This the first NJPW's PPV on American TV.NJPW had a partnership with Jeff Jarrett's GFW (Global Force Wrestling), which it approached about bringing the event to a new market.On November 4, GFW announced that it would present the event live on American pay-per-view television and that it had a PPV market of 125 million homes.
The event was broadcast on American PPV as the first GFW event.The four-hour "GFW Presents New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 9" telecast was available from pay-per-view providers in the United States and in Canada.
