1992 Super Junior Tournament Final: El Samurai vs Jushin Liger 4/30/92
This was one of the best Super Junior tournament finals ever. In terms of action, it was like a more updated version of Liger vs Sano from two years earlier. Samurai fought heelish from the start and ripped Liger's mask a bit. Samurai used a water bottle on Liger early on and tombstoned him on the arena floor. Samurai continued his heelish assault on Liger. In fact, Samurai dominated Liger completely for the first six minutes of the match until Liger fought back with a series of shodas. Liger powerbombed Samurai on the floor. Liger gave Samurai a koppo kick and partially ripped Samurai's mask off. Liger slammed Samurai on the floor and gave him a somersault senton off the top rope to the floor in a crazy spot. Liger gave Samurai a powerbomb. He then gave Samurai a top rope dropkick and a top rope kneedrop. Liger appled a sleeper on Samurai. Liger then gave him a German suplex and a koppo kick in the corner. He continued his attack with a series of shodas and a koppo kick that knocked Samurai out of the ring. Liger hit an Orihara moonsault on Samurai. Liger then went to work on Samurai's left arm. Samurai fought back with a jumping elbow and a top rope dropkick. Samurai gave Liger a somersault plancha. Samurai gained a near fall with an inverted DDT. He applied a sleeper on Liger briefly. Liger hit a top rope splash for a near fall. Samurai went for a huracanrana but Liger countered with a powerbomb for a near fall. Samurai then countered a Liger powerbomb with a huracanrana for a great near fall. Samurai gained a dramatic near fall with a German suplex. Liger gave Samurai a top rope DDT and a back superplex. Liger then gave Samurai a top rope huracanrana and scored the pin at 21:15 to win the match and tournament. A state of the art juniors match at the time, with the move set being a hair less spectacular than it would be in later years. ****3/4