Overview

The World Wrestling Peace Festival was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki, which took place on June 1, 1996 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The event was organized by Inoki to promote world peace with an interpromotional event involving major promotions from around the world. Forty wrestlers from six countries ended up taking part in the event. Inoki's home promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as smaller independent groups, represented Japan, while World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) took part on behalf of the United States. Both of Mexico's top promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) participated in the event, which was considered unlikely by many in the industry given their own heated rivalry.

Top Cast

Kanji Inoki

Antonio Inoki

Dan Severn

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Oleg Taktarov

Steve Borden

Paul Wight

Keiichi Yamada

Masanori Murakawa

Christopher Keith Irvine

Scott Bigelow

Charles Ashenoff

Adolfo Tapia Ibarra