In December, 1996, at Tokyo Korakuen Hall, New Japan held it's second one night tag team tournament of the year. The theme this time revolved around unbalanced tag teams, many comprised of heavyweights and junior heavyweights or heavyweights and young lions.
One Night Tag Team Tournament (11/3/96)
Round 1: Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata beat Junji Hirata & Norio Honaga (12:57) when Nagata used a cross armbreaker on Honaga.
Round 1: Kensuke Sasaki & Shinjiro Otani beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Akitoshi Saito (9:54) when Otani used a cross armbreaker on Saito.
Round 1: Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Shinya Hashimoto & Yutaka Yoshie (12:49) when Ohara pinned Yoshie.
Round 1: Keiji Muto & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Tatsumi Fujinami & El Samurai (14:29) when Muto used a figure-four leglock on Samurai.
Semi Final: Kensuke Sasaki & Shinjiro Otani beat Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (15:26) when Sasaki pinned Nagata.
Semi Final: Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Keiji Muto & Jushin Thunder Liger (15:44) when Ohara pinned Liger.
Final: Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Kensuke Sasaki & Shinjiro Otani (15:26) when Nogami used a Dragon suplex hold on Otani.
