tiny, uninhabited Japanese island. Journalist Fumi Saito and Wrestling Observer Live host Jim Valley (who also hosts the Pacific Rim Wrestling podcast) recount the circumstances surrounding the match, the events leading up to it, and what to expect if you actually want to check it out for yourself. They share the backstory about Inoki’s New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion and Giant Baba’s All Japan, and their constant battle for talent, TV ratings, and fans. Fumi also knew Maso Saito, and visited him in a Wisconsin jail, after Saito was sentenced for an incident involving McDonald’s and the local police.

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Alright, welcome to TALKY's Jericho. It's the pod of Thunder and Rock and Roll and today. It's the story of the infamous Island Death match between Antonio Noke and NASA

0:21.0

Ateo that took place in October 4th 1987 on Ganroo Gima Island, tiny uninhibited island in Japan. Talk about the ultimate social distancing match.

0:31.0

My old friend and journalist from Tokyo, Fumisaito and Jim Valley from Pacific Rim Wrestling Podcast and Wrestling Observer Live are here to talk about the circumstances surrounding the match.

0:41.0

The events leading up to it and what to expect if you actually want to check it out for yourself. It's a great story that involves a pro-wrestling legend and master promoter Antonio Noke,

0:50.0

whose new Japan pro-wrestling company was in constant battle with giant boba's all Japan for talent, TV ratings and fans. Fumis going to shed some light on that because he was a kid in Japan with these two promotions, fighting for ratings. Fumis also knew Maseaito and visited him in jail in Wisconsin.

1:05.0

Another crazy story involving McDonald's and a fight with the police. Fumis going to fill us in about that all coming up.

1:11.0

There's a new Winnipegger episode coming up. This Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern. This one's called Dopple Gangers. A celebrity and serial killer Dopple gangers that look like me, Spui and Ribo.

1:21.0

Wait to you here who a David Smith-XBui has been mistaken for and told that he looks like in which of those two upsets him more.

1:28.0

Ribo's got a couple good ones as well. I've got a few including the one that Rick Flair calls me to this day.

1:33.0

If you want to know who our look-alikes are, our Dopple gangers, check out the Winnipeggers on Thursday night at 9 p.m. Eastern.

1:38.0

Let's go together on Saturday night for the 20th Saturday night special drinks, questions, stories, sing along.

1:44.0

We're doing it like we do every Saturday night. I've got my goodies hangover ready for this one. Order an Amazon so you avoid that hangover comes Sunday morning.

1:52.0

Facebook Live, my official YouTube channel at 9 p.m. Eastern and Saturday night for Saturday night special.

1:56.0

All right, we paid all the bills for now. My old friend Fumusito and a specific rim-resting podcast partner Jim Valle,

2:03.0

who is sharing the story of a Nokia versus Sito and the island death match coming up on Talk is Jericho.

2:09.0

So one of the benefits of all of us being in a pandemic worldwide lockdown is it gives a lot of time to look into things, research things,

2:29.0

and talk to guys that you can get a chance to talk to you too much. And this is a combination of all those things because I got Jim Valle here in Fumusito,

2:38.0

a old friend of mine from Japan. And I was listening to your podcast, a specific rim podcast.

2:46.0

Yes. And you guys were talking about the infamous island death match between Antonio Ninoke and Masasato.

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In this day and age when there's so many, I've been calling them, no people matches, empty arena matches, it's so strange to work without a crowd.

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