Preliminary matches
The event started with a two out of three falls ten-man tag team match pitting Kaientai DX (Dick Togo, Hanzo Nakajima and Men's Teioh), Koji Kanemoto and Shinjiro Otani against the team of El Samurai, Gran Hamada, Norio Honaga, Super Delfin and The Great Sasuke. Kanemoto claimed the first fall for his team by pinning Delfin after a double chickenwing suplex. The second fall was scored when Togo delivered a diving senton to Honaga after a powerslam.[2]
In the following match, Tokimitsu Ishizawa made his return to NJPW as "Kendo Kashin" against Kazuo Yamazaki. Yamazaki made Kashin submit to the sleeper hold for the win.[2]
Next, Kengo Kimura took on Shiro Koshinaka. After countering a back body drop by Kimura, Koshinaka hit a diving hip attack and a powerbomb for the win.[2]
Next, Tatsumi Fujinami took on Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Fujinami made Tenzan submit to the Cobra Twist for the win.[2]
Next, Tadao Yasuda and Takashi Iizuka took on nWo Sting and Syxx in the first New Japan versus nWo series of matches of the event. Syxx delivered a Northern Lights suplex to Yasuda for the win.[2]
Next, Lex Luger and The Giant represented WCW against nWo's Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton. Luger applied a Torture Rack on Norton to score the win but Hiro Saito and Hiroyoshi Tenzan interfered in the match, allowing Norton to hit an elbow drop to Luger for the win. Saito and Tenzan would then confirm their allegiance to nWo Japan as the newest members of the faction.
Later, a match took place pitting NJPW's Keiji Muto and WCW's The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) took on nWo's Masahiro Chono and The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall). Nash delivered a Jackknife Powerbomb to Rick for the win.[2]
It was followed by a match pitting Antonio Inoki and Tiger King against Jushin Liger and Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Inoki made Fujiwara submit to the sleeper hold for the win.[2]
The following match was the penultimate match, in which Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima). The match ended in a double submission as Nakanishi had applied a backbreaker rack on Sasaki while Kojima made Choshu submit to the dragon sleeper for the win. As a result, Bull Powers won the Tag Team Championship.[2]