NJPW Summer Struggle 1998 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on July 15, 1998, at the Nakajima Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
It's the 7° edition of the Summer Struggle event series, after NJPW Summer Struggle 1997.
The event had an attendance of 6,000 fans. The main event of the show was nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Summer Struggle 1998, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Special Event
- Event Date July 15, 1998
- Year 1998
- Event Series Summer Struggle
- Country Japan
- Location Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Arena Nakajima Sports Center
- Attendance 6,000
- Network DirecTV
- Main Event nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka
NJPW Summer Struggle 1998 Results
- Tadao Yasuda & Kazuyuki Fujita defeat Takashi Iizuka & Yutaka Yoshie
- Dr. Wagner Jr. defeats Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Kendo Kashin defeats Shinjiro Otani
- nWo Japan (Hiro Saito, nWo Sting & Brian Adams) defeat Stray Dogs (Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara) & Akitoshi Saito
- Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Kido defeat Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura
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Different Style Match
Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki defeat Don Frye & Brian Johnston - Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto defeat nWo Japan (Keiji Muto & Michael Wallstreet)
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Jushin Thunder Liger (c) defeats Koji Kanemoto to retain the title -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka defeat nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) (c) to win the titles