NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015

[Ringo]

NJPW "WRESTLING DONTAKU 2015", 03.05.2015 (WPW)
Fukuoka International Center

1. Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA
2. Tetsuya Naito & Sho Tanaka vs. Kota Ibushi & Yohei Komatsu
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Rocky Romero & Barreta (c) vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Alex Shelley
6. Special Six Person Tag Match: Michael Bennett, Matt Taven & Maria Kanellis vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Amber Gallows
7. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
8. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto

Plus:

NJPW "WRESTLING HIROKUNI", 29.04.2015 (NJPW World)
Gran Messe Kumamoto

- Special Eight Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito, Tomoaki Honma & Alex Shelley vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Kenny Omega
- Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
- Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
- NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Togi Makabe

[Bad Collin]

About time we got Ishii v Makabe again.

[Tainted Eclipse]

nothing too interesting. njpw has been in some lull since wk.

[Fanny Batter]

I know it's standard Japanese booking, but the endless six man tags all merge into one for me, unless there's a special reason for it. Seems like with the addition of NJPW World they could do matches like the Styles/Okada tag earlier in the tour and do the actual match here. As Tainted says, it's like they've been doing at most 2 relevant matches per card since WK, whereas the roster is deep enough to not run out of fresh matches if they actually put them on.

This card should be a Styles/Okada and Nakamura/Goto double header. Either Ibushi vs. Naito or the two teaming against two unit's to get them ready for a tag title shot next month. Do Tanahashi vs. Yano and get Tana's heat back already. Shibata and Honma to team and get a win too. It just seems entirely unfocused and placeholder-like, which is disappointing considering the talent they have at their disposal.

[Bad Collin]

I feel the same about six mans, they tend to mean nothing. Why can't we have Okada v Tonga or Anderson or Gallows?

I'm thinking Omega beats Shelley and turns face; he could have some good matches with The Bucks and Tonga.

[Defrost]

I know it's standard Japanese booking, but the endless six man tags all merge into one for me, unless there's a special reason for it. Seems like with the addition of NJPW World they could do matches like the Styles/Okada tag earlier in the tour and do the actual match here. As Tainted says, it's like they've been doing at most 2 relevant matches per card since WK, whereas the roster is deep enough to not run out of fresh matches if they actually put them on.

This card should be a Styles/Okada and Nakamura/Goto double header. Either Ibushi vs. Naito or the two teaming against two unit's to get them ready for a tag title shot next month. Do Tanahashi vs. Yano and get Tana's heat back already. Shibata and Honma to team and get a win too. It just seems entirely unfocused and placeholder-like, which is disappointing considering the talent they have at their disposal.

They still rely heavily on the gate as a revenue source, and the next PPV after this is in a 15,000 seat building. They don't need a stacked card to make money on these shows. They do for Dominion.

[Defrost]

Opening match was super fun

[Defrost]

Matches like that Jr Tag Title match need a hot crowd to be good

[Defrost]

New IC Champ. Was not a huge fan of this show.

Via purolove


NJPW "WRESTLING DONTAKU 2015", 03.05.2015 (WPW/NJPW World)
Fukuoka International Center
5,180 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada besiegen Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA (8:29) nach dem Exploder of Justice von Nagata gegen Captain.
2. Kota Ibushi & Yohei Komatsu besiegen Tetsuya Naito & Sho Tanaka (11:55) nach einem Single-Leg Crab Hold von Komatsu gegen Tanaka.
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma besiegen Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall (8:57) nach dem Kokeshi von Honma gegen Hall.
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson besiegen Rocky Romero & Barreta (c) and Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly (17:17) als Nick Barreta nach dem More Bang For Your Buck!! pinnte - Titelwechsel.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) besiegt Alex Shelley (16:07) mit dem One-Winged Angel (3rd defense).
6. Special Six Person Tag Match: Michael Bennett, Matt Taven & Maria Kanellis besiegen Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Amber Gallows (8:09) nach einem Small Package Hold von Kanellis gegen Gallows.
7. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata besiegen Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii (15:52) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Tanahashi gegen Yano.
8. Special Tag Match: AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi besiegen Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI (13:20) nach dem Styles Clash von Styles gegen YOSHI-HASHI.
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Hirooki Goto besiegt Shinsuke Nakamura (c) (20:53) mit dem Shouten Kai - Titelwechsel.

[Hero!]

Wait, wtf is with these results? goto as IC champ? Bucks get the jr tags back ALREADY? Shelley loses to Omega?

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?