Wrestling Dontaku [NJPW] - May Event #1

[CakeWalker]

We are entering into the final portions of the WPC Grand Prix 2021, as we now enter the month of May. With the May Cup being the prize the field will be competing for, with the winner hoping to join the ranks of : Chris (January), Adapting & Carter (February), Chris (March) & Lethal Banks (April) who are our previous Cup Winners. The banner for the month of May is still in works, and will be revealed when it is completed.

We start with Wrestling Dontaku - which will be a two day event featuring a total of twelve matches.

Being a Japanese event, the deadline for predictions will be May 2nd 11:59PM EST. ​

Matches​	Stipulations​
NIGHT ONE​	​
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)​	Eight Man Tag Team Match​
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)​	Six Man Tag Team Match​
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)​	Eight Man Tag Team Match​
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa ​	Singles Match​
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga​	Ladder Match​
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White ​	NEVER Openweight Title Match​
NIGHT TWO​	​
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

@Lethal Banks @Adapting @CHRISTOPHER @Jimmy King @The Great One @MachoDan @Dakoho Kai @Blaine @Pat @Honey-Blazed @Nimrod @LadyHotRod @Jeff Valley Driver

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

BC
CHAOS
United Empire
Sabre Jr
Tanga
White

BC
CHAOS
LIdJ
BC
Desperado
Desperado
Ospreay

 

[Chris]

NIGHT ONE
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[Jimmy King]

NIGHT ONE
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[Apoho Creed]

1. BC
2. Chaos
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon
4. Sabre JR
5. Taichi
6. Tana

1. BC
2. Suzuki Gun
3. UE
4. The Good Guys
5. El Desperado
6. Ospreay

 

[CakeWalker]

Matches	Stipulations
NIGHT ONE
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[Lady Redfield]

Matches​	Stipulations​
NIGHT ONE
1. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c)	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c)	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[Veidt]

BULLET CLUB
CHAOS
The United Empire
Zack Sabre Jr
Tama Tonga
Jay White

BULLET CLUB
CHAOS
The United Empire
BULLET CLUB
YOH
Will Ospreay

 

[Comrade Khan]

N1
Bullet club
Chaos
United empire
Sabre
Tama
Jay white-o

N2
Bc
Chaos
Los
Team Tanahashi
El desperado
William osprey

 

[Lethal]

Night 1:

1. Bullet Club
2. CHAOS
3. United Empire
4. Zack Sabre Jr
5. Tama Tonga
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Night 2:

1. BULLET CLUB
2. CHAOS
3. United Empire
4. Bullet Club
5. El Desperado
6. Will Ospreay

 

[Doom]

Matches	Stipulations
NIGHT ONE
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[Adapting]

NIGHT ONE
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[Smart Marx]

Matches	Stipulations
NIGHT ONE
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Six Man Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)	Eight Man Tag Team Match
4. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa	Singles Match
5. Taichi vs. Tama Tonga	Ladder Match
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White	NEVER Openweight Title Match
NIGHT TWO
1. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)	Six Man Tag Team Match
2. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag Team Match
3. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)	Six Man Tag Team Match
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano vs. BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)	Ten Man Tag Team Match
5. El Desperado (c) vs. YOH	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
6. Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match

 

[CakeWalker]

Wrestling Dontaku [NJPW] - May Event #1 Results

As is so often the case with NJPW - the second Day of the pay per view is often prone the changes. This has result in the planned twelve matches, being changed in such a way that only nine matches are now eligible for predictions with Match 2, 4 & 5 on Night Two being removed from the scorecard. Nonetheless we had a great turnout for this event and everyone will be pleased to know that they started the fifth month in the WPC Grand Prix 2021 with a positive differential. I can reveal that one of our predictors posted a near perfect score of 8-1 and becomes the champion for the second time in the Grand Prix. I am happy to announce that our...

...is Smark! Congratulations on claiming the belt for the second time. Nimrod & HoHo were in joint 2nd with just one win off, with Blaine, Juice and MachoDan and then the rest of the field in joint 7th. The May Cup can now be unveiled as the prize that will be given to the our winner this month as well as the standing from the event:

​

OVERALL	Name	Wins	Loss	Differential
1st.	Smark	8	1	+7
Tied 2nd.	Nimrod	7	2	+5
Tied 2nd.	HoHo	7	2	+5
Tied 4th.	Blaine	6	3	+3
Tied 4th.	Juice	6	3	+3
Tied 4th.	MachoDan	6	3	+3
Tied 7th.	Chris	5	4	+1
Tied 7th.	Jimmy King	5	4	+1
Tied 7th.	LadyHotRod	5	4	+1
Tied 7th.	Jeff	5	4	+1
Tied 7th.	Lethal Banks	5	4	+1
Tied 7th.	Adapting	5	4	+1

 

[Comrade Khan]

nice one smark. dope logo for the may cup