Episode 31: All Japan Tour 1974 (Backlund, Steele, Hodge, Destroyer, Kendo, Jumbo)

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This week on The Wrestling Stoop w/Bob Roop, we talk Bob’s second tour of Japan, this time working for The Giant Baba’s All Japan promotion! We discuss names like a rookie Bob Backlund, George “The Animal” Steele, Mil Mascaras, Jumbo Tsuruta, The Destroyer, Kendo Nagasaki’s approach to wrestling Tyree Pride, the ultra-competitive Danny Hodge, Giant Baba throwing chops, & more!

A former National AAU Champion and U.S. Olympian, Bob doesn’t hold back and opens up about his time in the world of Professional Wrestling.

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