Battle 7

Battle 7
Information
Promotion	New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	01995-01-04January 4, 1995
Venue	Tokyo Dome
City	Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	52,500
Last Event	1994
Next Event	1996

Battle 7 was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that traditionally takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Battle 7 was the fourth January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,500 spectators and $4,800,000 in ticket sales. Besides NJPW Wrestlers the show also featured Sting from World Championship Wrestling and former WCW stars The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) as well as well as freelance wrestlers Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr.. The show featured a four–man "Final Countdown BVD" Tournament, named after NJPW sponsor BVD. The 1995 show marked the first time a non–NJPW title was defended as Shinjiro Otani defended the UWA World Welterweight Championship (originated in the Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico) against El Samurai.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Shinjiro Otani (c) defeated El Samurai to retain the UWA World Welterweight Championship (15:17)
• Norio Honaga (c) defeated The Great Sasuke to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (14:39)
• The Great Kabuki, Kuniaki Kobayashi and Akitoshi Saito defeated Takayuki Iizuka, Osamu Kido and Akira Nogami – Kabuki pinned Nogami (3:12)
• Koji Kanemoto defeated Yuji Nagata (14:43)
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi (7:40)
• Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. defeated Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara – Singh, Sr. made Ohara (11:23)
• Sting defeated Tony Palmore in the Semifinals of the "Final Countdown BVD" Tournament (4:29)
• Antonio Inoki defeated Gerard Gordeau in the Semifinals of the "Final Countdown BVD" Tournament (6:37)
• Riki Chōshū and Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Tatsutoshi Goto and Kengo Kimura – Choshu pinned Kimura (12:32)
• Masahiro Chono and Sabu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Junji Hirata – Chono pinned Hirata (11:18)
• Hawk defeated Scott Norton (7:41)
• Antonio Inoki defeated Sting in the Finals of the "Final Countdown BVD" Tournament (10:26)
• Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh (c) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship (25:12)
• Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Kensuke Sasaki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (19:36)

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