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  1. Crossover appeal. Dave has compared her popularity in Japan in the 80s to that of Madonna in the U.S. at the same time.
  2. Also, when did WCW come to the UK? This intrigues me. Was JCP on TV there at all pre-Turner?
  3. I don't know if Madusa was a draw, but she had a certain level of stardom. It's far from the most embarrassing thing he's ever said, and I'm shocked that he mentioned Akira Hokuto. I wouldn't expect him to mention Chigusa Nagayo, who at her peak was the most popular wrestler in history.
  4. He mentioned how WWF TV was so boring when he was a kid, and that no one cared about the endless squash matches. But the angle was the big deal and where his interest piqued. This explained so much about him. He obviously thought two hours with a steady stream of big angles was the way to go. I think it's also telling that his hatred of in-ring wrestling comes from growing up on WWF squashes and being bored to tears. He hates wrestling matches because he hasn't them done well too many times.
  5. I think the most interesting takeaway was that I finished the shoot understanding how Vince Russo has managed to stay employed in wrestling. He talks a great game. He accurately describes many of the things that are wrong with wrestling (at times not realizing he's describing himself). He seems like a nice enough guy. Not that he's any less of a horrible influence on wrestling, but you at least understand how people fall for his bullshit. I think one problem is that Russo is a pretty decent big picture guy, but is horrible with details. Yet he has always focused more on details than big picture. I have a new understanding of him, even if my opinion of him hasn't really changed.
  6. January: Chris Benoit vs Steven Regal (WCW Monday Nitro 01/01/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs The Patriot & Eagle & Johnny Ace (AJPW 01/02/96) Manami Toyota & Kaoru Ito vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW 01/03/96) Vader vs Antonio Inoki (NJPW 01/04/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Keiji Muto (NJPW 01/04/96) Chris Benoit vs Alex Wright (WCW Monday Nitro 01/08/96) Daisuke Ikeda vs Hisakatsu Oya (FMW 01/10/96) Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa vs W*ING Kanemura & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Hidoh (FMW 01/10/96) Daisuke Ikeda & Katsumi Usuda vs Yuki Ishikawa & Shoichi Funaki (BattlARTS 01/13/96) Eddy Guerrero vs Chris Benoit (WCW Worldwide 01/14/96) PG-13 vs Tracy Smothers & Jesse James Armstrong (USWA TV 01/20/96) Jushin Liger & Keiji Muto vs Shinya Hashimoto & Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 01/21/96) Shinjiro Otani vs El Samurai (NJPW 01/21/96) Sakie Hasegawa vs Bull Nakano (AJW 01/22/96) Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs Akira Hokuto & Mima Shimoda (AJW 01/22/96, 2/3 falls) Manami Toyota vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 01/22/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Giant Baba & Jun Akiyama (AJPW 01/24/96) Konnan vs Pierroth Jr (AAA 01/26/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 01/31/96) February: Rey Misterio Jr & Gran Hamada & Latin Lover vs Pentagon & Psicosis & Vegas (AAA Galavision 02/03/96) El Dandy & El Hijo del Santo & Silver King vs Negro Casas & Apolo Dantes & El Satanico (CMLL 02/10/96) Manami Toyota & Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito & Yumi Fukawa vs Takako Inoue & Kyoko Inoue & Chapparita Asari & Tomoko Watanabe (AJW 02/12/96) Jushin Liger & Black Tiger vs Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 02/15/96) Eagle Sawai, Jen Yukari & Michiko Nagashima vs Chigusa Nagayo, Bomber Hikaru & Sonoko Kato (GAEA 02/16/96) Kaoru vs Combat Toyoda (GAEA 02/16/96) El Hijo del Santo & El Dandy & Dos Caras vs Blue Panther & Apolo Dantes & Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 02/16/96) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Stan Hansen & Gary Albright (AJPW 02/17/96) PG-13 vs Tracy Smothers & Jesse James Armstrong (USWA TV 02/17/96) Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart (WWF In Your House VI 02/18/96) Manami Toyota vs Tomoko Watanabe (AJW 02/20/96) Black Tiger & El Samurai & Gran Hamada vs Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto & Dean Malenko (NJPW 02/25/96) Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Yoji Anjo (NJPW 02/25/96) Mascarita Sagrada vs Damiancito El Guerrero (CMLL 02/27/96) March: Nobuhiko Takada vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW 03/01/96) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (AJPW 03/02/96) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Gary Albright (AJPW 03/02/96) Mayumi Ozaki vs Hiroumi Yagi (JWP 03/03/96) Mayumi Ozaki vs Reiko Amano (JWP 03/03/96) Shinjiro Otani vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa (NJPW 03/09/96) Eddy Guerrero vs Chris Benoit (WCW Saturday Night 03/09/96) Eagle Sawai & Jen Yukari & Michiko Nagashima vs Chigusa Nagayo & Sonoko Kato & Bomber Hikari (LLPW 03/12/96) El Hijo del Santo & Atlantis & El Dandy & Lizmark vs Blue Panther & Felino & Dr Wagner Jr & Negro Casas (CMLL 03/15/96) Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV & Shiryu vs Taka Michinoku & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro 03/16/96) Psicosis vs Ultraman (AAA 03/16/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 03/16/96) Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW 03/17/96) Manami Toyota vs Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 03/20/96) Wild Pegasus vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW 03/20/96) Masa Chono vs Kazuo Yamazaki (NJPW 03/20/96) Atlantis & El Hijo del Santo & Lizmark & El Dandy vs El Felino & Negro Casas & Blue Panther & Dr. Wagner Jr. (EMLL 03/22/96) Steven Regal vs Fit Finlay (WCW Uncensored 03/24/96) Psicosis & Juventud Guerrera & Halloween vs Rey Misterio Jr. & Leon Negro & Super Calo (AAA 03/29/96) Konnan & La Parka & Octagon vs Juventud Guerrera & Psicosis & Halloween (AAA 03/29/96, Lumberjack Match) Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 03/31/96) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 03/31/96) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 03/31/96) Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels (WWF Wrestlemania XII (03/31/96) April: Toshie Uematsu vs Sonoko Kato (GAEA 04/03/96) Michiko Nagashima vs Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 04/03/96) Combat Toyoda & Chigusa Nagayo vs Megumi Kudo & KAORU (FMW 04/04/96) Manami Toyota & Kaoru Ito vs Aja Kong & Mima Shimoda (AJW 04/09/96) Chris Jericho vs Taz (ECW Massacre On Queens Blvd 04/13/96) Lioness Asuka vs Jaguar Yokota (Jd' 04/14/96) Devil Masami & Tomoko Kuzumi & Tomoko Miyaguchi vs Chigusa Nagayo & Sonoko Kato & Meiko Satomura (JWP 04/20/96) Dynamite Kansai & Takako Inoue vs Mayumi Ozaki & Kyoko Inoue (JWP 04/20/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Johnny Ace & Gary Albright (AJPW 04/20/96) Steve Williams vs Akira Taue (AJPW 04/20/96) Jerry Lawler vs Jeff Jarrett (USWA TV 04/20/96) W*ING Kanemura & Hido & Hideki Hosaka vs Crypt Keeper & Shoji Nakamaki & Super Leather (FMW 04/21/96) Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (RINGS 04/26/96) Volk Han vs Nikolai Zouev (RINGS 04/26/96) Shawn Michaels vs Diesel (WWF Good Friends Better Enemies 04/28/96) Sugar Sato & Aki Kanbayashi Miss Mongol vs Chihiro Nakano & Makie Numao (GAEA 04/29/96) Toshiyo Yamada vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 04/29/96) Chigusa Nagayo & Sugar Sato vs Shinobu Kandori & Michiko Omukai (GAEA 04/29/96) Genichiro Tenryu vs Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW Battle Formation 04/29/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW Battle Formation 04/29/96) May: Jaguar Yokota vs Cooga (Jd' 05/02/96) Lioness Asuka vs Bison Kimura (Jd' 05/02/96) Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta vs Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 05/03/96) Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyota (FMW 05/05/96) Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW 05/11/96) Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW Matter of Respect 05/11/96) Shinya Hashimoto vs Yuji Nagata (NJPW 05/12/96) Mayumi Ozaki vs Takako Inoue (JWP 05/18/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 05/23/96) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 05/24/96) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (AJPW 05/24/96) Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs Buzariashville Ramazi (RINGS 05/25/96) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Kazushi Sakuraba (UWFI 05/27/96) Shinya Hashimoto & Shinjiro Otani vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Yuji Nagata (NJPW 05/28/96) Rayo de Jalisco Jr vs Apolo Dantes (CMLL 05/31/96) June: Rey Misterio Jr & Ultimo Dragon vs Heavy Metal & Psicosis (World Wrestling Peace Festival 06/01/96) Rey Misterio Jr & Perro Aguayo vs La Parka & Ultimo Dragon vs Cibernetico & Pierroth Jr vs Heavy Metal & Psicosis (AAA 06/02/96) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 06/07/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 06/07/96) Wild Pegasus vs Black Tiger (NJPW 06/11/96) Jushin Liger vs Black Tiger (NJPW 06/12/96) Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (NJPW 06/12/96) Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa vs W*ING Kanemura, Hido & Hideki Hosaka (W*ING 06/12/96) Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito vs Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda (AJW 06/15/96) Yasha Kurenai, Carol Midori & Mikiko Futagami vs Bomber Hikari, Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 06/16/96) Chigusa Nagayo & Makie Numao vs Toshiyo Yamada & Meiko Satomura (GAEA 06/16/96) Dynamite Kansai & Kanako Motoya vs Mayumi Ozaki & Reiko Amano (JWP 06/16/96) Aja Kong vs Hiroumi Yagi (JWP 06/16/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Dean Malenko (WCW Great American Bash 06/16/96) Taka Michinoku vs Super Delphin (NJPW Skydiving J 06/17/96) Jushin Liger vs Dick Togo (NJPW Skydiving J 06/17/96) Steve Austin vs Marc Mero (WWF King of the Ring 06/23/96) Shinya Hashimoto, Jushin Liger & Junji Hirata vs Masa Saito, Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW 06/24/96) Nobuhiko Takada & Masahito Kakihara vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (UWFI 06/26/96) Negro Casas & El Felino & El Satanico vs El Dandy & Silver King & Lizmark (CMLL 06/28/96) Volk Han vs Mitsuya Nagai (RINGS 06/29/96) Chigusa Nagayo & Hiromi Yagi & Hikari Fukuoka vs Dynamite Kansai & Bomber Hikaru & Toshie Uematsu (JWP Rikidozan Memorial 06/30/96) July: Takako Inoue vs Hiroumi Yagi (JWP 07/07/96) Negro Casas vs Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro Mexico City 07/07/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Psicosis (WCW Bash at the Beach 07/07/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Dean Malenko (WCW Monday Nitro 07/08/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 07/09/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 07/15/96) Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka vs Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW 07/16/96) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Willie Peeters (RINGS 07/16/96) Randy Savage vs Jushin Liger (NJPW 07/17/96) Shinya Hashimoto vs Ric Flair (NJPW 07/17/96) Genchiro Tenryu vs Yoji Anjo (WAR 07/21/96) Vader, Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson & Sid (WWF International Incident 07/21/96) Masa Fuchi vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJPW 07/24/96) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 07/24/96) Gran Hamada vs Mens Teoh (Michinoku Pro 07/26/96) Jaguar Yokota & Yoko Kosugi vs Mima Shimoda & Chikako Shiratori (Jd' 07/30/96)[/color] Mayumi Ozaki, Reiko Amano & Sugar Sato vs Kaoru, Toshie Uematsu & Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 07/31/96) Toshiyo Yamada & Sonoko Kato vs Chigusa Nagayo & Meiko Satomura (GAEA 07/31/96) August: Masato Tanaka vs W*ING Kanemura (FMW 08/01/96) Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/02/96) Lioness Asuka vs Bison Kimura (Jd' 08/02/96) Katsumi Usuda vs Carl Greco (BattlARTS Young Generation Battle Tournament 08/05/96) Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke (NJPW J*Crown 08/05/96) Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW J*Crown 08/05/96) Keiji Muto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/05/96) Shiro Koshinaka vs Satoshi Kojima (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/06/96) Masa Chono vs Keiji Muto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/06/96) Chris Benoit vs Dean Malenko (WCW Hog Wild 08/10/96) Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart (WWF Monday Night RAW 08/12/96) Toshiyo Yamada & Sonoko Kato vs Manami Toyota & Rie Tamada (AJW 08/13/96) Dynamite Kansai & Tomoko Kuzumi vs Aja Kong & Yoshiko Tamura (AJW 08/13/96) Genichiro Tenryu vs Naoki Sano (UWFI 08/17/96) Mayumi Ozaki, Reiko Amano, Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima vs Chigusa Nagayo, Sonoko Kato, Toshie Uematsu & Sakura Hirota (GAEA 08/18/96) Jushin Liger, Gran Naniwa & Gran Hamada vs Dick Togo & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 08/18/96) El Hijo del Santo & El Mariachi & El Mexicano & Octagon vs Blue Panther & Espanto Jr. & Fuerza Guerrera & Psicosis (AAA 08/19/96) Espectrito vs Mascarita Sagrada (AAA 08/19/96) Rey Misterio Jr & Konnan vs Juventud Guerrera & Jerry Estrada (AAA 08/19/96) Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (RINGS 08/24/96) Yuki Ishikawa vs Carl Greco (BattlARTS Young Generation Battle Tournament 08/25/96) Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 08/30/96) September: Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 09/05/96) Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/05/96) Hiroumi Yagi vs Jaguar Yokota (JWP 09/08/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Genichiro Tenryu (UWFI 09/11/96) Chigusa Nagayo vs Toshiyo Yamada (GAEA 09/16/96) Chihiro Nakano & Makie Numao vs Kaoru (GAEA 09/16/96) Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima vs Sonoko Kato & Toshie Uematsu (GAEA 09/16/96) Shinya Hashimoto vs Masa Chono (NJPW 09/16/96) Hayabusa vs Hisakatsu Oya (FMW 09/20/96) Sting vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW 09/21/96) Steven Regal vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 09/21/96) Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (WWF Mind Games 09/22/96) Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (NJPW 09/23/96) Shinya Hashimoto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW 09/23/96) Chris Jericho vs Mike Enos (WCW Monday Nitro 09/23/96) Hisakatsu Oya vs Koji Nakagawa (FMW 09/24/96) Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka vs Terry Funk & Gladiator (FMW 09/24/96) Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (RINGS 09/25/96) Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito (AJW 09/28/96) Masahito Kakihara vs Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 09/30/96) October: Kyoko Inoue vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 10/06/96) Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW 10/06/96) Gran Hamada & Super Delfin & Tiger Mask IV & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 10/10/96) Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke (WAR 10/11/96) Genichiro Tenryu vs Great Muta (WAR 10/11/96) Steve Williams & Johnny Ace vs Kenta Kobashi & The Patriot (AJPW 10/12/96) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Rob Van Dam (AJPW 10/12/96) Devil Masami & Kyoko Inoue vs Dynamite Kansai & Aja Kong (JWP 10/13/96) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 10/18/96) Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu vs Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji (Michinoku Pro 10/19/96) Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton (NJPW 10/20/96) Billy Scott vs Kenichi Yammamoto (UWFI 10/23/96) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Mikhail Ilioukhine (RINGS 10/25/96) Volk Han vs Masayuki Naruse (RINGS 10/25/96) Yuki Ishikawa & Alexander Otsuka vs Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Ono (BattlARTS 10/30/96) Taka Michinoku vs Minoru Tanaka (BattlARTS 10/30/96) November: Sonoko Kato & Meiko Satomura vs Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima (GAA 11/02/96) Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami (GAEA 11/02/96) El Dandy vs Black Warrior (CMLL 11/02/96) Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada & Super Delphin vs Dick Togo, Mens Teoh & Shiryu (Michinoku Pro 11/12/96) Mayumi Ozaki & Sugar Sato vs Reiko Amano & Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 11/16/96) Akira Hokuto vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA 11/16/96) Chigusa Nagayo vs Sonoko Kato (GAEA 11/16/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/16/96) Taka Michinoku vs Hayabusa (FMW 11/16/96) Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (WWF Survivor Series 11/17/96) Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima vs Chihiro Nakano & Makie Numao (GAEA 11/18/96) Chigusa Nagayo & Sonoko Kato vs Kaoru & Meiko Satomura (GAEA 11/18/96) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/22/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi & The Patriot (AJPW 11/22/96) El Hijo del Santo & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr vs Negro Casas & El Dandy & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/22/96) Lioness Asuka vs Esther Moreno (Jd' 11/24/96) Jaguar Yokota & Mima Shimoda vs Cooga & Chikako Shiratori (Jd' 11/24/96) Rey Misterio Jr vs Ultimo Dragon (WCW World War 3 11/24/96) Mayumi Ozaki vs Plum Mariko (JWP 11/26/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 11/29/96) El Hijo del Santo & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr vs El Dandy & Negro Casas & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/29/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/30/96) December: Sonoko Kato vs Chihiro Nakano (GAEA 12/01/96) Great Sasuke & Masato Yakashiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin vs Taka Michinoku & Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Inoki Festival 12/01/96) Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki (Inoki Festival 12/01/96) Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Tayayuki Iizuka (Inoki Festival 12/01/96) Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Ono vs Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (BattlARTS 12/04/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 12/06/96) El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas vs El Dandy (CMLL 12/06/96) Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda & Toshiyo Yamada vs Tomoko Watanabe, Reggie Bennett & Momoe Nakanishi (AJW 12/08/96) Dynamite Kansai & Aja Kong vs Takako Inoue & Mariko Yoshida (AJW 12/08/96) Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW 12/08/96) Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa & Tiger Mask IV vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Taka Michinoku & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 12/09/96) Megumi Kudo vs Shinobu Kandori (FMW 12/11/96) W*ING Kanemura vs The Gladiator (FMW 12/11/96) Hayabusa vs Great Sasuke (FMW 12/11/96) Chigusa Nagayo vs Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 12/13/96) Sonoko Kato & Meiko Satomura vs Akira Hokuto & Kaoru (GAEA 12/13/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Genichiro Tenryu (WAR 12/13/96) Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Taka Michinoku & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 12/16/96) Taka Michinoku vs Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro 12/17/96) Taka Michinoku vs Super Delphin (Michinoku Pro 12/20/96) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoshihisa Yammamoto (RINGS 12/21/96) Volk Han vs Bitsadze Tariel (RINGS 12/21/96) Katsumi Usuda & Takeshi Ono vs Daisuke Ikeda & Alexander Otsuka (BattlARTS 12/25/96) Kazushi Sakuraba vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (UWFI 12/25/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 12/27/96) Bison Kimura vs Cooga (Jd' 12/29/96) Chris Benoit vs Jeff Jarrett (WCW Starrcade 12/29/96)
  7. I remember Russo trying to justify it as something they ran by Jim Ross in the WWF, where he even laughed at the idea and supported it. We all know that's one of those political things where they get kicks out of humiliating people and running it by them is just a way to rub it in even more. They have to say they have no problem with it, even if they do. There is also a difference in doing it in Jim Ross's home promotion, and doing it for the competition.
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January: Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW 01/04/95) Norio Honaga vs. Great Sasuke (NJ 1/4/95) Rick & Scott Steiner vs Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/95) Shinya Hashimoto vs Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/95) El Satanico vs. Hector Garza (CMLL 1/6/95) Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (WWF Nassau Coliseum 1/13/95 Handheld) Yoji Anjoh & Masahito Kakihara vs. Naoki Sano & Kazushi Sakuraba (UWFI 1/16/95) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 01/19/95) Bret Hart vs Diesel (WWF Royal Rumble 01/22/95) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 01/24/95) Volk Han vs. Akira Maeda (RINGS 1/25/95) Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. The Fantastics (AJPW 1/29/95) February: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJ 2/4/95) Juventud Guerrera & Fuerza Guerrera vs Rey Misterio Jr & Rey Misterio Sr (AAA 02/06/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams, Johnny Ace & Rob Van Dam (AJPW 2/17/95) La Parka vs. Jerry Estrada (AAA 2/17/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams, Johnny Ace & Rob Van Dam (AJPW 02/19/95) Yuji Nagata & Tokimitsu Ishizawa vs. Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko (NJ 2/19/95) Masa Chono, Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJ 2/19/95) Hulk Hogan vs Vader (WCW SuperBrawl V 02/19/95) Lioness Asuka, Jaguar Yokota & Bison Kimura vs. Suzuka Minami, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (AJW Queendom 2/26/95) Bret Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs Owen Hart & Bob Backlund (WWF Action Zone 02/26/95) March: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 03/04/95) Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW 03/07/95) Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masa Saito vs. Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka & Kuniaki Kobayashi (NJ 3/7/95) Wild Pegasus vs Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 03/13/95) Sabu, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Masa Chono & Hiro Saito vs. Riki Choshu, Junji Hirata, Hiroshi Hase & Shinya Hashimoto (NJ 3/13/95) El Hijo del Santo, Octagon & Rey Misterio Jr vs Blue Panther, Psicoisis & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 03/16/95) Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (JWP 03/17/95) Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki, Candy Okutsu vs Sumiyo Toyama vs Dynamite Kansai, Devil Masami, Hikari Fukuoka & Hiromi Yagi (JWP Dead Heat 4 x 4 03/17/95) Ultimo Dragon vs. Corazon de Leon (CMLL 3/17/95) Volk Han vs Victor Zouev (RINGS 03/18/95) Riki Choshu, Shinya Hashimoto & Tayayuki Iizuka vs. Masa Chono, Masa Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJ 3/19/95) Diesel & Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels & Jeff Jarrett (WWF MSG 3/19/95 Handheld) Bret Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Owen Hart & Jerry Lawler (WWF MSG 3/19/95 Handheld) Stan Hansen vs Takao Omori (AJPW 03/21/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Doug Furnas (AJPW 03/21/95) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 03/21/95) Toshiaki Kawada vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 03/21/95) Jun Akiyama vs Takao Omori (AJPW 03/24/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Giant Baba (AJPW 03/24/95) Sasuke, Sato & Shiryu vs. Dolphin, TAKA & Naniwa (M-Pro 3/25/95) Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 03/26/95) Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW 03/26/95) Lioness Asuka vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 03/26/95) Jun Akiyama vs Doug Furnas (AJPW 03/26/95) Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Giant Baba, Stan Hansen & Takao Omori (AJPW 03/26/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 03/26/95) Heavy Metal & Blue Panther & Misterioso & Jerry Estrada vs. Octagon & Volador & La Parka & Latin Lover (AAA 3/26/95) Mitsuharu Misawa & Satoru Asako vs Akira Taue & Mighty Inoue (AJPW 03/30/95) Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 03/30/95) April: Dynamite Kansai, Candy Okutsu, Hikari Fukuoka & Fusayo Nochi vs. Devil Masami, Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki & Hiroumi Yagi (Weekly Pro 4/2/95) Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Blizzard Yuki (Weekly Pro 4/2/95) Cactus Jack & The Headhunters vs. Terry Funk, Shoji Nakamaki & Leatherface (Weekly Pro 4/2/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Johnny Ace (Weekly Pro 04/02/95) Stan Hansen, Giant Baba & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Johnny Ace, Dan Kroffat & Eagle (AJPW 04/06/95) Kenta Kobashi vs Takao Omori (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/06/95) Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/06/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/06/95) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/08/95) Ricky Morton vs Al Snow (SMW TV 04/08/95) Sting vs Steve Austin (WCW Saturday Night 04/08/95) Eddy Guerrero vs 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW 3-Way Dance 04/08/95) Bret Hart, 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly vs. Owen Hart, Yokozuna & Hakushi (RAW 4/10/95) Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Kentaro Shiga vs Johnny Ace, Dan Kroffat & Eagle (AJPW 04/12/95) Stan Hansen vs Doug Furnas (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/12/95) Toshiaki Kawada vs Takao Omori (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/12/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/12/95) Stan Hansen vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/13/95) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/13/95) Chigusa Nagayo & Dynamite Kansai vs Mayumi Ozaki & Devil Masami (GAEA Debut Show 04/15/95) Stan Hansen, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada, Johnny Ace & Takao Omori (AJPW 04/15/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/15/95) Rock & Roll Express vs Al Snow & Unabomb (SMW TV 04/15/95) Vader & Arn Anderson vs Marcus Bagwell & The Patriot (WCW Saturday Night 04/15/95) Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko (ECW Hostile City Showdown 04/15/95) Shinjiro Otani vs Koji Kanemoto (NJPW 04/16/95) Steven Regal vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 04/16/95) Keiji Muto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW 04/16/95) Masahito Kakihara vs. Naoki Sano (UWFI 4/20/95) Billy Scott vs. Gary Albright (UWFI 4/20/95) Vader vs Nobuhiko Takada (UWFI 04/20/95) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 04/21/95) Volk Han vs. Masayuki Naruse (RINGS 4/28/95) May: Koji Kanemoto vs. Sabu (NJ 5/3/95) Ric Flair vs. Hiroshi Hase (NJ 5/3/95) Keiji Muto vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 05/03/95) Owen Hart & Yokozuna vs. The Headshrinkers (WWF Superstars 5/6/95) Yuko Miyato & Yoji Anjoh vs. Naoki Sano & Billy Scott (UWFI 5/17/95) Super Delphin vs. TAKA Michinoku (M-Pro 5/17/95) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon & Winners vs. Pentagon & Psicosis & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 5/17/95) Volk Han vs. Yoshihisa Yammamoto (RINGS 5/20/95) The Gangstas vs The Thugz (SMW Charlotte Memories 05/20/95) Arn Anderson vs Alex Wright (WCW Slamboree 05/21/95) Kenta Kobashi vs Johnny Ace (AJPW 05/26/95) Great Sasuke vs. Pantera (CMLL 5/26/95) Octagon & El Hijo del Santo & Rey Misterio Jr & Winners vs. Pentagon & Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera & Psicosis (AAA 5/27/95) June: Psicosis & Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera & Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Misterio Sr & Rey Misterio Jr & Latin Lover & Panterita (AAA 6/3/95) Rob Van Dam vs Dan Kroffat (AJPW 06/09/95) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 06/09/95) La Parka & Octagon & Rey Misterio Jr & Lizmark vs. Pentagon & Blue Panther & Psicosis & Fishman (AAA 6/10/95) Rock & Roll Express vs PG-13 (USWA Night To Remember 06/11/95) Latin Lover & Panterita del Ring vs. Fuerza Guerrera & Juventud Guerrera (AAA 6/11/95) Sabu vs. Black Tiger (NJ 6/12/95) Koji Kanemoto vs. Gran Hamada (NJ 6/12/95) Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW 06/12/95) Sabu vs. Koji Kanemoto (NJ 6/14/95) Volk Han vs Yoshihisa Yammamoto (RINGS 06/15/95) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 06/16/95) Volk Han vs Yoshihisa Yammamoto (RINGS 06/17/95) Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (UWFI 6/18/95) Yoji Anjo vs Naoki Sano (UWFI 06/18/95) Ric Flair vs Randy Savage (WCW Great American Bash 06/18/95) Octagoncito, Mascarita Sagrada, Torerito & Super Munequito vs Espectrito, Espectrito II, La Parkita & Fuercita Guerrera (AAA 06/18/95) El Hijo del Santo, Octagon, Rey Misterio Jr & La Parka vs Pentagon, Blue Panther, Psicosis & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 06/18/95) Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Koji Kanemoto (NJ 6/23/95) Wild Pegasus vs. Shinjiro Ohtani (NJ 6/25/95) Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW 06/27/95) Hayabusa vs Hisakatsu Oya (FMW Korauken Hall 06/27/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Tamon Honda (AJPW 06/30/95) July: Rey Misterio Jr, Octagon & Super Muneco vs Psicosis, Fuerza Guerrera & Blue Panther (AAA 07/04/95) Wild Pegasus vs El Samurai (NJPW 07/07/95) Dean Malenko vs Black Tiger (NJPW 07/07/95) Jado & Gedo vs. Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke (WAR 7/7/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 7/8/95) Espectrito vs Super Munequito (AAA 07/08/95) El Hijo del Santo, Octagon, Rey Misterio Jr & La Parka, Pentagon, Jerry Estrada, Psicosis & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 07/08/95) Wild Pegasus vs. Shinjiro Ohtani (NJ 7/13/95) Keiji Muto vs. Road Warrior Hawk (NJ 7/13/95) Masahito Kakihara & Hiromitsu Kanehara vs Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 07/13/95) El Hijo Del Santo, Octagon y Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Heavy Metal, Pentagon y Psicosis (AAA 7/16/95) Manami Toyota vs. Mima Shimoda (AJW 7/23/95) Mayumi Ozaki vs Dynamite Kansai (JWP 07/23/95) Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Jarrett (WWF In Your House 07/23/95) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 07/24/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 07/24/95) Great Sasuke vs. Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro Mask League 7/27/95) Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator (FMW 7/30/95) Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 7/31/95) August: Al Snow vs Marty Jannetty (SMW Superbowl of Wrestling 08/04/95) Heavenly Bodies vs The Thugz (SMW Superbowl of Wrestling 08/04/95) Hikari Fukuoka vs. Dynamite Kansai (JWP 8/10/95) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NJ G-1 Climax 8/11/95) Great Sasuke vs. Super Delphin (Michinoku Pro Mask League 8/12/95) Keiji Muto vs Masa Chono (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/12/95) Keiji Muto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/12/95) Shinya Hashimoto vs Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/12/95) Masa Chono vs. Shiro Koshinaka (NJ G-1 Climax 8/13/95) Shinya Hashimoto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/13/95) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masa Chono (NJ G-1 Climax 8/14/95) Keiji Muto vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/15/95) Naoki Sano vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 8/18/95) Super Delphin vs. Dos Caras (M-Pro 8/18/95) Great Sasuke vs. Dos Caras (Michinoku Pro Mask League 8/23/95) Gran Naniwa vs. Gorgon Cross (Michinoku Pro Mask League 8/25/95) Great Sasuke vs Dos Caras (Michinoku Pro Mask League 08/25/95) Chigusa Nagayo, Sonoko Kato & Meiko Satomura vs Devil Masami, Tomoko Kuzumi & Tomoko Miyaguchi (GAEA 08/26/95) Volk Han vs. Blitzadze Tariel (RINGS 8/27/95) Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WWF Summerslam 08/27/95) Dynamite Kansai & Hiroumi Yagi vs. Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki (JWP 8/29/95) Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW 08/30/95) Aja Kong vs Dynamite Kansai (AJW 08/30/95) Hayabusa vs Hisakatsu Oya (FMW 08/31/95) September: Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 09/02/95) Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 09/02/95) Manami Toyota vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 09/03/95) Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator (FMW 9/5/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (AJPW 09/10/95) Brian Pillman vs Johnny B. Badd (WCW Fall Brawl 09/17/95) Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson (WCW Fall Brawl 09/17/95) Volk Han vs. Akira Maeda (RINGS 9/22/95) Rey Misterio Jr vs Psicosis (AAA 09/22/95) Silver King vs Miguel Perez (CMLL 09/22/95) Wild Pegasus vs Steven Regal (NJPW 09/23/95) Keiji Muto vs. Sting (NJ 9/23/95) Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Ohtani (NJ 9/25/95) Hayabusa vs. The Gladiator (FMW 9/26/95) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Ryukaku Izumida (AJPW 9/30/95) October: Eddy Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger (WCW Main Event 10/1/95) Rey Misterio Jr vs Psicosis (ECW TV 10/07/95) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (NJ vs. UWFI Tokyo Dome 10/9/95) Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith & Yokozuna vs Diesel, Shawn Michaels & Undertaker (WWF Monday Night RAW 10/09/95) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 10/15/95) Eddy Guerrero vs Chris Benoit (WCW Monday Nitro 10/16/95) Toshiaki Kawada vs Gary Albright (AJPW 10/25/95) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 10/25/95) Masa Chono vs. Yoji Anjoh (UWFI 10/28/95) Sabu vs. Devon Storm (NWA 10/28/95) Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Blue Bloods (WCW Main Event 10/29/95) Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Osamu Kido & Kazuo Yamazaki (NJ 10/30/95) Devil Masami, Hikari Fukuoka & Candy Okutsu vs. Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki & Hiroumi Yagi (JWP 10/31/95) Dynamite Kansai vs. Takako Inoue (JWP 10/31/95) November: Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Davey Boy Smith, Yokozuna & Mabel (WWF Nassau Coliseum 11/10/95) Hayabusa, W*ING Kanemura & Masato Tanaka vs The Gladiator, Hisakatsu Oya & Super Leather (FMW 11/11/95) Yumiko Hotta vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 11/18/95) Bret Hart vs Diesel (WWF Survivor Series 11/19/95) Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama (UWFI 11/25/95) December: Aja Kong vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 12/4/95) Manami Toyota vs Dynamite Kansai (AJW Monday Night Sensation 12/04/95) Jushin Liger vs Ultimo Dragon (WAR Super J Cup 12/13/95) Jushin Liger vs Gedo (WAR Super J Cup 12/13/95) Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki vs. Tiger Mask IV & Naohiro Hoshikawa (Michinoku Pro 12/17/95) Volk Han vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto (RINGS 12/19/95) Combat Toyoda vs. KAORU (FMW 12/22/95)
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January: Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (AJW 01/04/94) Rick & Scott Steiner vs Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/94) Genichiro Tenryu vs Antonio Inoki (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/94) Devil Masami, Dynamite Kansai & Chigusa Nagayo vs Mayumi Ozaki, Plum Mariko & Cutie Suzuki (JWP 01/09/94) Rick & Scott Steiner vs Bret & Owen Hart (WWF Wrestlefest 01/11/94) Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WWF San Jose, CA 01/14/94) El Hijo Del Santo, Octagon & Rey Misterio Jr vs. Espanto Jr, Jerry Estrada & Psicosis (AAA 01/14/94) Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WWF San Francisco, CA 01/15/94) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Takao Omori (AJPW 01/20/94) Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 01/24/94) Aja Kong vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 01/24/94) Jun Akiyama vs. Takao Omori (AJPW 01/29/94) February: Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WWF Hits From The Crypt 02/02/94) Great Sasuke, Sato & Shiryu vs Super Delphin, Jinsei Shinzaki & Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro 02/04/94) Shiro Koshinaka vs Super Strong Machine (NJPW 02/05/94) Sting vs Steven Regal (WCW Saturday Night 02/05/94) Jushin Liger vs 2 Cold Scorpio (NJPW 02/06/94) Genichiro Tenryu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 02/17/94) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko Inoue & Yumiko Hotta (AJW 02/18/94) Chigusa Nagayo vs Plum Mariko (JWP 02/19/94) Arn Anderson vs Steven Regal (WCW SuperBrawl IV 02/20/94) El Dandy vs Javier Llanes (CMLL 02/22/94) Jushin Liger vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 02/24/94) Terry Funk vs Sabu (WWN 02/28/94) March: Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto (WAR 03/02/94) Misterioso, Solar I & Super Calo vs Angel Azteca, Volador & Winners (AAA 03/05/94) Steve Austin vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW Saturday Night 03/12/94) Ric Flair & Steven Regal vs Sting & Ricky Steamboat (WCW Munich 03/12/94) Espectrito vs Mascarita Sagrada (AAA 03/12/94) Rick Rude vs Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 03/16/94) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/19/94) Angel Azteca, Volador & Winners vs Misterioso, Solar I & Super Calo (AAA 03/19/94) Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (WWF Wrestlemania X 03/20/94) Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WWF Wrestlemania X 03/20/94) Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/24/94) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/24/94) Sakie Hasegawa vs Dynamite Kansai (AJW Queendom 03/27/94) Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW Queendom 03/27/94) Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori (AJW Queendom 03/27/94) Steve Williams vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/29/94) April: Toshiaki Kawada vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/01/94) Chris Candido vs Tracy Smothers (SMW Bluegrass Brawl 04/01/94) Rock & Roll Express vs Heavenly Bodies (SMW Bluegrass Brawl 04/01/94) Manami Toyota & Kyoko Inoue & Chapparita Asari -vs- Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda & Suzuka Minami (AJW 04/03/94) Aja Kong & Toshiyo Yamada -vs- Yumiko Hotta & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 04/03/94) El Samurai vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW 04/04/94) Jushin Liger & Chris Benoit vs. Rick & Scott Steiner (NJPW 04/04/94) Manami Toyota & Kyoko Inoue -vs- Bull Nakano & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 04/09/94) Steve Williams vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/10/94) Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/10/94) El Hijo Del Santo, Heavy Metal, Konnan & Perro Aguayo vs Jerry Estrada, La Parka, Love Machine & Psicosis (AAA 04/15/94) Jushin Liger vs Great Sasuke (NJPW Super J Cup 04/16/94) Wild Pegasus vs Great Sasuke (NJPW Super J Cup 04/16/94) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Stan Hansen, Giant Baba & Takao Omori (AJPW 04/16/94) Steve Williams vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/16/94) Dustin Rhodes vs Bunkhouse Buck (WCW Spring Stampede 04/17/94) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW Spring Stampede 04/17/94) Jerry Lawler vs Dream Machine (USWA Mid South Coliseum 04/25/94) Rey Misterio Sr, Rey Misterio Jr & Winners vs Tony Arce, Vulcano & Rocco Valente (AAA 04/26/94) Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro 04/29/94) May: Aja Kong -vs- Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 05/02/94) Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs. Yumiko Hotta & Kaoru Ito (AJW 05/02/94) Toshiyo Yamada & Takako Inoue -vs- Manami Toyota & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 05/02/94) Genichiro Tenryu vs Atsushi Onita (FMW 05/05/94) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Naoki Sano (UWFI 05/06/94) Jake Roberts vs Dirty White Boy (SMW TV 05/14/94) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW Saturday Night 05/14/94) Mascara Sagrada vs Black Cat (AAA Triplemania 05/15/94) Rey Misterio, Rey Misterio Jr & Volador vs Fuerza Guerrera, Juventud Guerrera & Misterioso (AAA 05/15/94) El Hijo del Santo, Jushin Liger, Octagon & Tiger Mask vs Blue Panther, Eddy Guerrero, La Parka & Psicosis (AAA Triplemania 05/15/94) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Steve Williams, Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace (AJPW 05/18/94) Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue, Masa Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa vs Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori, Tamon Honda & Satoru Asako (AJPW 05/18/94) Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (WWF MSG 05/20/94) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 05/21/94) Chigusa Nagayo vs Mayumi Ozaki (JWP 05/22/94) Steven Regal vs Larry Zbyszko (WCW Slamboree 05/22/94) Dustin Rhodes vs Bunkhouse Buck (WCW Slamboree 05/22/94) Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs Nasty Boys (WCW Slamboree 05/22/94) Taka Michinoku vs Super Delphin (NJPW Top of the Super Juniors 05/26/94) Steven Regal vs Larry Zbyszko (WCW Saturday Night 05/28/94) Jushin Liger vs Super Delphin (NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 05/30/94) June: Yumiko Hotta vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 06/03/94) Bull Nakano & Kyoko Inoue & Tomoko Watanabe -vs- Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito & Rie Tamada (AJW 06/03/94) Manami Toyota vs Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 06/03/94) Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda -vs- Hikari Fukuoka & Candy Okutsu (AJW 06/03/94) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 06/03/94) Cutie Suzuki vs Takako Inoue (JWP 06/04/94) Ciclon Ramirez vs Javier Cruz (CMLL 06/07/94) Bull Nakano & Aja Kong vs Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (AJW 06/10/94) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada -vs- Sakie Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito (AJW 06/10/94) Vader vs Kiyoshi Tamura (UWFI 06/10/94) Kazushi Sakuraba & Masahito Kakihara vs Gene Lydick & Steve Nelson (UWFI 06/10/94) Nobuhiko Takada vs Gary Albright (UWFI 06/10/94) Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyota (FMW 06/19/94) Atsushi Onita, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & Fumiharu Asako vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka (FMW 06/19/94) Steven Regal vs Larry Zbyszko (WCW Clash of the Champions XXVII 06/23/94) Mayumi Ozaki vs Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 06/25/94) Steven Regal vs Larry Zbyszko (WCW Pro 06/25/94) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA June 1994) July: Jushin Liger vs Great Sasuke (NJPW 07/08/94) Bret Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid (WWF Monday Night RAW 07/11/94) Bull Nakano vs Shinobu Kandori (LLPW 07/14/94) El Hijo del Santo, Octagon & Rey Misterio Jr vs Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Psicosis (AAA 07/15/94) Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan (WCW Bash at the Beach 07/17/94) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 07/22/94) Steve Williams vs Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW 07/28/94) Los Payasos vs Chicano Power, Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine (AAA 07/29/94) Ultimo Dragon & Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Gedo (Michinoku Pro 07/30/94) Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund (WWF Superstars 07/30/94) August: Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (WWF Monday Night RAW 08/01/94) Bull Nakano vs Alundra Blayze (WWF Monday Night RAW 08/01/94) Shinya Hashimoto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/06/94) Devil Masami vs Dynamite Kansai (JWP 08/08/94) Manami Toyota -vs- Yumiko Hotta (AJW 08/14/94) Noriyo Tateno vs Harley Saito (LLPW 08/14/94) Vader vs Nobuhiko Takada (UWFI 08/18/94) Chigusa Nagayo & Toshiyo Yamada -vs- Sakie Hasegawa & Mariko Yoshida (AJW 08/24/94) Takako Inoue & Cuty Suzuki vs Devil Masami & Candy Okutsu (AJW 08/24/94) Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong -vs- Dynamite Kansai & Yumiko Hotta (AJW 08/24/94) Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito & Super Munequito vs Los Payasitos (AAA 08/26/94) Rey Misterio Jr, Super Calo & Winners vs Angel Mortal, Marabunta & Mr Condor (AAA 08/26/94) Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 08/28/94) September: Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/03/94) Sabu vs Al Snow (California 09/11/94) Vader vs Sting (WCW Fall Brawl 09/18/94) Nasty Boys, Dusty & Dustin Rhodes vs Arn Anderson, Terry Funk, Bunkhouse Buck & Col. Parker (WCW Fall Brawl 09/18/94) October: Vader & John Tenta vs Gary Albright & Kazuo Yamazaki (UWFI 10/08/94) Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda -vs- Manami Toyota & Takako Inoue (AJW 10/08/94) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko & Takako Inoue (AJW 10/09/94) Nobuhiko Takada vs Naoki Sano (UWFI 10/14/94) Micro Konnan, Octagoncito & Super Munequito vs Los Payasitos (AAA 10/15/94) Great Sasuke & Black Tiger vs Wild Pegasus & Shinjiro Otani (NJPW 10/16/94) Mitsuharu Misawa & Stan Hansen vs Akira Taue & Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 10/22/94) Volk Han vs Andrei Kopylev (RINGS 10/22/94) Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (WWF Action Zone 10/23/94) Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid (WWF Action Zone 10/30/94) Cactus Jack vs Sabu (NWC 10/30/94) Blue Panther vs El Mariachi (AAA 10/30/94) November: Fuerza Guerrera, Psicosis & Fobia vs Rey Misterio Jr, Heavy Metal & El Puma (AAA 11/04/94) Eddy Guerrero & Art Barr vs El Hijo del Santo & Octagon (AAA When Worlds Collide 11/06/94) Vader vs Dustin Rhodes (WCW Clash of the Champions XXIX 11/16/94) Toshiyo Yamada & Tomoko Watanabe vs Shinobu Kandori & Mikiko Futagami (AJW Big Egg Universe 11/20/94) Jaguar Yokota & Bison Kimura vs Lioness Asuka & Yumi Ogura (AJW Big Egg Universe 11/20/94) Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW Big Egg Universe 11/20/94) Akira Hokuto vs Aja Kong (AJW Big Egg Universe 11/20/94) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 11/25/94) Atlantis & Corazon de Leon vs Satanico & Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 11/25/94) Masahito Kakihara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (UWFI 11/30/94) Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera (AAA 11/30/94) December: El Satanico & Emilio Charles Jr vs Pierroth Jr & Dr Wagner Jr (CMLL 12/02/94) Atlantis, El Texano & Silver King vs Corazon De Leon, Dos Caras & Negro Casas (CMLL 12/02/94) Manami Toyota -vs- Blizzard Yuki (AJW 12/04/94) Aja Kong -vs- Yumiko Hotta (AJW 12/04/94) Manami Toyota & Takako Inoue vs Aja Kong & Reggie Bennett (AJW 12/10/94) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 12/10/94) Hiroshi Hase vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 12/13/94) Taka Michinoku vs Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro 12/14/94) Mitsuya Nagai vs Masayuki Naruse (RINGS 12/17/94) Volk Han vs Mitsuya Nagai (RINGS 12/24/94) Cactus Jack & Tracy Smothers vs Chris Candido & Boo Bradley (SMW Christmas Chaos 12/25/94) Vader vs Hacksaw Duggan (WCW Starrcade 12/27/94) Pantera vs Felino (AAA 12/27/94)
  10. Shockingly, Vince Russo laid out an invasion angle that was light years better than the crap Cornette came up with. It wasn't perfect, but he did a much better job of capturing the tone and using the right people, and he laid out a basic enough framework that it could be expanded upon and made successful.
  11. If Dave doesn't understand the business model in England at the time, then it's up to people who do understand it to explain it in a way where others can understand it. I haven't seen that happen, but maybe I haven't looked in the right place.
  12. January: Akira Hokuto vs Debbie Malenko (AJW 01/04/93) Manami Toyota vs Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 01/04/93) Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu (NJPW Tokyo Dome 01/04/93) Ric Flair vs Bret Hart (WWF Boston, MA 01/09/93) Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs Hollywood Blonds (WCW Clash of the Champions XXII 01/13/93) Plum Mariko vs Commando Bolshoi (JWP 01/15/93) Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai vs Takako Inoue & Yumiko Hotta (JWP 01/15/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 01/15/93) Negro Casas & El Satanico & Mano Negra vs. El Dandy & El Brazo & Ultimo Dragon (CMLL 1/17/93) Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama (AJPW 01/21/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW 01/21/93) Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannetty (WWF Reno, NV 01/23/93) Kyoko Inoue vs Takako Inoue (AJW 01/24/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (AJW 01/24/93) Akira Hokuto, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Eagle Sawai, Harley Saito & Miki Handa (AJW 01/24/93) Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jun Akiyama & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 01/24/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Terry Gordy & Johnny Smith (AJPW 01/24/93) El Satanico & MS-1 & Pirata Morgan vs. Pierroth Jr & Masakre & Jacques Mate (CMLL 1/24/93) Toshiaki Kawada vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 01/26/93) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/26/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW 01/30/93) Vader & Barry Windham vs Sting & Dustin Rhodes (WCW Saturday Night 01/30/93) February: Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa vs Keiji Muto & Akira Nogami & Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 02/05/93) Sting vs Barry Windham (WCW Saturday Night 02/07/93) El Dandy & El Brazo & Pierroth Jr vs. Ken Timbs & Emilio Charles Jr & Kahos I (CMLL 2/7/93) Dynamite Kansai & Plum Mariko vs Devil Masami & Debbie Malenko (JWP 02/11/93) Ultimo Dragon vs El Samurai (WAR 02/12/93) Genichiro Tenryu & John Tenta vs Great Kabuki & Haku (WAR 02/12/93) Etsuko Mita & Suzuka Minami vs Shinobu Kandori & Harley Saito (LLPW 02/13/93) Nobuhiko Takada vs Kiyoshi Tamura (UWFI 02/13/93) Rey Misterio Jr & Winners & Super Calo vs Heavy Metal & Picudo & Psicosis (AAA 02/14/93) Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Kido & Hiroshi Hase & Tayayuki Iizuka vs Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa & Ricky Fuyuki & Tatsumi Kitahara (NJPW 02/16/93) Mitsuharu Misawa, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Satoru Asako vs Akira Taue, Jun Akiyama & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 02/19/93) Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen & Rob Van Dam (AJPW 02/19/93) Eddy Guerrero, Lizmark & Rey Misterio Jr. vs Heavy Metal, La Parka & Psicosis (AAA 02/19/93) Brian Pillman vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW Saturday Night 02/20/93) Chris Benoit vs 2 Cold Scorpio (WCW SuperBrawl III 02/21/93) Cactus Jack vs Paul Orndorff (WCW SuperBrawl III 02/21/93) Vader vs Sting (WCW SuperBrawl III 02/21/93) Eddy Guerrero, Rey Misterio Jr & Lizmark vs. Psicosis & La Parka & Heavy Metal (AAA 2/21/93) Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs The Patriot & The Eagle (AJPW 02/25/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 02/25/93) Barry Windham vs Brad Armstrong (WCW Saturday Night 02/27/93) Debbie Malenko vs Terri Power (AJW 02/28/93) Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito vs Kyoko Inoue & Bat Yoshinaga (AJW 02/28/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Takako Inoue & Yumiko Hotta (AJW 02/28/93) Kenta Kobashi vs Dan Spivey (AJPW 02/28/93) Masa Fuchi vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJPW 02/28/93) Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 02/28/93) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (AJPW 02/28/93) Octagoncito & El Voladorcito & Mascarita Sagrada vs. Espectrito & La Parquita & El Espancito (AAA 2/28/93) Eddy Guerrero & Rey Misterio Jr & Lizmark vs. Psicosis & La Parka & Heavy Metal (AAA 2/28/93) March: Bret Hart vs Fatu (WWF Monday Night RAW 03/01/93) Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs Riki Choshu & Osamu Kido (WAR 03/03/93) Kenta Kobashi vs Doug Furnas (AJPW 03/03/93)[/b] Steve Williams vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 03/03/93)[/b] Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (AJPW 03/03/93) Ultimo Dragoncito & Cicloncito Ramirez vs Felinito & Nuevo Piratita Morgan (CMLL 03/05/93) Ultimo Dragon vs El Samurai (WAR 03/07/93) Shinya Hashimoto & Michiyoshi Ohara vs Ashura Hara & Kodo Fuyuki (WAR 03/07/93) El Hijo del Santo & Eddy Guerrero & Mascara Sagrada vs. Jerry Estrada & La Parka & Angel Blanco Jr (AAA 3/7/93) Jerry Estrada & La Parka & Angel Blanco Jr. vs. Mascara Sagrada & Eddy Guerrero & El Hijo Del Santo (AAA 3/7/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 03/11/93) Aja Kong vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 03/11/93) Ciclon Ramirez, Oro & Ultimo Dragon vs Bestia Salvaje, Felino & Negro Casas (CMLL 03/12/93) Ultimo Dragon vs Negro Casas (CMLL 03/19/93) Manami Toyota vs Takako Inoue (AJW 03/20/93) Bat Yoshinaga & Yumiko Hotta vs Toshiyo Yamada & Etsuko Mita (AJW 03/20/93) Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 03/20/93) Van Hammer vs Big Sky (WCW Saturday Night 03/20/93) Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki vs Devil Masami & Dynamite Kansai (JWP 03/21/93) Psicosis, La Parka & Heavy Metal vs. El Volador, Misterioso & Rey Misterio Jr (AAA 3/21/93) Blue Panther vs. El Vulcano (AAA 3/21/93) Kenta Kobashi vs Doug Furnas (AJPW 03/25/93) Negro Casas vs Ultimo Dragon (CMLL 03/26/93) Steve Williams vs Stan Hansen (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/27/93) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/27/93) Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs Hollywood Blonds (WCW Worldwide 03/27/93) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Stan Hansen (AJPW Championship Carnival 03/30/93) April: Plum Mariko & Hikari Fukuoka vs Kaoru Ito & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) Takako Inoue & Kyoko Inoue vs Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Harley Saito & Eagle Sawai (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) Dynamite Kansai vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda (AJW Dreamslam I 04/02/93) El Hijo del Santo, Eddy Guerrero & Perro Aguayo vs. Cien Caras, Universo 2000 & Mascara Ano 2000 (AAA 4/4/93) Los Brazos vs. El Satanico, MS-1 & Pirata Morgan (CMLL 4/4/93) Manami Toyota vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 04/05/93) Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu (NJPW 04/06/93) Misterioso, Rey Misterio Jr. & Volador vs Heavy Metal, Jerry Estrada & Psicosis (AAA 04/09/93) Chigusa Nagayo vs Bull Nakano (AJW Dreamslam II 04/11/93) Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong vs Eagle Sawai & Shinobu Kandori (AJW Dreamslam II 04/11/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (AJW Dreamslam II 04/11/93) Mr. Perfect vs Samu (WWF UK Rampage 04/11/93) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/12/93) Stan Hansen vs Akira Taue (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/14/93) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/14/93) Manami Toyota vs Suzuka Minami (AJW 04/16/93) Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/16/93) Sabu vs Lightning Kid (NWA Grand Slam 04/17/93) Dynamite Kansai vs Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 04/18/93) Bull Nakano vs Devil Masami (JWP 04/18/93) Barry Windham vs Steven Regal (WCW Worldwide 04/18/93) Rey Misterio Jr & El Volador & Misterioso vs. Psicosis & Heavy Metal & Jerry Estrada (AAA 4/18/93) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Stan Hansen (AJPW Championship Carnival 04/21/93) Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta vs Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 04/24/93) Volk Han vs Mitsuya Nagai (RINGS 04/24/93) Vader vs Cactus Jack (WCW Saturday Night 04/24/93) Bret Hart vs Bam Bam Bigelow (WWF Milan, Italy 04/25/93) Espectrito vs. Mascarita Sagrada (AAA 4/25/93) Ultimo Dragoncito & Orito vs Felinito & Ultratumbita (EMLL 04/30/93) Ciclon Ramirez & Corazon de Leon & Oro vs Felino & Javier Cruz & Negro Casas (EMLL 04/30/93) May: Jeff Jarrett vs Brian Christopher (USWA TV 05/01/93) Marcus Bagwell, 2 Cold Scorpio & Cole Twins vs Tex Slazenger, Shanghai Pierce & Wrecking Crew (WCW Saturday Night 05/01/93) Ultimo Dragon vs. Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 5/2/93) Akira Hokuto vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 05/03/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano (AJW 05/03/93) Megumi Kudo & Combat Toyoda vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (FMW 05/05/93) Terry Funk vs Atsushi Onita (FMW 05/05/93) Naoki Sano vs Kiyoshi Tamura (UWFI 05/06/93) El Hijo Del Santo, Octagon & Perro Aguayo vs Heavy Metal, Jerry Estrada & Mascara Ano 2000 (AAA 05/07/93) Takako Inoue vs Harley Saito (AJW 05/08/93) Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta vs Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 05/08/93) Hollywood Blonds vs Marcus Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio (WCW Worldwide 05/08/93) Miki Handa vs Mima Shimoda (LLPW 05/11/93) Stan Hansen vs Barry Horowitz (AJPW 05/14/93) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJPW 05/14/93) El Hijo del Santo vs Heavy Metal (AAA 05/14/93) Rick Rude vs Dustin Rhodes (WCW Worldwide 05/15/93) Steve Williams vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 05/21/93) Felino vs Ciclon Ramirez (CMLL 05/21/93) Los Brazos vs. Bestia Salvaje & Sangre Chicana & Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 5/23/93) Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa (WAR 05/24/93) Mr. Perfect vs Doink the Clown (WWF Monday Night RAW 05/24/93) Bret Hart vs Lex Luger (WWF 05/24/93) Kevin Sullivan vs W*ING Kanemura (W*ING 05/27/93) Andrei Kopylov vs Dick Vrij (RINGS 05/29/93) Kenta Kobashi vs Terry Gordy (AJPW 05/29/93) Vader vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW Worldwide 05/29/93) Devil Masami, Mayumi Ozaki & Plum Mariko vs Dynamite Kansai, Cutie Suzuki & Candy Okutsu (AJW 05/30/93) Steve Williams vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 05/30/93) Marty Jannetty vs Bam Bam Bigelow (WWF Monday Night RAW 05/31/93) June: Stan Hansen vs Terry Gordy (AJPW 06/01/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 06/01/93) Broncito, Cicloncito Ramirez & Ultimo Dragoncito vs Pierrothito, Nuevo Piratita Morgan & Ultratumbita (AAA 06/01/93) Manami Toyota vs Hikari Fukuoka (AJW 06/03/93) Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai vs Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue (AJW 06/03/93) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams vs Stan Hansen & Joel Deaton (AJPW 06/03/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 06/03/93) Toshiyo Yamada vs Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 06/11/93) Kyoko Inoue vs Hikari Fukuoka (AJW 06/11/93) Manami Toyota, Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue vs Bull Nakano, Aja Kong & Bat Yoshinaga (AJW 06/11/93) Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund (WWF MSG 06/12/93) Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect (WWF King of the Ring 06/13/93) Bret Hart vs Bam Bam Bigelow (WWF King of the Ring 06/13/93) Wild Pegasus vs El Samurai (NJPW Top of the Super Juniors Final 06/14/93) Marty Jannetty vs Doink the Clown (WWF Monday Night RAW 06/14/93) Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto & Tatsumi Fujinami & Masa Chono & Hiroshi Hase vs Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa & Tatsu Goto & Super Strong Machine (NJPW 06/15/93) Barry Windham vs 2 Cold Scorpio (WCW Clash of the Champions XXIII 06/16/93) Hiroshi Hase vs Samson Fuyuki (WAR 06/17/93) Genichiro Tenryu vs Shinya Hashimoto (WAR 06/17/93) Lizmark vs Jerry Estrada (AAA 06/18/93) Ciclon Ramirez vs Felino (CMLL 06/18/93) Mayumi Ozaki vs Takako Inoue (JWP 06/20/93) Marty Jannetty vs Doink the Clown (WWF Monday Night RAW 06/21/93) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon & Perro Aguayo vs. Fuerza Guerrera & El Satanico & Mascara Ano 2000 (AAA 6/27/93) Atlantis & Ciclon Ramirez & Ultimo Dragon vs. Negro Casas & El Felino & Javier Cruz (CMLL 6/27/93) July: Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace vs. Mark & Chris Youngblood (AJPW 07/02/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW 07/02/93) Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Paul Roma vs Hollywood Blonds & Barry Windham (WCW Saturday Night 07/03/93) Akira Hokuto vs Suzuka Minami (AJW 07/04/93) Manami Toyota, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Aja Kong, Bull Nakano & Tomoko Watanabe (AJW 07/04/93) Toshiyo Yamada vs Harley Saito (AJW 07/04/93) Negro Casas & El Felino & Bestia Salvaje vs. Atlantis & Ciclon Ramirez & Vampiro (CMLL 7/4/93) Toshiaki Kawada vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 07/09/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen & Bubba Rogers (AJPW 07/09/93) Felino vs Ciclon Ramirez (EMLL 07/09/93) Freddy Kruger, Jado & Gedo vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Kintaro Kanemura & Miguel Perez Jr. (W*ING 07/11/93) Eddy Guerrero & Lizmark & Love Machine vs. Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera & La Parka (AAA 7/11/93) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 07/12/93) Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs Masa Chono & Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW 07/14/93) Chris Jericho & Ultimo Dragon vs Negro Casas & El Dandy (CMLL 07/16/93) Kazuo Yamazaki vs Yoji Anjo (UWFI 07/18/93) Hollywood Blonds vs Arn Anderson & Paul Roma (WCW Beach Blast 07/18/93) Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace (AJPW 07/19/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 07/19/93) Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannetty (WWF Monday Night RAW 07/19/93) Great Sasuke vs Super Delphin (Michinoku Pro 07/24/93) Negro Casas & El Felino & Dr Wagner Jr vs. El Dandy & La Fiera & Corazon de Leon (EMLL 7/25/93) Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami vs Toshiyo Yamada & Yumiko Hotta (AJW 07/26/93) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW 07/26/93) Stan Hansen vs Jun Akiyama (AJPW 07/26/93) Great Sasuke & Sato vs Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro 07/26/93) Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 07/29/93) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 07/29/93) Yumiko Hotta vs Plum Mariko (JWP Thunderqueen 07/31/93) Sakie Hasegawa & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue & Aja Kong vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai & Hikari Fukuoka & Cutie Suzuki (JWP Thunderqueen 07/31/93) August: Eddy Guerrero & El Hijo del Santo & Love Machine vs. Fishman & Fuerza Guerrera & Blue Panther (AAA 8/1/93) Hiroshi Hase vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/03/93) Akira Hokuto vs Harley Saito (AJW 08/05/93) Blue Panther, El Hijo Del Santo & Octagon vs Fuerza Guerrera, Heavy Metal & Love Machine (AAA 08/06/93) Jushin Liger vs Wild Pegasus (NJPW 08/08/93) Genichiro Tenryu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/08/93) Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart (WWF All American Wrestling 08/08/93) MS-1 & El Satanico & Pirata Morgan vs. Cien Caras & Universo 2000 & Mascara Ano 2000 (AAA 8/8/93) El Hijo del Santo & Blue Panther & Perro Aguayo vs. Fuerza Guerrera & Heavy Metal & Love Machine (AAA 8/8/93) Naoki Sano vs Yoji Anjo (UWFI 08/13/93) Yoshihiro Takayama vs Gene Lydick (UWFI 08/13/93) Akira Hokuto vs Harley Saito (AJW 08/13/93) Bret Hart vs Yokozuna (WWF MSG 08/13/93) El Hijo del Santo vs Heavy Metal (AAA 08/13/93) Devil Masami vs Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 08/15/93) Octagon & Blue Panther & El Hijo del Santo vs. Fuerza Guerrera & Love Machine & Heavy Metal (AAA 8/15/93) Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat vs Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako (AJPW 08/20/93) Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 08/21/93) Yumiko Hotta vs Harley Saito (AJW 08/21/93) Aja Kong, Kaoru Ito & Infernal Kaoru vs Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue & Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 08/21/93) Akira Hokuto vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW 08/21/93) Ric Flair vs Sting (WCW Saturday Night 08/21/93) Megumi Kudo & Miwa Sato vs Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito (FMW 08/22/93) MS-1 vs Cien Caras (AAA 08/22/93) Akira Hokuto vs Rumi Kazama (AJW 08/25/93) Manami Toyota, Yumiko Hotta & Sakie Hasegawa vs Mayumi Ozaki, Plum Mariko & Hikari Fukuoka (AJW 08/25/93) Kyoko Inoue vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW 08/25/93) Akira Hokuto vs Rumi Kazama (AJW 08/25/93) Aja Kong vs Dynamite Kansai (AJW 08/25/93) Freddy Kruger, Jado, Gedo, Invader 2 & Invader 3 vs Crash The Terminator, Shoji Nakamaki, Masayoshi Motegi, Nobutaka Araya & Fukumen Taro (W*ING 08/25/93) Kevin Sullivan vs W*ING Kanemura (W*ING 08/25/93) Misterioso, Rey Misterio Jr. & Volador vs Jerry Estrada, La Parka, Psicosis (AAA 08/27/93) Octagoncito & Mascarita Sagrada vs Espectrito & Jerrito Estrada (AAA 08/28/93) Yumiko Hotta vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW 08/29/93) Atlantis & Americo Rocca & Corazon de Leon vs. Mano Negra & El Felino & Bestia Salvaje (CMLL 08/29/93) Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 08/31/93) September: Kenta Kobashi vs The Patriot (AJPW 09/03/93) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 09/03/93) Steve Williams vs Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW 09/03/93) Manami Toyota, Toshiyo Yamada, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Kyoko Inoue, Aja Kong, Sakie Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito (AJW 09/05/93) Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami vs Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue (AJW 09/05/93) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Stan Hansen, Ted DiBiase & Tracy Smothers (AJPW 09/09/93) Rick & Scott Steiner vs The Quebecers (WWF Monday Night RAW 09/13/93) Genichiro Tenryu vs Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 09/23/93) Villano III vs Rambo (AAA 09/24/93) Rey Misterio Jr & Winners & Super Calo vs. Heavy Metal & Picudo & Psicosis (AAA TV 9/25/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Harley Saito & Miki Handa (AJW 09/25/93) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams, Bubba Rogers & Richard Slinger (AJPW 09/29/93) October: Negro Casas vs. La Fiera (CMLL 10/1/93) Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 10/02/93) Shinobu Kandori & Yasha Kurenai vs Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 10/09/93) Kyoko Inoue vs Devil Masami (AJW 10/09/93) Manami Toyota vs Mayumi Ozaki (AJW 10/09/93) Dynamite Kansai vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 10/09/93) Aja Kong vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 10/09/93) Octagon, Blue Panther & El Hijo del Santo vs. El Satanico, Heavy Metal & Fuerza Guerrera (AAA 10/9/93) Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Eagle Sawai & Yasha Kurenai (AJW 10/10/93) Yumiko Hotta & Takako Inoue vs Bull Nakano & Suzuka Minami (AJW 10/10/93) Kyoko Inoue & Toshiyo Yamada vs Aja Kong & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 10/10/93) Kenta Kobashi vs Bubba Rogers (AJPW 10/14/93) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 10/14/93) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon & Perro Aguayo vs. La Parka & El Satanico & Heavy Metal (AAA 10/16/93) Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (AJPW 10/17/93) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon & Blue Panther vs. Heavy Metal & Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine (AAA 10/22/93) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 10/23/93) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Stan Hansen (AJPW 10/23/93) Andrei Kopylev vs Nikolai Zouev (RINGS 10/23/93) Volk Han vs Masayuki Naruse (RINGS 10/23/93) Octagon & Lizmark & El Hijo del Santo vs. Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine & Heavy Metal (AAA 10/23/93) El Hijo del Santo vs Heavy Metal (AAA 10/29/93) November: Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase vs Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono (NJPW 11/04/93) Terry Funk vs Sabu (ACW 11/06/93) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon vs Eddy Guerrero & Art Barr (AAA 11/06/93) Shinobu Kandori & Utazo Hozumi vs Bull Nakano & Takako Inoue (LLPW 11/09/93) Akira Hokuto vs Rumi Kazama (LLPW 11/09/93) Sakie Hasegawa & Aja Kong vs Manami Toyota & Akira Hokuto (AJW 11/12/93) Jake Roberts & Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine vs. Konnan & Perro Aguayo & Blue Panther (AAA 11/12/93) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon & Mascara Sagrada vs. Jerry Estrada & Fuerza Guerrera & Heavy Metal (AAA 11/12/93) Vader & Steve Austin vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (WCW Saturday Night 11/13/93) Eddy Guerrero & Fuerza Guerrera & Jerry Estrada vs. Blue Panther & Mascara Sagrada & El Mexicano (AAA 11/13/93) Manami Toyota vs Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 11/18/93) Devil Masami & Plum Mariko vs Chigusa Nagayo & Cutie Suzuki (JWP 11/18/93) Akira Hokuto vs Mayumi Ozaki (JWP 11/18/93) Dynamite Kansai vs Kyoko Inoue (JWP 11/18/93) Bret Hart vs Yokozuna (WWF Survivor Series Showdown 11/21/93) El Dandy vs Emilio Charles Jr (CMLL 11/21/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams & Big Boss Man (AJPW 11/24/93) Rock & Roll Express vs Heavenly Bodies (WWF Survivor Series 11/24/93) Satanico vs Pirata Morgan (AAA 11/26/93) Akira Hokuto vs Mayumi Ozaki (AJW 11/27/93) Aja Kong vs Eagle Sawai (AJW 11/28/93) Akira Hokuto, Suzuka Minami, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda vs Dynamite Kansai, Devil Masami, Mayumi Ozaki & Plum Mariko (AJW 11/28/93) Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 11/28/93) Takako Inoue & Yumiko Hotta vs Shinobu Kandori & Miki Handa (AJW 11/28/93) El Hijo del Santo & Octagon vs. Fuerza Guerrera & Heavy Metal (AAA 11/28/93) Bull Nakano vs Miki Handa (LLPW 11/29/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen & Giant Baba (AJPW 11/30/93) December: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Big Boss Man (AJPW 12/01/93) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW Real World Tag League 12/03/93) Gary Albright & Dan Severn vs Salman Hashimikov & Vladimir Berkovich (UWFI 12/05/93) El Hijo del Santo vs Heavy Metal (AAA 12/05/93) Vader vs Nobuhiko Takada (UWFI 12/06/93) Megumi Kudo vs Aja Kong (AJW 12/06/93) Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai (AJW 12/06/93) Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW 12/06/93) Manami Toyota & Akira Hokuto vs Toshiyo Yamada & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 12/10/93) Gran Hamada vs Villano IV (FULL 12/17/93) Andrei Kopylov vs Pavel Orlov (RINGS 12/25/93) Ric Flair vs Vader (WCW Starrcade 12/27/93)
  13. Wrestlers who are about to win a title sometimes do jobs to set up future challengers. Race never challenged Flair in Japan after this, but they probably didn't know that they wouldn't face each other again at the time.
  14. It's fitting that Fuerza tried to get on the ballot and fell off ... twice. I hope he offered an insincere handshake the second time.
  15. I'm anxious for you to get to Sullivan/Kanemura, which is one of my all-time favorite SMW matches/segments.
  16. Speaking of steroids, is Mason Ryan still around? I never hear about him anymore.
  17. Loss replied to Loss's topic in 1992
    By the way, Liger/Aoyagi is actually 6/12/90, and will be on the 1990 Yearbook.
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  19. Loss replied to Loss's topic in 1992
    Thanks, I definitely want to check all of these out that I haven't seen.
  20. Well, to clarify, it's not a sure thing that we are. But we're gathering intel just in case.
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  22. I will say I don't think "not part of tonight's entertainment" is assertive enough when something like this happens. I don't know what they should say, but it should be more blunt, somewhere in between that and "every single aspect of what we normally show you is fake, but this is real life, not to be confused with our scripted storylines designed to manipulate your emotions and make money".
  23. We should all try to remember where we were when HHH cut off his ponytail. We can tell our grandchildren about it.

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