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Naoya Ogawa, who wrestled
Shinya Hashimoto to a no contest at the event. | |||
Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | January 4, 1999 [1] | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
Attendance | 52,500 [1] | ||
January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology | |||
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling events chronology | |||
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Wrestling World 1999 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4, 1999 in the Tokyo Dome. Wrestling World 1999 was the eighth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,500 spectators and $5,300,000 in ticket sales. [1] The show featured 10 matches in total including four championship matches, three of which saw the championship change hands.
The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl". [2] [3]
Wrestling World 1999 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. [4]
Wrestling World 1999 | |||
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Naoya Ogawa, who wrestled
Shinya Hashimoto to a no contest at the event. | |||
Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | January 4, 1999 [1] | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Tokyo Dome | ||
Attendance | 52,500 [1] | ||
January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology | |||
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling events chronology | |||
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Wrestling World 1999 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4, 1999 in the Tokyo Dome. Wrestling World 1999 was the eighth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,500 spectators and $5,300,000 in ticket sales. [1] The show featured 10 matches in total including four championship matches, three of which saw the championship change hands.
The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl". [2] [3]
Wrestling World 1999 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. [4]
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [1] | ||
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1 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita | Singles match | 11:10 | ||
2 | Osamu Kido, Tadao Yasuda and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Kengo Kimura, Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto | Six-man tag team match | 09:17 | ||
3 | Dr. Wagner Jr. and Kendo Kashin defeated Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (c) | Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 16:53 | ||
4 | Jushin Thunder Liger (c) defeated Koji Kanemoto | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 23:11 | ||
5 | Kensuke Sasaki defeated Atsushi Onita by disqualification | Singles match | 05:55 | ||
6 | Yuji Nagata defeated David Beneteau | Singles match | 05:30 | ||
7 | Don Frye defeated Brian Johnston via referee stoppage | Singles match | 07:55 | ||
8 | Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa ended in a no contest | Singles match | 06:58 | ||
9 | Tencozy ( Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka (c) | Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 16:35 | ||
10 | Keiji Mutoh defeated Scott Norton (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 19:01 | ||
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