Professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome
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This is a list chronicling the history of professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome. The Tokyo Dome stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan has hosted a number of professional wrestling supercard events over the years. These events often air on pay-per-view (PPV) or are recorded for a future television broadcast. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is the promotion which has held the most shows at the Tokyo Dome, including the very first professional wrestling event in the Dome – Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome on April 24, 1989. NJPW also holds their annual January 4 Tokyo Dome Show show, currently promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name – Wrestle Kingdom is considered NJPW's biggest show of the year, their version of WrestleMania.[1] The first January 4 show, Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome, took place in 1992 and has been held each year since then.[2][3] With night two of Wrestle Kingdom 15, NJPW has held a total of 55 shows in the Tokyo Dome.[a]
The Tokyo Dome was the site of the only NJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) co-promoted show, the Wrestling Summit held on April 13, 1990.[4] WWE participated in two additional Tokyo Dome events, co-promoting WrestleFest and SuperWrestle with Super World of Sports (SWS) in 1991.[5][6] Including the Wrestling Summit, AJPW has been involved in six Dome shows, currently holding the record for the second highest amount of Tokyo Dome wrestling events. Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Jd', the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and its successor the Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWF-i), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and the Universal Fighting-Arts Organization (UFO) have all also held events at the Tokyo Dome. Many Tokyo Dome events are collaborative efforts that feature wrestlers from multiple promotions; Weekly Pro Wrestling magazine's Bridge of Dreams event featured the participation of thirteen professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions and AJW's Big Egg Wrestling Universe event featured the participation of every major joshi promotion in Japan.[7][8]
NJPW wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi has worked eleven main event matches at the Tokyo Dome, the most of any wrestler. This is followed by Keiji Mutoh (nine), Shinsuke Nakamura (eight), and Kazuchika Okada (seven).[a]
Dates and events
Footnotes
References
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- ^ a b "Super Powers Clash". ProWrestlingHistory.com. April 24, 1989. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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- ^ "Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1992. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ "Stack of Arms". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 4, 1992. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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- ^ "Wrestling War in Tokyo Dome 1996". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1996. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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- ^ "Power Hall in Tokyo Dome". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1998. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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- ^ "Showdown at the Egg". ProWrestlingHistory.com. May 1, 199. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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- ^ "King's Road New Century 2001". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 28, 2001. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Indicate of Next". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 8, 2001. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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- ^ "30th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. May 2, 2002. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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- ^ "Spiral". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 14, 2002. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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- ^ "Nexess". ProWrestlingHistory.com. May 3, 2004. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Departure 2004". ProWrestlingHistory.com. July 10, 2004. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Wrestling World 2005". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ "Nexess VI". ProWrestlingHistory.com. May 14, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Destiny 2005". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 28, 2001. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
- ^ "Toukon Souzou New Chapter". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 8, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Toukon Shidou Chapter 1". ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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