Collision in Korea

Collision in Korea
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date	April 28–29, 1995 Aired August 4, 1995
Attendance	165,000 (Day 1, disputed) 190,000 (Day 2, disputed)
Venue	May Day Stadium
City	Pyongyang, North Korea
Pay-per-view chronology
Bash at the Beach 1995 Collision in Korea Fall Brawl 1995
New Japan Pro Wrestling events chronology
Battle 7 Collision in Korea Wrestling Dontaku 1995

Collision in Korea was the largest professional wrestling pay-per-view event in history. It was jointly produced by World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, and took place over a period of two days on April 28 and 29, 1995 at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. However, it did not air in North America until August 4, 1995,^[1] when WCW broadcast a selection^[2] of matches from the show on pay-per-view.

The event was the first PPV from a North American wrestling promotion to be held in North Korea, and holds the current record for the largest attendance for a wrestling event,^[3] with the announced crowds for the shows were 165,000 and 190,000 for the first and second day respectively; although wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer reported different attendance numbers of 150,000 and 165,000 respectively, which the second day still would be a record.^[4]

NJPW's Hidekazu Tanaka was the ring announcer for the show, while Masao Tayama and Tiger Hattori refereed the matches. Commentary for the WCW pay-per-view presentation of the event was provided by Eric Bischoff, Mike Tenay and Kazuo Ishikawa. "Collision in Korea" is the name of the WCW presentation of the event; the actual name of the event was Pyongyang International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace (平和のための平壌国際体育・文化祝典 Heiwa no tame no Pyon'yan kokusai taiiku bunka shukuten).^[5][6][7]

It is one of sixteen pay-per-view events not made available for streaming on the WWE Network service.^[8]

Results

No.	Results[9]	Stipulations	Times
1	Wild Pegasus defeated 2 Cold Scorpio	Singles match	06:22
2	Yuji Nagata defeated Tokimitsu Ishizawa	Singles match	04:28
3	Masahiro Chono and Hiro Saito defeated El Samurai and Tadao Yasuda	Tag team match	08:06
4	Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto defeated Manami Toyota and Mariko Yoshida	Tag team match	08:34
5	Shinya Hashimoto (c) fought Scott Norton to a time-limit draw	Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	20:00
6	Road Warrior Hawk defeated Tadao Yasuda	Singles match	02:21
7	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki	Tag team match	11:51
8	Antonio Inoki defeated Ric Flair	Singles match	14:52
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. "WCW/New Japan Collision in Korea (TV 1995)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
2. "New Japan International Cards". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
4. Meltzer, Dave. "April 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 7 April 2016. The all-time pro wrestling attendance record would be for shows on April 28 and April 29, 1995 at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The announced crowds for those shows were 165,000 and 190,000, although the real numbers were about 150,000 and 165,000. The first show was headlined by Scott Norton vs. Shinya Hashimoto and the second by Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair. While there were tickets sold, most of the people attending got in free, and were pretty much ordered to attend, so it’s not really a fair comparison.
5. "北朝鮮でカシンvs永田の“前座黄金カード”". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 1, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
6. "North Korea Allows Visitors A Tightly Controlled Glimpse Of Its Capital". Philly.com. April 28, 1995. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
7. "Apr. 29 in history: Flair vs. Inoki seen by 150,000 in N. Korea". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
8. Douglas Scarpa. "16 PPVs NOT On The WWE Network". Retrieved August 1, 2015.
9. "WCW/New Japan Pay-Per-View Cards". Wrestling Information Archive.