A familiar face returned and several new champions were crowned at NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku Night Two.
In the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman put his title on the line in the main event against Shingo Takagi. In the dying moments, a haymaker shot from Takagi knocked Newman into the ropes twice. Newman staggered and fell to the mat. They exchanged punches and chops.
As Shingo tries to pull Newman up, Ospreay has Newman’s hand outside of the ring. Ospreay cheers Newman on. Shingo lifts Newman up for Made in Japan. Newman grabs the ropes and then the official. Newman low-blows Shingo and gets a two count with a Prince’s Curse. Newman barely kicks out of a Pumping Bomber.
Newman low-blows Shingo again and pins him with Make Way.
Earlier in the evening, Chase Owens challenged Konosuke Takeshita for his NJPW World TV Championship…and a special guest showed up.
Takeshita suplexes Owens hard down to the canvass. Owens rolls out of the ring before Takeshita can deliver Raging Fire. Takeshita’s running boot almost sends Owens over the barricade. Owens gets slammed on the ring apron…twice. Yujiro Takahashi hits Takeshita with his cane in the head. Takeshita kicks out of the High Noon clothesline. Owens grabs the official as Takeshita is going to suplex him. Takeshita halts the move in just the nick of time. Owens throws Takeshita into the official though.
Yujiro puts the boots to Takeshita. Owens retrieves his branding iron. Before he can use it, Shoto Umino arrives. He blasts both heels with forearm shots As Umino urges Takeshita to get up the House of Torture flood the ring and attack Umino from behind. As they put the boots to Umino, Takeshita lays across him to protect him.
Hontai rushes the ring to clear out House of Torture. Hontai holds all of the House at ringside so that Takeshita can splash them all. Hontai then leads the House to the back and out of the way.
Takeshita goes to lift Owens up for a suplex, Owens punches him in the head with a spur from his boots. Takeshita still kicks out. Takeshita escapes the Package Piledriver, hits a running knee strike (Power Drive knee) and pins him with Raging Fire.
Takeshita couldn’t find his belt though and neither could the official. All of a sudden a video aired in the arena. It showed someone in a tuxedo and what looks like a Japanese Okame, ceramic mask entering the arena. When the lights go back on, the stranger is standing on the apron with something in a bag. They hit Takeshita in the head with it. He goes down.
When the mask and hood is removed, it is Sanada standing in the middle of the ring. He gives Takeshita a Dead Fall Drop and walks off with the title.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TMDK (Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles) also defended the title on the card against challengers Mistico and El Desperado.
Robbie Eagles nukes Mistico with a Destroyer. He then kicks Desperado in the head four times. Desperado spears Eagles off the ropes. Fujita gives Desperado a head butt that sinks him to his knees and puts on an arm lock. Mistico denies Eagles the Turbo Backpack finisher. Fujita gives up his hold to try and save Eagles from Mistico’s arm lock. Fujita submits to Numero Dous….and the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions are Mistico and El Desperado.
NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku Night Two
Masatora Yasuda vs Taisei Nakahara
Yasuda makes hometown boy Nakahara tap out to the Boston Crab.
Winner: Masatora Yasuda
Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Chase Owens – NJPW World TV Championship Match
Winner: …and still NJPW World TV Champion, Konosuke Takeshita.
Ryusuke Taguchi and Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Unbound Co. (Gedo and Daiki Nagai)
Nagai puns Matsumoto with a Dynamite Kid like flying headbutt from the top rope.
Winners: Unbound Co. (Gedo and Daiki Nagai)
Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma vs Knockout Bros. (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice)
Honma never wins. Oskar puts him out with a Nightmare Sleeper.
Winners: Knockout Bros. (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice)
Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, Tiger Mask, YOH and Master Wato vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The House swarm the ring, line up Wolf in a corner as they run a “train” on him. Dick Togo lands his chop to the crotch on Wolf. Yujiro gets a two count with a suplex. Yujiro helps Wolf to his feet slapping his face. As Yujiro locks in his DDT Wolf picks him up into the air. Wolf wins with an Angle Slam.
Winners: Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, Tiger Mask, YOH & Master Wato
Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X) vs United Empire (Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young and Zane Jay)
Tsuji makes Young submit to the Boston Crab. Lee and Moloney have a staredown after the match.
Winners: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X)
TMDK (Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles) (c) vs Mistico and El Desperado – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Match
Winners: …and new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions…Mistico and El Desperado.
Bishamontin (Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI) vs United Empire (Will Ospreay, HENARE and Great-O-Khan) – NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship Match
Hashi counters Henare’s Rampage with a DDT. Khan bites Hashi’s hand and then puts on the claw. Hashi goes down to the canvass. Khan smashes his head against it over and over. Hashi blocks the Eliminator with a Codebreaker. Khan kicks out of Hashi’s cover. Khan lands a running knee to the back of Hashi’s head. Henare hits Hashi with a head butt and then he lifts him up with Khan. Ospreay hits the Hidden Blade off the top rope on Hashi as Khan and Henare chokeslam him at the same time.
The Knockout Brothers come out and challenge Henare and Khan to a match. They want to make money and get…high?!!?
Winners: …and new NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions, United Empire (Will Ospreay, HENARE and Great-O-Khan).
Callum Newman vs Shingo Takagi – IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
Winner: …and still IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Callum Newman.
