Battlefield (professional wrestling)

Battlefield was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4, 1994 in the Tokyo Dome. The show drew 48,000 spectators. Unlike the previous two years January 4 events the 1994 show was not a co-promotion with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) although it did feature former WCW wrestlers The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott), who were working for WCW's rival, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), at the time. The show also featured Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan before they began working with WCW, working freelance for NJPW for one night.

Battlefield
Hulk Hogan, who defeated Tatsumi Fujinami at the event.
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 4, 1994[1]
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome
Attendance48,000[1]
January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology
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The show featured 11 matches in total, including two title matches that saw The Hell Raisers (Hawk and Power Warrior) defeat The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship while Shinya Hashimoto successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Masahiro Chono. The show also featured a Mask vs. Mask match where Tiger Mask was unmasked and revealed as Koji Kanemoto.

Production

Background

The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".[2][3]

Storylines

Battlefield featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Results
No. Results Stipulations Times[1]
1 Heisei Ishingun (The Great Kabuki, Kengo Kimura, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Michiyoshi Ohara and Shiro Koshinaka) defeated El Samurai, Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Kido, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata Ten-man tag team match 12:09
2 Akira Nogami and Takayuki Iizuka defeated Akitoshi Saito and Masashi Aoyagi Tag team match 14:07
3 Brutus Beefcake defeated Black Cat Singles match 08:06
4 Super Strong Machine defeated Tatsutoshi Goto Singles match 08:51
5 Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Tiger Mask Mask vs. Mask match 14:26
6 The Hell Raisers (Hawk and Power Warrior) defeated The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) (c) Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 12:47
7 The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh Tag team match 20:51
8 Hulk Hogan defeated Tatsumi Fujinami Singles match 13:33
9 Riki Choshu defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara Singles match 09:04
10 Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Masahiro Chono Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 28:00
11 Genichiro Tenryu defeated Antonio Inoki Singles match 15:56
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. "Battlefield". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1994. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. "GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. Keller, Wade (December 13, 2016). "New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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