Wrestling Dontaku 2019
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.
Wrestling Dontaku 2019 | |||
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | May 3, 2019 May 4, 2019 | ||
City | Fukuoka, Japan | ||
Venue | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | ||
Attendance | 10,116 (total) Night 1: 4,011[1] Night 2: 6,105[2] | ||
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Wrestling Dontaku chronology | |||
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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] | Stipulations | Times |
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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 match | 9:57 |
3 | Chaos (Toru Yano and Will Ospreay) and Togi Makabe defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | Six-man tag team match | 7:25 |
4 | Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) and Kota Ibushi defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Bushi and Shingo Takagi | Six-man tag team match | 11:31 |
5 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Mikey Nicholls) and Juice Robinson defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Jay White) | Six-man tag team match | 11:23 |
6 | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) by referee stoppage | Tag team match | 16:52 |
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 |
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Night 2
References
- https://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/182620?showResult=1
- https://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/182621?showResult=1
- "Big matches in 2019 are now announced!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- Renner, Ethan (April 9, 2019). "NJPW RELEASES CARDS FOR WRESTLING DONTAKU TOUR". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/43043?showResult=1
- https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/43044?showResult=1