Promotional poster for the event, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada
Promotion
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date
January 4, 2013[1]
City
Tokyo, Japan[1]
Venue
Tokyo Dome[1]
Attendance
29,000[2]
Tagline(s)
Evolution[2]
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Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2013.[1][3][4] It was the 22nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the seventh held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including two dark matches), five of which were contested for championships.
For the first time, the event was made available for international market on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event drew 29,000 fans to the Tokyo Dome, supposedly down from the three previous years, although NJPW president Naoki Sugabayashi revealed that for the first time, the promotion announced a legitimate number of tickets sold instead of a "papered" number of attendees.[5]
The event featured outside participation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) representative Keiji Mutoh, Pro Wrestling Zero1 representative Shinjiro Otani, and American freelancer Shelton Benjamin. For the first time in five years, the event did not feature wrestlers from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
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^菅林直樹社長の大会総括. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 27, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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