WCW/New Japan Supershow III
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 1993[1] Aired March 1993 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 63,500[1] (official) 53,500[2] (claimed) | ||
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WCW/New Japan Supershow III (known as Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1993, in the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.[3] The show would be the third and final show available on pay-per-view (PPV) in America under the name WCW/New Japan Supershow. In Japan it was promoted under the name "Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome" and was the second annual NJPW January 4 Dome Show, NJPW's premier event of the year.
The US PPV broadcast originally advertised that they would show the eighth match of the show, an IWGP Tag Team Championship match with champions The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) defending the championship against WCW representatives The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), but by the time the PPV was shown in the US the Steiner Brothers had informed WCW that they were leaving the company and thus the match was pulled from the show. Instead WCW chose to air the match with WAR's Koki Kitahara, Masao Orihara, and Nobukazu Hirai vs. NJPW's Akira Nogami, Takayuki Iizuka, and El Samurai.
The WCW/NJPW Supershows were a part of a small number of WCW-produced PPVs that were not included in the "on demand" features when the WWE Network was launched in 2014.[4]
Storylines
[edit]The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentator | Tony Schiavone |
| Jim Ross |
Event
[edit]The opening bout was an eight-man tag team match pitting Akitoshi Saito, Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi, and Shiro Koshinaka against Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga, Super Strong Machine, and Tatsutoshi Goto. The match was won by Saito, Great Kabuki, Aoyagi, and Koshinaka when Kabuki pinned Honaga following a backdrop suplex.[6] This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The second bout was a singles match in which IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Jushin Thunder Liger defended his title against Último Dragón. The match ended when Liger pinned Dragon with a Frankensteiner, winning the title.[6]
The third bout was a singles match between Ron Simmons and Tony Halme. The match was won by Simmons, who pinned Halme following a spinebuster.[6]
The fourth bout was a tag team match pitting Dustin Rhodes and Scott Norton against Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto. The bout was won by Saito and Hashimoto when Hashimoto pinned Rhodes following an enziguiri.[6]
The fifth bout was a title vs. title match pitting IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Masahiro Chono. The match was won by The Great Muta, who pinned The Great Muta using a pair of moonsaults.[6]
The sixth bout was a six-man tag team match pitting Akira Nogami, El Samurai, and Takayuki Iizuka against Koki Kitahara, Masao Orihara, and Nobukazu Hirai. The match was won by Nogami, El Samurai, and Iizuka when Iizuka pinned Orihara following a powerbomb.[6]
The seventh bout was a singles match between Hiroshi Hase and Sting. The match ended when Sting pinned Hase following a diving splash.[6]
The eight bout was a tag team match in which IWGP Tag Team Champions the Hell Raisers defended their titles against the Steiner Brothers. The match ended in a double countout after both teams brawled to the arena floor.[6] This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The ninth bout was a singles match between Takashi Ishikawa and Tatsumi Fujinami. The match was won by Fujinami, who forced Ishikawa to submit using a dragon sleeper.[6] This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The main event was a singles match between Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu. The match was won by Tenryu, who pinned Choshu following a pair of powerbombs.[6] This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
Results
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fantastic Story". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1993. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (January 16, 2012). "Jan 16 Observer Newsletter: Cyborg busted for steroids, all the details, Edge and Horsemen going into WWE Hall, New Japan Dom e Show review, 30 year Muchnick retrospective, TNA and Strikeforce shows, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. pp. 14–16. ISSN 1083-9593.
- ^ "WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow III". Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
- ^ "16 PPVs now on the WWE Network". Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dunn, J.D. (May 3, 2009). "Dark Pegasus Video Review: WCW/New Japan Supershow III". 411Mania.com. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- ^ Cawthon, Graham (2014). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1499656343.