By: Mitchell Adams
Welcome to Puroresu Gate, a weekly feature where we review attendance figures of Puroresu and Joshi promotions in the most well-known venues in Japan.
In this special edition of Puroresu Gate, we not only examine the ticket sales for the biggest event of the year in New Japan Pro Wrestling’s WrestleKingdom in the 55,000-seat capacity Tokyo Dome, but also events held in other venues by other promotions since WrestleKingdom week has become as big of a deal in Japan as Wrestlemania week is in North America.
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling has been holding an annual event in the 1,800-seat Korakuen Hall on January 4th for several years now and it has become one of their biggest events of the year. This event did not disappoint with everyone involved looking to steal the show. The highlight of the evening was the Princess Of Princess Championship main event between champion Yuka Sakazaki and challenger Miyu Yamashita.
🔴📺 #wrestleUNIVERSE で独占生配信中！https://t.co/zZ5ewFJJHY
👸🏻東京女子プロレス
後楽園ホール大会「東京女子プロレス ’23」○メインイベント プリンセス・オブ・プリンセス選手権試合 30分一本勝負
＜王者＞坂崎ユカ vs 山下実優＜挑戦者＞
#tjpw pic.twitter.com/Bxm0GMTMVk— TJPW 東京女子プロレス (@tjpw2013) January 4, 2023
Big Japan brought blood, gore, and violence to an oversold Shin-Kiba 1st RING arena on January 4th with an event not for the faint of heart. But if you are a fan of the Deathmatch style of Puroresu you will greatly enjoy this event highlighted by a Fluorescent Light tubes Death Match for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship between Hideyoshi Kamitani and Ryuji Ito.
／📣新木場大会瓦版！／
超満員主催者発表 観衆３３３名神谷、王座防衛！
次なる挑戦者は？！若松vs石川 直接対決は
若松が勝利！#最侠タッグ 公式戦全日程終了
Aはアストロ、ニチョケン
中之上組、シミラリティが同率首位Bはクレラバ、流血無双
ハートに火をつけて が進出！！#bjw pic.twitter.com/5yznUeAYl7— 大日本プロレス BJW Official (@BJWOfficial) January 4, 2023
World Wonder Ring Stardom decided to start 2023 with a bang announcing this new and unique tournament. The first event in the tournament saw several wonderful matches highlighted by Syuri, MIRAI, and Ami Sohrei going up against Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside, and Mariah May.
TRIANGLE DERBY Ⅰ
2023年1月6日（金）後楽園ホール
◆公式リーグ戦
○朱里＆MIRAI＆壮麗亜美＝1勝1引き分け・3点（13分36秒、白虎）白川未奈＆ザイヤ・ブルックサイド●＆マライア・メイ＝1勝1敗・2点※来場した橋本千紘がリングに上りMIRAIが対戦を名乗り上げた。「私は強い奴と闘いたい」（橋本） pic.twitter.com/F5aUPtyzcQ
— スターダム✪STARDOM (@wwr_stardom) January 6, 2023
With the global pandemic severely limiting attendance and crowd participation for WrestleKingdom 15 and 16, words can’t describe just how thrilled everyone at MP was to see all restrictions lifted for this event so a large crowd of fans could cheer and boo to their heart’s content. We can only imagine how good it must have felt for every wrestler on the card as well. This event was STACKED from top to bottom from the first IWGP Women’s Championship defense between KAIRI and Tam Nakano which was followed by the debut of Mercedes Mone’ (FKA WWE’s Sasha Banks) to the co-main events of Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP U.S. Championship and Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Do yourself a favor and give this event repeat viewings on NJPW World!
IT’S MERCEDES MONÉ!@mercedesvarnado is in the Tokyo Dome!!!#wk17 #njpw pic.twitter.com/PD54lqLr1L
— njpwworld (@njpwworld) January 4, 2023
🔥東京ドーム大会 WRESTLE KINGDOM 17🔥
ダブルメインイベントⅠ USヘビー級選手権試合🇺🇸
凄まじい死闘‼️元王者と現王者の一騎打ち💥
果たして勝つのは⁉️🆚 @WillOspreay × @KennyOmegamanX
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⇒https://t.co/z1DNREh66D#njpw #wk17 #AEW pic.twitter.com/hf23y2oWbU— njpwworld (@njpwworld) January 4, 2023
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January 9, 2023
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