Jushin Liger

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 3-Last match against The Great Muta

## Feud with New Japan Legends(1990-1991)

At Starrcade 1990, after The Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki attacked Masa Saito turning heel and introducing themselves as New Japan Legends, the Starrcade Countdown hit and IWGP Junior Heaviweight champion Jushin Liger made his debut as he challenged Muta to a match where he retained the belt

Throught 1991 he continued feuding with NJL, at Wrestlewar he defeated Sasaki and at Superbrawl 1 he defeated Muta again to become TV champion. At Great American Bash he lost the belt to Masahiro Chono, Liger declared he wouldn't be done with NJL until The Great Muta left WCW. At Starrcade 1991 they had a loser leaves WCW match but Muta managed to defeat him, afterwards Liger took out his mask and revealed his evil self Kushin Liger who tried to stab Muta with a fork but was thrown out by security

## Heel turn(1993-1994)

At Slamboree 1993, Jushin Liger took out Ricky Steamboat and The Great Muta during a CW title match as he revealed himself to be the leader of Tom Zenk, Shane Douglas and Johnny B.Badd, a group determined to stop HWs from entering the CW division, this split the division into 2 as there were people who supported heaviweights coming in and people who didn't.

At Beach Blast, Liger, Badd, Zenk and Douglas ended up defeating Steamboat, Muta, 2 Cold Scorpio and Stan Lane in a wargames match, during the match Liger was about to pin Steamboat and become CW champion when Tom Zenk took him out and tried taking the title for himself but Steamboat kicked out, they brawled and Badd took advantage to win the CW belt himself. At Fall Brawl Liger defeated Zenk to get revenge

At Halloween Havoc, Jushin Liger vs The Great Muta main evented to determine the NO1 contender to the CW title but the match ended in a no contest as every CW came out to beat each other up. At Starrcade, Muta defeated Badd, Steamboat, Scorpio, Stan Lane, Shane Douglas, Jushin Liger and Tom Zenk in an elimination match to become CW champion

Liger managed to get a US title shot at Spring Stampede against DDP but failed to win it, he started teaming up with Big Bubba but eventually the team was dropped as Liger defeated Pillman in the september 26th episode of Nitro to become CW champion

## Longest reigning CW champion(1994-1996)

At Halloween Havoc Pillman had his rematch in a 2 out of 3 falls match but Liger still managed to retain. At Starrcade he faced and defeated the newcomer Eddie Guerrero.

Muta and Liger would meet again at superbrawl V in a mask vs mask for the CW championship, during the buildup Liger says he has finally gained respect of Muta, at superbrawl Liger wins, Muta takes off his mask and says that this persona is named Keiji Mutoh and then beats the hell out of Liger to cause a double turn. At Uncensored he was defending against Eddie again but Mutoh interfered and beat them both up

Liger said he'd never trust Muta/Keiji again and that he still does not consider him a real cruiserweight. At slamboree there was a triple threat between Keiji, Liger and Eddie and Liger yet again retained. Liger became the leader of the CWs on their feud against the HWs who felt like all CWs should be fired. At Fall Brawl he main evented defending against Dean Malenko but HWs interrupted and they all brawled

At World War 3 Liger defeated Regal in the 6th match of the HW vs CW series, Keiji actually wished good luck to Liger before this match but Liger ignored him continuing to say that Keiji will never be a real CW. This feud would culminate in a wargames match, Liger already had his team planned but one of his partners was attacked, he made a fatal 4 way for the spot which Keiji interrupted and beat up every man asking for a chance to be in the CW team, Liger continued to say that Keiji is not a real CW and he'd just betray them again.He finally handed him the spot in their team because they had nobody else and at Starrcade Keiji helped a lot as him, Liger, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko defeated Regal, Bobby Eaton, Fit Finlay, Diamond Dallas Page and Kensuke Sasaki, Liger did a promo apologizing to Keiji and acknowledging him as one of the best CWs in the world, Liger handed him The Great Muta mask

Liger's last successful defense was against Frankie KBW at Superbrawl 6 which was also the worst CW title match ever, he dropped the belt to Dean Malenko at Nitro 100 in a 2 out of 3 falls match ending his reign at 567 days

## Team with The Great Muta(1996-1998)

Liger started regularly teaming up with Muta and he also introduced his protege to WCW: Psicosis. At Great American Bash Malenko defeated Chris Jericho, Psicosis and Liger in a fatal 4 way to retain the belt

Chris Jericho started trashing Liger on promos, during a NO1 contendership match Jericho took Psicosis to the stage and gave Liger the option to either save Psicosis from injury or win the match and the NO1 contendership, Liger chose the latter as Jericho injured Psicosis's leg. He got his CW title match at Bash at the Beach in a match also involving La Parka but Malenko retained yet again

Jericho called out Liger's egosensical ways, at Hog Wild they had a match but Jericho prefered to try and injure Liger, The Great Muta returned but Jericho still injured him anyways with a chair ending the match in a DQ. Liger returned a month later and at Halloween Havoc they were set to have a tag match against Jericho and a surprise partner who ended up being an unmasked Psicosis who wanted revenge on his mentor, Psicosis and Jericho defeated Liger and Muta. At Starrcade 1996 this feud ended as Liger defeated Psicosis

In the february 3rd episode of Nitro, Liger managed to defeat Syxx to become a 2 time CW champion but Jericho came out and announced that Psicosis had won a NO1 contendership match 2 weeks earlier and was having it right now, Psicosis pinned Liger to end his reign in 5 minutes. At Superbrawl VII he had his rematch but lost to Psicosis again

Starting in august 1997, Liger and Muta started doing promos how they were legends of the CW division and deserved more than the spot they were in, they attacked La Parka, Juventud Guerrera and Chavo Guerrero turning heel

Muta and Liger continued attacking multiple CWs as they tried getting a title shot, they wanted to destroy the waste of the CW division and started at Halloween Havoc defeating Dancing Fools. At World War 3, Liger and Muta faced Malenko and Rey Misterio Jr to determine the challengers to the CW belt at Starrcade but it ended in a DQ with Liger and Muta using chairs. At Starrcade, Ultimo Dragon defeated Rey, Malenko, Muta and Liger in a CW title ladder match

At Superbrawl 8, the vacant CW title was up for grabs in a tag match where the winning pinfall would become champion, Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko defeated Liger and Muta for Jericho to become champ

At Uncensored, Muta and Liger interfered in the main event to give Hollywood Hogan the win against Kevin Nash and Scott Hall as they were the 4th and 5th members of NWO Hollywood. Liger got a bit of a bigger push here as he started having matches with actual main event stars like Bret Hart, Goldberg, Scott Hall, etc. He was in the inaugural extreme title match at Fall Brawl but was eliminated by Perry Saturn who took out his mask and hit a fire extinguisher on his head for him to start bleeding. At World War 3-NWO Civil Wars, Wolfpac defeated Hollywood and Chaos forcing all of Hollywood to break up including Liger and Muta

Jushin Liger announced he was leaving WCW to focus on NJPW, Muta came out wanting 1 last match between both men as they turned face due to the crowd support and at Starrcade Liger defeated Muta

## Career history

### Heel/face turns

 Heel
 Face
 Heel
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## Championships and Accomplishments

* World Championship Wrestling
* TV Championship(1 time)
* Cruiserweight Championship(2 times)
* Hardcore Championship(2 times)
* Starrcade Countdown(1990)