New Japan Pro-Wrestling event series
Wrestling Dontaku (レスリングどんたく Resuringu Dontaku is an annualprofessional wrestling event promoted byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It takes place at the end of Japan'sGolden Week , in the city ofFukuoka alongside theHakata Dontaku festival in early May.
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
Wrestling Dontaku was originally held from1993 to1995 , and again from2000 to2001 , inFukuoka at theFukuoka Dome . The event was revived in2009 in the smallerFukuoka Kokusai Center , and aired as apay-per-view (PPV). From2013 to2014 , the event also aired outsideJapan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since2015 , the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site,NJPW World . In 2018 and 2019, Wrestling Dontaku took place over two back-to-back shows.[ 1] COVID-19 pandemic .[ 2] Fukuoka PayPay Dome , formerly known as the Fukuoka Dome. This was the first time that Wrestling Dontaku was held in the domed venue since 2001.
# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event Ref(s) 1 Wrestling Dontaku 1993 May 3, 1993 Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka Dome 55,000 Antonio Inoki andTatsumi Fujinami vs.Genichiro Tenryu andRiki Choshu [ 3] 2 Wrestling Dontaku 1994 May 1, 1994 53,500 Antonio Inoki vs.The Great Muta [ 4] 3 Wrestling Dontaku 1995 May 3, 1995 52,000 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs.Keiji Mutoh for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 5] [ 6] 4 Wrestling Dontaku 2000 May 5, 2000 25,000 Power Warrior (c) vs.The Great Muta for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 7] 5 Wrestling Dontaku 2001 May 5, 2001 25,000 Kazunari Murakami andNaoya Ogawa vs.Manabu Nakanishi andRiki Choshu [ 8] 6 Wrestling Dontaku 2009 May 3, 2009 Fukuoka Kokusai Center 5,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] 7 Wrestling Dontaku 2010 May 3, 2010 6,000 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Togi Makabe for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 12] 8 Wrestling Dontaku 2011 May 3, 2011 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 13] 9 Wrestling Dontaku 2012 May 3, 2012 6,500 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 14] [ 15] 10 Wrestling Dontaku 2013 May 3, 2013 6,800 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] 11 Wrestling Dontaku 2014 May 3, 2014 7,190 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.A.J. Styles for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] 12 Wrestling Dontaku 2015 May 3, 2015 5,180 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] 13 Wrestling Dontaku 2016 May 3, 2016 5,299 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Tomohiro Ishii for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] 14 Wrestling Dontaku 2017 May 3, 2017 6,126 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Bad Luck Fale for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 28] [ 29] 15 Wrestling Dontaku 2018 May 3, 2018 4,066 Kenny Omega vs.Hangman Page [ 1] May 4, 2018 6,307 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 1] 16 Wrestling Dontaku 2019 May 3, 2019 4,011 Dragon Lee (c) vs.Taiji Ishimori for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship [ 30] May 4, 2019 6,105 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship 17 Wrestling Dontaku 2021 May 3, 2021 2,211 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Jay White for theNEVER Openweight Championship [ 31] May 4, 2021 2,367 Will Ospreay (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship 18 Wrestling Dontaku 2022 May 1, 2022 Fukuoka PayPay Dome 8,162 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship [ 32] [ 33] 19 Wrestling Dontaku 2023 May 3, 2023 Fukuoka Kokusai Center 4,489 Sanada (c) vs.Hiromu Takahashi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship [ 34] 20 Wrestling Dontaku 2024 May 3, 2024 2,440 Nic Nemeth (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Global Heavyweight Championship [ 35] 21 May 4, 2024 4,238 Jon Moxley (c) vs.Ren Narita for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship 22 Wrestling Dontaku 2025 May 3, 2025 2,903 House of Torture (Evil ,Ren Narita ,Sanada ,Sho andYoshinobu Kanemaru ) vs.Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay ,Clark Connors ,Drilla Moloney ,Gabe Kidd andTaiji Ishimori ) in aDog Pound match 23 May 4, 2025 5,407 Hirooki Goto (c) vs.Callum Newman for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
The fourth Wrestling Dontaku, first in five years, was held on May 5, 2000, inFukuoka ,Fukuoka , at theFukuoka Dome .
The event featured eight matches, two of which were contested forchampionships .[ 7] 2000 Young Lion Cup , whereKenzo Suzuki defeatedShinya Makabe ,[ 7] IWGP Heavyweight Championship .[ 36] Manabu Nakanishi andYuji Nagata successfully defended theIWGP Tag Team Championship againstKazunari Murakami andNaoya Ogawa , while in the main event,Kensuke Sasaki , using his Power Warriorpersona , defeatedThe Great Muta to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[ 7]
The fifth Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 5, 2001, inFukuoka ,Fukuoka , at theFukuoka Dome . The event featured nine matches, one of which was contested for achampionship .[ 8]
In the title match,El Samurai andJyushin Thunder Liger defeated theMexican brother tag team ofDr. Wagner, Jr. andSilver King to retain theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship .[ 8] mixed martial artists Don Frye and Rainy Martinez.[ 8]
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