NJPW Best of the Super Jr. IV Finals was a Special Event and Tournament produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on June 5, 1997 , at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 8° edition of the Best of the Super Juniors event series, after NJPW Best of the Super Jr. III Finals.
The event had an attendance of 14,000 fans. The main event of the show was Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Best of the Super Jr. IV Finals, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Best of the Super Jr. IV Finals
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling - Event Type Special Event, Tournament
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan
- Event Date June 5, 1997
- Year 1997
- Event Series Best of the Super Juniors
- Arena Nippon Budokan
- Network TV Asahi
- Attendance 14,000
- Main Event Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Muto
NJPW Best of the Super Jr. IV Finals Results
- Kendo Kashin defeats Kazuyuki Fujita
- Takashi Iizuka & Junji Hirata defeat nWo Japan (Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
- Jushin Thunder Liger, Chris Jericho, Gran Naniwa & Dr. Wagner Jr. defeat Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yoshihiro Tajiri & Hanzo Nakajima
- Tiger King defeats Kuniaki Kobayashi
(Special referee: Kotetsu Yamamoto) - Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki defeat Heisei Ishingun (Shiro Koshinaka, Akira Nogami & Michiyoshi Ohara)
- Riki Choshu & Osamu Kido defeat Kengo Kimura & Takashi Ishikawa
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Best of the Super Juniors IV - Final
El Samurai defeats Koji Kanemoto -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima) (c) defeat nWo Japan (Masahiro Chono & nWo Sting) to retain the titles -
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeats Keiji Muto to retain the title