NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on May 5, 2001 , at the Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Japan.
It's the 5° edition of the Wrestling Dontaku event series, after NJPW Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka Dome 2000.
The event had an attendance of 35,000 fans. The main event of the show was Manabu Nakanishi & Riki Choshu vs. Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling - Event Type Special Event
- Country
Japan - Location Fukuoka, Japan
- Event Date May 5, 2001
- Year 2001
- Event Series Wrestling Dontaku
- Arena Fukuoka Dome
- Network TV Asahi
- Attendance 35,000
- Main Event Manabu Nakanishi & Riki Choshu vs. Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001 Results
- Katsuyori Shibata & Shinya Makabe defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Wataru Inoue
- "New Japan vs. T2000"
Osamu Nishimura, Shiro Koshinaka & Yutaka Yoshie defeat TEAM2000 (Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara) - "TOP OF THE SUPER Jr."
Minoru Tanaka defeats Kendo Kashin -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (c) defeat Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King to retain the titles - "Strongest Foreigner Determination Match"
Don Frye defeats Scott Norton - "Comeback"
Tadao Yasuda defeats Takashi Iizuka -
Different Style Fight
Yuji Nagata defeats Rainy Martinez - "BATT vs. T2000"
BATT (Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Hase & Taiyo Kea) defeat TEAM2000 (Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) - "Drastic Measures!"
Manabu Nakanishi & Riki Choshu defeat Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami