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
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3, 2019
May 4, 2019
CityFukuoka, Japan
VenueFukuoka Kokusai Center
Attendance10,116 (total)
Night 1: 4,011[1]
Night 2: 6,105[2]
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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
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
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2
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 Japon (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
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. https://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/182620?showResult=1
  2. https://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/182621?showResult=1
  3. "Big matches in 2019 are now announced!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  4. Renner, Ethan (April 9, 2019). "NJPW RELEASES CARDS FOR WRESTLING DONTAKU TOUR". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  5. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  6. https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/43043?showResult=1
  7. https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/43044?showResult=1
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