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 3-4, 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 edit
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 edit
Night 1 edit
Night 2 edit
| No. | Results[7] | Stipulations | Times | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 match | 7:40 | ||
| 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 match | 11:57 | ||
| 5 | Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Dragon Lee and Will Ospreay | Tag team match | 9:58 | ||
| 6 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) and Kota Ibushi | Six-man tag team match | 13:47 | ||
| 7 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Evil | Singles match | 23:08 | ||
| 8 | Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Sanada | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 38:03 | ||
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References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ "Big matches in 2019 are now announced!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 2019.05.03 Hamakatsu PRESENTS Wrestling Dontaku 2019 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
- ^ 2019.05.04 Hamakatsu PRESENTS Wrestling Dontaku 2019 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING