Wrestling Dontaku 2013

Wrestling Dontaku 2013 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2013, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. The event featured ten matches (including one dark match), four of which were contested for championships.[1][2][3]

Wrestling Dontaku 2013
Promotional poster for the event, featuring caricatures of several NJPW wrestlers
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3, 2013[1]
CityFukuoka, Japan[1]
VenueFukuoka Kokusai Center[1]
Attendance6,800[1]
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It was the tenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name, and was notable for featuring the formation of Bullet Club.

Storylines

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Wrestling Dontaku 2013 featured ten 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.[4]

Event

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Two titles changed hands during the event, first the Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) defeated Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and then Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a four-way match.[1] The event featured two matches in the storyline rivalry between the Complete Players and G.B.H. In the first Complete Player Masato Tanaka successfully defended the NEVER Openweight Championship against freelancer Tomoaki Honma, while in the second G.B.H. leader Togi Makabe defeated Yujiro Takahashi to end their three-month-long rivalry.[1] Other successful title defenses saw IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeat Shelton X Benjamin and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defeat Minoru Suzuki.[1] Post-match, Okada was challenged by Makabe, setting up the main event for Dominion 6.22.[1] The event also saw a surprise appearance from Tetsuya Naito, who announced he was going to be returning from his knee surgery and wrestling his first match on June 22 at Dominion 6.22.[1] In a major storyline development, Karl Anderson turned on Hiroshi Tanahashi after their match against each other and came together with Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga to form Bullet Club.[1]

Results

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No.Results[1][2][3][5]StipulationsTimes[1]
1DJyushin Thunder Liger, Máximo, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata defeated Chaos (Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi)Eight-man tag team match07:04
2Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) defeated Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) (c)Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship11:05
3Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt defeated Captain New Japan and Ryusuke TaguchiTag team match05:28
4Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (c), Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man)Four-way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship10:40
5Masato Tanaka (c) defeated Tomoaki HonmaSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship09:32
6Togi Makabe defeated Yujiro TakahashiSingles match09:59
7Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata ended in a drawSingles match11:39
8Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Karl Anderson (with Tama Tonga)Singles match12:52
9Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Shelton X BenjaminSingles match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship14:59
10Kazuchika Okada (c) (with Gedo) defeated Minoru SuzukiSingles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship30:49
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m レスリングどんたく 2013. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ^ a b 新日本プロレス「レスリングどんたく2013」. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. May 3, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Show results - 5/3 NJPW Dontaku PPV: U.S. stars lose titles or title matches, Okada's first IWGP Title defense, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. May 4, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Meltzer, Dave (May 13, 2013). "May 13 2013 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWE first quarter earnings results, WWE Network, New Japan and ROH iPPV reviews and analysis, tons more!". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. pp. 8–12. ISSN 1083-9593.
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