The Skydiving-J
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The Skydiving-J was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).[2] The event took place on June 17, 1996 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The event was notable for revolutionizing junior heavyweight wrestling in NJPW and Japanese wrestling history. The event aired on television on TV Asahi on July 6, 1996.[3] All of the matches contested at the event were junior heavyweight championship matches from different promotions from Japan. This was a very significant event in the revolution of junior heavyweight wrestling as title defences from various promotions at the event would result in the unification of various junior heavyweight championships to create the J-Crown.[4]
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
Date | June 17, 1996 |
City | Tokyo, Japan |
Venue | Nippon Budokan |
Attendance | 13,500[1] |
Eight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event and all of the matches were contested for various junior heavyweight championships from all over Japan. In the main event, The Great Sasuke successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Black Tiger. Six of the titles were retained at the event while two championships changed hands at the event as Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Dick Togo to capture the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship while Shinjiro Otani defeated Kazushi Sakuraba for the vacant UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship.[5]