Here are the attendance numbers for major Japanese wrestling promotions in October 2026. Attendance figures are based on publicly available data (Cagematch, Purolove, Weekly Pro Wrestling, promotion releases). Only shows held in Japan are included. Promotions like DDT, Marvelous and Sendai Girls sadly don't reliably release any attendance numbers. October Attendance – 2026 Promotion 2026 Attendance Shows AVG 2025 Attendance Shows AVG YOY % NJPW 17,924 12 1,494 18,931 14 1,352 -1,007 -5.3% NOAH 9,382 8 1,173 5,578 5 1,116 +3,804 +68.2% Stardom 9,039 11 822 6,147 11 559 +2,892 +47.0% AJPW 7,242 10 724 5,354 8 669 +1,888 +35.3% Dragon Gate 6,355 15 424 4,763 12 397 +1,592 +33.4% Marigold 4,533 8 567 6,237 7 891 -1,704 -27.3% TJPW 2,850 6 475 1,878 5 376 +972 +51.8% OZ Academy 2,018 1 2,018 1,989 1 1,989 +29 +1.5% BJW 1,455 8 182 1,744 8 218 -289 -16.6% FREEDOMS 1,063 4 266 990 4 248 +73 +7.4% GLEAT 875 1 875 807 2 404 +68 +8.4% 2AW 780 4 195 732 4 183 +48 +6.6% WAVE 589 5 118 323 3 108 +266 +82.4% Ice Ribbon 454 6 76 288 5 58 +166 +57.6% SEAdLINNNG 260 1 260 709 1 709 -449 -63.3% YTD Attendance (January–October 2026 vs. 2025) Promotion 2026 Attendance Shows AVG 2025 Attendance Shows AVG YOY % NJPW 242,479 122 1,988 238,356 123 1,938 +4,123 +2% Stardom 95,197 96 992 84,819 104 816 +10,378 +12% NOAH 73,981 87 850 62,662 72 870 +11,319 +18% Dragon Gate 68,755 145 474 68,695 131 524 +60 0% AJPW 54,665 62 882 49,570 54 918 +5,095 +10% Marigold 36,841 78 472 38,475 74 520 -1,634 -4% TJPW 23,722 50 474 21,489 56 384 +2,233 +10% BJW 14,263 72 198 17,841 74 241 -3,578 -20% OZ Academy 11,628 20 581 11,480 19 604 +148 +1% GLEAT 9,673 37 261 8,556 31 276 +1,117 +13% WAVE 8,738 50 175 8,397 43 195 +341 +4% FREEDOMS 8,590 31 277 9,489 36 264 -899 -9% 2AW 5,555 52 107 5,811 53 110 -256 -4% Ice Ribbon 5,045 63 80 5,106 61 84 -61 -1% SEAdLINNNG 3,090 11 281 4,115 11 374 -1,025 -25% Korakuen Hall Attendance (January–October 2026 vs. 2025) Promotion 2026 Attendance Shows AVG % 2025 Attendance Shows AVG % YOY % NJPW 32,283 26 1,242 13% 29,349 22 1,334 12% +2,934 +10% Stardom 30,756 24 1,282 32% 21,654 16 1,353 26% +9,102 +42% NOAH 21,997 17 1,294 30% 20,261 14 1,447 32% +1,736 +9% AJPW 14,775 11 1,343 27% 14,717 12 1,226 30% +58 0% Dragon Gate 12,626 11 1,148 18% 15,174 13 1,167 22% -2,548 -17% Marigold 9,390 12 783 25% 9,513 10 951 25% -123 -1% TJPW 6,607 6 1,101 28% 3,495 4 874 16% +3,112 +89% BJW 5,167 10 517 36% 6,374 12 531 36% -1,207 -19% FREEDOMS 3,415 6 569 40% 3,972 6 662 42% -557 -14% WAVE 3,107 6 518 36% 2,665 4 666 32% +442 +17% OZ Academy 2,008 2 1,004 17% 1,938 2 969 17% +70 +4% GLEAT 1,494 2 747 15% 1,983 3 661 23% -489 -25% 2AW 1,309 2 655 24% 1,171 2 586 20% +138 +12% SEAdLINNNG 925 2 463 30% 1,020 2 510 25% -95 -9% Ice Ribbon – – – 0% 975 3 325 19% -975 -100% Previous Posts: December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 June 2026 July 2026 August 2026 September 2026   submitted by   /u/SinLuzNexus [link]   [comments]