Wrestling Dontaku

New Japan Pro-Wrestling event series

Wrestling Dontaku (レスリングどんたく, Resuringu Dontaku) is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series

Wrestling Dontaku

Promotions| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
First event| Wrestling Dontaku 1993

It was originally held from 1993 to 1995 and again from 2000 to 2001 in Fukuoka at the Fukuoka Dome. The event was revived in 2009 and has since been held at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Constitution Memorial Day, a national holiday in Japan on May 3, and aired as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World. In 2018 and 2019, Wrestling Dontaku took place over two back-to-back shows.[1] The event was originally scheduled to take place in 2020 on May 3 and May 4, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] "Dontaku" is an obsolete Japanese word for holiday, derived from the Dutch word for Sunday, "Zondag",[3] used in reference to Hakata Dontaku, a Fukuoka-based festival held in early May, the same time as the event. In 2022, the event took place on May 1 at Fukuoka PayPay Dome, formerly known as the Fukuoka Dome. This was the first time that Wrestling Dontaku was held in the domed venue since 2001.

## Events

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#  | Event  | Date  | City  | Venue  | Attendance  | Main event  | Ref(s)

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1 | Wrestling Dontaku 1993 | May 3, 1993 | Fukuoka, Japan | Fukuoka Dome | 55,000 | Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu | [4]
2 | Wrestling Dontaku 1994 | May 1, 1994 | 53,500 | Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Muta | [5]
3 | Wrestling Dontaku 1995 | May 3, 1995 | 52,000 | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [6][7]
4 | Wrestling Dontaku 2000 | May 5, 2000 | 25,000 | Power Warrior (c) vs. The Great Muta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [8]
5 | Wrestling Dontaku 2001 | May 5, 2001 | 25,000 | Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Riki Choshu | [9]
6 | Wrestling Dontaku 2009 | May 3, 2009 | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | 5,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [10][11][12]
7 | Wrestling Dontaku 2010 | May 3, 2010 | 6,000 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [13]
8 | Wrestling Dontaku 2011 | May 3, 2011 | 6,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [14]
9 | Wrestling Dontaku 2012 | May 3, 2012 | 6,500 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [15][16]
10 | Wrestling Dontaku 2013 | May 3, 2013 | 6,800 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [17][18][19]
11 | Wrestling Dontaku 2014 | May 3, 2014 | 7,190 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [20][21][22]
12 | Wrestling Dontaku 2015 | May 3, 2015 | 5,180 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [23][24][25]
13 | Wrestling Dontaku 2016 | May 3, 2016 | 5,299 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [26][27][28]
14 | Wrestling Dontaku 2017 | May 3, 2017 | 6,126 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [29][30]
15 | Wrestling Dontaku 2018 | May 3, 2018 | 4,066 | Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page | [1]
May 4, 2018 | 6,307 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [1]
16 | Wrestling Dontaku 2019 | May 3, 2019 | 4,011 | Dragon Lee (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | [31]
May 4, 2019 | 6,105 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
17 | Wrestling Dontaku 2021 | May 3, 2021 | 2,211 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White for the NEVER Openweight Championship | [32]
May 4, 2021 | 2,367 | Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
18 | Wrestling Dontaku 2022 | May 1, 2022 | Fukuoka PayPay Dome | 8,162  | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | [33][34]
19 | Wrestling Dontaku 2023 | May 3, 2023 | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | 4,489  | Sanada (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | [35]
20 | Wrestling Dontaku 2024 | May 3, 2024 | 2,440  | Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship | [36]
21 | May 4, 2024 | 4,238  | Jon Moxley (c) vs. Ren Narita for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
22 | Wrestling Dontaku 2025 | May 3, 2025 | 2,903  | House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Sanada, Sho and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd and Taiji Ishimori) in a Dog Pound match |
23 | May 4, 2025 | 5,407  | Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

## 1993

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 1993

## 1994

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 1994

## 1995

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 1995

## 2000

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Wrestling Dontaku 2000

Promotion| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date| May 5, 2000[8]
City| Fukuoka, Japan[8]
Venue| Fukuoka Dome[8]
Attendance| 25,000[8]
Wrestling Dontaku chronology
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1995 | Next →
2001

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling events chronology
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Wrestling World 2000 | Next →
Do Judge!!

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The fourth Wrestling Dontaku, first in five years, was held on May 5, 2000, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome.

The event featured eight matches, two of which were contested for championships.[8] The event opened with the finals of the 2000 Young Lion Cup, where Kenzo Suzuki defeated Shinya Makabe,[8] who later became better known as Togi Makabe, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[37] In the semi-main event, Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa, while in the main event, Kensuke Sasaki, using his Power Warrior persona, defeated The Great Muta to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[8]

No.| Results[8]| Stipulations| Times[8]

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1| Kenzo Suzuki defeated Shinya Makabe| Singles match in the finals of the 2000 Young Lion Cup| 15:08
2| Junji Hirata, Shiro Koshinaka and Tadao Yasuda defeated Team 2000 (Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto| Six-man tag team match| 10:19
3| Kendo Kashin, Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Cima, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Tanaka and Sumo Dandy Fuji| Eight-man tag team match| 14:26
4| Genichiro Tenryu defeated Takashi Iizuka| Singles match| 13:26
5| Yutaka Yoshie defeated Satoshi Kojima| Singles match| 16:08
6| Masahiro Chono defeated Tatsumi Fujinami| Singles match| 06:03
7| Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa| Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship| 09:26
8| Power Warrior (c) defeated The Great Muta| Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship| 12:44
| (c)|  – the champion(s) heading into the match

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## 2001

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Wrestling Dontaku 2001

Promotion| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date| May 5, 2001[9]
City| Fukuoka, Japan[9]
Venue| Fukuoka Dome[9]
Attendance| 25,000[9]
Wrestling Dontaku chronology
| ← Previous
2000 | Next →
2009

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling events chronology
| ← Previous
Wrestling World 2001 | Next →
Wrestling World 2002

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The fifth Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 5, 2001, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome. The event featured nine matches, one of which was contested for a championship.[9]

In the title match, El Samurai and Jyushin Thunder Liger defeated the Mexican brother tag team of Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Silver King to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[9] The event also featured appearances by mixed martial artists Don Frye and Rainy Martinez.[9]

No.| Results[9]| Stipulations| Times[9]

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1| Katsuyori Shibata and Shinya Makabe defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Wataru Inoue| Tag team match| 11:01
2| Osamu Nishimura, Shiro Koshinaka and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Team 2000 (Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)| Six-man tag team match| 11:00
3| Minoru Tanaka defeated Kendo Kashin| Singles match| 10:18
4| El Samurai and Jyushin Thunder Liger (c) defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Silver King| Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship| 19:09
5| Don Frye defeated Scott Norton| Singles match| 07:15
6| Tadao Yasuda defeated Takashi Iizuka| Singles match| 07:23
7| Yuji Nagata defeated Rainy Martinez| Singles match| 02:29
8| BATT (Hiroshi Hase, Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea) defeated Team 2000 (Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Masahiro Chono and Satoshi Kojima)| Six-man tag team match| 27:00
9| Manabu Nakanishi and Riki Choshu defeated Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa| Tag team match| 09:07
| (c)|  – the champion(s) heading into the match

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## 2009

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2009

## 2010

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2010

## 2011

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2011

## 2012

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2012

## 2013

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2013

## 2014

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2014

## 2015

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2015

## 2016

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2016

## 2017

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2017

## 2018

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2018

## 2019

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2019

## 2021

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2021

## 2022

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2022

## 2023

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2023

## 2024

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Main article: Wrestling Dontaku 2024

## See also

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* Japan portal

* List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling pay-per-view events

## References

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37. ^ 真壁 刀義. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.

## External links

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* The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website
* Wrestling Dontaku at ProWrestlingHistory.com

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* World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996)
* Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome (2021)
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