Wrestling Dontaku 2012

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Wrestling Dontaku 2012
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Promotional poster for the event, featuring various NJPW wrestlers
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3, 2012 [1]
City Fukuoka, Japan [1]
Venue Fukuoka Kokusai Center [1]
Attendance6,500 [1]
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Wrestling Dontaku 2012 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2012, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. The event featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships. [1] [2] [3] It was the ninth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

Contents

Storylines

Wrestling Dontaku 2012 featured nine 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]

Event

No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) were originally scheduled to defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask during the event, however, Richards was unable to make his flight to Japan due to a car accident. As a result, NJPW stripped Richards and Romero of the title and stopped working with Richards. [5] [6] [7] The event featured two titles changing hands. In the first, Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. This win made Low Ki only the second foreigner, after Devitt, to win the title twice. [8] The second title change saw Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano defeat Tencozy Police [9] (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. [1] In the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada successfully defended his title against the winner of the 2012 New Japan Cup, Hirooki Goto. [1]

Results

No.Results [1] [2] [3] [8] StipulationsTimes [1]
1 Chaos (Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Captain New Japan, Strong Man and Tama Tonga Six-man tag team match 07:12
2 Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) defeated Kushida and Ryusuke Taguchi Tag team match 08:16
3 Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Chaos (Gedo and Rocky Romero)Tag team match07:50
4 Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt (c) Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 21:01
5Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) defeated Tencozy Police (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (c)Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 16:47
6Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama) defeated Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata Tag team match13:43
7 Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Karl Anderson Singles match12:15
8 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito defeated Complete Players (Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi)Tag team match13:59
9 Kazuchika Okada (c) (with Gedo) defeated Hirooki Goto Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 24:55
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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