2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2018 2019 _ _

Prior to these events, there were several
Dontaku shows held at the Fukuoka Dome.




Wrestling Dontaku 2009


May 3, 2009 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 5,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Mitsuhide Hirasawa pinned Nobuo Yoshihashi (6:18).

  2. Milano Collection AT & Taichi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (10:15) when Milano pinned Taguchi.

  3. Wataru Inoue, Akira, & Kazuchika Okada DCO Tomohiro Ishii, Black Tiger, & Jado (9:39).

  4. Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori beat Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono (12:07) when Nakanishi pinned Choshu.

  5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (11:32) when Nakamura pinned Honma.

  6. Jushin Liger & Cima beat Tiger Mask IV & Koji Kanemoto (13:03) when Liger pinned Kanemoto.

  7. Yuji Nagata KO Takashi Iizuka (20:07) in a "dog collar chain death" match.

  8. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (18:44) when Anderson pinned Tenzan.

  9. IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Hirooki Goto (29:39).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2010


May 3, 2010 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Mitsuhide Hirasawa beat Nobuo Yoshihashi (5:44) via submission.

  2. Akira, Tiger Mask IV, & Tomoaki Honma beat Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, & Gedo (7:56) when Tiger pinned Gedo.

  3. Manabu Nakanishi beat King Fale (8:15) via submission.

  4. Jushin Liger pinned Negro Casas (10:04) to win the CMLL Middleweight Title.

  5. Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue beat Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi and Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (12:20) in a "three-way" match to win the IWGP Tag Title when Inoue pinned Anderson.

  6. Hirooki Goto DKO Masato Tanaka (13:41).

  7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Naomichi Marufuji pinned Ryusuke Taguchi (22:40).

  8. Toru Yano pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (16:57).

  9. Togi Makabe pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (18:18) to win the IWGP Title.
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Wrestling Dontaku 2011


May 3, 2011 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma, & Hiromu Takahashi beat Jado, Gedo, & Killer Rabbit (4:36) when Nakanishi forced Rabbit to submit.

  2. Taka Michinoku & Taichi beat Tiger Mask IV & Kishida (6:43) when Taichi pinned Kushida.

  3. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, & Tomohiro Ishii beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Wataru Inoue, & King Fale (7:57) when Yano pinned Fale.

  4. CMLL Middleweight Champ Jushin Liger pinned Mascara Dorada (10:04).

  5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Davey Richards & Rocky Romero (17:41) when Devitt pinned Romero.

  6. IWGP Tag Champs Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson beat Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito (19:49) when Bernard pinned Naito.

  7. Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga beat Takashi Sugiura & Makoto Hashi (9:43) when Goto pinned Hashi.

  8. Yuji Nagata pinned Masato Tanaka (14:53).

  9. Togi Makabe pinned Satoshi Kojima (11:51).

  10. IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (20:17).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2012


May 3, 2012 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Yoshi Hashi, Jado, & Tomohiro Ishii beat Strong Man, Captain New Japan, & Tama Tonga (7:12) when Ishii pinned Tonga.

  2. Taka Michinoku & Taichi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Kushida (8:16) when Taichi pinned Kushida.

  3. Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV beat Rocky Romero & Gedo (7:50) when Tiger pinned Gedo.

  4. Low-Ki pinned Prince Devitt (21:01) to win the IWGP Juniro Heavyweight Title.

  5. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (16:47) to win the IWGP Tag Title when Yano pinned Kojima.

  6. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata (13:43) when Suzuki pinned Makabe.

  7. Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Karl Anderson (12:15).

  8. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi (13:59) when Tanahashi pinned Takahashi.

  9. IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Hirooki Goto (24:55).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2013


May 3, 2013 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV & iPPV
  1. Yuji Nagata, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, & Maximo beat Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi Hashi, Jado, & Gedo (7:04) when Liger used an air scissors drop on Gedo.

  2. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov beat Kushida & Alex Shelley (11:05) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Romero pinned Kushida.

  3. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan (5:28) when Devitt pinned Captain.

  4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima beat Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man, and Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (10:40) in a "four way" match to win the IWGP & NWA Tag Titles when Kojima pinned Strong Man.

  5. Never Openweight Champ Masato Tanaka pinned Tomoaki Honma (9:32).

  6. Togi Makabe pinned Yujiro Takahashi (9:59).

  7. Hirooki Goto DKO Katsuyori Shibata (11:39).

  8. Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Karl Anderson (12:52).

  9. IWGP I-C Champ Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Shelton Benjamin (14:59).

  10. IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Minoru Suzuki (30:49).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2014


May 3, 2014 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 7,190
Shown live on Japanese PPV & iPPV
  1. Captain New Japan, El Desperado, Bushi, & Mascara Dorada beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask IV, Kushida, & Yohei Komatsu (9:16) when Desperado pinned Komatsu.

  2. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Matt & Nick Jackson beat Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (9:15) when Matt pinned Romero.

  3. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin (9:02) via DQ.

  4. NWA World Champ Satoshi Kojima pinned Wes Brisco (9:25).

  5. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (10:50) when Goto forced Nakanishi to submit.

  6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kota Ibushi pinned Ryusuke Taguchi (14:03).

  7. Never Openweight Champ Tomohiro Ishii pinned Tomoaki Honma (14:07).

  8. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito, & Jushin Liger beat Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale, & Tama Tonga (15:41) in an "elimination" match. Tanahashi & Makabe were the survivors.
    • Naito pinned Fale (9:50).
    • Tonga threw Naito over the top (10:50).
    • Liger pinned Tonga (11:48).
    • Anderson pinned Liger (12:10).
    • Makabe threw Anderson over the top (14:12).
    • Tanahashi pinned Gallows (15:41).

  9. Daniel & Rolles Gracie beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazushi Sakuraba (8:30) when Rolles TKO Sakuraba.

  10. AJ Styles pinned Kazuchika Okada (24:31).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2015


May 3, 2015 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 5,180
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Yuji Nagata, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, & Mascara Dorada beat Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Kishida (8:29) when Nagata pinned Captain.

  2. Kota Ibushi & Yohei Komatsu beat Tetsuya Naito & Sho Tanaka (11:55) when Komatsu forced Tanaka to submit.

  3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, & Tomoaki Honma beat Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Cody Hall (8:57) when Honma pinned Hall.

  4. Matt & Nick Jackson beat Rocky Romero & Barreta and Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly (17:17) in a "three way" match to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Barreta was pinned.

  5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kenny Omega pinned Alex Shelley (16:07).

  6. Michael Bennett, Matt Taven, & Maria Kanellis beat Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, & Amber Gallows (8:09) when Kanellis pinned Gallows.

  7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, & Katsuyori Shibata beat Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano, & Tomohiro Ishii (15:52) when Tanahashi pinned Yano.

  8. AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi beat Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi Hashi (13:20) when Styles pinned Hashi.

  9. Hirooki Goto pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (20:53) to win the IWGP I-C Title.
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Wrestling Dontaku 2016


May 6, 2016 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 5,299
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi beat Captain New Japan & Juice Robinson (2:26) when Fale pinned Captain.

  2. Kazushi Sakuraba, Yoshi Hashi, Will Ospreay, & Gedo beat Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jay White, & David Finlay (7:23) when Ospreay pinned Finlay.

  3. Ricochet & Matt Sydal beat Rocky Romero & Baretta (16:26) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title when Ricochet pinned Baretta.

  4. Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshitatsu, & Michael Elgin (14:03) to win the Never Openweight Six Man Tag Title when Omega pinned Yoshitatsu.

  5. IWGP Tag Champs Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (12:12) when Tonga pinned Honma.

  6. Yuji Nagata pinned Katsuyori Shibata (11:53) to win the Never Openweight Title.

  7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Kushida submitted Jushin Liger (14:37).

  8. Evil pinned Hirooki Goto (9:53).

  9. Kazuchika Okada pinned Seiya Sanada (15:11).

  10. IWGP Champ Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomohiro Ishii (30:33).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2017


May 3, 2017 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,126
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Yoshitatsu & Hirai Kawato beat Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura (7:54) when Yoshitatsu beta Kitamura.

  2. Yoshi Hashi & Will Ospreay beat Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (6:53) when Hashi submitted Owens.

  3. Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask W, & Tiger Mask IV beat Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, & Jushin Liger (7:06) when Makabe pinned Nakanishi.

  4. Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Jado, Rocky Romero, & Baretta beat Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taka Michinoku, Taichi, & El Desperado (12:20) when Goto pinned Michinoku.

  5. Cody Rhodes pinned David Finlay (7:31).

  6. Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi beat Juice Robinson & Kushida (9:00) when Takahashi pinned Kusihda.

  7. IWGP tag Champs Raymond Rowe & Hanson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima and Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (11:43) in a "three way' match when Rowe pinned Tenzan.

  8. Seiya Sanada, Evil, & Bushi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Ricochet (15:48) to win the Never Openweight Six Man Tag Title when Bushi pinned Taguchi.

  9. Kenny Omega pinned Tomohiro Ishii (23:55).

  10. IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Bad Luck Fale (21:47).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2018


May 4, 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 4,066
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji (5:32) when Takahashi pinned Umino.

  2. Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Yuji Nagata, Tomoyuki Oka, & Ren Narita (7:12) when Taguchi pinned Narita.

  3. Rocky Romero, Sho, & Yoh beat Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., & Takashi Iizuka (2:04) when Sho pinned Iizuka.

  4. Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, & Yoshi Hashi beat Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin, Juice Robinson, David Finlay, & Toa Henare (10:25) when White pinned Henare.

  5. Marty Scurll, Matt & Nick Jackson beat Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa (12:05) to win the Never Openweight Six Man Tag Title when Matt pinned Loa.

  6. Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Seiya Sanada, Bushi, & Hiromu Takahashi beat Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & El Desperado (13:36) when Evil pinned Kanemaru.

  7. Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kushida (16:15) when Okada pinned Kushida.

  8. Cody Rhodes pinned Kota Ibushi (23:36).

  9. Kenny Omega pinned Hangman Page (18:23).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2018


May 5, 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,307
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Shota Umino, Ren Narita, & Yuya Uemura (6:34) when Taguchi submitted Narita.

  2. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka (6:11) when Takahashi pinned Oka.

  3. Rocky Romero, Sho, & Yoh beat Takashi Iizuka, Taichi, & Taka Michinoku (6:00) when Sho pinned Michinoku.

  4. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano beat Togi Makabe & Toa Henare (7:12) when Ishii pinned Makabe.

  5. Hirooki Goto, Jay White, & Yoshi Hashi beat Michael Elgin, Juice Robinson, & David Finlay (11:04) when Hashi pinned Finlay.

  6. Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Seiya Sanada, Bushi, & Hiromu Takahashi beat Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & El Desperado (8:31) when Naito pinned Kanemaru.

  7. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa beat Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Marty Scurll (8:47) when Fale pinned Scurll.

  8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Will Ospreay pinned Kushida (23:36).

  9. IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (34:36).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2019


May 3, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 4,011
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino, & Ren Narita beat Toa Henare, Yota Tsuji, & Yuya Uemura (10:46) when Narita pinned Uemura.

  2. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, & Taka Michinoku beat Yoshi Hashi, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:57) when Michinoku pinned Tiger.

  3. Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, & Will Ospreay beat Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, & Hikuleo (7:25) when Ospreay pinned Hikuleo.

  4. Kota Ibushi, Sho, & Yoh beat Tetsuya Naito, Bushi, & Shingo Takagi (11:31) when Ibushi pinned Bushi.

  5. Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, & Mikey Nicholls beat Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, & Chase Owens (11:23) when Robinson pinned Owens.

  6. Seiya Sanada & Evil beat Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii (16:52) when Evil TKO Ishii.

  7. Taichi pinned Jeff Cobb (17:50) to win the Never Openweight Title.

  8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ Dragon Lee pinned Taiji Ishimori (23:53).
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Wrestling Dontaku 2019


May 4, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan
International Center drawing 6,105
Shown live on NJPW World
  1. Shota Umino & Ren Narita beat Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura (7:36) when Umino pinned Tsuji.

  2. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, & Taka Michinoku beat Jeff Cobb, Yoshi Hashi, Toa Henare, Tiger Mask IV, & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:16) when Taichi pinned Henare.

  3. Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, & Jushin Liger beat Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, & Gedo (7:40) when Yano pinned Gedo.

  4. Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls, & Tomoaki Honma beat Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, & Hikuleo (11:57) when Robinson pinned Hikuleo.

  5. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo beat Dragon Lee & Will Ospreay (9:58) when Phantasmo pinned Ospreay.

  6. Tetsuya Naito, Bushi, & Shingo Takagi beat Kota Ibushi, Sho & Yoh (13:47) when Naito pinned Yoh.

  7. Tomohiro Ishii pinned Evil (23:08).

  8. IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada pinned Seiya Sanada (38:03).
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