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| Promotion(s) | World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 1992[1] Aired March 1992 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 50,000[1] | ||
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WCW/New Japan Supershow II (known asSuper Warriors in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1992, from theTokyo Dome inTokyo, Japan.[2] The show was the first NJPWJanuary 4 Dome Show, something that would become an annual tradition in NJPW and would become their biggest show of the year. The show was also the second under the nameWCW/New Japan Supershow. The show also aired onTV Asahi in Japan later the same day. The show was broadcast onpay-per-view (PPV) months later in America. The US PPV broadcast did not include several of the matches of the 12-match show, with only six being broadcast in America out of a total of twelve matches.
The show featured a mixture of NJPW and WCW wrestlers facing each other. The show drew 50,000 spectators for a gate of the equivalent of $3,700,000 at the exchange rate at the time.[1] The show featured 12 matches, including twodark matches, matches held before the PPV broadcast began. Six of the twelve bouts featured wrestlers from WCW. On the showLex Luger successfully defended hisWCW World Heavyweight Championship againstMasahiro Chono, while the Japanese main event sawRiki Choshu defeatedTatsumi Fujinami. The match unified theGreatest 18 Championship and theIWGP Heavyweight Championship. Japanese heavy metal bandShow-Ya performed live music between matches and performed theme music for a match whereThe Great Muta andSting wrestledThe Steiner Brothers. The WCW main event of the show was atag team match between The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner andScott Steiner) and the team of the topface of NJPW and WCW as The Great Muta teamed up with Sting. The show also featuredWCW World Heavyweight ChampionLex Luger successfully defending the championship against NJPW representativeMasahiro Chono.
The WCW/NJPW Supershows were part of a small group of WCW-produced PPVs that were not included in the "on demand" features when theWWE Network was launched in 2014.[3]
The event featured twelveprofessional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]
| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentators | Jim Ross |
| Tony Schiavone | |
| Host | Eric Bischoff |
The opening bout was asingles match betweenBlack Cat andHiroyoshi Yamamoto that was won by Black Cat. This was adark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The second bout was atag team match pittingKantaro Hoshino andKengo Kimura againstKuniaki Kobayashi andOsamu Kido. Kobayashi and Kido won the match. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The third bout was asix-man tag team match pittingAkira Nogami,Jushin Thunder Liger, andMasashi Aoyagi againstHiro Saito,Norio Honaga, andSuper Strong Machine. The match ended when Nogami pinned Saito following adragon suplex.[5]
The fourth bout was a tag team match pitting theEnforcers againstMichiyoshi Ohara andShiro Koshinaka. The match ended whenArn Anderson of the Enforcers pinned Ohara following aspinebuster.[5]
The fifth bout was a tag team match pittingDusty Rhodes andDustin Rhodes againstKim Duk andMasa Saito. The match ended when Dustin Rhodes pinned Duk following abulldog.[5]
The sixth bout was a singles match betweenScott Norton andTony Halme that was won by Halme. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The seventh bout was a singles match betweenBill Kazmaier andShinya Hashimoto that was won by Hashimoto. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The eighth bout was a singles match betweenBig Van Vader andEl Gigante. The match ended in a double disqualification after both men brawled to the arena floor. Following the match, Vader used his shoulder pad to fire steam at El Gigante.[5]
The ninth bout was a singles match betweenAntonio Inoki andHiroshi Hase that was won by Inoki. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The tenth bout sawWCW World Heavyweight ChampionLex Luger defend his title againstMasahiro Chono. Luger won the bout by pinfall following adouble axe handle.[5]
The eleventh bout was atitle vs. title match pittingIWGP Heavyweight ChampionTatsumi Fujinami againstGreatest 18 Club ChampionRiki Choshu. Choshu won the match by pinfall following alariat, becoming a double champion. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.[5]
The twelfth bout was a tag team match pittingThe Great Muta andSting against theSteiner Brothers. The match ended whenScott Steiner attempted to give Sting a tilt-a-whirlpowerslam, only for Sting to reverse the move into aroll-up and pin Steiner.[5]
