Wrestling Dontaku 2022

Wrestling Dontaku 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was held on May 1, 2022, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome,^[1] marking the first time that Wrestling Dontaku was held at the venue since 2000.

Wrestling Dontaku 2022
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	May 1, 2022
City	Fukuoka, Japan
Venue	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
Attendance	8,162
Event chronology
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Wrestling Dontaku chronology
← Previous 2021 Next → 2023

Storylines

Wrestling Dontaku featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[2]

Results

No.	Results[3][4]	Stipulations	Times
1	Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., and Taka Michinoku) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi and Bushi) and Shiro Koshinaka by pinfall	Six-man tag team match	10:15
2	Hiromu Takahashi defeated Yoh by pinfall	Singles match	9:59
3	Tanga Loa (with Jado) defeated Yujiro Takahashi by pinfall	Singles match	11:33
4	Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Douki) by pinfall	Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	9:10
5	Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) (c) and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) by pinfall	Three-way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship	9:43
6	Tama Tonga (with Jado) defeated Evil (with Dick Togo) (c) by pinfall	Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship	13:25
7	Taiji Ishimori defeated El Desperado (c) by submission	Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	14:40
8	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii[a] by pinfall	Singles match for the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	23:20
9	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito by pinfall	Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	34:12
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

1. Will Ospreay was initially scheduled to face Tanahashi but he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 28 and was replaced.