Summer Spectacular was a major annual

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event produced by

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during the month of August. The

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was first held in 1990 in response to

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's August event

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. The event would return and be held for two consecutive years in 1993 and 1994. The 1996 edition was subtitled "Shiodome Legend", which would become the event's name for the 1997 edition. This would be the last edition as FMW began producing

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events in 1998. The event was considered one of the FMW's four big supercards of the year, along with

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, Fall Spectacular and Year End Spectacular.

Dates, venues and main events

References

{{FMWPPV, Summer Spectacular