Taking a closer look at five more matches involving former WWE superstars wrestling in Japan either before, during, or after their WWE runs.
Misawa hits a back elbow to block a charge and goes for a springboard back elbow. Akiyama tags in and hits a top-rope diving shoulderblock for a two-count. Sasuke slams Benoit and goes for a moonsault but Benoit dodges. Akiyama retaliates with elbows and goes for a corner Irish whip but Kobashi reverses into a Giant Baba neckbreaker drop. Sasuke fights into a Boston crab but he’s too close to Otani and Otani tags in and drops Sasuke with spinkicks. Sasuke blocks a hiptoss, Otani goes for a clothesline, Sasuke ducks and goes for a German and then switches to a roll-up, and Otani kicks out at one. Otani tags in and lands a doomsday dropkick alongside Benoit and then lands a bridging German of his own. Doc sends Kawada into a corner but Kawada avoids a body block and lands a German suplex. In the ring, Taue lands a suplex for a two-count and tries another chokeslam but Doc interferes. Hansen sends Nord into a corner and charges but Nord sidesteps and Hansen rams his left shoulder into the corner. Doc drags Kawada into the ring and hits a top-rope shoulder tackle for yet another two-count. Hansen gets a clean break on the ropes and then gets an armlock but Nord gets a ropebreak of his own and hits a chop.