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WCW/New Japan Supershow II

WCW/New Japan Supershow II took place on January 4, 1992, from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The show was the first NJPW January 4 Dome Show, something that would become an annual tradition in NJPW and would become their biggest show of the year. The show was also the second under the name WCW/New Japan Supershow. The show also aired on TV Asahi in Japan later the same day. The show was broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV) months later in America. The US PPV broadcast did not include several of the matches of the 12-match show, with only six being broadcast in America out of a total of twelve matches.

Storylines
The event featured twelve professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. == Event ==
Event
The opening bout was a singles match between Black Cat and Hiroyoshi Yamamoto that was won by Black Cat. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. The second bout was a tag team match pitting Kantaro Hoshino and Kengo Kimura against Kuniaki Kobayashi and Osamu Kido. Kobayashi and Kido won the match. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. The third bout was a six-man tag team match pitting Akira Nogami, Jushin Thunder Liger, and Masashi Aoyagi against Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga, and Super Strong Machine. The match ended when Nogami pinned Saito following a dragon suplex. The fourth bout was a tag team match pitting the Enforcers against Michiyoshi Ohara and Shiro Koshinaka. The match ended when Arn Anderson of the Enforcers pinned Ohara following a spinebuster. The fifth bout was a tag team match pitting Dusty Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes against Kim Duk and Masa Saito. The match ended when Dustin Rhodes pinned Duk following a bulldog. The sixth bout was a singles match between Scott Norton and Tony Halme that was won by Halme. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. The seventh bout was a singles match between Bill Kazmaier and Shinya Hashimoto that was won by Hashimoto. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. The eighth bout was a singles match between Big Van Vader and El Gigante. The match ended in a double disqualification after both men brawled to the arena floor. Following the match, Vader used his shoulder pad to fire steam at El Gigante. The ninth bout was a singles match between Antonio Inoki and Hiroshi Hase that was won by Inoki. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. The tenth bout saw WCW World Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defend his title against Masahiro Chono. Luger won the bout by pinfall following a double axe handle. The eleventh bout was a title vs. title match pitting IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami against Greatest 18 Club Champion Riki Choshu. Choshu won the match by pinfall following a lariat, becoming a double champion. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. The twelfth bout was a tag team match pitting The Great Muta and Sting against the Steiner Brothers. The match ended when Scott Steiner attempted to give Sting a tilt-a-whirl powerslam, only for Sting to reverse the move into a roll-up and pin Steiner. ==Results==
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