In March, 1996, New Japan packed Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium for a one night tag team elimination tournament featuring many of New Japan's top wrestlers, plus outsider teams from UWF-I and WAR. With IWGP Tag Team Champions, Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata, departing in the semi finals, two potential challenging tandems locked horns to decide the tournament.
One Night Tag Team Tournament (3/26/96)
Round 1: Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata beat Scott Norton & Hugh Morrus (8:50) when Hashimoto used a DDT on Morrus.
Round 1: Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki beat Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama (10:57) when Sasaki used the Strangle Hold Gamma on Takayama.
Round 1: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Riki Choshu & Satoshi Kojima (12:21) when Chono used a Yakuza kick on Kojima.
Round 1: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka beat Genichiro Tenryu & Nobutaka Araya (14:04) when Fujinami used a Dragon sleeper on Araya.
Semi Final: Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki beat Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata (17:40) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Hirata.
Semi Final: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka beat Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (13:08) when Koshinaka used a powerbomb on Tenzan.
Final: Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka beat Keiji Muto & Kensuke Sasaki (13:32) when Fujinami used a reverse cradle on Sasaki.
