Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome

{{Infobox Wrestling event

|name=Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome

|image=File:Great_Muta.jpg

|caption=The Great Muta, who won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the event.

|promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling

|date={{dts|1993|1|4}}{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#93 | title= Fantastic Story | date= January 4, 1993 | accessdate= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}

|venue=Tokyo Dome

|city=Tokyo, Japan

|attendance=53,500{{cite magazine | last = Meltzer | first = Dave | authorlink = Dave Meltzer | date = January 16, 2012 | title = Jan 16 Observer Newsletter: Cyborg busted for steroids, all the details, Edge and Horsemen going into WWE Hall, New Japan Dome Show review, 30 year Muchnick retrospective, TNA and Strikeforce shows, more | magazine = Wrestling Observer Newsletter | location = Campbell, California | issn = 1083-9593 | pages=14–16}}

|liveevent = N

|lastevent = Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome

|nextevent = Wrestling Dontaku 1993

|event= January 4 Tokyo Dome Show

|lastevent2=Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome

|nextevent2=Battlefield

}}

Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotions. The show took place on January 4, 1993 in Tokyo's Tokyo Dome. Officially, the show drew 53,500 spectators and $3,500,000 in ticket sales. This was the second year that the show was co-promoted by the American WCW promotion. The show featured 10 matches, including four matches that featured WCW wrestlers.

Fantastic Story featured three title matches, including Jushin Thunder Liger defeating Último Dragón to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. IWGP Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeated 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 an IWGP Tag Team Championship match between The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) that ended without a definitive winner. The show was later shown on pay-per-view (PPV) in North America as WCW/New Japan Supershow III.

Production

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|+ Other on-screen personnel

!|Role:

!|Name:

rowspan="3" |English Commentators

|Kevin Kelly

Chris Charlton

Rocky Romero

rowspan=5|Japanese Commentators

|Shinpei Nogami

Milano Collection A.T.

Katsuhiko Kanazawa

Kazuyoshi Sakai

Togi Makabe

rowspan=2|Ring announcers

|Makoto Abe

Kimihiko Ozaki

rowspan="3" |Referees

|Kenta Sato

Marty Asami

Red Shoes Unno

=Background=

The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestling.net/article.php?40241 | title = GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details | date=December 23, 2014 | accessdate=October 9, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net}}{{cite web | url = http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/12/13/new-japans-wrestlekingdom-11-air-axs-tv-starting-jan-13-four-weekly-special-episodes-ross-barnett-commentary/ | title = New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary | last=Keller | first=Wade | authorlink=Wade Keller | date=December 13, 2016 | accessdate=October 9, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}

=Storylines=

Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title = How Pro Wrestling Works | last=Grabianowski | first=Ed | accessdate=October 9, 2017 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=Discovery Communications}}