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Next, Jushin Thunder Liger took on Satoru Sayama in an exhibition match. The match ended in a ten-minute time limit draw. Later, Shiro Koshinaka took on Yoshiaki Yatsu. Near the climax, Koshinaka executed a powerbomb to Yatsu following a hip attack but got a near-fall and then Koshinaka nailed a missile dropkick and a second powerbomb for the win.
Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome was a great success for NJPW, and the Dome would be a home for many years to come for puroresu.Starting in 1992, NJPW returned to the Dome to hold the first of what has become an annual tradition and their biggest show of the year, the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show.
Wrestling Dontaku was a huge success as the event drew a huge crowd of 55,000 spectators at the Fukuoka Dome. However, the event received mixed reviews from critics. Kevin Wilson of Puroresu Central considered that he would not recommend the event to watch, with "Muta vs. Hogan was a spectacle worth watching but nothing else on this tape is worth going out of your way to see.
Keiichi Yamada (山田恵一, Yamada Keiichi, born November 10, 1964), better known as Jushin Liger (獣神ライガー, Jūshin Raigā) and later Jushin Thunder Liger (獣神サンダー・ライガー, Jūshin Sandā Raigā), [note 1] is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a trainer. [14]
The main event was a non-title Different Style Fight, in which the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto took on the debuting Naoya Ogawa, a former judoka who won seven medals in the World Judo Championships and a silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Ogawa got a shocking upset win by knocking out Hashimoto with a choke.
The match ended when Liger pinned Dragon with a Frankensteiner, winning the title. [6] The third bout was a singles match between Ron Simmons and Tony Halme. The match was won by Simmons, who pinned Halme following a spinebuster. [6] The fourth bout was a tag team match pitting Dustin Rhodes and Scott Norton against Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto.
Keiji Mutoh and Shinjiro Otani defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Manabu Nakanishi: Tag team match: 05:44: 8: Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto ended in a no contest: Singles match: 15:20: 9: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Toshiaki Kawada: Singles match: IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament final: 10:30
The 1996 Battle Formation was the first Battle Formation event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling.The event was held on April 29, 1996 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.It was a major success with a crowd of estimated 60,000 people and an approximate revenue of $5,700,000 from ticket sales. [1]