Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)

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Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW) is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s biggest annual professional wrestling event, widely regarded as Japan’s equivalent to WrestleMania.

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instanceOf Wrestle Kingdom event
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annual sporting event
professional wrestling event
alsoKnownAs NJPW January 4 Tokyo Dome Show NERFINISHED
Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome NERFINISHED
broadcastInNorthAmericaBy Global Force Wrestling NERFINISHED
broadcastOn FITE TV NERFINISHED
NJPW World NERFINISHED
pay-per-view
city Tokyo
country Japan
drawingPower one of the largest annual crowds in Japanese wrestling
featuresTitleMatchesFor IWGP Intercontinental Championship NERFINISHED
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED
IWGP Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED
NEVER Openweight Championship NERFINISHED
featuresTournamentFinal New Japan Rumble or similar battle royal
firstHeld 2007
format three-night event
two-night event
genre professional wrestling
hasMainEventTypicallyFor IWGP Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED
hasMultipleNightsInSomeYears true
hasTheme yearly culmination of NJPW storylines
influencedBy WWE WrestleMania NERFINISHED
isFlagshipEventOf New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED
language English
Japanese
mainEvent Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito
Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
marketedAs Japan’s equivalent to WrestleMania
notableEdition Wrestle Kingdom 12 NERFINISHED
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Wrestle Kingdom 9 NERFINISHED
predecessor January 4 Tokyo Dome Show NERFINISHED
promotedBy New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED
promotion NJPW NERFINISHED
significance NJPW’s biggest show of the year
typicalDate January 4
venue Tokyo Dome NERFINISHED

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IWGP Heavyweight Champion defendedIn Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)
this entity surface form: Wrestle Kingdom
New Japan Pro-Wrestling flagshipEvent Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)
this entity surface form: Wrestle Kingdom
Tokyo Dome notableEventHosted Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)