Final Burning in Budokan

Final Burning in Budokan
Final Burning in Budokan
	Promotional poster for the event, featuring Kenta Kobashi pictured with the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship belts (left) and the GHC Heavyweight Championship belt (right)
Promotion	Pro Wrestling Noah
Date	May 11, 2013
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Attendance	17,000
Tagline(s)	Kobashi Kenta Intai Kinen Shiai (小橋建太引退記念試合)
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Final Burning in Budokan was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah, which took place on May 11, 2013, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Headlined by the retirement match of Kenta Kobashi, all in all, the event featured seven matches and wrestlers from not only Noah, but also All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Diamond Ring, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Tenryu Project.^[1] Due to Kobashi's high-profile status in the history of Japanese professional wrestling, the event gained mainstream attention in the country. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter called the event the "end of an era in Japanese pro wrestling", drawing parallels to Pelé's 1977 retirement from football.^[2]

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