The December 31 Korakuen Hall Show is a

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event produced annually on December 31 at

Korakuen Hall is a famous sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many notable boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches. History On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with ...

by various

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s such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and

Kaientai Dojo Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wr ...

(K-Dojo). The tradition of holding a joint event for smaller promotions on

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at Korakuen Hall started with the 2006 Indy Summit. Until then, the venue was used for

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's ''

Kasou Taishou Kasou Taishou (; Kinchan and Katori Shingo's All Japan Costume Grand Prix, internationally known as ''Masquerade'') is a semi-annual Japanese television variety show that is run on Nippon TV and first aired in 1979. The program shows in which va ...

'' broadcast. In 2007 and 2008, special editions of the Pro-Wrestling Summit were held. In 2009, a special event as part of the third Tenka Sanbun no Kei tour was held and birthed the brand that would persist for all future events.

Events

References

External links

The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website
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