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NEW JAPAN UPDATES, NEW LINEUP FOR WRESTLING DONTAKU & MORE

By Matthew Macklin on 2016-04-19 09:33:00

After the cancellation of Wrestling Hinokuni due to the earthquakes in Kumamoto, NJPW have moved the top matches from the show to the Road to Wrestling Dontaku event on April 27th and Wrestling Dontaku on May 3rd. 

The full cards for both:

Road to Wrestling Dontaku, Hakata, StarLanes in Fukuoaka, April 27th:

*Captain New Japan & David Finlay vs. Juice Robinson & Jay White
*Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Barreta
*Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yoshitatsu vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa

*Katsuyori Shibata & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger
*Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI
*Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
*IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin

Wrestling Dontaku, Fukuoak Kokusai Center, May 3rd:

*Captain New Japan & Juice Robinson vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
*Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jay White & David Finlay vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, YOSHI-HASHI, Will Ospreay, Gedo

*IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Rocky Romero & Beretta vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal

*Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshitatsu vs. Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson

*IWGP Tag Championship: Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma

*NEVER Openweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yuji Nagata

*IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger

*Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL

*Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA

*IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii

There will be two Road to Wrestling Dontaku shows live on NJPW World from Korakuen Hall this weekend.

April 23rd:

Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Rocky Romero, Beretta & Gedo 
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jay White & David Finlay 
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Captain New Japan & Juice Robinson 
Special Tag Match: Katsuyori Shibata & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata & Jushin Thunder Liger 
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshitatsu vs. Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi 
Special Elimination Match: Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI 

April 24th:

Jay White vs. David Finlay 
YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Beretta vs. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Captai New Japan 
Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger 
Special Tag Match: SANADA & BUSHI vs. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo 
Special Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito & EVIL 
Special Elimination Match: Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yoshitatsu vs. Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tama Loa & Yujiro Takahashi 

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