- Johnny Smith/Wolf Hawkfield vs. Jun Akiyama/Mitsuharu Misawa

1997 Real World Tag League Tournament Match All Japan Pro Wrestling Real World Tag League 1997 Korakuen Hall Wolf Hawkfield??? What’s this now??? Well as you may have observed back during Fan Appreciation Day, AJPW had a relationship with SEGA that lead to a game for the Sega Saturn called ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING FEATURING VIRTUA. That’s right, Virtua Fighter. A game that already is in many ways a love letter to pro wrestling now with a direct link. And what they decided to do with this direct link on All Japan’s side is take The Lacrosse and make him into the Wolf Hawkfield you see before your eyes now. So then, Jim Steele is now a video game, Johnny Smith is Johnny Smith, and the other side is Akiyama and Misawa. Three guarantees of quality plus a highly interesting new gimmick! I’m here for it!