Jingu Climax | |||
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | August 28, 1999[1] | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan[1] | ||
Venue | Meiji Jingu Stadium[1] | ||
Attendance | 48,000[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | Battle of Last Summer | ||
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Jingu Climax: Battle of Last Summer was a major professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on August 28, 1999, at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Japan and was televised live on TV Asahi.[2]
The main event was marketed as a "dream match", a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Explosive Land Mine Double Hell Deathmatch pitting Keiji Mutoh's alter ego The Great Muta against Atsushi Onita's alter ego The Great Nita. Muta won the match. Other major matches on the card featured Shinya Hashimoto versus Masahiro Chono, The Mad Dogs (Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto) defending the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata, Koji Kanemoto defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kendo Kashin and Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against El Samurai and Jushin Liger.[2]