NJPW Tokyo Dome Show ’96
   -The annual Tokyo Dome Show was held on January 4th in 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
           -Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Mutoh, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.  Takada
                   won by submission and captured the World Title.
           -Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Shinya Hashimoto, co-holder of the IWGP World Tag Team
                   Title.  Hashimoto pinned Yamazaki.
           -Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto, IWGP World Junior Heavyweight Champion.  Liger
                   pinned Kanemoto and captured the belt.
           -Antonio Inoki vs. Vader.  Inoki won by submission.
           -Hiroshi Hase vs. Kensuke Sasaki.  Sasaki pinned Hase.
           -Riki Choshu vs. Masahito Kakihara.  Choshu won by submission.
           -Masa Chono vs. Shiro Koshinaka.  Koshinaka pinned Chono.
           -Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan.  Tenzan pinned Kojima.
           -Yoji Anjoh vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki.  Fuyuki pinned Anjoh.
           -Hiromitsu Kanehara, Kazushi Sakuraba and Kenichi Yamamoto vs. Tokimitsu
                   Ishizawa, Shinjiro Ohtani and Yuji Nagata.  Ishizawa, Ohtani and Nagata won.
   Crowd Estimate:  64,000.

Battle Formation ’96
   -The event was held on April 29, 1996 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
           -Shinya Hashimoto, co-holder of the IWGP World Tag Team Title vs. Nobuhiko
                   Takada, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.  Hashimoto won the title by
                   submission.
           -The Great Sasuke vs. Jushin Liger, IWGP World Junior Heavyweight Champion.  
                   Sasuke pinned Liger for the title.
           -The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) and Scott Norton vs. The Road
                   Warriors (Animal and Hawk) and The Power Warrior.  Animal pinned Rick
                   Steiner.
           -Tatsutoshi Goto, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Shiro Koshinaka and Akira Nogami vs. Riki
                   Choshu, Takashi Iizuka, Satoshi Kojima and Osamu Nishimura.  Choshu
                   pinned Nogami.
           -Koji Kanemoto and Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Tokimitsu Ishizawa and Yuji Nagata.  
                   Nagata pinned Kanemoto.
           -Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu.  Tenryu pinned Fujinami.
           -Keiji Mutoh vs. Ginsei Shinzaki.  Mutoh won by pinfall.
           -Masa Chono vs. Lex Luger.  Chono won by submission.
           -Randy Savage vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan.  Savage pinned Tenzan.
   Crowd Estimate:  65,000.











Research by Tim Hornbaker
(NJPW) New Japan Pro Wrestling Results - 1996
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