NJPW Super Grade Tag League Final Phase

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New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
November 1st, 1993
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Jun Akiyama defeated Satoshi Kojima (Fuyuki-gun) via pinfall off an Exploder/Northern Lights Suplex Combo at 12:28.

Jushin Liger, El Samurai & Koji Kanemoto defeated Shinjiro Ohtani, Black Cat & Tatsuhito Takaiwa when Samurai pinned Black Cat off an elevated inverted DDT at 12:29.

Johnny Ace defeated Terry Taylor via pinfall off an Ace Crusher at 16:50.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Ookuma Gundan (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito) 11 Pts defeated Fuyuki-Gun A Team (Scott Norton & Tatsutoshi Goto) 8 Pts defeated when Tenzan pinned Goto off a top rope moonsault at 12:20.




Intermission

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Orginal Sekigun (Osamu Kido & Tatstumi Fujinami) 8 Pts defeated
El Samurai & Yuji Nagata 0 Pts when Fujinami made Nagata submit to the Dragon Sleeper at 5:50.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Strong Destruction (Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine) 7 Pts defeated Transcending Power (Masa Saito & Manabu Nakanishi) 4 Pts when Hashimoto pinned Nakanishi off a jumping brain buster at 9:36.


Super Grade Tag League Official Match
The Musketeers (Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono) 10 Pts defeated JJ Jacks (Akira Nogami & Takayuki Iizuka) 6 Pts, when Muto pinned Akira off a moonsault at 19:23.

Hiroshi Hase defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki via pinfall off an out of nowhere Golden Armed Bomber at 12:40.

New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
November 2nd, 1993
Kumagaya, Saitama@City Gymnasium

Fan Festival Pre-Show with meet & greet featured:

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Strong Destruction (Shinya Hashimoto & Super Strong Machine) 9 Pts defeated El Samurai & Yuji Nagata 0 Pts when Machine pinned Samurai off a Devil Windmill suplex at 6:01.

Official Card:

Ultimo Dragon defeated Koji Kanemoto via pinfall off an Azteca Suplex (assist to Haku) at 9:53.

Gran Hamada & Jinsei Shinzaki (Los Amigos) defeated Jushin Liger & Jun Akiyama when Shinzaki pinned Akiyama off a choke slam after Dragon blinded him with the dreaded powder at 12:20.

Terry Taylor defeated Satoshi Kojima (Fuyuki-gun) via pinfall off a gutwrench power bomb at 8:51.

Hiroshi Hase defeated Power Warrior via pinfall off an out of nowhere Golden Armed Bomber at 16:50.

Intermission

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Transcending Power (Nakanishi & Masa Saito) 2 Pts defeated El Samurai & Yuji Nagata 0 Pts when Saito pinned Nagata off a Saito Suplex at 6:19.

Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Fuyuki-gun A Team (Scott Norton & Tatsutoshi Goto) 8 Pts defeated King's Road (Steve Williams & Johnny Ace) 8 Pts when Norton pinned Ace off a power slam at 13:31.

Keiji Muto defeated Haku via pinfall off a moonsault at 12:01.


Super Grade Tag League Official Match
Strong Destruction (Hashimoto & Machine) 11 Pts fought to a 30 Minute Time Limit Draw with Orginal Sekigun (Fujinami & Kido) 10 Pts.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling Presents
Super Grade Tag League III
November 3rd, 1993
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Ultimo Dragon defeated Tastuhito Takaiwa when Dragon pinned Takaiwa off an Azteca Suplex at 7:41.

Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto defeated Gran Hamada & Jinsei Shinzaki when Liger pinned Shinzaki off a brain buster at 8:51.

Terry Taylor made Jun Akiyama submit to a half crab at 9:19.

Super Grade Tag League
Official Match
*If Fujinami & Kido win they are in the running for the finals*
Transcending Power (Manabu Nakanishi & Masa Saito) 4 Pts upset Original Sekigun (Tatstumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido) 11 Pts when Saito pinned Kido off a Saito suplex at 8:53. * Kido & Fujinami are out of the hunt*


Intermission

Haku defeated Takayuki Iizuka via pinfall off the Tijuana Death Grip at 10:10, after an assist from Ultimo Dragon.

OOkuma Gundan (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito) defeated Hiroshi Hase & Akira Nogami when Tenzan pinned Nogami off the TTD at 12:51.

Super Grade Tag League
Official Match
* If Strong Destruction win our finals are Strong Destruction Vs. Ookuma Gundan, if they lose Strong Destruction faces Muto/Chono in a play off round tomorrow night*
King's Road (Johnny Ace & Steve Williams) 8 Pts defeated Strong Destruction (Hashimoto & Machine) 12 Pts when Williams pinned Machine off a Stampede at 16:22.**Strong Destruction are tied with The Musketeers & there will now be a play off round**

Main Event
Hiroshi Hase (Sub for Awesome Gladiator), Keiji Muto, Power Gladiator & Masahiro Chono (Awesome Gladiator no showed) defeated Hiromichi Fuyuki, Scott Norton, Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto (Fuyuki-gun) when Chono made Goto submit to the STF at 21:45.

FINALS AT SUMO HALL ARE TAPED FOR WPW.

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Tremendous freaking main event to cap things off there. I'm thinking the no-show & sub for Awesome are only the first waves of the cross-promotional cataclysm that just went down.

Hase has racked up some majorly impressive wins to propel him right towards his title shot.

Would've LOVED to have seen Mutoh and Haku wage war out there.

Cool to see Los Amigos running rampant on a lot of these under-cards. Still a fan of their various weaponry & cheap tactics. Fun stuff for that faction, man.

Terry Taylor, huh? Curious to see if he's here for a decent duration or just filling in a few dates... Either way, neat to see him performing at these shows.

Damn. My dark horse favorites actually stumped me here & rose to the challenge. Digging that. But it sets them firmly across from the Musketeers yet again - and they're pretty much heavy favorites in this thing. Can't even lie. Part of me would be stoked to see Strong Destruction take the race & complete the comeback, but I don't know.

Might be asking too much, especially with the elements of Shinya's recent "on edge" decline & all that. Should make for an amazing, high-octane, action-packed battle again though.

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I think above all else with this 1 show, the cumulative effort of all these shows combined was pretty above and beyond what was necessary, and certainly not easy to book. Each 1 of these shows was as much effort as some writers that have passed through here give for a weekly TV, and then some because of the booking aspect here of having to be different and keep that tournament together. Really well done and appreciated.

The arrival of Terry Taylor was done before I informed you Scott Hall would be available so I am not really sure what his future here is, but he does provide a good hand at the level he is at. Might not have the legs or the future here that a Hall or Haku could get you, but he should give some good matches if given the right opponents. Certainly the case here against Ace, Kojima, and Akiyama. The wins would seem indicate he should be here til at least the next tour I would think.

As expected, some good drama for the final night. Ookuma Gundan get the top spot, but Strong Destruction really pulled it together in the final days of this, almost getting that second spot. Cannot help but think The Musketeers will win that playoff, but you never know with the enemies they have made if somebody will cost them that match, or if their pairing could be just to build them up so when Strong Destruction beat them, it is that much bigger. There is also as mentioned the whole thing with Shinya Hashimoto that could tell a story here. Great booking.

Looking forward to the finals, and what is to come in the next couple months as we build up to January 4.