NJPW Announces New Match For Wrestling Dontaku, Change Made To Six-Man Tag Team Match
NJPW has made another match official for Wrestling Dontaku.
After being called out by Hiromu Takahashi for being a ‘completely different person,’ and not in a good way, YOH made a promise this week to crush Hiromu and demanded that they have a match as soon as possible. As a result, the two are now scheduled to do battle on May 1 at Wrestling Dontaku.
As a result, BUSHI will now take Takahashi’s place in the previously announced six-man tag team match.
From NJPW:
May 1 sees Fukuoka’s PayPay Dome play host to Wrestling Dontaku. A stacked card has seen intense competition for spots, but one person who wasn’t been involved in the lineup was CHAOS’ YOH.
YOH’s motivation seemed to be in question in recent weeks, and after a loss during the Golden Fight Series tour opener this past Monday, he found himself aggressively called out by Hiromu Takahashi. The Time Bomb stated that YOH was a ‘completely different person’ to the one who fought so valiantly in the Best of the Super Jr. 28 final this past December, a criticism that YOH took to heart.
Bringing fire to the ring in Korakuen Hall this week, YOH would take to the microphone and promise that he would ‘crush’ Hiromu. Not waiting for Best of the Super Jr., YOH demanded the match happen sooner, and that bout is now official for Fukuoka.
Taking Hiromu’s spot in the prior advertised six man tag team opener that will see Suzuki-Gun face LIJ and the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami will be BUSHI. The current master of the tope suicida will be alongside the man who popularized the ‘Dragon Rocket’ to start what is now an even more unmissable card!
The updated card can be seen below:
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku (5/1)
- IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
- IWGP United States Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Will Ospreay
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: El Desperado (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori
- NEVER Openweight Title: EVIL (c) vs. Tama Tonga
- IWGP Tag Team Titles: YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan vs. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
- IWGP Junior Tag Team Titles: Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and DOUKI
- BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., & TAKA Michinoku
- Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- YOH vs. Hiromu Takahashi
Fightful will have coverage of the event on May 1. To view results from around the wrestling world, visit Fightful’s results section.
