August 1996.
We kick off the mod in the month of August, Michinoku Pro was the busiest promotion of the month running 16 shows during August.
Best rated matches were 65’s with...
Liger was loaned from NJPW at the start as was Great Sasuke to New Japan.
AJW was the second busiest promotion of the month running 15 shows during August. They closed out the month with their Grand Prix which came down to Aja Kong and Kyoko Inoue.
Aja Kong won the 1996 AJW Grand Prix.
NJPW
NJPW had two tours in August, the end of the New Legend Dragon Spirit Tour and the start of the G1 Climax.
Shinya Hashimoto and Cho-Ten have been booked throughout the G1 Climax defending their titles with Shinya Hashimoto having his best performance against Masahiro Chono on Day 3.
WAR and NJPW stopped their talent trading agreement and friendly attitude towards each other.
AAA
Rey Mistero Jr. being loaned out from WCW, this show was before CMLL signed Psicosis, Jerry Estrada, Latin Lover and Blue Panther to exclusive written contracts away from AAA.
CMLL
CMLL seems to have the advantage so far we shall see our the end of the year shapes up in Mexico.
ECW Signed The Headhunters, Finlay, Bam Bam Bigelow, Manny Fernandez, One Man Gang and Steve Corino. They had two major events The Doctor is In and Natural Born Killaz.
I love how The Gangstas were nowhere to be found for a show named after them.
FMW
FMW has had a solid August kicking off with their Summer Spectacular Show
Onita and Hayabusa getting wins with Terry Funk defeating "The Gladiator" Mike Awesome in a Deathmatch to retain his FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship.
AJPW
Compared to the other promotions in japan. All Japan does not have tours for some reason 
they have their TV per week and a major show per month it was Torment Battle in August.
Kenta Kobashi and Stan Hansen killed it in the Main Event
WCW signed The Ultimate Warrior before Hog Wild.
I love Hogan being on the mid card against Disco Inferno and seeing an actual match from Hog Wild 1996 Eddy vs. Flair for the US Title.
This random ass match happened on the last nitro not even the main event the 4th match on the 7 match show.
It’s been a hot August for the WWF, Shawn Michaels has been nothing short but spectacular.
Yokozuna won the vacated WWF Intercontinental Title in a match against Jerry Lawler. Summerslam was topped with three banger matches.
PPV Buyrates comparison Hog Wild 6.72 Summerslam 4.00.
Show ratings Hog Wild 86 Summerslam 84 Hogan’s interview pushed Hog Wild ahead. A 97 rated angle is tough to beat.
That will do it for the first report. I know I said I would do it as an every 4 month update but figured we’d start with just the month of August to make it an even four going forward.
they have their TV per week and a major show per month it was Torment Battle in August.
