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[1992-09-23-NJPW-Battle Autumn '92] Masa Chono vs Steve Austin


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Wasn't the whole reason Austin was so pissed off about Owen doing the sit-out Tombstone because of this? "I'm not up for doing the move that way, broke Chono's neck in New Japan with it..." etc

Yeah, he knew how dangerous it was. So he wanted to do it the other way. Seems like a strange spot to do on a card with Taker in the main event.
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Austin was asked about this when he was on Michael Schiavello's show. Asking Owen not to do the move that way had nothing to do with Chono because he didn't know about the injury until years after the Owen match due to Chono and NJPW not really making it apparent to him at all. Then he looked into the camera and sincerely apologized to Chono.

 

A little weird, but Austin says it's just a freak coincidence.

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It looked like Austin dropped Chono right on his forehead, and Chono was clearly favoring his neck and shoulder in the postmatch What a brutal accident. As a few have said above me, kudos to Chono for finishing the match at all.

 

Was this the injury which eventually forced Chono to retire from wrestling?

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