New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced three new matches for the card of their Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event on May 3rd at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan.
The first new match announced is a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship match of Hiroshi Tananashi, Kazuchika Okada, & a mystery tag partner vs. Strong Style (Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki) (c)
The second new match announced is a NJPW World Television Championship match of Jeff Cobb vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (c).
The third and final new match announced is a NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match of Hikuleo vs. KENTA (c).
Updated card for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023:
- Pre-show: Young Lions Consecutive Battle match – Yuto Nakashima vs. Ryohei Oiwa vs. Oskar Leube vs. Oleg Boltin
- YOH, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
- TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, & Mikey Nicholls) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis))
- Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, & Shota Umino vs. United Empire (Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira, & TJP) & Aaron Henare)
- BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Taichi)
- NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Hikuleo vs. KENTA (c)
- NJPW World Television Championship – Jeff Cobb vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (c)
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, & mystery partner vs. Strong Style (Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki) (c) - NEVER Openweight Championship – David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga (c)
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Hiromu Takahashi vs. SANADA (c)

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