The Nature Boy goes to Japan and chaos ensues. WOOOO!
WCW/New Japan Supershow I (known as Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on March 21, 1991 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in North America in April 1991. The main event was Ric Flair defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Tatsumi Fujinami. Other matches included The Great Muta vs Sting, El Gigante vs Big Cat Hughes, Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki defending against The Steiner Brothers for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, Arn Anderson & Barry Windham vs Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono, Jushin Liger defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight CHampionship against Akira Nogami, and several dark matches.
Stunts
Muta's mist spray vs Sting's patriotic face paint
Costume
Liger's full body suit that spawned a thousand imitators
Acting
Flair's melodramatic selling of literally everything
Director
Jim Herd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first major US/Japan wrestling co-promotion, bridging two completely different wrestling philosophies.
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