NJPW Fighting Spirit 1997 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on February 16, 1997, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 28° edition of the Toukon Series / Fighting Spirit event series, after NJPW Fighting Spirit 1996.
The event had an attendance of 11,000 fans. The main event of the show was Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Fighting Spirit 1997, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special Event
- Event Date February 16, 1997
- Year 1997
- Event Series Toukon Series / Fighting Spirit
- Country Japan
- Location Tokyo, Japan
- Arena Ryōgoku Kokugikan
- Attendance 11,000
- Network TV Asahi
- Main Event Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
NJPW Fighting Spirit 1997 Results
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie defeat Shinjiro Otani & Kazuyuki Fujita
- Chris Jericho & Scotty Riggs defeat El Samurai & Norio Honaga
- Junji Hirata, Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Nishimura defeat Heisei Ishingun (Kuniaki Kobayashi, Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito)
- Heisei Ishingun (Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara) defeat nWo Japan (Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
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J Crown Championship
Jushin Thunder Liger (c) defeats Koji Kanemoto to retain the title - nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton & Marcus Bagwell) defeat Riki Choshu, Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda
- "Shiro Koshinaka Return Match"
The Great Muta defeats Shiro Koshinaka -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (c) defeat Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima) to retain the titles -
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeats Kazuo Yamazaki to retain the title