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.
Kingdom (professional wrestling)
Kingdom's popularity did not reach or surpass that of the UWF International, which saw most of its major events at the 2,000-seater Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Attempts to rectify this by using talent from other shoot-style promotions including Battlarts did little to help, and it seemed that in the eyes of the Japanese fans the era of shoot-style wrestling had ended. As a result, Kingdom would go out of business in March 1998.