Konosuke Takeshita vs. El Phantasmo for NJPW World TV Title Set for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night 1

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced one new match for the card of Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night 1, which takes place on May 3rd at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan.

This new match announced was a NJPW World Television Championship match of Konosuke Takeshita vs. El Phantasmo (c).

It was also announced that as a result of Takeshita and El Phantasmo now facing off against each other for the NJPW World TV title, the previously scheduled tag team match of Jado & El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero has been pulled from the card.

It was also confirmed that the Dogpound Cage match between BULLET CLUB War Dogs and House of Torture will now feature the stipulation of Loser Leaves Bullet Club.

Current card for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night 1:

• Pre-show: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai
• Master Wato, YOH, Boltin Oleg, & Toru Yano vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, & Ryohei Oiwa)
• Just Four Guys (TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, & Yuya Uemura) & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, & Yota Tsuji)
• Ryusuke Taguchi & Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) vs. United Empire (Jakob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan, & Callum Newman)
• NJPW World Television Championship – Konosuke Takeshita vs. El Phantasmo (c)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road 〜Kinship match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Shingo Takagi vs. Shota Umino
• Loser Leaves Bullet Club Dogpound Cage match – BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Taiji Ishimori, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd, & David Finlay) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, SANADA, Ren Narita, & EVIL)