WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

The officially announced attendance for the show was 53,742,[1] while it was later confirmed that 43,000 tickets were sold, the rest were given away for free.[2] Highlights from the show were later shown as part of AJPW's weekly television show on Nippon TV on May 15, May 22, and May 29, 1990. The highlights excluded the first match as well as the two matches featuring only NJPW (the second and the seventh match).[13]

In the opening match the AJPW Gaijin team of Dan Kroffat, Doug Furnas, and Joe Malenko defeated Samson Fuyuki, Tatsumi Kitahara, and Toshiaki Kawada in 11 minutes, 56 seconds by Kroffat pinning Kitahara.[1][13][2]

In the second match of the night Jushin Thunder Liger pinned Akira Nogami for the victory at 8 minutes, 37 seconds.[1][13][2]

Shane McMahon, using the name Shane Stevens, son of WWF owner Vince McMahon, served as the referee for the third match of the night, making the pinfall count as Jimmy Snuka pinned Masa Fuchi to take the victory for himself and Tito Santana over Fuchi and Kenta Kobashi.[1][13][2]

In the fourth match, WWF representative Bret Hart and AJPW light heavyweight mainstay Tiger Mask wrestled to a 20-minute draw, with the time limit expiring as Tiger Mask had Hart covered for a pinfall attempt. The 20-minute match was the longest of the show.[1][13][2]

While The Big Boss Man had turned face (become one of the good guys) in early 1990 he still played the role of the bad guy in the match by being the aggressor in the match, breaking the rules. After Jake Roberts pinned the Big Bossman, he put his snake, Damien, on top of the Big Bossman before leaving the ring.[1][13][2]

In the second NJPW-exclusive match, Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Masahiro Chono and Riki Choshu, when Saito pinned Chono for the victory.[1][13][2] The victory was the third time Saito and Hashimoto successfully defended their championship during their reign.[14]

WWF wrestler Haku was introduced as "King Haku" for the match, despite not having used the name since 1989. Haku and Tsuruta won their bout against Mr. Perfect and Rick Martel in just under 11 minutes as Tsuruta pinned Martel.[1][13][2]

For his match against Genichiro Tenryu, Randy Savage was accompanied by his manager Sensational Sherri, who would interfere in the match at one point. The end of the match was scripted out to see Savage hurt his knee, leading to a Tenryu victory.[1][13][2]

The Ultimate Warrior's WWF World Championship defense against Ted DiBiase was the shortest match of the night, as Warrior only needed 6 minutes, 11 seconds to defeat DiBiase.[1][13][2]

In the semi-main event Demolition's (Ax and Smash) newly won WWF World Tag Team Championship was not on the line as they took on AJPW representative Giant Baba and WWF representative André the Giant. The two giants quickly defeated Demolition, with Andre pinning Smash in just under seven minutes.[1][13][2]

The main event match between Hansen and Hogan, saw the two fight both inside and outside of the ring, ending when Hogan kicked Hansen in the face as Hansen was entering the ring.[1][13][2]

The April 30, 1990 show was the only time that the WWF, NJPW, and AJPW collaborated on a show, with neither AJPW nor NJPW working directly with the WWF after this,[15] and AJPW/NJPW were rivals in Japan for years afterwards, not working together again until 2000.[16] Shortly after the Wrestling Summit, Super World of Sports (SWS) was formed, featuring wrestlers who previously worked for NJPW or AJPW.[17] In October 1990 SWS and the WWF began collaborating,[17] sending WWF wrestlers to Japan for SWS shows and SWS wrestlers working select WWF shows, such as Genichiro Tenryu and Kōji Kitao working the WWF's WrestleMania VII show.[18]

Instead of working with the WWF, NJPW opted to partner with US-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW) for a talent exchange as well as joint shows including WCW/New Japan Supershow I, II and III as well as Collision in Korea.[19]

The storyline feud between Warrior and Dibiase extended to the fourth The Main Event prime time special, where Warrior once again successfully defended the championship against Ted DiBiase.[20] Genichiro Tenryu's feud with Randy Savage carried through the SWS shows in 1991, with Tenryu defeating Savage at the 1991 WrestleDream in Kobe Japan.[10] After the feud ended Tenryu and Savage teamed up to defeat Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma).[10]

Select matches from the show were later released commercially on VHS or DVD by the WWF. The Bret Hart vs. Tiger Mask was part of the Bret Hitman Hart: The Dungeon Collection DVD. The Ultimate Warrior vs. Ted Dibiase was included on both the World Tour VHS and the Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection DVD. The main event of Hulk Hogan and Stan Hansen was released on the Hulkamania 6 VHS release.[10] The WWE Network only has highlights from two of the matches,[21] the semi-main event with Demolition vs the Giants,[22] and the main event between Hogan and Hansen.[23] WWE announcers Josh Mathews and Matt Striker provided English language commentary for the clips.[22]

The Wrestling Summit was voted the Best Major Wrestling Show in the 1990 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.[24]

With the show taking place in the pre-internet era, there are very few reviews of the show from contemporary fans outside of the fan votes for the Wrestling Observer Neweletter awards. T.J. Hawke, reviewing the WWF (now WWE) related matches for 411 Mania on November 7, 2019, rated those matches a "7.5" out of 10 possible, remarking "Despite the lack of consistent quality on this show, I found this to be really enjoyable." as well as "not a great show, but it was really worth the time." His top-rated match was Hogan vs. Hansen at 3.5 stars out of 5.[25]