By Chris Walters on April 22, 2004 at 6:01 PM EST

WWE will be returning to Japan for a two-show tour at the famous Tokyo Nippon Budokan Hall on July 16th and 17th. The RAW brand traveled to Japan in February for a tour that was deemed as very sucessful, the company selling out every night and making an incredible amount of money from merchandise sales. This summer it will be the Smackdown brand who is headed to the Budokan, which is one of the most famous venues in Japan.

Many feel that Smackdown is not quite up to par with RAW in terms of quality and business, but Vince hopes that this tour will also be sucessful, as he had always hoped to bring his company to the Budokan.

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