page_title: Battle 7
hierarchical_section_title: Battle 7
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo I took of Shinjiro Otani at the ZERO1-MAX show "GENESIS 2008" on January 1st, 2008 in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.
context_page_description: Battle 7 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling The event 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 as Shinjiro Otani defended the UWA World Welterweight Championship against El Samurai.
context_section_description: Battle 7 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) The event 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 (WCW) and former WCW stars The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) 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 as Shinjiro Otani defended the UWA World Welterweight Championship (originated in the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association) against El Samurai.
caption: Shinjiro Otani, who successfully defended the UWA World Welterweight Championship at the event.
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