Wrestling Dontaku 2021

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Wrestling Dontaku 2021
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3–4, 2021
City Fukuoka, Japan
Venue Fukuoka Kokusai Center
AttendanceNight 1: 2,211 [1]
Night 2: 2,367 [2]
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Wrestling Dontaku 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2021, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. [3]

Contents

The event featured eleven matches, throughout both nights. [4] In the main event of the first night Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the NEVER Openweight Championship. [5] In the second night's main event, Will Ospreay defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. [5] This was the seventeenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton
Rocky Romero
Japanese CommentatorsShinpei Nogami
Milano Collection A.T.
Katsuhiko Kanazawa
Kazuyoshi Sakai
Togi Makabe
Miki Motoi
Jushin Thunder Liger
Masahiro Chono
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Kimihiko Ozaki
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno

Background

Since 2020, NJPW has unable to run events with a full arena capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions. [6]

Storylines

Each night of Wrestling Dontaku 2021 will feature six 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. [7]

Results

Night 1

No.Results [1] StipulationsTimes
1 Bullet Club (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori and Dick Togo) defeated Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask IV and Master Wato Eight-man tag team match 9:57
2 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Sho and Yoh) defeated Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Six-man tag team match 10:31
3 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Sanada, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare) Eight-man tag team match 11:31
4 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tanga Loa Singles match
Since Zack Sabre Jr. won, Dangerous Tekkers received a future IWGP Tag Team Championship match.		15:12
5 Taichi defeated Tama Tonga Ladder match for the Iron Finger from Hell 27:11
6 Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 39:01
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

No.Results [2] [8] StipulationsTimes
1 Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. and Douki) defeated Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Jado) by submission Six-man tag team match 10:00
2 Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Master Wato Tag team match 10:42
3 United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) Six-man tag team match 14:54
4 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Evil and Dick Togo) Six-man tag team match 12:14
5 Will Ospreay (c) defeated Shingo Takagi Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 44:53
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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