Wrestling Dontaku 2022
{{short description|2022 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event}}
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Wrestling Dontaku 2022
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|caption=
|promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling
|date=May 1, 2022
|venue=Fukuoka PayPay Dome
|attendance=8,162
|liveevent=y
|lastevent=Windy City Riot
Golden Fight Series
|nextevent=Capital Collision
|event=Wrestling Dontaku
|lastevent2=2021
|nextevent2=2023
}}
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,{{cite web | url = https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/njpw-announces-dome-show-tentpole-events-for-first-half-of-2022 | title = NJPW announces dome show, tentpole events for first half of 2022 | last=Renner | first=Ethan | date=January 5, 2022 | access-date=April 10, 2022 | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}} marking the first time that Wrestling Dontaku was held at the venue since 2000.
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.{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title = How Pro Wrestling Works | last=Grabianowski | first=Ed | access-date=October 9, 2017 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=Discovery Communications}}
Results
{{Professional wrestling results table
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|results = {{cite web|title=2022.05.01 Wrestling Dontaku 2022 {{!}} New Japan Pro-Wrestling|url=https://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/338245?showResult=1|access-date=2022-05-01|website=NJPW}}{{cite web | url = https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/njpw-reveals-full-card-wrestling-dontaku-six-championships-be-defended | title = NJPW Reveals Full Card For Wrestling Dontaku, Six Championships To Be Defended | last=Guzzo | first=Gisberto | date=April 9, 2022 | access-date=April 10, 2022 | work=Fightful}}
|times =
|match1 = Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., and Taka Michinoku) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi and Bushi) and Shiro Koshinaka by pinfall
|stip1 = Six-man tag team match
|time1 = 10:15
|match2 = Hiromu Takahashi defeated Yoh by pinfall
|stip2 = Singles match
|time2 = 9:59
|match3 = Tanga Loa (with Jado) defeated Yujiro Takahashi by pinfall
|stip3 = Singles match
|time3 = 11:33
|match4 = Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Douki) by pinfall
|stip4 = Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
|time4 = 9:10
|match5 = 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
|stip5 = Three-way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
|time5 = 9:43
|match6 = Tama Tonga (with Jado) defeated Evil (with Dick Togo) (c) by pinfall
|stip6 = Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
|time6 = 13:25
|match7 = Taiji Ishimori defeated El Desperado (c) by submission
|stip7 = Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
|time7 = 14:40
|match8 = Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii{{efn|Will Ospreay was initially scheduled to face Tanahashi but he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 28 and was replaced.}} by pinfall
|stip8 = Singles match for the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
|time8 = 23:20
|match9 = Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito by pinfall
|stip9 = Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
|time9 = 34:12
}}
Notes
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References
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{{2022 NJPW events}}
{{New Japan Pro-Wrestling}}