NJPW Hyper Battle 1997 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on March 20, 1997, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
The event had an attendance of 9,000 fans. The main event of the show was nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting) vs. Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi, Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Steven Regal.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Hyper Battle 1997, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special Event
- Event Date March 20, 1997
- Year 1997
- Country
Japan - Location Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Arena Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
- Network TV Asahi
- Attendance 9,000
- Main Event nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting) vs. Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi, Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Steven Regal
JapanNJPW Hyper Battle 1997 Results
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeats Yutaka Yoshie
- Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani defeat El Samurai & Norio Honaga
- Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda defeat Heisei Ishingun (Michiyoshi Ohara & Akitoshi Saito)
- Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Nishimura defeat Heisei Ishingun (Kuniaki Kobayashi & Akira Nogami)
- Riki Choshu & Junji Hirata defeat Takashi Iizuka & Osamu Kido
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J Crown Championship
Jushin Thunder Liger (c) defeats Masayoshi Motegi to retain the title -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (c) defeat Heisei Ishingun (Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsutoshi Goto) to retain the titles - "New Japan & WCW Coalition vs. nWo & Team Wolf"
Elimination Match
nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Buff Bagwell & nWo Sting) defeat Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi, Shinya Hashimoto, Kensuke Sasaki & Steven Regal
Survivors: Norton, Bagwell & nWo Sting