Nearly 20 years after “Collision in Korea,” Pyongyang will play host to another landmark professional wrestling event, and non-Koreans can experience it too.
Antonio Inoki, a legendary Japanese professional wrestler and member of the Japanese Diet, has used his ties to the North to arrange the event, scheduled for August 30-31 at the Chun Doo Hyun Stadium in downtown Pyongyang. Inoki staged “Collision,” a similar event in 1995 in Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium, attracting 320,000 spectators, perhaps the best-attended pro wrestling event ever.
While this year’s event isn’t happening in a venue that big, Michael Spavor, CEO of Michael Spavor