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 Promotional poster for the event, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Shinsuke Nakamura | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | May 25, 2014[1] | ||
| City | Yokohama, Japan[1] | ||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena[1] | ||
| Attendance | 7,800[1] | ||
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Back to the Yokohama Arena was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took take place on May 25, 2014, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Kanagawa and marked NJPW's first event at the arena in eleven years.
The event, considered one of NJPW's biggest of the year, following Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome and the finals of the G1 Climax,[2] featured four championship matches and was headlined by a match for the promotion's top title, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The event aired domestically as a regular PPV and internationally as an internet PPV. While the show was praised for its match quality, it was considered a disappointment due to poor attendance numbers.[3]
NJPW did not return to the Yokohama Arena until 8 years later, on the third night of Wrestle Kingdom 16 in 2022.
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- ^ Meltzer, Dave (July 13, 2015). "July 13, 2015 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Dusty Rhodes bio part 2, back to back major shows in Japan, & more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 17. ISSN 1083-9593.