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5/03/25 Results from New Japan's Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night One from Fukuoka, Japan:
1 - Master Wato, YOH, Boltin Oleg and Toru Yano vs. Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson and Ryohei Oiwa
Oleg pins Jackson after a Kamikaze
2 - TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii and Yuya Uemura vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito and Yota Tsuji
BUSHI comes to the ring with a Lord Humongous mask from the movie The Road Warrior.
Huge pop from the Fukuoka crowd for Tetsuya Naito.
Taichi pins BUSHI after a Dangerous Backdrop.
3 - Ryusuke Taguchi, YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Jakob Austin Young, Great O-Khan and Callum Newman
Bishomon hit a Violent Flash on Young. Taguchi with a “Bum”-aye on Young. Bishomon hits a Shoto on Young.
YOSHI-HASHI pins Young.
4 - NJPW World TV Championship: El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Rocky Romero comes to the ring with Takeshita, both representing the Don Callous Family.
Both men fought to a 15 minute draw.
El Phantasmo retains the NJPW World TV Championship.
Both men will face each other again at New Japan’s Resurgence in Ontario California on May 9.
5 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Good match. Tanahashi hits Aces High. Tanahashi goes for a High Fly Flow, but ZSJ catches him in a triangle choke. Tanahashi reverses into a Texas Cloverhold. They exchange many reversals.
ZSJ hits a Zack Driver and Zack pins Tanahashi.
They announce that their final singles all time record is 7-7 against each other.
Both men shake hands and show respect to each other.
6 - Shota Umino vs. Shingo Takagi
Another good stiff match.
Takagi pins Umino after Last of the Dragon.
The cheers for Umino are coming back slowly.
7 - Dog Pound Cage Match: Taiji Ishimori, Clark Conners, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd and David Finlay vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, SANADA, Ren Narita and EVIL
SANADA comes out looking like a disco ball in a suit covered in mirrors.
War Dogs are the babyfaces in this match. Gabe Kidd gets a massive pop.
Brutal match. SANADA stabs Moloney with a fork. Togo and SHO bloodied Conners. They use tables chairs and kendo sticks.
EVIL tries to hit Finlay with the shillelagh. Finlay takes it away and EVIL rakes the eyes. Finlay hits a buckle bomb. EVIL blocks an Overkill and goes for his finisher. Finlay reverses into a Gun Stun. Finlay hits Into Oblivion. Narita pulls the referee out of the ring.
Bodies are everywhere. Blood everywhere. Finlay tries to powerbomb EVIL into a table but Togo throws powder in his face. Finlay puts Togo on the table and Gedo splashes Togo on the table.
Moloney blasts SANADA with his own guitar. Moloney was about to hit a Drilla Killa but SANADA reverses and hits a Death Valley Driver through a table.
Kidd brawls with Narita. Kidd headbutts Narita and hits a rebound Lariat. Kidd pulls out a bar wire table. Narita and Kidd push each other in to the table. Narita is gushing blood from the head. Kidd hits a Piledriver on Narita off the ropes through the table.
Kidd pins Narita.
War Dogs wins the match and the Bullet Club name.
EVIL attacks Finlay after the match and chain him to the cage and chokes him out with a chain.
This should be the end of this chapter. Bullet Club continues. House of Torture will continue to be the top heel group. This feud may be revisited in the G1 Climax. The violence was ridiculous but hopefully no one was hurt seriously, like last year. SANADA seems to be getting a big push soon based on his presentation and appearance.
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