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The '''January 4 Tokyo Dome Show''' is a professional wrestling event produced annually on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), a Japan-based professional wrestling promotion. NJPW has promoted events in the venue every January 4 since Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome in 1992. Since its debut on pay-per-view in 2007, the January 4 show has been branded as '''Wrestle Kingdom'''.
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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/01/japanese-wrestlings-golden-age-comes-to-america.html | title = Japanese Wrestling's Golden Age Comes to America | last=Martin | first=Garrett | date=January 16, 2015 | accessdate=August 25, 2017 | work=Paste}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestling.net/article.php?40241 | title = GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details | date=December 23, 2014 | access-date=October 9, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net}}</ref><ref name=WK11AXSPWT>{{cite web | url = http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/12/13/new-japans-wrestlekingdom-11-air-axs-tv-starting-jan-13-four-weekly-special-episodes-ross-barnett-commentary/ | title = New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary | last=Keller | first=Wade | author-link=Wade Keller | date=December 13, 2016 | access-date=October 9, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> Since 2014, NJPW has scheduled supporting shows on the days before or after January 4, including a second Wrestle Kingdom show in the Tokyo Dome between 2020 and 2023.
The first two January 4 Tokyo Dome Shows were also the last two WCW/New Japan Supershows. All the Dome shows have featured championship matches, including several titles not owned by NJPW. On three occasions (1998, 2006 and 2013), no titles changed hands during the show. The 2019 show, which featured eight title matches, was the first in which all contested titles changed hands.
Some of the earlier January 4 show attendance numbers have been disputed. Officially, the 1993 Tokyo Dome show set the attendance record with 63,500 fans packing the Tokyo Dome, while according to Dave Meltzer, the 1998 show holds the record with an attendance of 55,000.<ref name=WONAttendance>{{cite magazine | last = Meltzer | first = Dave | author-link = Dave Meltzer | date = January 16, 2012 | title = Jan 16 Observer Newsletter: Cyborg busted for steroids, all the details, Edge and Horsemen going into WWE Hall, New Japan Dome Show review, 30 year Muchnick retrospective, TNA and Strikeforce shows, more | magazine = Wrestling Observer Newsletter | location = Campbell, California | issn = 1083-9593 | pages=14–16}}</ref> The lowest attendances for any Dome Shows were for the 2021 event, held under attendance restrictions due to COVID-19; NJPW announced an attendance of 12,689 for the first night and 7,801 for the second.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/new-japan-news/njpw-wrestle-kingdom-15-notes-jay-white-sanada-stardom-329386 |title=NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 Notes; Jay White, SANADA, Stardom |first=Bryan |last=Rose |work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter |date=2021-01-05 |access-date=2021-01-05}}</ref> Prior to COVID-19, the 2007 and 2011 Dome shows drew the lowest unofficial gates, with only 18,000 in attendance.<ref name=WONAttendance/>
As of 2021, the January 4 shows (including matches held on January 5 as part of two-night events) have hosted 328 matches (not including dark or pre-show matches), 126 of which were title matches leading to 69 title changes in total.{{efn|The count of title changes includes one match during Wrestle Kingdom 15 in 2021 in which two titles changed hands. During the first night, Kota Ibushi defeated Tetsuya Naito for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship.}} The 2005 Tokyo Dome show had a 16-match card, the largest of any single-night show, while 2001, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019 featured 9 matches, the lowest number of matches on a single-night show (again, not counting dark or pre-show matches). The first two-night show in 2020 featured a total of 16 matches, tying the 2005 show for the most in a single event, but each night featured only eight matches, fewer than any previous Dome Show card. The second two-night show in 2021, affected by COVID-19, had only 6 matches scheduled for each night.
==Events== {| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" !|# !Year !|Event !|Main Event !|Ref |- |{{sort|01|1}} |1992 |Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome |align="left"|Riki Choshu (Greatest 18) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP Heavyweight) for the Greatest 18 Championship and IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-92>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#92 | title= Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome | date= January 4, 1992 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|02|2}} |1993 |Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome |align="left"|Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu |<ref name=Jan4-93>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#93 | title= Fantastic Story | date= January 4, 1993 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|03|3}} |1994 |Battlefield |align="left"|Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu |<ref name=Jan4-94>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#94 | title= Battlefield | date= January 4, 1994 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|04|4}} |1995 |Battle 7 |align="left"|Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-95>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#95a | title= Battle Seven | date= January 4, 1995 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- ! colspan="5" |{{sort|02.5|''Wrestling World/Final Power Hall''}} |- |{{sort|05|5}} |1996 |Wrestling World 1996 | align="left" |Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name="Jan4-96">{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#96a | title= Wrestling War in Tokyo Dome 1996 | date= January 4, 1996 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|06|6}} |1997 |Wrestling World 1997 |align="left"|Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=PS32>{{cite news|author=Butcher, Rob|title=The Money Factory|pages=26–27|work=Power Slam Magazine|id=32|date=March 1997|publisher=SW Publishing LTD|location=Lancaster, Lancashire, England}}</ref><ref name=Jan4-97>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#97a | title= Wrestling World in Tokyo Dome 1997 | date= January 4, 1997 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|07|7}} |1998 |Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome |align="left"|Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-98>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#98a | title= Power Hall in Tokyo Dome | date= January 4, 1998 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|08|8}} |1999 |Wrestling World 1999 |align="left"|Scott Norton (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-99>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#99 | title= Wrestling World 1999 | date= January 4, 1999 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|09|9}} |2000 |Wrestling World 2000 |align="left"|Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-00>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#0100 | title= Wrestling World 2000 | date= January 4, 2000 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|10|10}} |2001 |Wrestling World 2001 |align="left"|Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada in the IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament final |<ref name=Jan4-01>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#2001 | title= Wrestling World 2001 | date= January 4, 2001 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|11|11}} |2002 |Wrestling World 2002 |align="left"|Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-02>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#0102 | title= Wrestling World 2002 | date= January 4, 2002 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |{{sort|12|12}} |2003 |Wrestling World 2003 |align="left"|Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Josh Barnett for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-03>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#0103 | title= Wrestling World 2003 | date= January 4, 2003 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |13 |2004 |Wrestling World 2004 |align="left"|Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-04>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#0104 | title= Wrestling World 2004 | date= January 4, 2004 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- |14 |2005 | style="white-space:nowrap;" |Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 |align="left"|Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship |<ref name=Jan4-05>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/tokyodome.html#0105 | title= Wrestling World 2005 | date= January 4, 2005 | access-date= April 13, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}</ref> |- ! colspan="5" |{{sort|02.5|''Toukon Shidou''}} |- |15 |2006 |Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 | align="left" |Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 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title = NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega | last1=Rose | first1=Bryan | last2=Currier | first2=Joseph | date=January 3, 2017 | access-date=January 4, 2017 | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref><ref name=WrestleKingdom11>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/13455?showResult=1 | script-title=ja:戦国炎舞 -Kizna- Presents Wrestle Kingdom 11 in 東京ドーム | access-date=January 4, 2017 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=ja}}</ref> |- |27 |2018 |Wrestle Kingdom 12 |align="left"|Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref name=WrestleKingdom12WON>{{cite web | url = https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw-wrestle-kingdom-12-live-results-okada-naito-omega-jericho-249171 | title = NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 live results: Okada-Naito, Omega-Jericho | last1=Renner | first1=Ethan | last2=Currier | first2=Joseph | date=January 3, 2018 | access-date=January 4, 2018 | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref><ref name=WrestleKingdom12>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/113188?showResult=1 | script-title=ja:ブシモ 5th Anniversary Wrestle Kingdom 12 in 東京ドーム | access-date=January 4, 2018 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=ja}}</ref> |- |28 |2019 |Wrestle Kingdom 13 |align="left"|Kenny Omega (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/fight-size-update-wrestle-kingdom-13-logo-revealed-new-progress-tag-team-champions-kairi-sane|title=Fight Size Update: Wrestle Kingdom 13 Logo Revealed, New PROGRESS Tag Team Champions, Kairi Sane Responds To Cody's Comments, More - Fightful Wrestling|work=www.fightful.com|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> |- |29 |2020 |Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 | align="left"|Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.njpw1972.com/41623 | title = Big matches in 2019 are now announced!! | date = January 4, 2019 | access-date = January 8, 2017 | work = New Japan Pro-Wrestling | archive-date = January 5, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190105094323/https://www.njpw1972.com/41623 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |- |30 |2021 |Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1 | align="left" |Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/84605|title=Three matches set for January 4 & 5 at Wrestle Kingdom |work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=October 18, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref> |- |31 |2022 |Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1 | align="left" |Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/103591|title=Wrestle Kingdom 16 set to start 2022 in the Tokyo Dome and Yokohama Arena! |work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=August 4, 2021|access-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref> |- |32 |2023 |Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 |align="left"|Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw.co.jp/374399|title=【緊急決定！】2023年1月4日（水）『WRESTLE KINGDOM 17』東京ドーム大会が開催！ 1月5日（木）は『NEW YEAR DASH!!』大田区総合体育館大会！|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=August 18, 2022|access-date=August 18, 2022}}</ref> |- |33 |2024 |Wrestle Kingdom 18 |align="left"|Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=njpw1972 |number= 1676546834138038272|title=【特報！】2024年1月4日（木）東京ドーム『WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 in TOKYO DOME』の開催が決定！詳細は後日発表となります！#njwk18 #WRESTLEKINGDOM18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/njpw-officially-announces-wrestle-kingdom-18-reveals-logo | title = NJPW officially announces Wrestle Kingdom 18, reveals logo | last=Carey | first=Ian | date=July 5, 2023 | access-date=July 6, 2023 | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref> |- |34 |2025 |Wrestle Kingdom 19 |align="left"| Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. 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==See also== {{Portal|Japan}} *List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling pay-per-view events *Professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome
==Footnotes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The official New Japan website]
{{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|January 4 Tokyo Dome Show}}
Category:January 4 Tokyo Dome Show Category:Recurring events established in 1992 Category:1992 establishments in Japan