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Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム, Tōkyō Dōmu) is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is ...
The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.. Since 1992, the Japanese professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has held an annual show on January 4 at the Tokyo Dome, a professional baseball stadium in Tokyo, Japan; since 2007, the event has been known as Wrestle Kingdom, and has since become the largest professional wrestling event in Japan. [2]
Tokyo Dome: 2:39 6,790 Boxscore: 21 November 19:00 United States 1–9 Japan Tokyo Dome: 3:07 25,428 Boxscore: 22 November 12:00 Chinese Taipei 8–2 United States Tokyo Dome: 3:29 9,472 Boxscore: 22 November 19:00 Venezuela 6–9 Japan Tokyo Dome: 3:52 33,300 Boxscore: 23 November 12:00 United States 6–5 Venezuela Tokyo Dome: 3:18 8,868 ...
Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome: Tokyo Dome: Tokyo, Japan: Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: January 5 New Year Dash!! Ota City General Gymnasium: Tokyo, Japan
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 ...
Shinjuku, Tokyo: Tokyo Yakult Swallows: artificial turf 120 m (394 ft) Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka ‡ 1993 38,500 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: artificial turf 122 m (400 ft) Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi: 1950 30,508 Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: grass 122 m (400 ft) Tokyo Dome † 1988 46,000 ...
Hiroshi Tanahashi holding his prize for winning the 2015 G1 Climax, a contract for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome. NJPW had an annual tournament since 1974 under various names: the World League (ワールドリーグ戦, Wārudorīgu-sen) (1974–1977, based on the World (Big) League tournament from the old Japanese Wrestling Association held between ...
The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show became NJPW's premier annual event and the biggest event in Japanese wrestling, similar to what WrestleMania is for WWE and American professional wrestling. [1] It has been described as "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl ".