2018 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event
Wrestling Dontaku 2018 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2018, in Fukuoka , at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center . The first night of the event featured nine matches, with a championship at stake in one of these, while the second night featured two championship matches out of nine overall. The main event of the first night was Kenny Omega against Hangman Page ,[5] and the second night's main event was Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi .[5] This was the fifteenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.
Storylines [ ]
Each night of Wrestling Dontaku 2018 featured nine 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.[6]
Results [ ]
Night 1 [ ]
No.
Results
Stipulations
Times
1
Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi ) defeated Yota Tsuji and Shota Umino
Tag team match
05:32
2
Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi and Jyushin Thunder Liger ), and Tiger Mask defeated Ren Narita , Tomoyuki Oka and Yuji Nagata
Six-man tag team match
07:12
3
Chaos (Sho , Yoh and Rocky Romero ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka , Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer )
Six-man tag team match
02:04
4
Chaos (Hirooki Goto , Jay White , Tomohiro Ishii , Toru Yano and Yoshi-Hashi ) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare , Michael Elgin , Togi Makabe , David Finlay and Juice Robinson )
Ten-man tag team match
10:25
5
Super Villains (Marty Scurll , Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson ) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale , Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa ) (c)
Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
12:05
6
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi , Bushi , Evil , Sanada and Tetsuya Naito ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki , Zack Sabre Jr. , Taichi , Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado )
Ten-man tag team match
13:36
7
Chaos (Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada ) defeated Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kushida )
Tag team match
16:15
8
Cody defeated Kota Ibushi
Singles match
23:36
9
Kenny Omega defeated Hangman Page
Singles match
18:23
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
Night 2 [ ]
No.
Results
Stipulations
Times
1
Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi and Jyushin Thunder Liger ), and Tiger Mask defeated Ren Narita , Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura
Six-man tag team match
06:34
2
Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi ) defeated Tomoyuki Oka and Yuji Nagata
Tag team match
06:11
3
Chaos (Sho , Yoh and Rocky Romero ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka , Taichi and Taka Michinoku )
Six-man tag team match
06:00
4
Chaos (Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii ) defeated Toa Henare and Togi Makabe
Tag team match
07:12
5
Chaos (Jay White , Yoshi-Hashi & Hirooki Goto ) defeated Taguchi Japan (Michael Elgin , David Finlay and Juice Robinson )
Six-man tag team match
11:04
6
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi , Bushi , Evil , Sanada and Tetsuya Naito ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki , Davey Boy Smith Jr. , Lance Archer , Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado )
Ten-man tag team match
08:31
7
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale , Tama Tonga , Tanga Loa ) and Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi ) defeated Bullet Club (Cody , Hangman Page , Marty Scurll , Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson )
Ten-man tag team match
08:47
8
Will Ospreay (c) defeated Kushida
Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
23:46
9
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
34:36
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
References [ ]
^ a b "HAMAKATSU Presents WRESTLING DONTAKU 2018" . New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved May 2, 2018 .
^ 【新日】王者オカダVS棚橋 5・4福岡決戦に向けて火花 . Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018 .
^ 濵かつ Presents レスリングどんたく 2018 . New Japan Pro-Wrestling . May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
^ 濵かつ Presents レスリングどんたく 2018 . New Japan Pro-Wrestling . May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018 .
^ a b Currier, Joseph (April 2, 2018). "Okada vs. Tanahashi headlines NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Tour" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved May 2, 2018 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc . Discovery Communications . Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
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