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6-524: The Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show , often referred to as Bridge of Dreams (Japanese: 夢の架け橋～憧夢春爛漫～), was a multi-promotional professional wrestling and mixed martial arts event hosted by Japanese wrestling magazine, Weekly Pro Wrestling. The event took place on April 2, 1995 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo , Japan . The Bridge of Dreams event was a multi-promotional wrestling event organized by
12-545: A role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within the convention of the show , the company is a sports governing body which sanctions wrestling matches and gives authority to the championships and is responsible for maintaining the divisions and their rankings. In truth, the company serves as a touring theatre troupe , as well as event promotion body for its own events. Most promotions are self-contained, organized around one or more championships and do not acknowledge or recognize
18-495: The Weekly Pro Wrestling magazine. According to American wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer , the event was only initially supposed to feature the participation of 8 promotions. However, due to increased interest, 13 professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions from Japan took part in the event. Genichiro Tenryu's WAR promotion notably did not take part in the event as they had a previously planned event
24-437: 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. Professional wrestling promotion 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling . "Promotion" also describes
30-572: The legitimacy of other promotions' titles unless they share a working agreement. Governing bodies, such as the CyberFight , United Wrestling Network , WWNLive , Allied Independent Wrestling Federations , Union of European Wrestling Alliances, Pro Wrestling International and, previously, the National Wrestling Alliance , act as an umbrella organization which governs titles that are shared among multiple promotions. During
36-433: 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". Tokyo Sports 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
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