In the main event, Shinya Hashimoto defeated Naoya Ogawa via submission to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
The event also featured the return of Tokimitsu Ishizawa, who debuted the character Kendo Kashin in NJPW against Kazuo Yamazaki in a losing effort.
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.
After countering a back body drop by Kimura, Koshinaka hit a diving hip attack and a powerbomb for the win.
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.
[2] Strong Style Evolution was a major success, drawing a crowd of 53,000 fans,[4] with an estimated revenue of $4,000,000 from ticket sales.
[6] Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa resumed their rivalry in 1998 and a rubber match between the two took place at Wrestling World 1999, which ended in a no contest.
[7] A rematch occurred at Final Dome, where Ogawa retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Hashimoto by knocking him out with stiff kicks, forcing the referee Tatsumi Fujinami to stop the match.