NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 Night 1 Results – May 3, 2024 – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Nic Nemeth

May 3, 2024
Fukuoka, Japan – Fukuoka Convention Center
English Commentary: Chris Charlton and El Phantasmo

Quick Match Results

1. Pre-show: Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg defeated Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe via Kamikaze (pinfall 6:57)
   • Oleg pinned Murashima after hitting a Kamazie for the victory for his team.
2. House of Torture (SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Just Five Guys (TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI) via Big Juice (pinfall 7:29)
   • Near the end of the match, Takahashi shoved the referee into Michinoku and struck Michinoku with his pimp cane while the referee was not looking. This led to Takahashi hitting the Big Juice to Michinoku to secure the pinfall victory for House of Torture.
3. Just Five Guys (Yuya Uemura & Taichi) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) via Deadbolt Suplex (pinfall 9:14)
   • Uemura pinned Newman after hitting a Deadbolt Suplex to give Just Five Guys the victory.
4. Guerillas of Destiny (Jado, El Phantasmo, & Hikuleo) defeated TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, & Mikey Nicholls) via School-Boy (pinfall 6:55)
   • El Phantasmo pinned Nicholls after rolling up Nicholls and grabbed his tights for extra leverage while the referee was not looking for the victory for GoD.
5. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens, & KENTA) defeated Tiger Mask & Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) via Package Piledriver (pinfall 7:34)
   • Owens pinned Tiger Mask after hitting a Package Piledriver to secure the victory for Bullet Club.
6. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Conners, & Gabe Kidd) via Fable (submission 11:16)
   • BUSHI submitted Gedo after locking in Fable for the tap out victory for LIJ.
7. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita, & EVIL) defeated El Desperado, Shota Umino, & Jon Moxley via Samson Clutch (pinfall 8:44)
   • Kamearu pinned El Depserado after catching El Desperado in a flash roll-up to give the victory to House of Torture.
   • Following the match, Moxley and Narita brawled leading to the rest of House of Torture joining in on the attack and stomping down Moxley. This led to Umino grabbing a chair and running back into the ring to clear out HoT.
8. NJPW World Television Championship – Jeff Cobb defeated Zack Sabre Jr (c) via Tour of the Islands (pinfall 13:28)
9. David Finlay defeated Overkill (pinfall 22:22)
   • Near the end of the match, Finlay attacked Tsuji with a shillelagh while the referee was not looking and followed it by hitting the Overkill for the pinfall victory.
10. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Nic Nemeth (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi via Danger Zone (pinfall)
    • Following the match, Tanahashi hugged Nemeth in a sign of respect over his victory and their match. David Finlay ran out and attacked both Tanahashi and Nemeth from behind managing to lay out Tanahashi. Nemeth managed to regain the advantage over Finlay and attacked him in return leading to Gedo calling for the War Dogs, who ran out to save their leader and pulled him out of the ring to safety. Nemeth grabbed a microphone and berated Finlay over his actions and issued a challenge for a match against Finlay at Night 2 of Wrestling Dontaku 2024 with his title on the line as incentive.