| Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | 01993-01-04January 4, 1993 | |||
| Attendance | 63,500 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. The show drew 63,500 spectators and $3,200,000 in ticket sales. This was the second year that the show was co–promoted by the American World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion. The show was later shown on pay-per-view (PPV) in North America as WCW/New Japan Supershow III. The show featured 10 matches, including four matches that featured WCW wrestlers. Fantastic Story featured three title matches, including Jushin Liger defeating Último Dragón to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeating Masahiro Chono to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a match where the IWGP title was also on the line. Finally the show featured a IWGP Tag Team Championship match between The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) and The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) that ended without a definitive winner.
- Match results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Takayuki Iizuka, Akira Nogami and El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Koki Kitahara and Masao Orihara – Iizuka pinned Orihara | Six–man tag team match | 15:11 |
| 02 !2 | Masashi Aoyagi, The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka and Akitoshi Saito defeated Tatsutoshi Goto, Norio Honaga, Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine – the Great Kabuki pinned Honaga | Eight–man tag team match | 14:20 |
| 03 !3 | Jushin Liger defeated Último Dragón (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 20:09 |
| 04 !4 | Ron Simmons defeated Tony Halme | Singles match | 06:10 |
| 05 !5 | Sting defeated Hiroshi Hase | Singles match | 15:31 |
| 06 !6 | Shinya Hashimoto and Masa Saito defeated Scott Norton and Dustin Rhodes – Hashimoto pinned Dustin Rhodes | Tag team match | 13:57 |
| 07 !7 | The Great Muta (c) defeated Masahiro Chono (c) | Singles match for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (Muta) and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (Chono) | 19:48 |
| 08 !8 | The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) (c) fought The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to a double countout | Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 14:38 |
| 09 !9 | Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Takashi Ishikawa | Singles match | 11:41 |
| 10 !10 | Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Chōshū | Singles match | 18:14 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
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