| Battle 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Shinjiro Otani, who successfully defended the
UWA World Welterweight Championship at the event. | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 1995 [1] | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 52,500 [1] | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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| January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology | |||
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Battle 7 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 1995 in the Tokyo Dome. Battle 7 was the fourth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,500 spectators and $4,800,000 in ticket sales. [1]
Besides NJPW wrestlers, the show also featured Sting from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and former WCW stars The Steiner Brothers ( Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), as well as freelance wrestlers Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. The show featured a four-man "Final Countdown BVD" tournament, named after NJPW sponsor BVD.
The 1995 show marked the first time a non-NJPW or WCW title was defended, Shinjiro Otani defending the UWA World Welterweight Championship (originated in the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association) against El Samurai.
Battle 7 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [2]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinjiro Otani (c) defeated El Samurai | Singles match for the UWA World Welterweight Championship | 15:17 | ||
| 2 | Norio Honaga (c) defeated The Great Sasuke | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 14:39 | ||
| 3 | Akitoshi Saito, The Great Kabuki and Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Akira Nogami, Osamu Kido and Takayuki Iizuka | Six-man tag team match | 13:12 | ||
| 4 | Koji Kanemoto defeated Yuji Nagata | Singles match | 14:43 | ||
| 5 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi | Singles match | 07:40 | ||
| 6 | Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. defeated Michiyoshi Ohara and Shiro Koshinaka | Tag team match | 11:23 | ||
| 7 | Sting defeated Tony Palmore | Singles match: semifinals of the "Final Countdown BVD" tournament | 04:29 | ||
| 8 | Antonio Inoki defeated Gerard Gordeau | Singles match: semifinals of the "Final Countdown BVD" tournament | 06:37 | ||
| 9 | Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Kengo Kimura and Tatsutoshi Goto | Tag team match | 12:32 | ||
| 10 | Masahiro Chono and Sabu defeated Junji Hirata and Tatsumi Fujinami | Tag team match | 11:18 | ||
| 11 | Hawk defeated Scott Norton | Singles match | 07:41 | ||
| 12 | Antonio Inoki defeated Sting | Singles match: finals of the "Final Countdown BVD" tournament | 10:26 | ||
| 13 | Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh (c) defeated The Steiner Brothers ( Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 25:12 | ||
| 14 | Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Kensuke Sasaki | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 19:36 | ||
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| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Tony Palmore | Sub | ||||||||
| Sting | 04:29 | ||||||||
| Sting | Sub | ||||||||
| Antonio Inoki | 10:26 | ||||||||
| Gerard Gordeau | Sub | ||||||||
| Antonio Inoki | 06:37 | ||||||||
- ^ a b c d "Battle Seven". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1995. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
| Battle 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Shinjiro Otani, who successfully defended the
UWA World Welterweight Championship at the event. | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 4, 1995 [1] | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
| Attendance | 52,500 [1] | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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| January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology | |||
| |||
Battle 7 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 1995 in the Tokyo Dome. Battle 7 was the fourth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,500 spectators and $4,800,000 in ticket sales. [1]
Besides NJPW wrestlers, the show also featured Sting from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and former WCW stars The Steiner Brothers ( Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), as well as freelance wrestlers Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. The show featured a four-man "Final Countdown BVD" tournament, named after NJPW sponsor BVD.
The 1995 show marked the first time a non-NJPW or WCW title was defended, Shinjiro Otani defending the UWA World Welterweight Championship (originated in the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association) against El Samurai.
Battle 7 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [2]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinjiro Otani (c) defeated El Samurai | Singles match for the UWA World Welterweight Championship | 15:17 | ||
| 2 | Norio Honaga (c) defeated The Great Sasuke | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 14:39 | ||
| 3 | Akitoshi Saito, The Great Kabuki and Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Akira Nogami, Osamu Kido and Takayuki Iizuka | Six-man tag team match | 13:12 | ||
| 4 | Koji Kanemoto defeated Yuji Nagata | Singles match | 14:43 | ||
| 5 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi | Singles match | 07:40 | ||
| 6 | Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. defeated Michiyoshi Ohara and Shiro Koshinaka | Tag team match | 11:23 | ||
| 7 | Sting defeated Tony Palmore | Singles match: semifinals of the "Final Countdown BVD" tournament | 04:29 | ||
| 8 | Antonio Inoki defeated Gerard Gordeau | Singles match: semifinals of the "Final Countdown BVD" tournament | 06:37 | ||
| 9 | Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Kengo Kimura and Tatsutoshi Goto | Tag team match | 12:32 | ||
| 10 | Masahiro Chono and Sabu defeated Junji Hirata and Tatsumi Fujinami | Tag team match | 11:18 | ||
| 11 | Hawk defeated Scott Norton | Singles match | 07:41 | ||
| 12 | Antonio Inoki defeated Sting | Singles match: finals of the "Final Countdown BVD" tournament | 10:26 | ||
| 13 | Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh (c) defeated The Steiner Brothers ( Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 25:12 | ||
| 14 | Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Kensuke Sasaki | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 19:36 | ||
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| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Tony Palmore | Sub | ||||||||
| Sting | 04:29 | ||||||||
| Sting | Sub | ||||||||
| Antonio Inoki | 10:26 | ||||||||
| Gerard Gordeau | Sub | ||||||||
| Antonio Inoki | 06:37 | ||||||||
- ^ a b c d "Battle Seven". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1995. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)