Final Dome was a major

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event produced by

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(NJPW). It took place on October 12, 1999 at the

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and was televised live on

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. Ten

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were contested at the event. The event featured a dual

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; the first main event was for the

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in which

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retained the title against

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and the second main event was for the

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in which

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retained the title against

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, with

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serving as the

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. In other prominent matches on the undercard,

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defeated

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(

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and

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) defeated nWo Japan (

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and

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) and

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defeated

Kendo Kashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa (''Ishizawa Tokimitsu'', born August 5, 1968), better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin (ケンドー・カシン, ''Kendō Kashin''), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his time in New Japan Pr ...

to win the

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while

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and

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retained the

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against Junior Stars (

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and Minoru Tanaka).

Production

Storylines

The main event of the event pitted the defending champion

against

for the

. The lengthy rivalry between Ogawa and Hashimoto began at Battle Formation on April 12, 1997, where Ogawa pulled out an upset victory in his debut match against Hashimoto by knocking him out with a choke in a different style fight. This earned Ogawa, a title shot against Hashimoto for the latter's

, the following month at Strong Style Evolution, where Hashimoto retained the title. The duo had a rubber match at the 1999 Wrestling World event, where they fought to a no contest after Ogawa hit Hashimoto viciously and knocked him out. The feud further escalated when Hashimoto attacked Ogawa at a press conference in the

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after Ogawa won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, thus setting up a match between the two for the latter's title at Final Dome. A second main event of Final Dome was between

and

for the former's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. On August 15, Nakanishi defeated Mutoh in the finals of the 1999 G1 Climax to win the tournament, thus earning a future title shot against Mutoh. This set up a title match between the two at Final Dome.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with a match between

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and

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. Tenzan won the match by performing a diving headbutt on Goto. Next,

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took on Sean McCully. Fujita won the match by making McCully submit to the Achilles tendon hold. Next, the team of

and

defended the

against Junior Stars (

and Minoru Tanaka). Otani delivered a '' Spiral Bomb'' to Kanemoto to win the match and retain the titles. Next,

defended the

against

. Liger nailed a fisherman buster to Kashin to win the title. Next, the team of

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and

took on

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and

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in a tag team match. Koshinaka executed a

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on Iizuka for the win. Next,

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took on Kimo. Kimo won the match via submission by applying a sleeper hold on Nagata. Next,

representatives

and

took on the nWo Japan representatives

and

in a tag team match. Chono made Kojima submit to the STF for the win. Later,

took on

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representative

in an interpromotional match. Tenryu nailed a scoop brainbuster on Sasaki for the win. The penultimate match was for the

, in which

defended the title against

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winner

. Mutoh made Nakanishi submit to the cross armbreaker to retain the title.

Main event match

In the main event,

defended the

against

, with Tatsumi Fujinami serving as the special guest referee. Hashimoto was knocked out after a series of stiff kicks and punches by Ogawa, which resulted in Fujinami stopping the match and Ogawa was awarded the victory and thus retained the title.

Aftermath

The feud between Naoya Ogawa and Shinya Hashimoto continued after Final Dome as the two squared off in a tag team match on opposite sides at Wrestling World 2000, where Ogawa teamed with

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and Hashimoto teamed with Takashi Iizuka. Hashimoto and Iizuka won the match. Ogawa and Hashimoto had one final encounter at Dome Impact, which Ogawa won to end the feud. Minoru Tanaka would challenge Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa for the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, with Kendo Kashin as his partner at Wrestling World but failed to win the titles. Tanaka would then receive a Final Dome rematch with Koji Kanemoto against Otani and Takaiwa on June 25, where they won the titles.

Results

References

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