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 event, 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. [lower-alpha 1]

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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), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), 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 Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Mutoh, and Shinsuke Nakamura , Kazuchika Okada (tied at eight). [lower-alpha 1]

Dates and events

DatePromotionShowMain EventRef(s).
April 24, 1989 NJPW Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome Shota Chochishvili defeated Antonio Inoki (c) in a match for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship [2]
November 29, 1989 UWF U-Cosmos Akira Maeda defeated Willie Wilhelm [9]
February 10, 1990 NJPW Super Fight Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi defeated Shinya Hashimoto and Masahiro Chono
Lou Thesz served as the guest referee		 [10]
April 13, 1990 AJPW/NJPW/WWF Wrestling Summit Hulk Hogan defeated Stan Hansen [4]
March 21, 1991 NJPW/WCW Starrcade in Tokyo Dome Tatsumi Fujinami (c – IWGP) defeated Ric Flair (c – NWA) in a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [11]
March 30, 1991 SWS/WWF Wrestlefest The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) defeated Hulk Hogan and Genichiro Tenryu [5]
December 12, 1991 SWS/WWF SuperWrestle Hulk Hogan defeated Genichiro Tenryu [6]
January 4, 1992 NJPW/WCW Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome Riki Choshu (c – Greatest 18) defeated Tatsumi Fujinami (c – IWGP) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the Greatest 18 Club Championship [12]
October 4, 1992 PWFG Stack of Arms Masakatsu Funaki wrestled Maurice Smith to a draw [13]
January 4, 1993 NJPW/WCW Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Choshu [11]
January 4, 1994 NJPW Battlefield Genichiro Tenryu defeated Antonio Inoki [14]
November 20, 1994 AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe Akira Hokuto defeated Aja Kong [7]
January 4, 1995 NJPW Battle 7 Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Kensuke Sasaki in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [15]
April 2, 1995Weekly Pro Wrestling magazine Bridge of Dreams Shinya Hashimoto defeated Masahiro Chono [8]
October 9, 1995 NJPW/UWF-i NJPW vs. UWF-i Keiji Mutoh (c) defeated Nobuhiko Takada in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [16]
January 4, 1996 NJPW/UWF-i Wrestling World 1996 Nobuhiko Takada defeated Keiji Mutoh (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [17]
April 29, 1996 NJPW Battle Formation 1996 Shinya Hashimoto defeated Nobuhiko Takada (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [18]
December 26, 1996 Jd' Jd' StarCooga, Cynthia Moreno, and Lioness Asuka defeated Kumiko Maekawa, Yoshiko Tamura, and Yumiko Hotta [19]
January 4, 1997 NJPW/BJW Wrestling World 1997 Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Riki Choshu in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [20]
April 12, 1997 NJPW Battle Formation 1997 Naoya Ogawa defeated Shinya Hashimoto [21]
January 4, 1998 NJPW Final Power Hall Kensuke Sasaki (c) defeated Keiji Mutoh in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [22]
April 4, 1998 NJPW Antonio Inoki Retirement Show Antonio Inoki defeated Don Frye [23]
May 1, 1998 AJPW AJPW's 25th Anniversary Toshiaki Kawada defeated Mitsuharu Misawa (c) in a match for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship [24]
January 4, 1999 NJPW Wrestling World 1999 Keiji Mutoh defeated Scott Norton (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [25]
April 10, 1999 NJPW Strong Style Symphony Keiji Mutoh (c) defeated Don Frye in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [26]
May 2, 1999 AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Show Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Vader (c) in a match for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship [27]
October 11, 1999 NJPW Final Dome Naoya Ogawa (c) defeated Shinya Hashimoto in a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Tatsumi Fujinami served as the guest referee		 [28]
January 4, 2000 NJPW Wrestling World 2000 Kensuke Sasaki defeated Genichiro Tenryu (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [29]
April 7, 2000 NJPW Dome Impact Naoya Ogawa defeated Shinya Hashimoto [30]
October 9, 2000 NJPW Do Judge!! Toshiaki Kawada defeated Kensuke Sasaki [31]
January 4, 2001 NJPW Wrestling World 2001 Kensuke Sasaki defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a match for the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship [32]
January 28, 2001 AJPW/NJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular Toshiaki Kawada and Kensuke Sasaki defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Hiroshi Hase [33]
October 8, 2001 NJPW Indicate of Next Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama defeated Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh [34]
January 4, 2002 NJPW Wrestling World 2002 Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Yuji Nagata in a match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship [35]
May 2, 2002 NJPW NJPW's 30th Anniversary Mitsuharu Misawa wrestled Masahiro Chono to a draw [36]
August 8, 2002UFOLegend Naoya Ogawa defeated Matt Ghaffari [37]
October 14, 2002 NJPW Spiral Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Kazuyuki Fujita in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [38]
January 4, 2003 NJPW Wrestling World 2003 Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Josh Barnett in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [39]
January 19, 2003 AJPW 2nd Wrestle-1 Ernesto Hoost defeated Bob Sapp [40]
May 1, 2003 NJPW Ultimate Festival Kantaro Hoshino and Kotetsu Yamamoto won the New Japan Alumnus Battle Royal [41]
May 2, 2003 NJPW Ultimate Crush Yoshihiro Takayama (c – NWF) defeated Yuji Nagata (c – IWGP) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship [42]
October 13, 2003 NJPW Ultimate Crush II Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Bob Sapp defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Seiji Sakaguchi [43]
January 4, 2004 NJPW Wrestling World 2004 Shinsuke Nakamura (c – IWGP) defeated Yoshihiro Takayama (c – NWF) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship [44]
May 3, 2004 NJPW Nexess Bob Sapp (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. [45]
July 10, 2004 NOAH Departure Kenta Kobashi (c) defeated Jun Akiyama in a match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship [46]
January 4, 2005 NJPW Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) in a match for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship [47]
May 14, 2005 NJPW Nexess VI Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Satoshi Kojima (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [48]
July 18, 2005 NOAH Destiny Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Toshiaki Kawada [49]
October 8, 2005 NJPW Toukon Souzou New Chapter Brock Lesnar defeated Kazuyuki Fujita (c) and Masahiro Chono in a three-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [50]
January 4, 2006 NJPW Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [51]
January 4, 2007 NJPW/AJPW Wrestle Kingdom Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) [52]
January 4, 2008 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom II Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [53]
January 4, 2009 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Keiji Mutoh (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [54]
January 4, 2010 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [55]
January 4, 2011 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom V Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Satoshi Kojima (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [56]
January 4, 2012 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [57]
January 4, 2013 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [58]
January 4, 2014 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) in a match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [59]
January 4, 2015 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [60]
January 4, 2016 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [61]
January 4, 2017 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Kenny Omega in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [62]
June 1, 2017 DDT Street Wrestling Minoru Suzuki defeated Sanshiro Takagi [63]
January 4, 2018 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [64]
January 4, 2019 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kenny Omega (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [65]
January 4, 2020 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Night 1) Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Kota Ibushi in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [66]
January 5, 2020 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Night 2) Tetsuya Naito (c – Intercontinental) defeated Kazuchika Okada (c – Heavyweight) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [3]
January 4, 2021 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 1) Kota Ibushi defeated Tetsuya Naito (c) in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [67]
January 5, 2021 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 2) Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Jay White in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [68]
July 25, 2021 NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 31, 2021 DDT Tokyo Dome Cup The 37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita, Mao, Shunma Katsumata, and Yuki Ueno) defeated Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu), Chris Brookes, and Gorgeous Matsuno, and 121000000 (Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita), Hikari Noa, and Hyper Misao, and Pheromones (Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari), and Tetsuya Endo and Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi, Kouzi and Shinya Aoki [69]
January 4, 2022 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 1) Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi (c) in a match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5, 2022 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 2) Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Will Ospreay in a match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 4, 2023 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 (Night 1) Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White (c) in a match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
February 21, 2023 NOAH Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love Tetsuya Naito defeated Keiji Muto
January 4, 2024 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Sources are found in the table.

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