Wrestling Dontaku 2009

Wrestling Dontaku 2009
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3, 2009[1]
CityFukuoka, Japan[1]
VenueFukuoka Kokusai Center[1]
Attendance5,500[1]
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Wrestling Dontaku 2009 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2009, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. The event featured nine matches (including one dark match), one of which was contested for a championship.[1][2][3][4] It was the sixth event and first in eight years under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

Storylines

Wrestling Dontaku 2009 featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]

Event

Cima from Dragon Gate worked the event as an outsider.[1] In the semi main event of the evening, Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) to become the number one contenders to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the 2009 New Japan Cup, Hirooki Goto, and afterwards nominated Manabu Nakanishi as his next challenger.[1][3]

Aftermath

Three days after Wrestling Dontaku 2009, Manabu Nakanishi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time in what was considered a major upset.[4]

Results

No.Results[1][2][3][4]StipulationsTimes[1]
1DMitsuhide Hirasawa defeated Nobuo YoshihashiSingles match06:19
2Unione (Milano Collection A.T. and Taichi) defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi)Tag team match10:15
3Akira, Kazuchika Okada and Wataru Inoue vs. Chaos (Black Tiger, Gedo and Jado) ended in a drawSix-man tag team match09:39
4Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) defeated Legend (Masahiro Chono and Riki Choshu)Tag team match12:07
5Chaos (Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano) defeated G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)Tag team match11:32
6Cima and Jyushin Thunder Liger defeated Koji Kanemoto and Tiger MaskTag team match13:03
7Yuji Nagata defeated Takashi IizukaDog Collar Chain Deathmatch20:07
8Chaos (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)Tag team match to determine the number one contender to the IWGP Tag Team Championship18:44
9Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship29:39
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i レスリングどんたく 2009. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Wrestling Dontaku 2009". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c 新日本プロレス「レスリングどんたく2009」. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). May 3, 2009. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Golden, Hunter (May 6, 2009). "Rising Sun Soliloquy Newsletter #23". Wrestleview. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.