NJPW Fighting Spirit 1996 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on February 25, 1996 , at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 27° edition of the Toukon Series / Fighting Spirit event series, after NJPW Fighting Spirit 1995.
The event had an attendance of 11,500 fans. The main event of the show was Jushin Thunder Liger & Keiji Muto vs. Naoki Sano & Nobuhiko Takada.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Fighting Spirit 1996, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Fighting Spirit 1996
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling - Event Type Special Event
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan
- Event Date February 25, 1996
- Year 1996
- Event Series Toukon Series / Fighting Spirit
- Arena Ryōgoku Kokugikan
- Network TV Asahi
- Attendance 11,500
- Main Event Jushin Thunder Liger & Keiji Muto vs. Naoki Sano & Nobuhiko Takada
NJPW Fighting Spirit 1996 Results
- Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeats Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Yuji Nagata defeats Akitoshi Saito
- Heisei Ishingun (Kengo Kimura, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara) defeat Osamu Kido, Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yasuda
- El Samurai, Black Tiger & Gran Hamada defeat Dean Malenko, Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani
- Kazuo Yamazaki defeats Hiro Saito
- Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki defeat Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima
-
#1 Contender (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
Shiro Koshinaka defeats Hiroyoshi Tenzan -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeat Golden Cups (Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama) to retain the titles - Jushin Thunder Liger & Keiji Muto defeat Naoki Sano & Nobuhiko Takada