Wrestling Dontaku 2019

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Wrestling Dontaku 2019
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3-4, 2019
City Fukuoka, Japan
Venue Fukuoka Kokusai Center
Attendance10,116 (total)
Night 1: 4,011 [1]
Night 2: 6,105 [2]
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Wrestling Dontaku 2019 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2019, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. [3] The first night of the event featured eight matches, with two championships at stake, while the second night featured a championship match out of eight matches overall. The main event of the first night was Dragon Lee defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion against Taiji Ishimori, [4] and the second night's main event was Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Sanada. [4] This was the sixteenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

Contents

Storylines

Each night of Wrestling Dontaku 2019 featured eight 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. [5]

Results

Night 1

No.Results [6] StipulationsTimes
1 Ren Narita, Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma defeated Toa Henare, Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 10:46
2 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Taka Michinoku and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Yoshi-Hashi Eight-man tag team match9:57
3 Chaos (Toru Yano and Will Ospreay) and Togi Makabe defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)Six-man tag team match7:25
4 Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) and Kota Ibushi defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Bushi and Shingo Takagi Six-man tag team match11:31
5Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Mikey Nicholls) and Juice Robinson defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Jay White)Six-man tag team match11:23
6Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) by referee stoppageTag team match16:52
7 Taichi defeated Jeff Cobb (c) Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 17:50
8 Dragon Lee (c) defeated Taiji Ishimori Singles match for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 25:53
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

No.Results [7] StipulationsTimes
1 Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura Tag team match 7:36
2 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Taka Michinoku and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Jeff Cobb, Toa Henare and Yoshi-Hashi Ten-man tag team match 11:16
3 Jyushin Thunder Liger and Most Violent Players (Toru Yano and Togi Makabe) defeated Bullet Club (Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)Six-man tag team match7:40
4 Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Mikey Nicholls), Juice Robinson and Tomoaki Honma defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Hikuleo and Jay White)Eight-man tag team match11:57
5 Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Dragon Lee and Will Ospreay Tag team match9:58
6 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) and Kota Ibushi Six-man tag team match13:47
7 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Evil Singles match 23:08
8 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Sanada Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 38:03
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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References

  1. ↑ 濵かつ Presents レスリングどんたく 2019 – 福岡・福岡国際センター 2019/5/3 ｜ 新日本プロレスリング
  2. ↑ 濵かつ Presents レスリングどんたく 2019 – 福岡・福岡国際センター 2019/5/4 ｜ 新日本プロレスリング
  3. ↑ "Big matches in 2019 are now announced!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . January 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Renner, Ethan (April 9, 2019). "NJPW RELEASES CARDS FOR WRESTLING DONTAKU TOUR". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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  6. ↑ 2019.05.03 Hamakatsu PRESENTS Wrestling Dontaku 2019 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
  7. ↑ 2019.05.04 Hamakatsu PRESENTS Wrestling Dontaku 2019 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
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