NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on May 1, 1986, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 17° edition of the Big Fight Series event series, after NJPW Big Fight Series II (1985): Young Lion Cup 1985 Finals.
The event had an attendance of 10,200 fans. The main event of the show was Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. André the Giant & Shogun K.Y. Wakamatsu.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special Event
- Event Date May 1, 1986
- Year 1986
- Event Series Big Fight Series
- Country Japan
- Location Tokyo, Japan
- Arena Ryōgoku Kokugikan
- Attendance 10,200
- Network TV Asahi
- Main Event Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda vs. André the Giant & Shogun K.Y. Wakamatsu
NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 Results
- Naoki Sano defeats Masahiro Chono
- Randy Colley defeats Black Cat
- Kerry Brown & Gestapo defeat Don Arakawa & Shunji Kosugi
- El Canek vs. Kantaro Hoshino ends in a No Contest via Double Count-out
- Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar defeat Tatsutoshi Goto & Shinya Hashimoto
- "UWF vs. New Japan"
Gauntlet Elimination Match
UWF (Osamu Kido, Akira Maeda, Kazuo Yamazaki, Nobuhiko Takada & Yoshiaki Fujiwara) defeat New Japan (Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Seiji Sakaguchi, Shiro Koshinaka & Keiichi Yamada)
Takada eliminates Yamada; Sakaguchi eliminates Takada and Yamazaki; Kido eliminates Sakaguchi and Koshinaka via DQ; Kimura eliminates Kido; Fujiwara eliminates Kimura; Fujinami eliminates Fujiwara; Maeda eliminates Fujinami - Antonio Inoki & Umanosuke Ueda defeat André the Giant & Shogun K.Y. Wakamatsu