[2] The event marked the in-ring return of Atsushi Onita since his retirement at the 6th Anniversary Show and the retirement of Mr. Pogo as both men teamed up with Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda against the Funk Masters of Wrestling team of Terry Funk, Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters in a Texas Tornado Street Fight Deathmatch.

[3] At Summer Spectacular, Terry Funk defeated Mr. Pogo via knockout in a no rope barbed wire landmine match.

Later in the main event, Hayabusa, Koji Nakagawa, Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Puerto Rican Army's Hisakatsu Oya, Super Leather and The Headhunters in a 20 million yen on a pole match to regain the yens which FMW had lost to the Puerto Rican Army at the 7th Anniversary Show.

[8] Just one night away from Year End Spectacular on December 10, the Funk Masters of Wrestling team of Terry Funk, The Gladiator, Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters defeated the FMW team of Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, Mr. Pogo, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Gosaku Goshogawara to get the last laugh before Year End Spectacular.

[9] At Summer Spectacular, W*ING Kanemura defeated Masato Tanaka in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural Independent Heavyweight Champion.

[14] Tensions had been rising between Mad Dog Military (Shark Tsuchiya, Crusher Maedomari and Bad Nurse Nakamura) during the summer of 1996.

[4][15] Nakamura turned fan favorite and left Mad Dog Military and then changed her ring name to RIE in a match against Kudo on August 21.

On November 16, Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling's (LLPW) Michiko Omukai lost to Mad Dog Military members Crusher Maedomari and Shark Tsuchiya in a handicap match.

[15] In the first match, Funk Masters of Wrestling members Super Leather and Crypt Keeper took on W*ING Alliance's Hideki Hosaka and Dragon Winger.

[2][3] RIE brought in Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling's (LLPW) Chikaro Shiratori as her tag team partner against Mad Dog Military (Shark Tsuchiya and Crusher Maedomari).

Mid-way through the match, Kanemura performed a diving splash on Gladiator through a wooden table taking the W*ING flag down with him.

[2][3] Atsushi Onita came out of retirement to compete in his first FMW match in over a year by teaming with the retiring Mr. Pogo, Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to represent FMW against Funk Masters of Wrestling's Terry Funk, Hisakatsu Oya, Headhunter A and Headhunter B in a Texas Tornado Street Fight Deathmatch.

After the match, Hayabusa joined the winning FMW team in the ring and they celebrated and paid tribute to the retiring Pogo.

Kudo lost her Women's Championship to Shark Tsuchiya on March 21, only to regain it in her retirement match at 8th Anniversary Show.

The Gladiator continued his dominant reign as the FMW Double Champion after unifying the titles at Year End Spectacular.