WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Japanese language poster for the event
Promotion
DateApril 13, 1990[1]
(aired May 15, May 22, and May 29, 1990)
CityTokyo, Japan[1]
VenueTokyo Dome[1]
Attendance
  • 53.742 (officially)[1]
  • 43,000 (paid)[2]
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The Wrestling Summit was a professional wrestling supercard show that was produced and scripted collaboratively between the US-based World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the Japanese All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The joint venture show took place on April 13, 1990 in the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan and reportedly drew 53,742 spectators. The event was the only time the three promotions produced a joint show, although NJPW and WWF had previously worked together in the 1970s and '80s.

The 12-match show featured inter-promotional matches with the main event being WWF representative Hulk Hogan defeating AJPW wrestler Stan Hansen. On the undercard The Ultimate Warrior successfully defended the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Ted DiBiase and the NJPW team of Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto defeated Masahiro Chono and Riki Choshu to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship. Individual matches featuring WWF wrestlers would later be available to viewers on WWF's VHS or DVD releases such as Bret Hitman Hart: The Dungeon Collection, World Tour and Hulkamania 6. The show was the 1990 Best Major Wrestling Show in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

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