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 at the venue – 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. The first January 4 show, Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome, took place in 1992 and has been held each year since then. As of night two of Wrestle Kingdom 15, NJPW has held a total of 55 shows in the Tokyo Dome.
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. WWE participated in two additional Tokyo Dome events, co-promoting WrestleFest and SuperWrestle with Super World of Sports (SWS) in 1991. 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, 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 (UWFi), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the Universal Fighting-Arts Organization (UFO), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Global Force Wrestling (GFW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Ring of Honor (ROH), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and World Wonder Ring Stardom 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.
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, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Kazuchika Okada (tied at eight).
Dates and events DatePromotion(s)ShowMain EventNotes NJPW Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome Shota Chochishvili vs. Antonio Inoki (c) for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship UWF U-Cosmos Akira Maeda vs. Willie Wilhelm NJPW Super Fight Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Shinya Hashimoto and Masahiro Chono AJPWNJPWWWF Wrestling Summit Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen NJPWWCW Starrcade in Tokyo Dome Tatsumi Fujinami (c – IWGP) vs. Ric Flair (c – NWA) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Aired in the United States as WCW/New Japan Supershow I in April 1991 SWSWWF Wrestlefest The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) vs. Hulk Hogan and Genichiro Tenryu SWSWWF SuperWrestle Hulk Hogan vs. Genichiro Tenryu NJPWWCW Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome Riki Choshu (c – Greatest 18) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (c – IWGP) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the Greatest 18 Club Championship Aired in the United States as WCW/New Japan Supershow II in March 1992 PWFG Stack of Arms Masakatsu Funaki vs. Maurice Smith NJPWWCW Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu Aired in the United States as WCW/New Japan Supershow III in March 1993 NJPW Battlefield Genichiro Tenryu vs. Antonio Inoki AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe Akira Hokuto vs. Aja Kong NJPW Battle 7 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Weekly Pro-Wrestling magazine Bridge of Dreams Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono NJPWUWFi NJPW vs. UWFi Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPWUWFi Wrestling World 1996 Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Mutoh (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Battle Formation 1996 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Nobuhiko Takada (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Jd' Jd' Star Cooga, Cynthia Moreno, and Lioness Asuka vs. Kumiko Maekawa, Yoshiko Tamura, and Yumiko Hotta NJPWBJW Wrestling World 1997 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Battle Formation 1997 Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto NJPW Final Power Hall Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Antonio Inoki Retirement Show Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye AJPW AJPW's 25th Anniversary Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (c) for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestling World 1999 Keiji Mutoh vs. Scott Norton (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Strong Style Symphony Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Show Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader (c) for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship NJPW Final Dome Naoya Ogawa (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestling World 2000 Kensuke Sasaki vs. Genichiro Tenryu (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Dome Impact Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto NJPW Do Judge!! Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki NJPW Wrestling World 2001 Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada for the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship AJPWNJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular Toshiaki Kawada and Kensuke Sasaki vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Hiroshi Hase NJPW Indicate of Next Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama vs. Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh NJPW Wrestling World 2002 Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship NJPW NJPW's 30th Anniversary Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Masahiro Chono UFO Legend Naoya Ogawa vs. Matt Ghaffari NJPW Spiral Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestling World 2003 Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Josh Barnett for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship AJPW 2nd Wrestle-1 Ernesto Hoost vs. Bob Sapp NJPW Ultimate Festival New Japan Alumnus Battle Royal NJPW Ultimate Crush Yoshihiro Takayama (c – NWF) vs. Yuji Nagata (c – IWGP) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship NJPW Ultimate Crush II Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Bob Sapp vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Seiji Sakaguchi NJPW Wrestling World 2004 Shinsuke Nakamura (c – IWGP) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (c – NWF) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship NJPW Nexess Bob Sapp (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Noah Departure Kenta Kobashi (c) vs. Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship NJPW Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship NJPW Nexess VI Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Noah Destiny Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada NJPW Toukon Souzou New Chapter Brock Lesnar vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (c) and Masahiro Chono in a three-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPWAJPW Wrestle Kingdom Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) NJPWTNA Wrestle Kingdom II Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Aired in the United States as TNA Global Impact on January 17, 2008] NJPWTNA Wrestle Kingdom III Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Aired in the United States as TNA Global Impact 2 on October 8, 2009 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPWTNA Wrestle Kingdom V Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Aired in the United States as TNA Global Impact 3 on February 24, 2011 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (c) for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship NJPWGFW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Aired live in the United States on PPV as a presentation of GFW NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship DDT Street Wrestling in Tokyo Dome Minoru Suzuki vs. Sanshiro Takagi NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Night 1) Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Night 2) Tetsuya Naito (c – Intercontinental) vs. Kazuchika Okada (c – Heavyweight) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 1) Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 2) Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship DDT Tokyo Dome Cup The 37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita, Mao, Shunma Katsumata, and Yuki Ueno) vs. 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 NJPWNoah Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 1) Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi (c) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship NJPWNoah Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 2) Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship NJPWNoah Wrestle Kingdom 17 (Night 1) Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White (c) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Noah Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love Masahiro Chono vs. Keiji Muto NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Tetsuya Naito vs. Sanada (c) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship AEWNJPWCMLLROHStardom Wrestle Dynasty Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Ricochet for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
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