WWWA Tag Team Title: Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda (champions) vs Kaoru Ito & Mariko Yoshida (challengers) 9/28/96
Given who was involved, this could not have been a better match. In particular, Ito and Yoshida had arguably the best match of their careers. The only major drawback of this match was the lack of heat for most of it. First fall began hot. Ito and Yoshida did synchronized handspring elbows to the champions in opposite corners. Ito gave Toyota a series of footstomps for an early near fall. Ito gave Shimoda her second rope corkscrew senton for a near fall at 3:02. Ito and Yoshida dominated Shimoda until she hit a double lariat. Shimoda German suplexed Yoshida for a near fall. The action picked up and Toyota gave Ito a rolling cradle for a near fall. Toyota met Ito's knees on a moonsault attempt but recovered. She went for a springboard plancha onto both challengers but hit Shimoda instead. Ito and Yoshida dove onto Toyota at ringside but couldn't put her through a table. Ito gained a couple near falls on Toyota with top rope footstomps and a thrid after she and Yoshida hit a superplex. Ito pinned Toyota at 12:36 to win the first fall after a top rope fisherman buster. Early in the second fall the challengers missed a double top rope headbutt on Toyota. Toyota then gained a near fall on Ito with her Toyota roll. Yoshida jumped to the tope rope and came off with an impressive sunset flip on Shimoda for a near fall. Yoshida gained a heated near fall on Shimoda with a type of Death Valley driver. Shimoda pinned Yoshida at 2:35 to win the second fall after a tiger superplex. Third fall began with Shimoda again tiger superplexing Yoshida, this time for a near fall. Toyota gained near falls on Ito after three top rope dropkicks, a German suplex and a double arm suplex. Shimoda was briefly dominated on the mat before she gave Ito a double arm superplex for a near fall. The challengers then gave Shimoda a double top rope headbutt after which Ito gained a near fall. Shimoda hit a tope through the ropes onto both challengers and Toyota followed up with a springboard somersault plancha onto Ito and Yoshida. Toyota and Shimoda hit Ito with a double top rope dropkick and Shimoda gained a near fall. The challengers both hit topes on Toyota and Shimoda. Yoshida attempted a plancha but dove onto Ito. Toyota moonsaulted Yoshida for a near fall but Yoshida then gave her la magistral for a near fall. Toyota gained a near fall on Yoshida with her ocean cyclone suplex. Toyota then gave Yoshida an ocean cyclone suplex as Shimoda came off the top rope with a clothesline and pinned her at 13:46 to win the third fall and match. ****3/4