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NJPW Strong Style Evolution
| Date: Sat, May 3rd 1997 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Osaka Dome, Osaka, Osaka | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 43,000 |
Matches for Strong Style Evolution
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Togo & Hanzo Nakajima & Koji Kanemoto & Men's Teioh & Shinjiro Otani | def. (pin) | El Samurai & Gran Hamada & Norio Honaga & Super Delfin & The Great Sasuke | 19:11 | 10-person tag (2 out of 3 falls) | **** | |
| 2 | Kazuo Yamazaki | def. (sub) | Kendo Ka Shin | 08:06 | |||
| 3 | Shiro Koshinaka | def. (pin) | Kengo Kimura | 13:34 | ***¾ | ||
| 4 | Tatsumi Fujinami | def. (pin) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 09:03 | |||
| 5 | nWo Sting & Syxx | def. (pin) | Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka | 12:23 | |||
| 6 | Buff Bagwell & Scott Norton | def. (pin) | Lex Luger & The Giant | 10:09 | |||
| 7 | Kevin Nash & Masa Chono & Scott Hall | def. (pin) | Keiji Mutoh & Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner | 14:31 | commentator: Eric Bischoff 6-person tag | ||
| 8 | Antonio Inoki & Tiger King | def. (sub) | Jushin Liger & Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 10:42 | |||
| 9 | Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima | def. (sub) | Kensuke Sasaki (c) & Riki Choshu (c) | 17:34 | IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change) | ***¼ | |
| 10 | Shinya Hashimoto (c) | def. (sub) | Naoya Ogawa | 10:20 | IWGP Heavyweight Championship | ***¼ | |