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WCW/NJPW Supershow II

Live from Tokyo, Japan

Airdate: January 4, 1992

Attendance: 50,000

Will Chosu or Fujinami unify the G18/IWGP title? Can Chono win the WCW World title? Will Muta and Sting keep their peace against the Steiners? Let's find out!

Match 1: Black Cat versus Hiroyoshi Yamamoto

Highlights:

Rating: **

Summary: Showcase match for Cat.

Match 2: Osamu Kido & Kuniaki Kobayashi versus Kantaro Hoshino & Kengo Kimura

Highlights:

Rating: ***

Summary: Good match where Kido brought the submission style whereas Hoshino attached his high-flying technique.

Match 3 (six-man): Hiro Saito, Super Strong Machine, & Norio Honaga versus WCW Light Heavyweight champion Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Akira Nogami, & Masashi Aoyagi

Highlights:

Rating: ***

Summary: Liger and Nogami showcased themselves well while Saito took a shitkicking.

Match 4: Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka versus the Enforcers

Highlights:

Rating: **1/2

Summary: This match proves that Japanese and American audiences are completely different since the Japanese audiences didn't respond to Zbyszko's heel shtick.

Match 5: Masa Saito & Kim Duk versus Dusty & Dustin Rhodes

Highlights:

Rating: **1/2

Summary: The Tokyo faithful enjoyed the battle of charisma between Dusty and Saito, and Dustin didn't look awful among the grizzled veterans. Raise your hand if you knew Duk would take the fall.

Match 6: Scott "Flash" Norton versus Tony Halme

Highlights:

Rating: **

Summary: Not a bad match between two super-heavyweights, yet I'm surprised Halme went over.

Match 7: Shinya Hashimoto versus Bill Kazmaier

Highlights:

Rating: *

Summary: Methinks that since Kazmaier couldn't sell a life preserver to a drowning person, he got the bulk of the offense in the match until the finish. In addition, this could potentially be Kazmaier's last pro wrestling match.

Afterward, Kazmaier clotheslines Hashimoto. When officials try to restrain him, Kazmaier tosses them down to the mat.

Match 8: El Gigante versus Big Van Vader

Highlights:

Rating: *

Summary: More spectacle than anything worthwhile.

After the match, Vader blinds El Gigante with smoke from his mastodon helmet. How dastardly!

Match 9: Antonio Inoki versus Hiroshi Hase

Highlights:

Rating: ***

Summary: Inoki had the Tokyo faithful eating up everything with a spoon. Unfortunately, Hase didn't get to showcase much, but since he was facing the crowd favorite, it wouldn't have gone over well.

Match 10: The Steiners versus Sting & the Great Muta

Highlights:

Rating: ****1/2

Summary: Awesome match where three out of the four wrestlers showcased themselves well. While Muta got the dog meat beat out of him by the Steiners, the Tokyo faithful enjoyed the match.

Match 11 for the WCW World title: The “Total Package” Lex Luger (champion) versus Masahiro Chono

Highlights:

Rating: ***

Summary: Despite the entire Tokyo Dome's being in Chono's corner, Luger's methodical high-impact offense allowed him to retain. Not to spoil the main event of SuperBrawl II, but this match marked the final successful title defense for Luger as WCW World champion.

Match 12 (champion versus champion): Riki Chosu (G18) versus Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP)

Highlights:

Rating: ****

Summary: While it wasn't the match of the night, the outcome certainly was in doubt up until the finish.

After the match, Inoki returns to the ring, gets on the microphone, and leads the Tokyo faithful in a "ichi-ni-san-da" chant.

Conclusion: Compared to last year's show, this show doesn't stand up; however, there are only two bad matches among the twelve, so I would still recommend it. Definitely check out the Steiners-Sting/Muta match if you've never seen it.

Buyrate: NONE

Stay tuned for WCW SuperBrawl II!

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