2018 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event
Wrestling Dontaku 2018 was aprofessional wrestling event promoted byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2018, inFukuoka, at theFukuoka Kokusai Center. The first night of the event featured nine matches, with achampionship at stake in one of these, while the second night featured two championship matches out of nine overall. The main event of the first night wasKenny Omega againstHangman Page,[5] and the second night's main event wasKazuchika Okada defending theIWGP Heavyweight Championship againstHiroshi Tanahashi.[5] This was the fifteenth event under theWrestling Dontaku name.
Each night of Wrestling Dontaku 2018 featured nineprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens andYujiro Takahashi) defeated Yota Tsuji andShota Umino | Tag team match | 05:32 |
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| 2 | Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi andJyushin Thunder Liger), andTiger Mask defeatedRen Narita,Tomoyuki Oka andYuji Nagata | Six-man tag team match | 07:12 |
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| 3 | Chaos (Sho,Yoh andRocky Romero) defeatedSuzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka,Davey Boy Smith Jr. andLance Archer) | Six-man tag team match | 02:04 |
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| 4 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto,Jay White,Tomohiro Ishii,Toru Yano andYoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare,Michael Elgin,Togi Makabe,David Finlay andJuice Robinson) | Ten-man tag team match | 10:25 |
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| 5 | Super Villains[broken anchor] (Marty Scurll,Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeatedBullet Club (Bad Luck Fale,Tama Tonga andTanga Loa) (c) | Six-man tag team match for theNEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | 12:05 |
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| 6 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi,Bushi,Evil,Sanada andTetsuya Naito) defeatedSuzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki,Zack Sabre Jr.,Taichi,Yoshinobu Kanemaru andEl Desperado) | Ten-man tag team match | 13:36 |
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| 7 | Chaos (Will Ospreay andKazuchika Okada) defeated Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi andKushida) | Tag team match | 16:15 |
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| 8 | Cody defeatedKota Ibushi | Singles match | 23:36 |
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| 9 | Kenny Omega defeatedHangman Page | Singles match | 18:23 |
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| (c) | – the champion(s) heading into the match |
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| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi andJyushin Thunder Liger), andTiger Mask defeatedRen Narita,Shota Umino andYuya Uemura | Six-man tag team match | 06:34 |
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| 2 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens andYujiro Takahashi) defeatedTomoyuki Oka andYuji Nagata | Tag team match | 06:11 |
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| 3 | Chaos (Sho,Yoh andRocky Romero) defeatedSuzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka,Taichi andTaka Michinoku) | Six-man tag team match | 06:00 |
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| 4 | Chaos (Toru Yano andTomohiro Ishii) defeatedToa Henare andTogi Makabe | Tag team match | 07:12 |
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| 5 | Chaos (Jay White,Yoshi-Hashi &Hirooki Goto) defeated Taguchi Japan (Michael Elgin,David Finlay andJuice Robinson) | Six-man tag team match | 11:04 |
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| 6 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi,Bushi,Evil,Sanada andTetsuya Naito) defeatedSuzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki,Davey Boy Smith Jr.,Lance Archer,Yoshinobu Kanemaru andEl Desperado) | Ten-man tag team match | 08:31 |
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| 7 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale,Tama Tonga,Tanga Loa) andGolden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega &Kota Ibushi) defeatedBullet Club (Cody,Hangman Page,Marty Scurll,Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) | Ten-man tag team match | 08:47 |
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| 8 | Will Ospreay (c) defeatedKushida | Singles match for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 23:46 |
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| 9 | Kazuchika Okada (c) defeatedHiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship | 34:36 |
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| (c) | – the champion(s) heading into the match |
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- ^ab"HAMAKATSU Presents WRESTLING DONTAKU 2018". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. RetrievedMay 2, 2018.
- ^【新日】王者オカダＶＳ棚橋 ５・４福岡決戦に向けて火花.Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). May 2, 2018. RetrievedMay 2, 2018.
- ^濵かつ Presents レスリングどんたく 2018.New Japan Pro-Wrestling. May 3, 2018. RetrievedMay 3, 2018.
- ^濵かつ Presents レスリングどんたく 2018.New Japan Pro-Wrestling. May 4, 2018. RetrievedMay 4, 2018.
- ^abCurrier, Joseph (April 2, 2018)."Okada vs. Tanahashi headlines NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Tour".Wrestling Observer Newsletter. RetrievedMay 2, 2018.
- ^Grabianowski, Ed."How Pro Wrestling Works".HowStuffWorks, Inc.Discovery Communications. RetrievedApril 10, 2017.
