NJPW Wrestling Dontaku - May 3 & May 4, 2026

[Chris]

A massive weekend set for Dontaku!​

Top titles, Ospreay in action, Mistico returns in Fukuoka

The annual Dontaku festival at the start of May in Fukuoka brings with it Wrestling Dontaku every year. May 3 and 4 will bring two nights of incredible action to Fukuoka International Center, and we have some loaded cards to end the traditional Golden Week run.
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Night 1 May 3: Tsuji vs Kidd! Hontai vs HOT! Umino and Takeshita?

After the Sakura Genesis main event on April 4, and just as the reality of defeat over the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was sinking in for Yota Tsuji, the now former champion suffered another shock to the system. A balaclava clad man assaulted Tsuji, removing his hood to reveal a returning Gabe Kidd to an eruption of cheers... that turned to defening boos as he revealed an AEW Tshirt. The once 'dark hero' of NJPW is now pledging allegiance to the very promotion he was at war with a year ago, and stole away with the IWGP Global title, returning with it to America. Six months after losing to Tsuji with a Boston Crab, Kidd is looking to unleash physical and mental torment on his career rival as Tsuji seeks revenge.

When Boltin Oleg pinned Ren Narita to eliminate him from the New Japan Cup, it seemed a given that he would also challenge for Narita's NEVER Openweight Championship, and after victory in tag action at the New Japan Cup finals it became clear that was the plan for the Big Man From Kazakhstan. The HOUSE OF TORTURE member would do all he could to shift the goalposts however, forcing Boltin, HirookI Goto and YOSHI-HASHI to put the NEVER 6 Man belts on the line in Ryogoku first. Boltin lived up to his end of the bargain with a successful defence, and what's more had Narita screaming for mercy in an Argentine Backbreaker by the end of the night. Now the NEVER 6 and NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion is looking to add a third belt to his collection, and a second career NEVER reign.

Hontai and HOUSE OF TORTURE feuds continue with Aaron Wolf and Don Fale. Fale screwed Wolf out of the first round in the New Japan Cup, with copious interference and a splash through a table. Ever since the Olympic gold medalist has been driven to earn a singles rematch, and an Angle Slam delivered center ring to Fale at Sakura Genesis has made him impossible to ignore. Can Wolf take down his superheavyweight competition, and the rest of the House?

Also at Dontaku, a unique tag team affair will see Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens face NJPW World TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita and Shota Umino. Moments after a gripping TV title match ended in a time limit draw in Ryogoku for Umino and Takeshita, the appearance of a bizarre looking mystery individual provided enough distraction for Takeshita to be attacked from behind by Owens. Umino made the save for his foe, and now as Owens challenges Takeshita on night two, this preview tag sees strange bedfellows against a common enemy.

Night 2 May 4: IWGP, NEVER 6 Man, World TV titles! Mistico returns!

Three championship matches will be part of the lineup on night two, with Callum Newman's first defence of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on top of the card. Throughout the Road to Sakura Genesis, Tajkagi had made it clear to then champion Yota Tsuji that he would be stepping up to challenge next after Ryogoku. When Gabe Kidd attacked Tsuji after the Sakura genesis main event, Takagi came out to make the save, but then saw an opportunity open in front of him. Criticising the low blow Newman had used on the way to his IWGP victory, Takagi said he wouldn't stand idly by, and announced that he would be coming for the gold. Five years to the day after he was Will Ospreay's first challenger to his IWGP title, can the Dragon slay the Prince turned King?

Speaking of Will Ospreay, the Aerial Assassin returned to action at Sakura Genesis to a rapturous reception, and success alongside HENARE and Great-O-Khan over the Hontai team of Yuya Uemura, Taichi and El Desperado. Backstage, the reunited Empire trio said that they wanted to keep their momentum going, and challenge for the NEVER 6 Man gold; can they overcome the ever impressive Bishamontin?

Konosuke Takeshita will defend the NJPW World TV Championship in the opening match of the night. At the New Japan Cup final, Chase Owens gave his open challenge spot to Yujiro Takahashi, but attacked the Alpha after his Shota Umino defence at Sakura Genesis, demanding he become the next to go for TV gold. After a mysterious individual's appearance led to Owens' post match attack in Sumo Hall, might there be more to this matchup than meets the eye?

Plus! The last week of the Dontaku tour will see the return to NJPW of Mistico for the first time since Fantasticamania. CMLL's icon will be in a two vs two tag teaming with El Desperado for the very first time May 4, as they take on Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita. With such grand opposition, the Ichiban Sweet Boys will be extra motivated to come away with the IWGP Junior Tag Championships in their challenge April 25 in Hiroshima; time will tell whether they walk into Fukuoka with the gold, but this is a stunning matchup whatever happens.
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Road to Dontaku gets started in Korakuen Hall April 19/20！​

Special tag bouts, number one contenders determined in Korakuen double header

The cards have been set for the Road to Dontaku, one of the busiest and most loaded tours of the NJPW calendar every year. 2026 sees the late spring tour begin in Korakuen Hall on April 19 and 20, with two nights of action and some highly intriguing cards.
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NIGHT ONE: Special tag team bouts!

The first night on the Road to Dontaku will see a unique preview for April 25 in Hiroshima, where Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X are set to defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag team Championships against Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita. The top two matches will see the junior tag teams take heavyweight bedfellows, as Taiji Ishimori teams with Yuto-Ice to face Eagles and Ice's nemesis Ryohei Oiwa, while Robbie X will have OSKAR on side to take on Fujita and Hartley Jackson.

NIGHT TWO: Number one contenders set! "Senpai/kohai" singles matchups!

Night two is headlined by a number one contender's match for the IWGP Tag team Championships. In the wake of an incredible fifth defence of the IWGP gold in Ryogoku at Sakura Genesis, Yuto-Ice and OSKAR called out Bishamon to step forward next. Before Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI could make their way to the ring to accept however, it was HENARE and Great-O-Khan that hit the ring, reminding the Knockout Brothers that they never lost the tag team titles themselves, having vacated the belts in the winter of 2024 due to a HENARE knee injury.

As all the teams went nose to nose, Goto suggested a number one contendership match that is now our April 20 main event. Whoever emerges out of this clash of former champions will definitely be more than deserving of a shot at KOB; who will be meeting the champions in Hiroshima April 25?

Also on the night we see a pair of IWGP Heavyweight title match previews by proxy. The main event of the Dontaku tour on May 4 will see Callum Newman in his first defence of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shingo Takagi, and here Korakuen will see two singles matches where champion and challenger will each face the other's 'kohai' in their respective factions. Takagi will be taking on Zane Jay one on one while Newman has a non title bout with Daiki Nagai; what happens on the Road to Dontaku?

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Title matches highlight Road to Dontaku!​

Junior, tag titles set in Hiroshima, Saga

The Road to Dontaku sees near daily action at the end of April and heading into the month of May. With high octane wrestling action the best way to celebrate the Golden Week holidays in Japan, big title matches and high stakes bouts are set to come to Hiroshima and Saga especially!
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Wrestling Redzone brings the best in tag wrestling!

Wrestling Red Zone from Hiroshima's Sun Plaza Hall on April 25 will be highlighted by the very best of tag team wrestling, with both junior and heavyweight tag encounters at the top of the card.

The dominant IWGP Tag Team Champions Yuto-Ice and OSKAR mused after their victory in Ryogoku to move to V5 with the belts that perhaps NJPW was running low on teams, but acknowledged perhaps the best duo of the era before them in Bishamon. Before Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI could accept a challenge though, HENARE and O-Khan, never defeated for the tag belts themselves having vacated when HENARE was hurt at the end of 2024, would throw their hats into the ring. Now, KOB will face the winner of a number one contender's match as they hope to make a dominant run a legendary one.

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag titles will also be on the line in Hiroshima as Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita challenge Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori in a rematch from 54th Anniversary. March 6 saw X and Ishimori move ahead in what has become one of the junior tag division's standout rivalries of the last decade; will they continue to lead at the top of the heap, or can the Ichiban Sweet Boys claim the belts for a third time?

Hizen no Kuni sees Tiger's last chance at gold

April 29 will see the Road to Dontaku run through SAGA Arena for Hizen no Kuni, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight singles title set to headline. DOUKI has already used hook and crook to get to four defences with the junior heavyweight gold; he's stayed undefeated for the best part of a year for the most part through picking his shots, and having HOUSE OF TORTURE allies easily willing to wreak havoc on his behalf.

After his latest defence in Korakuen Hall against YOH however, he was surprised by the appearance of Tiger Mask. The veteran six time former champion had announced earlier in the evening that he would retire on July 7 this year, but declared that he wanted to retire as a champion, and having issued some discipline to DOUKI in the vein of his trainer, original Tiger Mask Satoru Sayama. Tiger Mask will be breaking a record of sorts on the night; last having competed for the junior heavyweight title back in 2010, a 16 year gap makes this the longest wait between title challenges in division history. Good things come to those who wait, but will that mean an end to the DOUKI reign of TORTURE?

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[Kairi HoHo]

This actually looks like a good run of Shows to come. Gabe Kidd had better beat Tsuji than all the attacking and stuff just to lose seems pointless to me.

 

[Chris]

Road to Wrestling Dontaku night 1 (April 19) preview​

First of Korakuen double header kicks off tour

The Road to Wrestling Dontaku gets underway on April 19, with the card set to shape the tour ahead. Unique tag partnerships will highlight the card this evening, as we close in on April 25, Wrestling Redzone and two sets of tag titles on the line.
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Main event: Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice & Taiji Ishimori) vs Unbound Co. (Ryohei Oiwa & Robbie Eagles)

Six days before Unbound Co.'s Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita, the top two matches in Korakuen tonight sees junior and heavyweight tag team champions combine to face openweight TMDK opposition.

Our main event sees Yuto-Ice teaming with Taiji Ishimori; with Ice as opposition it's no surprise to see that Eagles has enlisted Ryohei Oiwa as his partner. At Sakura Genesis, Oiwa's heated feud with Ice saw the IWGP Tag Team Championship bout start and end with a defacto singles match between the two; one that saw Oiwa relentless in a bid to try and break Ice's arm, but that ended with a knockout Cruella shot and three count. No doubt frustrated and angry, can Oiwa bounce back against his nemesis, and grant TMDK valuable momentum tonight?

6th Match: Unbound Co. (OSKAR & Robbie X) vs Unbound Co. (Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)

The other half of the tag team championship equation will see Robbie X and OSKAR teaming up in Korakuen. Opposite them are Kosei Fujita and Hartley Jackson. Fujita was defeated by Robbie X in last year's Best of the Super Jr., and X made it very clear he was waiting for Fujita to convert his eventual BOSJ trophy into the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship so he could have the first challenge. While Fujita made good on the trophy part of the plan, he didn't capture the IWGP title. Although the two men will have their shot at one another again during A Block in BOSJ 33, it's in tag team supremacy that the pair have battled it out since last May. In a decided ly different openweight setting, which side will come out on top?

5th Match: Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Gedo & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay)

The first in ring preview of Callum Newman's IWGP Heavyweight title defence against Shingo Takagi May 4 will pit the new champion against not only his next challenger in Takagi, but the man he beat for the title in Yota Tsuji. Jake Lee will be eager as ever to put the boots, or more likely the knees in to Shingo and Tsuji both, while Francesco Akira and Zane Jay complete the United Empire side. Gedo and Daiki Nagai join the Unbound Co. team tonight, and the junior members of each team when it comes to in ting experience will likely be snapping at Takagi and Newman both as they get set for singles encounters with their senior opposite numbers on night two.

4th Match: Boltin Oleg, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo)

Boltin Oleg and Aaron Wolf finally have what they both want coming up on night one of Dontaku May 3. Boltin will get his matchup with Ren Narita for the NEVER Openweight Championship, while Wolf will have a chance at New Japan Cup revenge in singles competition with Don Fale. Now both men have to put int he work however, and the work means finding a way around the dirty tactics that are sure to ensue during the big matches in Fukuoka. Can Toru Yano provide tactical assistance tonight, or will the presence of Dick Togo tip the balance to HoT?

3rdMatch: Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto , YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto) vs United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

Six man action sees a double preview for Great-O-Khan and HENARE opposite Bishamon, Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI. At the tour closer on night two of Dontaku May 4, Will Ospreay will complete a United Empire trio to challenge for Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Boltin Oleg's NEVER 6 Man Championships. Before that though, the next night in Korakuen will see number one contenders determined for the Knockout Brothers when HENARE and O-Khan meet Bishamon in the main event. Who will set the pace on this important opening night of the series?

2nd Match: Shota Umino, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Eight man tag team action will pit Hontai against HOUSE OF TORTURE once more. After Shota Umino went to a time limit draw with Konosuke Takeshita at Sakura Genesis, he made the save for his opponent when Chase Owens tried to launch a post match attack. That will lead to a strange sight of Takeshita and Umino on the same side of a tag team match with Chase and Yujiro on May 3 before the Lonestar Outlaw makes a World TV title challenge the next night. Can HOUSE OF TORTURE make a statement this evening?

1st Match: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & Masatora Yasuda vs Ryusuke Taguchi, YOH & Taisei Nakahara

Six man action will start off the evening with an all Hontai affair. YOH and Ryusuke Taguchi are gearing up for Best of the Super Jr. while Yuya Uemura and Taichi are not ones to be pushed to the background in the wake of recent returns to NJPW. We're sure to see a furious pace established right from the opening bell!​

 

[Chris]

Road to Wrestling Donytaku night 2 (April 20) Preview​

Second night of Korakuen hall double header


The second night on the Road to Wrestling Dontaku sees the second half of a Korakuen Hall double header. Some intriguing singles matchups, and what should be a hard fought number one contender's tag bout highlight the night.
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Main event: IWGP Tag Team Championship Number One Contender's Match- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) vs United Empire (HENARE & Great-O-Khan)
Direct tag record: 2-0 Bishamon

Having recently moved to V5 with the IWGP Tag Team Championships, the Knockout Brothers have moved into the top ten of most dominant IWGP Tag title reigns in history. In the wake of their most recent defence at Sakura Genesis where they turned away Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr., Yuto-Ice took to the mic and suggested that they should be the ones to pick their next challengers. The champions nominated Bishamon, who were themselves the most dominant theme of the early 2020s. Great-O-Khan and HENARE meanwhile, had other ideas.

The United Empire side were the IWGP Tag Team Champions heading into World Tag League 2024, but would be forced to vacate those belts when HENARE sustained a knee injury that put him out of action for a full calendar year. HENARE would point out that they were never beaten for the titles that the Knockout Bros. now hold, and deserved a shot of their own.

While it's true that O-Khan and HENARE were never beaten for the title, it's also true that the duo have never beaten Bishamon in a two on two situation. Now the United Empire side have a chance to earn a shot at last, but must go through the four time former champions to get it.

7th Match: Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X, Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) vs TMDK (Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson)

After the mixed championship team double main event of night one in Korakuen, Unbound Co. and TMDK combine for an eight man tag team preview of Hiroshima and Wrestling RedZone. With both IWGP heavyweight and junior tag titles on the line April 25 in Hiroshima, Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori will continue to tangle with their challengers the Ichiban Sweet Boys, while Ice and OSKAR will battle the heavyweight TMDK members before keeping a close eye on who emerges from the main event.
6th Match: Daiki Nagai vs Callum Newman

As Callum Newman and Shingo Takagi prepare to collide for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on May 4, Korakuen sees singles previews tonight as champion and challenger face their respective opponents' cornermen. For Newman, that means one on one non-title action against Daiki Nagai. Nagai is approaching one year since he left the Hontai fold while still a Young Lion last June, but while the months since have seen him compete and gain reps under the Unaffiliated and Unbound banners, he has yet to score a major victory against established competition. The odds are long indeed for him to do that opposite the IWGP Heavyweight Champion tonight, and perhaps the card for Dontaku may have to be completely rewritten if he does manage to get the job done, any wrestler in NJPW on any given night has the chance to achieve the incredible.

5th Match: Shingo Takagi vs Zane Jay

The opposite side of this title preview equation, Zane Jay takes on Shingo Takagi. Back in february, Zane Jay took a United Empire escape hatch from competition as a Young Lion, when Callum Newman offered a chair with which he cracked Daiki Nagai over the head. While some disputed Jay's view of events that this act officially 'graduated' him from Young Lion status, the arrogant Jay forced home his point by producing new entrance music, and now could force things further if he can somehow upset the number one contender.

A singles match with Shingo Takagi has proved a key turning point in NJPW careers of multiple United Empire members, from Will Ospreay to HENARE to Newman himself. Win lose or draw, could this be a formative moment for Zane Jay?
4th Match: Boltin Oleg, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo)

Continuing from multiman battles on night one, Hontai and HOUSE OF TORTURE collide again tonight. Ahead of Aaron Wolf and Boltin Oleg's clashes with Don Fale and Ren Narita on night one of Dontaku May 3, who forges ahead this evening?

3rd Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji & Gedo) vs United Empire (Jake Lee & Francesco Akira)

Yota Tsuji continues to reel from losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis, and a subsequent post match attack at the hands of Gabe Kidd. As Kidd has returned to his 'new home' at AEW, Tsuji is without his Dontaku dance partner, and will instead take aim at United Empire, and a measure of revenge against Jake Lee and Francesco Akira.

2nd Match: Shota Umino, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & YOH vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

After master Wato was on the Hontai side on night one, it's YOH stepping up tonight as Hontai continue to fight the HOUSE. Will Chase Owens make a mark ahead of challenging NJPW World TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita May 4?

1st Match: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & Masatora Yasuda vs Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Tatsuya Matsumoto

An all Hontai six man tag leads off our main card tonight. As Masatora Yasuda rapidly approaches two full years of his career this June, he is currently the senior Young Lion to remain in Hontai. Tonight, he is sure to be frustrated that contemporary Daiki Nagai gets to wrestle the IWGP Heavyweight Champion one on one, but has more to be concerned about in the form of Tatsuya Matsumoto, who is snapping at his heels. With Yasuda under the guidance of the increasingly salty Taichi and Yuya Uemura, the fight is sure to be violent tonight even opposite the typically fun loving 'Six or Nine' side of Taguchi and Wato.

Kickoff Match: Taisei Nakahara vs Jakob Autsin Young

We start things off tonight with a special kickoff match pitting Taisei Nakahara against Jakob Austin Young. With the Road to Sakura Genesis seeing Nakahara tie it up with a technical master in KUSHIDA, he now looks to put that experience to use against another tough test with a wide pool of experience to draw from in Jakob Austin Young. Can Nakahara pick something up tonight, or will JAY be quick to put the Young Lion away?​

 

[Chris]

Road to Wrestling Dontaku night 3 (April 24) Preview​

Imabari welcomes home Yuya Uemura on Road to Dontaku

The Road to Dontaku marches on to Imabari on April 24. Imabari's favourite son Yuya Uemura returns home for this card, all on the road to Dontaku nights in a family base of Fukuoka.
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Main event: Yuya Uemura, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Yujiro Takahashi)

It's Yuya Uemura's official homecoming match int he main event, as the Heat Storm combines with Boltin Oleg and Aaron Wolf to face HOUSE OF TORTURE. As Boltin and Wolf work to make headway against the House ahead of heavyweight clashes with Don Fale and Ren Narita night one of Dontaku May 3, Uemura provides a big shot in the arm to Hontai for this six man tag.

5th Match: Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay)

After Shingo Takagi and Callum Newman wrestle Zane Jay and Daiki Nagai respectively in Korakuen preview action night two, Imabari will see mentors and proteges reunited for eight man tag action. IWGP Tag Team Champions the Knockout Bros. join the fray tonight 24 hours ahead of their main event title defence in Hiroshima. Here though they have a different task ahead of them, and Francesco Akira, who has somehow become obsessed with OSKAR in every one of their multiman encounters, will be throwing all he has at the giant German today.

4th Match: Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X, Yota Tsuji & Gedo) vs TMDK (Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson)

United Empire are in more eight man tag action, this time against TMDK. One day before Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita face Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Redzone, we see one last preview of that title matchup, while Fujita will also have eyes on a man he has antagonised in the past in former IWGP Heavyweight champ Yota Tsuji.

3rd Match: Shota Umino, Tiger Mask, YOH, Master Wato & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens, DOUKI, SHO, Yoshinobhu Kanemaru & Dick Togo)

Hontai's fights with HOUSE OF TORTURE continue in Imabari, as Tiger Mask counts down to his Hizen no Kuni IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match with DOUKI on April 29. With junior heavyweights forming 60% of this ten man tag, might we see a sign of things to come in the impending Best of the Super Jr as well?

2nd Match: Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto) vs United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

After their number one contender's match in Korakuen Hall April 20, we'll head to Imabari knowing whether it's Great-O-Khan and HENARE or Bishamon that face the Knockout Bros. at Redzone the next day. For that team, a split focus, while the side that loses out will at least be able to focus completely on May 4 and Dontaku night two. That card will see HENARE and O-Khan joind by Will Ospreay to face Bishamon and Boltin Oleg, leading to a preview here in Imabari.

1st Match: Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Taisei Nakahara vs Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda

We srart things off with an all Honta six man clash. Taichi has been teaming with Yuya Uemura through the early part of the Road to Dontaku tour, but it'll be an odd(er) couple team with Ryusuke Taguchi tonight as Masatora Yasuda completes the side opposite Makabe, Honma and junior Young Lion Taisei Nakahara.​

 

[Chris]

Gabe Kidd injured; to miss Dontaku title challenge​

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On April 12 in Vancouver Canada at AEW's Dynasty event, Gabe Kidd, who was scheduled to challenge Yota Tsuji for the IWGP Global heavyweight Championship May 3 at Dontaku, sustained an injury to his right arm and will not be able to compete.

We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Kidd wrestle and appreciate your understanding.

Yota Tsuji will still defend the IWGP Global title May 3 in the main event of Dontaku night one. An announcement will follow when a new challenger has been determined.

NJPW joins fans in wishing Kidd a speedy, full recovery.