JAPAN SUPERSHOW 1991 AT TOKYO DOME

Tom Zenk and New Japan official at welcome lunch party for WCW wrestlers featured in the Japan Supershow, Tokyo 1991

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The Japan Supershow 1991 (known in Japan as Starrcade in Tokyo Dome) was one of the most significant inter-promotional wrestling events of the early 1990s, bringing together World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Date	21 March 1991
Venue	Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	Approximately 64,500
Promoters	NJPW & WCW
US Broadcast	Aired on pay-per-view in April 1991
Japanese Name	Starrcade in Tokyo Dome

The event was designed to showcase dream matches between American and Japanese stars and was the first of three annual WCW/NJPW Supershows.

Main Event

Title vs. Title Match

• Ric Flair (NWA World Heavyweight Champion) vs.Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP Heavyweight Champion)

Featured Matches

• The Great Muta defeated Sting
• The Steiner Brothers defeated Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
• Jushin Thunder Liger retained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Akira Nogami
• Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated Masa Saito & Masahiro Chono
• El Gigante defeated Big Cat Hughes
• Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Tom Zenk, Brian Pillman & Tim Horner 

Why the Show Was Important

• First major WCW/NJPW supershow.
• Helped strengthen the WCW–NJPW working relationship.
• One of the largest wrestling crowds of 1991.
• Laid the groundwork for the annual January Tokyo Dome supershows that became a tradition in Japanese wrestling.

Wrestlers Appearing

• Ric Flair
• Tatsumi Fujinami
• Sting
• The Great Muta
• Tom Zenk
• Brian Pillman
• Tim Horner
• Arn Anderson
• Barry Windham
• The Steiner Brothers
• Hiroshi Hase
• Kensuke Sasaki
• Jushin Thunder Liger
• Akira Nogami
• Masahiro Chono
• Masa Saito
• El Gigante
• Big Cat Hughes
• Shiro Koshinaka
• Kuniaki Kobayashi
• Takayuki Iizuka

Historical Legacy

Although overshadowed today by later Tokyo Dome spectaculars, the 1991 Supershow is regarded as one of the landmark international wrestling events of its era. It demonstrated that American and Japanese promotions could successfully co-promote major stadium events, paving the way for future cross-promotional collaborations.