December 19, 2005 Observer Newsletter: 2005’s top draws & biggest events, WWE legal situation with Brock Lesnar

2005 BIGGEST EVENTS AND TOP DRAWS RUNDOWN

LARGEST ATTENDANCE

52,000* – NOAH 7/18 Tokyo Dome (Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada; Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki)

43,000* – Pride 4/23 Osaka Dome (First round of middleweight Grand Prix, Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida)

35,000 – K-1 12/4/04 Tokyo Dome World Grand Prix Tournament

35,000* – Pride 12/31/04 Saitama Super Arena (Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; Rulon Gardner vs. Hidehiko Yoshida)

35,000 – K-1 12/31/04 Osaka Dome (Masato vs. Kid Yamamoto; Royce Gracie vs. Akebono; Sapp vs. LeBanner)

35,000* – Pride 6/26 Saitama Super Arena (Middleweight tournament/Sakuraba vs. Arona)

35,000* Pride 8/28 Saitama Super Arena (Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mirko Cro Cop/Middleweight tournament final four)

31,800 – K-1 9/29 Osaka Dome Grand Prix First round (Bob Sapp vs. Choi Hong-man)

30,000 – K-1 11/19 Tokyo Dome World Grand Prix finals

23,776 – Pride 10/23 Saitama Super Arena (Mirko Cro Cop vs. Josh Barnett; Ken Shamrock vs. Kazushi Sakuraba)

22,129 – AAA 5/15 TripleMania Guadalajara Bullring (Konnan vs. Vampiro)

22,047 – Pride 2/20 Saitama Super Arena (Mirko Cro Cop vs. Mark Coleman)

22,000 – WWE Dublin RDS Stadium (John Cena vs. Kurt Angle vs. JBL/Steve Austin referee)

20,193* – WWE 4/3 Wrestlemania Los Angeles Stapes Center (HHH vs. Batista)