Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Festival (April 15th and 16th, 2022)
The "Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Celebration" was held.
Korakuen Hall has been used for a variety of events, including professional wrestling, boxing, and kickboxing, and has become known as a mecca for martial arts as it has seen many famous matches.
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of its opening, Tokyo Dome Corporation hosted its first professional wrestling tournament, "Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary 60th Birthday Festival," over two days on April 15th and 16th, 2022.
| Title | "Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Celebration" |
|---|---|
| Date of performance | [Women's Pro-Wrestling Dream Festival] Fri., April 15, 2022 Doors open at 17:30/Start at 18:30 [50th Anniversary NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING + ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING] Sat. April 16, 2022 Doors open at 16:00/Start at 17:00 |
| Venue | Tokyo Dome City Korakuen Hall |
| Corporations | FIGHTING TV SAMURAI, Weekly Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Sports |
| Original theme song | Osamu Suzuki "SACRED PLACE" |
| Visitor gifts | Tokyo Sports 60th Anniversary Special Edition/Original Mask |
April 15th: 60th Birthday Celebration "Women's Pro-Wrestling Dream Festival"
9 women's professional wrestling organizations will participate/26 wrestlers making their Korakuen Hall debut!
A total of nine matches were held across the boundaries of various organizations. Of the 44 wrestlers, 26, more than half, made their debut at Korakuen Hall. It was a spectacular dream festival.
The main event was titled the Extremely Wicked 60th Birthday Celebration, and featured the dangerous unit formed by Ozaki Mayumi and Yukihi Maya of OZ Academy and Oedo Tai Starlight Kid of STAR DOM.
- ・First matchSingle match 10 minutes
Maria (Marvelous) VS Riko Kawabata* (T-HEARTS)
Result: ▲Maria (time limit draw) Kawabata▲ - ・2nd match6-man tag match, 10 minutes, 1 match
Asahi* (ICE RIBBON), Hisarei* (PURE-J), Matsushita Fuuho (ICE RIBBON)
VS Madeleine* (Diana), Nanami* (Diana), Kanon (Sendai Girls)
Results: 〇Kurei Ai (9 minutes 24 seconds Sky De Special) Nanami ● - ・Third match6-man tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Tomoko Watanabe* (Marvelous), Kaori Yoneyama* (YMZ), Yuki Mashiro (ICE RIBBON)
VS Yuuki Miyazaki* (wave), Formerly known as Sakura Hirota (wave), Hibiscus Mii (Ryukyu Dragon)
Result: Mashiro (13 minutes 3 seconds Moonsault Press) Miyazaki 〇 - ・Fourth match6-man tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Koguma* (STAR DOM), Aimi (Sendai Girls), Ozora Chie* (PURE-J)
VS Yuko Sakurai* (Colors), Riko Kaiki* (Seedling), Lady C* (STAR DOM)
Results: Koguma (8 minutes 52 seconds, Diving Body Press) Sakurai - ・Fifth match6-man tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Kyoko Inoue* (Diana), Sonoko Kato* (OZ Academy), Leon* (PURE-J)
VS AKINO* (OZ Academy), Ayako Sato* (Diana), Raideen Hagane* (PURE-J)
Result: Inoue (10 minutes 21 seconds, lariat) Hagane - ・6th matchTag match 15 minutes 1 match
Tsukasa Fujimoto (ICE RIBBON), Arisa Nakajima* (Seed Ring)
VS Yurika Oka (Sendai Girls), Ai Takayama (Marvelous)
Result: Fujimoto (9 minutes 34 seconds Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex Hold) Takayama - ・7th matchTag match 15 minutes 1 match
Unagi Sayaka* (STAR DOM), Shirakawa Mina (STAR DOM) VS Kadokura Rin (Marvelous), Umezaki Haruka (Diana)
Result: ▲Shirakawa (time limit draw) Umezaki ▲ - ・Game 8Semi-final Tag Match 20 minutes 1 match
Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls), Yu* (EVE) VS MIRAI* (STAR DOM), Meika Ozaki
Result: 〇Hashimoto (18 minutes 51 seconds Obright) 〇Ozaki ● - ・ Match 9Main event: 6-man tag match, 30 minutes, single match
Nagisa Nozaki* (wave), SAKI (Colors), Takumi Iroha (Marvelous)
VS Mayumi Ozaki* (OZ Academy), Maya Yukihi (OZ Academy), Starlight Kid* (STAR DOM)
Result: ●SAKI (29 minutes 31 seconds Eternal foe) Kid 〇
That's all for the 9 matches.
- ・1st match: Single match, 10 minutes, 1 match
Maria (Marvelous)
VS Riko Kawabata* (T-HEARTS)
Result: ▲Maria (time limit draw) Kawabata▲ - ・2nd match: 6-man tag match, 10 minutes, 1 match
Asahi* (ICE RIBBON), Hisarei* (PURE-J), Matsushita Fuuho (ICE RIBBON)
VS Madeleine* (Diana), Nanami* (Diana), Kanon (Sendai Girls)
Results: 〇Kurei Ai (9 minutes 24 seconds Sky De Special) Nanami ● - ・3rd match: 6-man tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Tomoko Watanabe* (Marvelous), Kaori Yoneyama* (YMZ), Yuki Mashiro (ICE RIBBON)
VS Yuuki Miyazaki* (wave), Formerly known as Sakura Hirota (wave), Hibiscus Mii (Ryukyu Dragon)
Result: Mashiro (13 minutes 3 seconds Moonsault Press) Miyazaki 〇 - ・4th match: 6-man tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Koguma* (STAR DOM), Aimi (Sendai Girls), Ozora Chie* (PURE-J)
VS Yuko Sakurai* (Colors), Riko Kaiki* (Seedling), Lady C* (STAR DOM)
Results: Koguma (8 minutes 52 seconds, Diving Body Press) Sakurai - ・5th match: 6-man tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Kyoko Inoue* (Diana), Sonoko Kato* (OZ Academy), Leon* (PURE-J)
VS AKINO* (OZ Academy), Ayako Sato* (Diana), Raideen Hagane* (PURE-J)
Result: Inoue (10 minutes 21 seconds, lariat) Hagane - ・6th match: Tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Tsukasa Fujimoto (ICE RIBBON), Arisa Nakajima* (Seed Ring)
VS Yurika Oka (Sendai Girls), Ai Takayama (Marvelous)
Result: Fujimoto (9 minutes 34 seconds Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex Hold) Takayama - ・7th match: Tag match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Unagi Sayaka* (STAR DOM), Shirakawa Mina (STAR DOM)
VS Rin Kadokura (Marvelous), Haruka Umezaki (Diana)
Result: ▲Shirakawa (time limit draw) Umezaki ▲ - ・8th match: Semi-final tag match, 20 minutes, single match
Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls), Yuu* (EVE)
VS MIRAI* (STAR DOM), Ozaki Meika
Result: 〇Hashimoto (18 minutes 51 seconds Obright) 〇Ozaki ● - ・9th Match Main Event 6-Man Tag Match 30 Minutes Single Match
Nagisa Nozaki* (wave), SAKI (Colors), Takumi Iroha (Marvelous)
VS Mayumi Ozaki* (OZ Academy), Maya Yukihi (OZ Academy), Starlight Kid* (STAR DOM)
Result: ●SAKI (29 minutes 31 seconds Eternal foe) Kid 〇
That's all for the 9 matches.
- (*) is a wrestler who made his debut at Korakuen Hall.
April 16th: 60th Birthday Celebration "50th Anniversary NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING + ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING"
A dream exchange match between NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING and ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING celebrating their 50th anniversaries!
NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING and ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2022. Wrestlers from both organizations participated in a total of six matches. Of the total 30 wrestlers, 14 were making their Korakuen Hall debut.
The main event was the formation of an ace tag team between Hiroshi Tanahashi NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING Wrestling and Kento Miyahara ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING, who made their debut Korakuen Hall.
It was a day full of highlights with some impressive match-ups, including a six-man tag match between NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING IWGP Tag Team Champions Goto and YOSHI-HASHI and ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING World Tag Team Champions Suwama and Ashino.
- ・First matchSingle match 15 minutes
Akio Fujita* (New Japan) VS Ryo Inoue* (All Japan)
Result: Fujita (9 minutes 32 seconds, reverse crab hold) Inoue - ・2nd match6-man tag match, 20 minutes, 1 match
Takao Omori (All Japan), Yuto Nakajima* (New Japan), Ryohei Oiwa* (New Japan)
VS Yoshitatsu* (All Japan), Ryusuke Taguchi* (New Japan), Master Wato (New Japan)
Result: Oiwa (8 minutes 1 second back drop) Yoshitatsu - ・Third matchTag match 20 minutes 1 match
Toru Yano (New Japan), TAJIRI (All Japan)
VS Yoshinobu Kanemaru (New Japan), Black Menso-re (All Japan)
Result: 〇TAJIRI (10 minutes 12 seconds Samson Clutch) Menso-re● - ・Fourth match8-man tag match, 30 minutes, 1 match
Togi Makabe (New Japan), Tomoaki Honma (New Japan), Yuma Aoyagi* (All Japan), Ryosei Aoyagi* (All Japan)
VS Tetsuya Naito (New Japan), Shingo Takagi (New Japan), Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan), BUSHI (New Japan)
Result: Honma (17 minutes 25 seconds Destino) Naito 〇 - ・Fifth matchSemi-final 6-man tag match 30 minutes 1 match
Hirooki Goto (New Japan), YOSHI-HASHI* (New Japan), YOH (New Japan)
VS Suwama* (All Japan), Shotaro Ashino* (All Japan), Danji Tamura* (All Japan)
Results: 〇Goto (13 minutes 47 seconds lights out) Tamura ● - ・6th matchMain event tag match 30 minutes 1 match
Hiroshi Tanahashi* (New Japan), Kento Miyahara* (All Japan) vs. Taichi (New Japan), Jake Lee (All Japan)
Result: ▲ Miyahara (time limit draw) Taichi ▲
That's all for 6 matches
- ・1st match: Single match, 15 minutes, 1 match
Akio Fujita* (New Japan)
VS Ryo Inoue* (All Japan)
Result: Fujita (9 minutes 32 seconds, reverse crab hold) Inoue - ・2nd match: 6-man tag match, 20 minutes, 1 match
Takao Omori (All Japan), Yuto Nakajima* (New Japan), Ryohei Oiwa* (New Japan)
VS Yoshitatsu* (All Japan), Ryusuke Taguchi* (New Japan), Master Wato (New Japan)
Result: Oiwa (8 minutes 1 second back drop) Yoshitatsu - ・3rd match: Tag match, 20 minutes, single match
Toru Yano (New Japan), TAJIRI (All Japan)
VS Yoshinobu Kanemaru (New Japan), Black Menso-re (All Japan)
Result: 〇TAJIRI (10 minutes 12 seconds Samson Clutch) Menso-re● - ・4th match: 8-man tag match, 30 minutes, single match
Togi Makabe (New Japan), Tomoaki Honma (New Japan), Yuma Aoyagi* (All Japan), Ryosei Aoyagi* (All Japan)
VS Tetsuya Naito (New Japan), Shingo Takagi (New Japan), Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan), BUSHI (New Japan)
Result: Honma (17 minutes 25 seconds Destino) Naito 〇 - ・5th match: Semi-final 6-man tag match, 30 minutes, 1 match
Hirooki Goto (New Japan), YOSHI-HASHI* (New Japan), YOH (New Japan)
VS Suwama* (All Japan), Shotaro Ashino* (All Japan), Danji Tamura* (All Japan)
Results: 〇Goto (13 minutes 47 seconds lights out) Tamura ● - ・Match 6: Main Event Tag Match, 30 minutes, single match
Hiroshi Tanahashi* (New Japan), Kento Miyahara* (All Japan)
VS Taichi (New Japan), Jake Lee (All Japan)
Result: ▲ Miyahara (time limit draw) Taichi ▲
That's all for 6 matches
- (*) is a wrestler who made his debut at Korakuen Hall.
Korakuen Hall for martial arts
It opened on April 16, 1962. Originally it was a bowling hall.
The hall was called "Korakuen Gymnasium" and was Japan's first blackout hall. The opening show was the "Hochi Dynamic Globe" and the following year in 1967 it was renamed "Korakuen Hall."
The number of martial arts events held here each year is approximately 250 professional wrestling events and 100 boxing events. In addition, martial arts events such as MMA and kickboxing are held almost every day.
In addition to martial arts, he is also famous for appearing on the TV show Recording for the TV show 「SHO-TEN」.
The first professional wrestling event was held in Japan on November 26, 1966. The main event was a three-match match between Giant Baba and Luis Hernandez.
ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING held its first event on November 6, 1972. NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING held its first event on July 6, 1973. The first women's wrestling event was All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling on May 28, 1973.
Over its long history, it has been used by many organizations, hosting legendary matches and memorable events for fans, and is beloved as a venue that is close to its customers.
