Jushin Liger is on his way to attend tomorrow's Owen Hart Cup Finals on AEW Collision.
Liger posted to Twitter on Friday that he was at the airport and on his way to Calgary, the city he went on excursion to in 1987.
"I am at Haneda Airport now. From now on, I will go to Calgary, Canada via San Francisco. I was invited as a guest at Owen Hart's memorial tournament ☆ I'm looking forward to Calgary after a long time," reads a translation of Liger's Tweet.
Liger, under his real name of Keiichi Yamada, went on an excursion from NJPW to Stampede Wrestling in May 1987. This was when Bruce Hart relaunched the promotion following Stu Hart having sold it to Vince McMahon in 1984.
After a couple of months of teaming with Mr. Hito on shows in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Yamada and Owen Hart began teaming together. They defeated Gerry Morrow and Bad News Allen in their first match together. When it was time for Liger to return to Japan later that summer, Owen went with him. At the time, Owen was The North American Champion in Stampede Wrestling, the most prestigious championship in the promotion. Owen would team with Mark Rocco and lost to Yamada and a young Keiji Mutoh on their first show back for NJPW.
Owen and Liger wrestled 10 singles matches against each other, all in Japan, splitting the series 5 wins apiece. Owen even once successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Liger in 1988. Their final match against one another took place in the Top Of The Super Juniors tournament in 1991 when Liger defeated Owen in a match our own Dave Meltzer rated four-and-a-half stars.
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