Editing Tony Halme (section)

===New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1990–1993)===
On October 25, 1990, Halme made his debut for the Japanese promotion [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW), defeating [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|The Soul Taker]] in what was billed as a "boxer vs. wrestler" match.<ref name=WONObit/> Halme was brought in as an outsider and billed as a professional boxing champion with his matches billed as [[Mixed martial arts]] matches.<ref name=WONObit/> He was instantly pushed as a big deal, scoring wins over the likes of [[Scott Norton]], [[Big Van Vader|Vader]] and most notably [[Shinya Hashimoto]] on December 26, 1990.<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name=WONObit/><ref name="njpw1990">{{cite web|url=http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results90.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070403205941/http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results90.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-04-03|title=NJPW 1990 results|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Strong Style Spirit }}</ref> Halme was main eventing shows regularly as he was pushed as the biggest star of a crew that included the likes of [[Bobby Eaton]], [[Chris Benoit]], [[Dean Malenko]], [[Eddy Guerrero]] and [[Fit Finlay]].<ref name=WONObit/> Despite Halme not getting over with NJPW fans, the company was doing strong business during his push.<ref name=WONObit/>

On April 30, 1991, Halme defeated [[Masashi Aoyagi]] in a boxer versus karate match.<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name=WONObit/><ref name="njpw1991">{{cite web|url=http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results91.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070929083522/http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results91.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-29|title=NJPW 1991 results|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Strong Style Spirit }}</ref> He remained undefeated in NJPW until September 23, 1991, when he was defeated by Shinya Hashimoto in their third match against each other in front of 18,000 fans at the [[Yokohama Arena]].<ref name=WONObit/> While Halme's matches with Hashimoto were not considered quality matches, he has been credited with helping Hashimoto take his career to another level as the win made Hashimoto look like a "real fighter" as opposed to a professional wrestler.<ref name=WONObit/> Halme's "boxer versus wrestler" gimmick was ended on October 18, 1991, when he was defeated by Vader.<ref name=WONObit/>

In 1992, Halme was teamed in matches with Scott Norton, [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] and [[Barry Windham]].<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="njpw1992">{{cite web|url=http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results92.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080112070719/http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results92.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-01-12|title=NJPW 1992 results|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Strong Style Spirit }}</ref> He also competed in the NJPW Super Grade Tag League II teaming with [[Masahiro Chono]], together scoring 8 points and finishing fourth overall.<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="Super Grade Tag League II">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/sg-tag.html#92|title=Super Grade Tag League II|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Strong Style Spirit}}</ref> The tournament was won by Shinya Hashimoto and [[Riki Choshu]].<ref name="Super Grade Tag League II"/> On November 22, 1992, Halme and Norton won the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] from [[The Steiner Brothers]] ([[Rick Steiner|Rick]] and [[Scott Steiner|Scott]]).<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="njpw1992"/><ref name="iwgptagtitles">{{cite web|url=http://puroresufan.com/njpw/history/tagtitle.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131234118/http://puroresufan.com/njpw/history/tagtitle.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-31|title=IWGP Tag Team Championship history|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Strong Style Spirit }}</ref> However, the next night, Halme and Norton were forced to face each other with separate tag team partners with Halme and Ron Powers losing to Norton and TNT.<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="njpw1992"/>

On December 14, Halme and Norton lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the [[The Road Warriors|Hell Raisers]] ([[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk Warrior]] and [[Kensuke Sasaki|Power Warrior]]).<ref name="iwgptagtitles"/> On January 4, 1993, at ''[[Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome]]'' (in North America aired on PPV as [[WCW/New Japan Supershow#III|WCW/New Japan Supershow III]]), Halme was pinned by [[Ron Simmons]].<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="Supershow III">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome90.html#93|title=Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome results|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128130301/http://prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome90.html#93|archive-date=November 28, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On February 16, 1993, Halme teamed up with [[Luc Poirier|Monsieur Rambo]] for the IWGP Tag Team Championship against the Hell Raisers, but lost.<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="njpw1993">{{cite web|url=http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results93.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070729045523/http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results93.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-29|title=NJPW 1993 results|access-date=2008-01-13|publisher=Strong Style Spirit }}</ref>

Behind the scenes, Halme started having problems with Hawk Warrior and Scott Norton.<ref name=WONObit/> It also came out that Halme had knocked out Norton in a legitimate street fight, though some claimed this was the result of a sucker punch by Halme. Fearing that Norton would be looking for retribution on Halme, NJPW officials took a secret vote on what to do with the two.<ref name=WONObit/> Afterwards, Halme started losing matches more regularly and eventually left the promotion in June 1993.<ref name=WONObit/> His last match took place on June 17, when he and [[The Barbarian (wrestler)|The Barbarian]] lost to [[John Tenta]] and [[Tonga Fifita|Haku]].<ref name="acceleratorbio"/><ref name="njpw1993"/>