NJPW Super Grade Tag League Phase 3

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New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
October 21st, 1993
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

*** El Samurai, Ultimo Dragon & Jinsei Shinzaki worked a Michinoku Pro Show***


Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Koji Kanemoto via pinfall off a dragon suplex hold at 7:52.

Takayuki Iizuka defeated Yuji Nagata via submission to a rolling ankle lock at 8:31.

Akira Nogami defeated Satoshi Kojima (Fuyuki-gun) via pinfall off a rolling reverse cradle into a bridge at 11:28.

Jushin Liger & Jun Akiyama defeated Norio Honaga & Manabu Nakanishi when Akiyama pinned Nakanishi off a Northern Lights Suplex Hold at 12:12.

Non-title
King's Road (Johnny Ace & Steve Williams) defeated Black Cat & Shinya Hashimoto when Williams pinned Black Cat off an Oaklahoma Stampede at 12:50.


Intermission


Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Michiyoshi Ohara via pinfall off the TTD (Tenzan Tombstone Driver) at 9:50.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match

The Hell Raisers (Power & Awesome Gladiator) 6Pts defeated Original Sekigun (Osamu Kido & Tatstumi Fujinami) 6Pts when Kido was pinned off a double team power bomb at 17:45.

Hiroshi Hase, Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki, Scott Norton & Tatsutoshi Goto (Fuyuki-gun) when Hase pinned Goto off a Golden Armed Bomber/Northern Lights Suplex combo at 22:48.

New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
October 22nd, 1993
Yamaguchi@Yamaguchi Prefectural Gymnasium

Satoshi Kojima (Fuyuki-gun) defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa via pinfall off the Rydeen Bomb at 9:16.

Akira Nogami defeated Manabu Nakanishi via pinfall off the Musasabi Press (Superfly Splash) at 7:51.

Jushin Liger, Koji Kanemoto, El Samurai & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Ultimo Dragon, Gran Hamada, Jinsei Shinzaki & Haku (Los Amigos) when Liger pinned Shinzaki off a Liger Bomb at 12:03.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Takayuki Iizuka via pinfall off a moonsault at 13:31.



Intermission


Hiromichi Fuyuki & Scott Norton (Fuyuki-gun) defeated Keiji Muto & Black Cat when Norton pinned Black Cat off a power bomb at 9:34.

Osamu Kido & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Yuji Nagata & Masa Saito when Fujinami made Nagata submit to the Dragon Sleeper at 6:46.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
The Hell Raisers (Power & Awesome) 8 Pts fought to a double count out with IWGP Tag Team Champions: King's Road (Steve Williams & Johnny Ace) 4 Pts at 10:26. As a result neither team gain any points.

Special Attraction
Strong Destruction (Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine) defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Hase when Machine upsets Chono off a Devil Windmil's suplex at 19:31.

New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
October 23rd, 1993
Oita@Oita Prefectural Gymnasium

Manabu Nakanishi defeated Shinjiro Ohtani via submission to the Argentine Backbreaker at 8:51.

Gran Hamada (Los Amigos) defeated Koji Kanemoto via pinfall off a jumping tornado DDT at 7:57.

Non-title
Jushin Liger defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa via pinfall off a fisherman's buster at 10:19.

JJ Jacks (Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka) defeated Jun Akiyama & Michiyoshi Ohara when Nogami pinned Ohara off a rolling reverse cradle into a bridge at 14:21.

Haku & Ultimo Dragon (Los Amigos) defeated Black Cat & Osamu Kido when Haku pinned Black Cat off a second rope diving headbutt at 6:01.

Keiji Muto defeated Super Strong Machine via pinfall off a moonsault at 12:06.


Intermission

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Fuyuki-gun A Team (Scott Norton & Tatsutoshi Goto) 2 Pts defeated El Samurai & Yuji Nagata 0 Pts when Norton pinned Nagata off a power slam at 6:15.

Ookuma Gundan (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito) upset former IWGP Tag Team Champions: Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto when Tenzan pinned Masa Saito off a splash mountain at 13:38.

The Hell Raisers (Power & Awesome Gladiator) defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki & Satoshi Kojima when Awesome pinned Kojima off an Awesome Bomb at 10:01.

Non-title
IWGP Tag Team Champions: King's Road (Johnny Ace & Steve Williams) defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masahiro Chono when Williams pinned Chono off a Stampede at 16:36.

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New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
October 25th, 1993
Fukuoka@ Fukuoka General Exhibition Hall

Ultimo Dragon defeated Koji Kanemoto via pinfall off an Azteca Suplex at 12:25.

Gran Hamada & Jinsei Shinzaki (Los Amigos) defeated Jushin Liger & Jun Akiyama, when Hamada pinned a blinded Liger (after Ultimo struck with the powder gimmick) at 8:17.

Satoshi Kojima defeated Manabu Nakanishi via pinfall off the loaded lariat at 9:24.

Black Cat, Osamu Kido & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated JJ Jacks (Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka) & El Samuari, when Kido pinned Samurai off a Kido Clutch at 10:19.


Intermission

Ookuma Gundan (Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) defeated Super Strong Machine & Michiyoshi Ohara when Tenzan pinned Ohara off the TTD at 12:41.

Shinya Hashimoto defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki (Fuyuki-gun) via pinfall after two jumping DDTs at 15:54.

Super Grade Tag Legue Official Match
Fuyuki-gun A Team (Scott Norton & Tatsuhito Goto) 4 Pts. upset The Hell Raisers (Power & Awesome Gladiator) 8 Pts. when Norton pinned Awesome off a power slam at 12:10.

Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Hase defeated King's Road (Johnny Ace & Steve Williams) & Genichiro Tenryu when Chono made Ace submit to a STF at 26:54.

New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
October 26th, 1993
Nagasaki@Nagasaki International Gymnasium

** Hiroshi Hase, Jun Akiyama & JJ Jacks worked the WAR show the very same night**



Satoshi Kojima (Fuyuki-gun) defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa via pinfall off a lariat at 8:54.

Haku (Los Amigos) defeated Yuji Nagata via pinfall off the Tijuana Deathgrip at 5:20.

Non-title
Ultimo Dragon & Gran Hamada (Los Amigos) defeated El Samurai & Jushin Liger when Dragon pinned Samurai after an Azteca Suplex Hold (With an assist from Hamada's crutch) at 12:54.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Ookuma Gundan (Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) 3 Pts defeated the Hell Raisers (Power & Awesome Gladiator) 8 Pts via count out after Hiromichi Fuyuki & Scott Norton interfered for the distraction at 9:23.


Intermission

Norio Honaga, Black Cat & Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Scott Norton, Hiromichi Fuyuki & Tatsuhito Goto (Fuyuki-gun) when Ohara Goto after the Hell Raisers took out Fuyuki & Norton at10:11.

Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Johnny Ace via pinfall off the dragon suplex at 7:54.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams defeated Osamu Kido via pinfall off a Stampede at 6:01.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
The Musketeers (Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono) 6 Pts defeated Strong Destruction (Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine) 3 Pts when Chono pinned Machine off three consequtive Yakuza Kicks at 19:45. [/color]

Point Totals For Thus Far

The Musketeers (Masahiro Chono & Keiji Mutoh) (5 Matches) 8 Pts.
Hell Raisers (Power & Awesome) (8 Matches) 8Pts.
Original Sekigun (Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido) (4 Matches) 6 Pts.
Fuyuki-gun A Team (Scott Norton & Tatsutoshi Goto) (4 Matches) 6Pts.
Ookami Gundan (Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) (4 Matches) 5Pts.
King's Road (Johnny Ace & Steve Williams) (4 Matches) 4 Pts.
Strong Destruction (Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine) (3 Matches) 3 Pts.
Transcending Power (Masa Saito & Manabu Nakanishi) (2 Matches) 2 Pts.
JJ Jacks (Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka) (6 Matches) 2 Pts.
Yuji Nagata & El Samurai (4 Matches) 0 Pts.

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Hamada's crutch? Dragon's dust? Haku's Tijuana Death Grip? All tremendous little gimmicks that add an element of entertainment & fun to the whole Los Amigos presentation.

If your Chono, I'd think it HAS to sting a bit to suffer defeat one night, only to watch your archenemy turned partner - Mutoh - go & beat the guy that just BEAT YOU the very next night. Ouch.

Hase, Mutoh, and Chono combine to form one legitimately bad-ass trio. Pitting them against the combo of King's Road & Tenryu is big business, in my book.

Ditto for the last bout - slating the 'Teers versus Strong Destruction. Sucks to see my dark horse team losing steam (and points!), but hey. Least they went down fighting.

Even when you're called "Flash" and (okay, call YER'SELF) "Macho Body"... I'm not sure how wise it is to go and pick a fight with the freaking Hell Raisers. Just saying. Guys are lunatics.

Solid set of cards, as usual. Great string of shows right here, man.

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Nice addition on these of a few wrestlers working both Michinoku Pro and then later WAR. No need for full results, just that they did since it is not even really necessary and just some added thought on top of everything.

Some cool match ups as usual on these added house shows, specifically night 2. That 8 man tag, the Super Grade Tag match, and the main event, hopefully somebody there in the crowd had a handheld going that night.

Have to add onto the consistent praise of Haku. The same guy in a U.S. promotion right now would just be lost in the shuffle and meaningless, but you are giving him a great run here where he is not just amounting to something, but could be a big player once he gets past the initial push to get fans accustomed to him here. If not that, at least a house show main event or 2 against the bigger names for sure.

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Can't speak for anyone else obviously, but I'd absolutely be on board to see Haku mix it up with Norton on ANY kind of card.