Jon Moxley to defend his IWGP World title at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku in todays Wrestling news
Moxley will face Ren Narita in a duel next month.
Next month, Jon Moxley will be defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
The Fukuoka Internation Center will host Wrestling Dontaku on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, may 4. NJPW has revealed the lineups for each night.
The IWGP Global Championship and the NJPW Global TV title will be defended on the show of May 3. Nic Nemeth’s first defense of his Global title will be against Hiroshi Tanahaashi at the show. If Tanahashi had not injured his ankle, this match would have likely taken place at Windy City Riot.
Zack Sabre Jr., who just reclaimed the NJPW TV Title from Matt Riddle last Friday, will also defend his belt on the first night Wrestling Dontaku. Cobb and ZSJ fought to a draw in a time limit match at Wrestling Dontaku, before ZSJ beat Cobb at Dominion the following month. Cobb then defeated ZSJ at the G1 last year to even their head-tohead series.
On May 4, IWGP World Heavyweight and IWGP Tag Team titles, as well as the NEVER Openweight title, will be defended.
Moxley will be defending his IWGP Heavyweight Title against Ren Narita at the show. Narita attacked Moxley after the main event of Windy City Riot, on Friday. Moxley had been trying to announce that he would be giving Shota Umino a title shot.
Shingo Takagi and Gabe Kidd will also defend their NEVER Openweight Championships on the show. Kidd attacked Takagi after Takagi won his title from EVIL at Sakura Genesis. Kidd then released a promo in which he was highly critical of NJPW, before challenging Takagi.
A rematch for the IWGP Tag Team titles has also been announced. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI HASHI will defend their titles against former champions KENTA & Chase Owens.
The next IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match has also been announced. SHO will defend his title against DOUKI at the Satsuma no Kuni event on April 29th.
Upcoming NJPW title matches:
- Road to Wrestling Dontaku on Tuesday, April 23: NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, & Boltin Oleg defend against Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
- Road to Wrestling Dontaku on Saturday, April 27: Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls defend against El Phantasmo & Hikuleo
- Road to Wrestling Dontaku on Saturday, April 27: KOPW 2024 Provisional title holder Great-O-Khan defends against Yuya Uemura
- Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni on Monday, April 29: IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors defend against BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
- Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni on Monday, April 29: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO defends against DOUKI
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku on May 3, 2024 lineup —
- Boltin Oleg & Shoma Kato vs. Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe
- TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI vs. SHO & Yujiro Takahashi
- Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA vs. Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, & Great-O-Khan
- Jado, El Phantasmo, & Hikuleo vs. Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, & Mikey Nicholls
- Ryusuke Taguchi, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens, & KENTA
- BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, & Gabe Kidd
- El Desperado, Shota Umino, & Jon Moxley vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita, & EVIL
- NJPW World TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Jeff Cobb
- Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay
- IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku on May 4, 2024 lineup —
- Boltin Oleg & Shoma Kato vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
- DOUKI & Yuya Uemura vs. Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan
- Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb
- El Desperado, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo, & Hikuleo vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
- Nic Nemeth & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi & SANADA
- BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, & David Finlay
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defend against KENTA & Chase Owens
- NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Gabe Kidd
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends against Ren Narita
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