Battle 7
Battle 7 was a professional wrestling television special event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on January 4, 1995 in the Tokyo Dome. Battle 7 was the fourth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 52,500 spectators and $4,800,000 in ticket sales.
Besides NJPW wrestlers, the show also featured Sting from World Championship Wrestling and former WCW stars The Steiner Brothers, as well as freelance wrestlers Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. The show featured a four-man "Final Countdown BVD" tournament, named after NJPW sponsor BVD.
The 1995 show marked the first time a non-NJPW or WCW title was defended, Shinjiro Otani defending the UWA World Welterweight Championship against El Samurai.
Before his death on November 23, 1994, American Machine was originally slated to challenge Norio Honaga for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. After Barr's untimely death, The Great Sasuke took his place in the match.