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NJPW Battle Xmas '96 - Afternoon Show
| Date: Mon, Dec 23rd 1996 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Tokyo | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: unknown |
Matches for Battle Xmas '96 - Afternoon Show
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | def. | Kazuyuki Fujita | 08:36 | |||
| 1 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | def. | Kazuyuki Fujita | 08:36 | |||
| 2 | Black Cat | def. | Norio Honaga | 13:17 | |||
| 2 | Black Cat | def. | Norio Honaga | 13:17 | |||
| 3 | Osamu Kido | def. | Kuniaki Kobayashi | 08:23 | |||
| 3 | Osamu Kido | def. | Kuniaki Kobayashi | 08:23 | |||
| 4 | Jushin Thunder Liger & Osamu Nishimura | def. | Koji Kanemoto & Yuji Nagata | 13:08 | |||
| 4 | Jushin Thunder Liger & Osamu Nishimura | def. | Koji Kanemoto & Yuji Nagata | 13:08 | |||
| 5 | Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito | def. | Keiji Muto & Yutaka Yoshie | 14:12 | |||
| 5 | Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito | def. | Keiji Muto & Yutaka Yoshie | 14:12 | |||
| 6 | Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto | def. | Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda | 15:11 | 6-person tag | ||
| 6 | Kengo Kimura & Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto | def. | Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda | 15:11 | 6-person tag | ||
| 7 | Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima | def. | Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka | 15:44 | |||
| 7 | Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima | def. | Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka | 15:44 | |||