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WCW/New Japan Supershow
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WCW/New Japan Supershow was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view jointly promoted by World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. It was held from 1991 to 1993, and was known as "Starrcade" in Japan.[1] The show would be taped in Japan and then edited and aired in North America at a later date.
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| WCW/New Japan Supershow I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling |
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| Date | March 21, 1991 Aired April 1991 |
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| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Attendance | 64,500 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Wrestle War 1991 | WCW/New Japan Supershow I | SuperBrawl I |
WCW/New Japan Supershow I (known as Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on March 21, 1991 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in North America in April 1991.[2]
- Dark match: Animal Hamaguchi, Kengo Kimura, Osamu Kido and Kantaro Hoshino defeated Super Strong Machine, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto and Norio Honaga
- Kimura pinned Goto.
- Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi and Takayuki Iizuka defeated Tim Horner, Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk (12:10)
- Koshinaka pinned Horner with a Dragon Suplex.
- Dark match: Scott Norton defeated The Equalizer (2:23)
- Norton pinned Equalizer after a Powerslam.
- Jushin Liger defeated Akira Nogami to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (16:08)
- Liger pinned Nogami after a DDT.
- Arn Anderson and Barry Windham defeated Masa Saito and Masa Chono (9:17)
- Anderson pinned Saito after a Jumping Lariat.
- The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Hiro Hase and Kensuke Sasaki to win the IWGP World Tag Team Championship (12:56)
- Scott pinned Sasaki after a Frankensteiner.
- El Gigante defeated Big Cat Hughes (2:16)
- Gigante forced Hughes to submit with a Brain Claw.
- Dark match: Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (13:17)
- Vader pinned Reed after a Body Press.
- Dark match: Riki Chōshū defeated Tiger Jeet Singh (11:07)
- Chōshū won by KO.
- The Great Muta defeated Sting (11:41)
- Muta pinned Sting with a Diving Body Press.
- Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (23:06)
- Fujinami pinned Flair with a Grounded Cobra Twist.
- Flair's WCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line as the NWA and WCW titles were considered separate in Japan (WCW considered them the same title at the time).
| WCW/New Japan Supershow II | ||
|---|---|---|
| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling |
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| Date | January 4, 1992 Aired March 1992 |
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| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Attendance | 60,000 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Starrcade 1991 | WCW/New Japan Supershow II | SuperBrawl II |
WCW/New Japan Supershow II (known as Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1992 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
- Dark match: Black Cat defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (10:28)
- Black Cat pinned Yamamoto after a DDT.
- Dark match: Osamu Kido and Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Kengo Kimura and Kantaro Hoshino (11:54)
- Kido pinned Hoshino with a Cradle.
- Jushin Liger, Masashi Aoyagi and Akira Nogami defeated Hiro Saito, Super Strong Machine and Norio Honaga (15:12)
- Nogami pinned Saito with a Dragon Suplex.
- Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko defeated Michiyoshi Ohara and Shiro Koshinaka (12:32)
- Anderson pinned Ohara after a Spinebuster.
- Dusty Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes defeated Masa Saito and Kim Duk (14:23)
- Dustin pinned Duk after a Bulldog.
- Dark match: Tony Halme defeated Scott Norton (8:41)
- Halme pinned Norton after a Diving Lariat.
- Dark match: Shinya Hashimoto defeated Bill Kazmaier (8:37)
- Hashimoto pinned Kamzaier after a Jumping DDT.
- Big Van Vader fought El Gigante to a double disqualification (4:49)
- Dark match: Antonio Inoki defeated Hiroshi Hase (10:09)
- Inoki forced Hase to submit with the Octopus Hold.
- Lex Luger defeated Masa Chono to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (15:09)
- Luger pinned Chono.
- Riki Chōshū defeated Tatsumi Fujinami to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (12:11)
- Choshu pinned Fujinami after a Lariat.
- Sting and Keiji Mutoh defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (11:03)
- Sting pinned Scott with a Cradle.
| WCW/New Japan Supershow III | ||
|---|---|---|
| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling |
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| Date | January 4, 1993 Aired March 1993 |
|
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Attendance | 63,500 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Starrcade 1992 | WCW/New Japan Supershow III | SuperBrawl III |
WCW/New Japan Supershow III (known as Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1993 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
- Dark match: Shiro Koshinaka, The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi and Akitoshi Saito defeated Super Strong Machine, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto and Norio Honaga (14:20)
- Kabuki pinned Honaga after a Backdrop Suplex.
- Jushin Liger defeated Ultimo Dragon to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (20:09)
- Liger pinned Dragon after a Frankensteiner.
- Ron Simmons defeated Tony Halme (6:10)
- Simmons pinned Halme after a Spinebuster.
- Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto defeated Scott Norton and Dustin Rhodes (13:57)
- Hashimoto pinned Rhodes after a Enzuigiri.
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeated Masa Chono to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (19:48)
- Mutoh pinned Chono with a Moonsault.
- The IWGP Championship was also on the line.
- Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami and El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Masao Orihara and Koki Kitahara (15:11)
- Nogami pinned Orihara after a Powerbomb from Iizuka.
- Sting defeated Hiro Hase (15:31)
- Sting pinned Hase with a Diving Body Press.
- Dark match: IWGP World Tag Team Champions The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) fought The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to a Double Countout (14:38)
- Dark match: Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi Ishikawa (11:41)
- Fujinami forced Ishikawa to submit with a Dragon Sleeper.
- Dark match: Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Chōshū (18:14)
- Tenryu pinned Chōshū after a Powerbomb.
- ^ Partial Results From 1991. Puroresufan.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
- ^ WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow. Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
- ^ WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow II. Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
- ^ WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow III. Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
| Wrestle War (1991-1992) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991-1993) • SuperBrawl (1991-2001) • The Great American Bash (1991-2000) • Halloween Havoc (1991-2000) • Starrcade (1991-2000) • Beach Blast (1992-1993) • Slamboree (1993-2000) • Fall Brawl (1993-2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Spring Stampede (1994-2000) • Bash at the Beach (1994-2000) • Uncensored (1995-2000) • World War 3 (1995-1998) • Kollision in Korea (1996) • Hog Wild (1996) • Road Wild (1997-1999) • Souled Out (1997-2000) • Mayhem (1999-2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Sin (2001) • Greed (2001) |
| Jim Crockett Promotions pay-per-view events |
| Starrcade (1983-1989) • Bunkhouse Stampede (1988) • The Great American Bash (1985-1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Wrestle War (1989-1990) • Halloween Havoc (1989-1990) • Capital Combat (1990) |