Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome

Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
The Great Muta, who won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the event.
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
DateJanuary 4, 1993[1]
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome
Attendance
53,500[1][2]
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Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotions. The show took place on January 4, 1993 in Tokyo's Tokyo Dome. Officially, the show drew 63,500 spectators and $3,200,000 in ticket sales.[1] This was the second year that the show was co-promoted by the American WCW promotion. The show featured 10 matches, including four matches that featured WCW wrestlers.

Fantastic Story featured three title matches, including Jushin Thunder Liger defeating Último Dragón to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeated Masahiro Chono to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a match where the IWGP title was also on the line. Finally the show featured an IWGP Tag Team Championship match between The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) that ended without a definitive winner. The show was later shown on pay-per-view (PPV) in North America as WCW/New Japan Supershow III.

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton
Rocky Romero
Japanese Commentators Shinpei Nogami
Milano Collection A.T.
Katsuhiko Kanazawa
Kazuyoshi Sakai
Togi Makabe
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Kimihiko Ozaki
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno

Background

The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".[3][4]

Storylines

Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[1]
1Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami and El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Koki Kitahara and Masao OriharaSix-man tag team match15:11
2Akitoshi Saito, The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga and Super Strong Machine and Tatsutoshi GotoEight-man tag team match14:20
3Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Último Dragón (c)Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship20:09
4Ron Simmons defeated Tony HalmeSingles match06:10
5Sting defeated Hiroshi HaseSingles match15:31
6Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto defeated Dustin Rhodes and Scott NortonTag team match13:57
7The Great Muta (c - IWGP) defeated Masahiro Chono (c - NWA)Singles match for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship19:48
8The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) (c) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) ended in a double countoutTag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship14:38
9Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi IshikawaSingles match11:41
10Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki ChoshuSingles match18:14
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Fantastic Story". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1993. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. ^ 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 Dome Show review, 30 year Muchnick retrospective, TNA and Strikeforce shows, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. pp. 14–16. ISSN 1083-9593.
  3. ^ "GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Keller, Wade (December 13, 2016). "New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.