Wrestling Dontaku 2024

Wrestling Dontaku 2024 was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2024, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. It was the 19th event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.[3]

Wrestling Dontaku
Promotional poster of the event
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3–4, 2024
CityFukuoka, Japan
VenueFukuoka Kokusai Center
AttendanceNight 1: 2,440[1]
Night 2: 4,238[2]
Total: 6,678
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Storylines

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Wrestling Dontaku featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Night 1 (May 3)

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Event

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The first night of the event started with the preshow bout between Katsuya Murashima and Togi Makabe, and Shoma Kato and one third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions Oleg Boltin solded with the victory of the latter team.

The first main card match saw the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho and Yujiro Takahashi picking up a victory over Taka Michinoku and Douki in tag team action. Next up, KOPW Champion Yuya Uemura and Taichi defeated Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan in tag team competition. In the fourth bout, Jado, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo defeated Kosei Fujita and Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls in six-man tag team competition. Next up, Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens and Kenta defeated Tigers Mask, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi ahead of Owens, Kenta and Bishamon's confrontation for the IWGP Tag titles from one night later. In the sixth bout, Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito obtained a victory over Gedo, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney, and Gabriel Kidd in eight-man tag team competition ahead of Takagi and Kidd's confrontation for the NEVER Openweight Championship from one night later. Next up, El Desperado, Shota Umino and Jon Moxley defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita and Evil via disqualification ahead of Narita and Moxley's match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship from one night later. Next up, Jeff Cobb defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the NJPW World Television Championship, ending the latter's reign at 21 days and no defenses. In the semi main event, David Finlay defeated Yota Tsuji in singles competition.

In the main event, Nic Nemeth defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to secure the first defense of the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, former champion David Finlay jumped Nemeth as they brawled until the latter challenged Finlay to a rematch set for the second night of the event.[5][6]

Results

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No.Results[7]StipulationsTimes[1]
1PShoma Kato and Oleg Boltin defeated Katsuya Murashima and Togi Makabe by pinfallTag team match6:57
2House of Torture[broken anchor] (Sho and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Just 5 Guys (Taka Michinoku and Douki) by pinfallTag team match7:29
3Just 5 Guys (Taichi and Yuya Uemura) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) by pinfallTag team match9:14
4Guerrillas of Destiny (Jado, Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) defeated TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) by pinfallSix-man tag team match6:55
5Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Kenta and Chase Owens) defeated Tiger Mask[a] and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) by pinfallSix-man tag team match7:34
6Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Gedo, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and Gabe Kidd) by submissionEight-man tag team match11:16
7House of Torture[broken anchor] (Evil, Ren Narita and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated El Desperado, Shota Umino and Jon Moxley by pinfallSix-man tag team match8:44
8Jeff Cobb defeated Zack Sabre Jr. (c) by pinfallSingles match for the NJPW World Television Championship13:28
9David Finlay defeated Yota Tsuji by pinfallSingles match22:22
10Nic Nemeth (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfallSingles match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship17:22
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Night 2 (May 4)

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Event

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Results

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No.Results[8]StipulationsTimes[9]
1PKatsuya Murashima and Togi Makabe defeated Jet Wei and Naoki Sakurajima by pinfallTag team match7:07
2PTMDK (Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) defeated Shoma Kato and Tiger Mask by pinfallTag team match8:10
3United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Francesco Akira) defeated Just 5 Guys (Yuya Uemura and Douki) by pinfallTag team match7:53
4Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman and Jeff Cobb) by pinfallTag team match9:25
5Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo), El Desperado and Shota Umino (with Jado) defeated House of Torture (Evil, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Yujiro Takahashi) (with Dick Togo) by pinfallEight-man tag team match7:33
6Oleg Boltin and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Just 5 Guys (Taka Michinoku and Taichi) by pinfallTag team match8:57
7Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Gedo, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and Taiji Ishimori) by pinfallEight-man tag team match10:02
8Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens) defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) by pinfallTag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship12:43
9Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Gabe Kidd by pinfallSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship21:23
10David Finlay (with Gedo) defeated Nic Nemeth (c) by pinfallSingles match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship15:34
11Jon Moxley (c) (with Shota Umino) defeated Ren Narita by pinfallSingles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship25:18
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Notes

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  1. ^ Ryusuke Taguchi was originally scheduled to compete but was replaced by Tiger Mask due to an injury which would also make him miss 2024's Best of the Super Juniors tournament.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 3, 2024). "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Tag 1". cagematch.net. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 4, 2024). "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Tag 1". cagematch.net. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2024". voxwrestling.com. Vox Wrestling. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Fritts, Chick (May 3, 2024). "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku night one live results: Nemeth vs. Tanahashi title match Nemeth defends the IWGP Global Championship against Tanahashi in the main event". f4wonline.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Gibbons, Aidan (May 3, 2024). "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 Night 1 Results". cultaholic.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024.05.03 Wrestling Dontaku 2024". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  8. ^ Fritts, Chick (May 4, 2024). "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku night two live results: Moxley vs. Narita IWGP title match". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  9. ^ Vetter, Chris (May 4, 2024). "NJPW "Wrestling Dontaku" results (5/4): Vetter's review of Jon Moxley vs. Ren Narita for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Nic Nemeth vs. David Finlay for the IWGP Global Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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