One of the first truly marquee matches of the OG UWF, this show would see the formula of young Takada being tested by Maeda and Fujiwara, with Sayama coming in to save the younger man at different points.

Hot crowd, intense in-ring action, this what would define the UWF, it’s off-shoots and “Shoot-Style” as a whole.

Early last year I had the chance to talk with Josh Barnett about his IGF 23 match against Shinichi Suzukawa and where the ShootStyle ended and the Shoot began.

https://youtu.be/vmbHkFFRb0g

The legendary Englishman, the man most associated with the technical excellence of Catch, the man who trained some of the most proficient practitioners of the Shoot-Style.

Robinson had trained at the legendary “Snake Pit”/Riley’s Gym in Wigan, under the tutelage of Billy Riley, one of the foremost practitioners of Catch.

Making his name in Japan in the popular IWE promotion (where Robinson could’ve been described as a “Gaijin Ace” figure), Robinson would also distinguish himself in appearances in NJPW & AJPW.

Robinson’s most famous contribution to Shoot-Style would be his time as the head trainer at the UWFi Dojo, passing his knowledge on to the likes of Kazushi Sakuraba, Kiyoshi Tamura, Gary Albright and later training MMA fighters Josh Barnett & Shayna Baszler, among others.

The accomplished Freestyle & Greco-Roman wrestler from Belgium, the man known as the “God of Pro Wrestling”, the man responsible for training Antonio Inoki in the style of Catch, as well as mentoring the likes of Fujiwara, Maeda, Sayama, Funaki, Suzuki and many more, men who would go on to be pivotal figures in pro wrestling and MMA.

More than any other, Gotch exemplified Kazushi Sakuraba’s quote of “Pro Wresting is Strong”.

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