Wrestle Kingdom 9
Wrestle Kingdom 9 drew 36,000 fans to the Tokyo Dome, reportedly (accordingly to "Wrestleview.com" and the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter") the best attendance for a NJPW January 4 Tokyo Dome Show in 13 years. The event reportedly had 12,000 to 15,000 purchases in North America.
TNA Global Impact!
On December 14, 2008, TNA Wrestling.com officially announced Global Impact 2: Japan. The show aired on Spike TV on October 8, 2009. It featured taped matches involving TNA wrestlers competing at the Wrestle Kingdom III New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome show on January 4. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeating No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Masahiro Chono, and Riki Choshu defeating Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, and Karl Anderson, and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) defeating The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) in a Hardcore match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.