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The Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show, often referred to as Bridge of Dreams, was a multi-promotional
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event hosted by Japanese wrestling magazine, Weekly Pro Wrestling. The event took place on April 2, 1995 at the
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in
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, Japan.


Event details

The event was a multi-promotional wrestling event. According to
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, the event was only initially supposed to have 8 promotions. However, due to increased interest, 13 promotions from Japan took part in the event. Genichiro Tenryu's
WAR War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
promotion notably did not take part in the event as they had a previous planned event the same day at Korakuen Hall. Weekly Gong, another Japanese wrestling magazine, did not cover "Bridge of Dreams", opting instead to cover WAR's event leading that event to be nicknamed, the "Anti-Dream Bridge".
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reported on the event, but did not mention that it was hosted by Weekly Pro Wrestling. Baseball Sha Magazine, a mainstream sports magazine that is the sister company of Weekly Pro Wrestling, briefly covered the event. The event was not released officially on video due to issues with the companies involved, with only unofficial recordings of the event existing.


Participating promotions


Results


See also

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Professional wrestling in Japan Professional wrestling in Japan has existed for many years. The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. There were subsequent attempts befor ...
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List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Japan which includes both national and independent puroresu and joshi companies from the post-World War II period up to the present day. Major promotions Puroresu Joshi Independent promo ...


References

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