| Wrestling Dontaku 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | May 1, 2022 | ||
| City | Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| Venue | Fukuoka PayPay Dome | ||
| Attendance | 8,162 | ||
| Event chronology | |||
| |||
| Wrestling Dontaku chronology | |||
| |||
Wrestling Dontaku 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was held on May 1, 2022, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome, [1] marking the first time that Wrestling Dontaku was held at the venue since 2000.
Wrestling Dontaku featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. [2]
- ^ Will Ospreay was initially scheduled to face Tanahashi but he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 28 and was replaced.
- ^ Renner, Ethan (January 5, 2022). "NJPW announces dome show, tentpole events for first half of 2022". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ "2022.05.01 Wrestling Dontaku 2022 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (April 9, 2022). "NJPW Reveals Full Card For Wrestling Dontaku, Six Championships To Be Defended". Fightful. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
| Championships |
| ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaments |
| ||||||||||||
| Video games | |||||||||||||
| Partnerships |
| ||||||||||||
| Related companies |
| ||||||||||||
| Personnel |
| ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||
| Wrestling Dontaku 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | May 1, 2022 | ||
| City | Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| Venue | Fukuoka PayPay Dome | ||
| Attendance | 8,162 | ||
| Event chronology | |||
| |||
| Wrestling Dontaku chronology | |||
| |||
Wrestling Dontaku 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was held on May 1, 2022, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome, [1] marking the first time that Wrestling Dontaku was held at the venue since 2000.
Wrestling Dontaku featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. [2]
| No. | Results [3] [4] | Stipulations | Times | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuki-gun ( Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., and Taka Michinoku) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon ( Shingo Takagi and Bushi) and Shiro Koshinaka by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 10:15 | ||
| 2 | Hiromu Takahashi defeated Yoh by pinfall | Singles match | 9:59 | ||
| 3 | Tanga Loa (with Jado) defeated Yujiro Takahashi by pinfall | Singles match | 11:33 | ||
| 4 | Six or Nine ( Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun ( Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Douki) by pinfall | Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 9:10 | ||
| 5 | Bullet Club ( Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) defeated United Empire ( Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) (c) and Bishamon ( Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) by pinfall | Three-way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 9:43 | ||
| 6 | Tama Tonga (with Jado) defeated Evil (with Dick Togo) (c) by pinfall | Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship | 13:25 | ||
| 7 | Taiji Ishimori defeated El Desperado (c) by submission | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 14:40 | ||
| 8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii [a] by pinfall | Singles match for the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | 23:20 | ||
| 9 | Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito by pinfall | Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | 34:12 | ||
| |||||
- ^ Will Ospreay was initially scheduled to face Tanahashi but he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 28 and was replaced.
- ^ Renner, Ethan (January 5, 2022). "NJPW announces dome show, tentpole events for first half of 2022". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ "2022.05.01 Wrestling Dontaku 2022 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (April 9, 2022). "NJPW Reveals Full Card For Wrestling Dontaku, Six Championships To Be Defended". Fightful. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
| Championships |
| ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaments |
| ||||||||||||
| Video games | |||||||||||||
| Partnerships |
| ||||||||||||
| Related companies |
| ||||||||||||
| Personnel |
| ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||