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NJPW Wrestling World 1997
| Date: Sat, Jan 4th 1997 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Tokyo | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 62,500 |
Matches for Wrestling World 1997
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junji Hirata & Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura & Satoshi Kojima | def. (pin) | Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido & Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata | 11:21 | 8-person tag | *** | |
| 2 | Super Liger | def. (pin) | Koji Kanemoto | 11:11 | |||
| 3 | Jinsei Shinzaki | def. (pin) | Michiyoshi Ohara | 09:17 | *¾ | ||
| 4 | Shinjiro Otani | def. (pin) | Yoshihiro Tajiri | 08:30 | ***½ | ||
| 5 | Kendo Nagasaki | def. (pin) | Tatsutoshi Goto | 09:23 | DUD | ||
| 6 | Masahiro Chono | def. (pin) | Shoji Nakamaki | 01:07 | * | ||
| 7 | Masa Saito | def. (sub) | The Great Kojika | 04:25 | -* | ||
| 8 | Antonio Inoki | def. (sub) | Willie Williams | 04:19 | -* | ||
| 9 | Jushin Liger | def. (pin) | Ultimo Dragon (c) | 18:21 | J-Crown Championship (title change) | ***¾ | |
| 10 | Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | def. (sub) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) & Masahiro Chono (c) | 16:10 | IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change) | **¾ | |
| 11 | Power Warrior | def. (pin) | The Great Muta | 16:09 | ***¼ | ||
| 12 | Shinya Hashimoto (c) | def. (pin) | Riki Choshu | 18:04 | IWGP Heavyweight Championship | **** | |