 Hashimoto would be the first to make his debut in September 1984, while Mutoh and Chono faced each other in their debuts a month later.In 1988, while on an excursion in Puerto Rico, the three formed Toukon Sanjushi or The Three Musketeers.They had one match in NJPW as a team together on July 29 against Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, and Tatsumi Fujinami, before Mutoh returned to North America for more seasoning.