List of professional wrestling attendance records information
List of the largest attendances in the history of professional wrestling
The May Day Stadium hosted Collision in Korea, a two-day supercard co-promoted by NJPW and WCW, from April 28–29, 1995. The second night, with a crowd of at least 165,000, is the highest attended wrestling event of all-time.
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The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records. The highest number of events on the list have been promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the largest professional wrestling promotion in Japan.
NJPW's Collision in Korea, a two-day interpromotional supercard co-hosted with World Championship Wrestling, was the first-ever pro wrestling event held in North Korea and remains the most attended live event of all-time. The event reportedly had a combined crowd of 320,000, with 150,000 and 190,000 attending the first and second nights respectively.[1] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter claimed actual attendances were about 150,000 and 165,000.[2][3] Regardless, the second night of Collision in Korea remains the most attended overall live event of all-time. It is generally accepted that many attendees at Collision in Korea attended for free.[2]
^"Wrestling History: 1991-1995". PWI-Online.com. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ abMeltzer, Dave. "April 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 7 April 2016. The all-time pro wrestling attendance record would be for shows on April 28 and April 29, 1995 at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The announced crowds for those shows were 165,000 and 190,000, although the real numbers were about 150,000 and 165,000. The first show was headlined by Scott Norton vs. Shinya Hashimoto and the second by Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair. While there were tickets sold, most of the people attending got in free, and were pretty much ordered to attend, so it's not really a fair comparison.
^Keller, Wade (April 28, 2015). "WCW FLASHBACK - "Collision in Korea" 20 yrs. ago today: Flair & WCW crew head to N. Korea with New Japan Pro Wrestling". PWTorch.com. Pro Wrestling Torch.
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