Rocky Romero Revealed as Konosuke Takeshita’s Tag Partner for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025, Updated Cards

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Rocky Romero will be the mystery partner for Konosuke Takeshita for Takeshita’s tag team matches at their Wrestling Dontaku 2025 events on May 3-4 at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan.

NJPW’s official website:

Rocky Romero to side with Konosuke Takeshita at Dontaku!
Takeshita’s mystery partner revealed

In the wake of an emotional main event at Windy City Riot this past weekend, El Phantasmo offered his congratulations to Konosuke Takeshita for defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi, but reminded the NEVER Openweight Champion of a hard fought war the two had during the G1 Climax last summer. ELP challenged the Alpha to a match at Resurgence May 9 for the title, a challenge that the Alpha accepted, yet no sooner had the words left both men’s lips then Phantasmo was attacked by Rocky Romero.

One time arch enemies, Romero and Phantasmo had teamed together for the first time ever earlier in the night, and it was clear the two were far from being on the same page. Yet it wasn’t until AEW’s Collision that this seemed to be more than an issue of frustration with Phantasmo.

Romero would team with Tomohiro Ishii on the night to face Takeshita and his tag team partner Josh Alexander, who had recently been recruited to Don Callis’ stable of wrestlers. After Ishii and Romero butted heads through the match, Romero dropped off the apron, refusing to tag the newly crowned NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion, and leaving Ishii to the wolves. Then, a returning Beretta, Rocky’s former Roppongi Vice partner continued to pile on the damage together with Rocky and a jubilant Callis.

Now Romero and Takeshita are united under the Callis Family banner, and set to tag at Dontaku. But against ELP and Jado on May 3 and then Phantasmo with Boltin Oleg on May 4, has Rocky bitten off more than he can chew? 

Updated 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)
• Jado & El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero
• Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road 〜Kinship match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Shingo Takagi vs. Shota Umino
• 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)

Full card for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night 2:

• Pre-show: Katsuya Murashima & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jet Wei & Hitamaru Saksaki
• Batten Blabla & Mentai Kid vs. Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
• Master Wato & YOSHI-HASHI vs. United Empire (Jakob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan)
• Stardom Showcase match – TBA vs. TBA
• Boltin Oleg & El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero
• TAJIRI, Ryota Chikuzen, YOH, Toru Yano, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr.)
• Just Four Guys (TAKA Michinoku & Taichi), Tomohiro Ishii, & Shota Umino vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, & Shingo Takagi)
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Yuya Uemura vs. Yota Tsuji (c)
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Callum Newman vs. Hirooki Goto (c)