Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)

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Wrestle Kingdom event annual sporting event professional wrestling event

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Wrestle Kingdom	2
Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4967040 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)
Context triple: [Tokyo Dome, notableEventHosted, Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)]

A. New Japan Pro-Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion renowned for its hard-hitting in-ring style, influential stars, and global impact on the sport.
B. WrestleMania
WrestleMania is WWE’s flagship annual professional wrestling supercard, known for its large-scale stadium shows, celebrity involvement, and status as the industry’s biggest event of the year.
C. Joshi festival
Joshi festival is a springtime celebration of fertility, renewal, and communal joy observed by the Kalash people of Pakistan’s Chitral region.
D. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion, now known as TNA Wrestling, recognized as a major alternative to WWE and noted for its X Division and innovative match formats.
E. WWE WrestleMania 37
WWE WrestleMania 37 was a two-night professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE in April 2021, notable for being the company’s first major show to welcome back live fans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. New Japan Pro-Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion renowned for its hard-hitting in-ring style, influential stars, and global impact on the sport.
B. WrestleMania
WrestleMania is WWE’s flagship annual professional wrestling supercard, known for its large-scale stadium shows, celebrity involvement, and status as the industry’s biggest event of the year.
C. Joshi festival
Joshi festival is a springtime celebration of fertility, renewal, and communal joy observed by the Kalash people of Pakistan’s Chitral region.
D. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion, now known as TNA Wrestling, recognized as a major alternative to WWE and noted for its X Division and innovative match formats.
E. WWE WrestleMania 37
WWE WrestleMania 37 was a two-night professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE in April 2021, notable for being the company’s first major show to welcome back live fans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wrestle Kingdom event ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom event ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom event ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom event ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom event ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom event ⓘ 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 ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tokyo Dome → notableEventHosted → Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW) ⓘ

New Japan Pro-Wrestling → flagshipEvent → Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wrestle Kingdom

IWGP Heavyweight Champion → defendedIn → Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW) ⓘ