Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival

The Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival is a major professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and a Gaora TV event, held by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dragon Gate and it is an annual pay-per-view event. It occurs every July at Kobe World Kinen Hall in Kobe, Japan. The Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival is the successor to the Toryumon Japan Aniversario shows. It is the biggest, and arguably the most important, event of the year, equivalent to the WWE's WrestleMania and the NJPW's January 4 Dome Show. The attendance has grown over the years, being the higgest 9,800 persons on 2017 the most seen of the all years and often surpassing previously set record numbers for the promotion.

Dragon Gate often invites other promotions, Japanese and international, to participate in their Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival shows like AAA, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Kaientai Dojo, Pro Wrestling Zero1. The shows have regularly featured wrestlers from all over Japan including Masakatsu Funaki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Masato Tanaka.

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Main event
01 1	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2005)	02005-07-03-0000July 3, 2005	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	7,500	Masaaki Mochizuki (c) versus Taka Michinoku for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
02 2	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2006)	02006-07-02-0000July 2, 2006	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	8,500	Susumu Yokosuka (c) versus Dragon Kid for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
03 3	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2007)	02007-07-01-0000July 1, 2007	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09000 9,000	Jushin Thunder Liger (c) versus CIMA for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
04 4	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2008)	02008-07-27-0000July 27, 2008	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09000 9,000	Shingo Takagi versus BxB Hulk for the vacant Open The Dream Gate Championship
5	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2009)	02009-07-19-0000July 19, 2009	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09300 9,300	Naruki Doi (Dream) versus CIMA (Brave) for the Open The Dream Gate Championship and the Open The Brave Gate Championship
6	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2010)	02010-07-11-0000July 11, 2010	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09300 9,300	YAMATO (c) versus Masato Yoshino for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
7	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2011)	02011-07-17-0000July 17, 2011	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09400 9,400	Masaaki Mochizuki (c) versus BxB Hulk for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
8	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2012)	02012-07-22-0000July 22, 2012	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09500 9,500	CIMA (c) versus Akira Tozawa for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
9	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2013)	02013-07-17-0000July 17, 2013	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09600 9,600	CIMA (c) versus Shingo Takagi for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
10	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2014)	02014-07-20-0000July 20, 2014	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09400 9,400	YAMATO (c) versus BxB Hulk for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
11	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2015)	02015-07-20-0000July 20, 2015	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09650 9,650	Masato Yoshino (c) versus T-Hawk for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
12	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2016)	02016-07-24-0000July 24, 2016	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09650 9,650	Shingo Takagi (c) versus YAMATO for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
13	Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival (2017)	02017-07-23-0000July 23, 2017	Kobe, Japan	Kobe World Kinen Hall	09800 9,800	YAMATO (c) versus T-Hawk for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match