| Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | 01998-01-04January 4, 1998 | |||
| Attendance | 55,000 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome each year. Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome was the seventh January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 62,500 spectators and $6,000,000 in ticket sales. One of the focal points of the show was the retirement of wrestling legend Riki Chōshū, who would wrestle five times that night against select opponents in what was billed as the Riki Road Final Message 5, the completion of month long "retirement tour" for Choshu. The show also featured successful defenses of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, which made Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome the first January 4 Dome show to not have a single championship change hands. Besides the five Riki Road Final Message 5 matches the show featured eight additional matches.
- Match results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Kendo Kashin defeated Koji Kanemoto | Singles match | 12:01 |
| 02 !2 | Shinjiro Otani (c) defeated Último Dragón | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 17:06 |
| 03 !3 | Yuji Nagata defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan | Singles match | 11:33 |
| 04 !4 | Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Nishimura defeated Satoshi Kojima and Manabu Nakanishi | Tag team match | 12:39 |
| 05 !5 | Riki Chōshū defeated Kazuyuki Fujita | Singles match: Riki Road Final Message 5 | 03:57 |
| 06 !6 | Riki Chōshū defeated Yutaka Yoshie | Singles match: Riki Road Final Message 5 | 01:42 |
| 07 !7 | Riki Chōshū defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Singles match: Riki Road Final Message 5 | 01:21 |
| 08 !8 | Takashi Iizuka defeated Riki Chōshū | Singles match: Riki Road Final Message 5 | 02:02 |
| 09 !9 | Riki Chōshū defeated Jushin Liger | Singles match: Riki Road Final Message 5 | 05:09 |
| 10 !10 | Don Frye defeated Naoya Ogawa via referee stoppage | Singles match | 08:47 |
| 11 !11 | Shinya Hashimoto defeated Dennis Lane via referee stoppage | Singles match | 01:34 |
| 12 !12 | Masahiro Chono defeated Shiro Koshinaka | Singles match | 15:05 |
| 13 !13 | Kensuke Sasaki (c) defeated Keiji Mutoh | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 25:18 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
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