1996 All Japan Real World Tag League Final 12/6/96: Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
Kawada applied a sleeper on Akiyama as footage began but Akiyama fought back with a back suplex. Misawa gave Kawada a flying lariat. Taue tried to intervene but Misawa elbowed and kicked him out of the ring. Kawada gave Misawa a chop and some kicks but Misawa landed some kicks of his own. Kawada fired some kneelifts but Misawa knocked him down with a series of elbows. Kawada landed some kicks but Misawa gave him a spinning back elbow in response, then Kawada knocked Misawa down with a jumping kick. Taue dropped Misawa head first on the top turnbuckle and attempted a nodowa off the apron but Misawa elbowed him. Akiyama hit an elbow strike on Taue off the apron and whipped him into the barricade. Akiyama gave Taue a top rope elbow strike, one in the corner and a northern lights suplex for a near fall. Akiyama snapmared and dropkicked Taue and applied a chinlock. Misawa gave Taue a top rope dropkick and a back suplex for a near fall before applying a facelock. Akiyama whipped Taue into a Misawa elbow, Akiyama added a jumping knee and Misawa hit a second rope elbow strike on Taue. Taue countered an exploder attempt by Akiyama but Akiyama gave him a jumping knee and an exploder but Kawada intervened with a high kick. Akiyama then gave Kawada and Taue lariats and gained a near fall on Taue. Misawa gave Taue a tiger splash for a near fall and went for a tiger driver but Kawada intervened with a lariat. Kawada backdropped Akiyama out of the ring and Taue gave Misawa a released German suplex. Kawada hit a kneedrop and Taue gave Misawa a top rope elbowsmash. Misawa countered a Kawada powerbomb attempt with a huracanrana but Kawada fired back with a high kick. Kawada missed a lariat, Misawa attempted a German suplex but Kawada landed a kick. However Misawa then knocked Kawada down with an elbow and dropped him on his head with a released German suplex for a near fall. Misawa gave Kawada a tiger driver for a near fall. Tae tried to drop Akiyama neck first on the top rope but Akiyama countered with an elbow and Misawa knocked Taue out of the ring with an elbow of his own. Misawa German suplexed Kawada and Akiyama then German suplexed him. Misawa gave Kawada a tiger driver for a heated near fall. Taue intervened and gave Misawa a lariat. Akiyama gave Taue a jumping knee but Taue then dropped Akiyama on the top rope. Taue gave Akiyama a high kick and a nodowa off the apron to the floor. Taue gave Misawa a running high kick and attempted a powerbomb but Misawa countered with a huracanrana for a near fall. Misawa then flattened Taue with an elbow but Taue fought back with a kneelift. Taue gave Misawa a Baba-like legdrive. Taue missed a high kick but sidestepped a Misawa elbow and threw him to the canvas. Misawa countered a nodowa attempt but Taue dropkicked him out of the ring. Taue then hit a tope suicida on Misawa. He kicked Misawa and attempted a nodowa off the apron but Misawa countered with an elbow. Kawada gave Misawa a ton of kicks and knees in the corner. Misawa fought back with elbows on both opponents but missed an elbow and Kawada gave him a spectacular backdrop driver. Kawada powerbombed Misawa for a heated near fall. Misawa landed a couple elbows but Taue gave him a nodowa and a dynamic bomb for a near fall as Akiyama barely made the save. Kawada and Taue gave Akiyama a backdrop driver/nodowa combo. Taue German suplexed Misawa but Misawa fought back with a couple elbows. Kawada gave Misawa a jumping kick and a spin kick of sorts. Akiyama intervened with a spear on Kawada but Kawada gave him some kicks and chops. After an exchange of elbows Kawada gave Akiyama a brutal backdrop driver. Kawada attempted a powerbomb but Misawa countered with a backdrop, but Taue then gave Misawa a nodowa. Kawada gave Misawa a jumping kick for a near fall and a powerbomb for a dramatic near fall. Kawada gave Akiyama a high kick for good measure and then powerbombed Misawa for the pin at 31:37 to win the tournament (21:10 aired). *****
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