NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on May 3, 2023 , at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan.
It's the 18° edition of the Wrestling Dontaku event series, after NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022.
The event had an attendance of 4,489 fans. The main event of the show was SANADA vs. Hiromu Takahashi.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling - Event Type Pay Per View
- Country
Japan - Location Fukuoka, Japan
- Event Date May 3, 2023
- Year 2023
- Event Series Wrestling Dontaku
- Arena Fukuoka Convention Center
- Network NJPW World
- Attendance 4,489
- Main Event SANADA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023 Results
- [Pre-show]
"Ryohei Oiwa Young Lion Hat-Trick Challenge"3-on-1 Handicap 5-Minute Gauntlet Match
"If Oiwa wins one, two or all three of the matches, he gets some prizes of Yakkiniku barbecue, 200,000 Yen’s worth of met and an NJPW World Television Title shot"
Yuto Nakashima, Oskar Leube & Boltin Oleg defeat Ryohei Oiwa
Oiwa vs. Oleg and Oiwa vs. Nakashima end in a Draw via Time Limit; Leube defeats Oiwa - CHAOS (Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI), Toru Yano & YOH) defeat House of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
- United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher)) defeat TMDK (Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita)
- Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) & Shota Umino defeat United Empire (Aaron Henare & Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira))
- Just 5 Guys (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI)
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NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship
Hikuleo defeats KENTA (c) to win the title -
NJPW World Television Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Jeff Cobb ends in a Draw via Time Limit; Sabre retains the title -
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeat Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita) (c) to win the titles -
NEVER Openweight Championship
David Finlay defeats Tama Tonga (c) to win the title -
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
SANADA (c) defeats Hiromu Takahashi to retain the title