Andrade El Idolo Wins IWGP Global Heavyweight Title at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night 1 2026

Indie / Misc
May 3, 2026

Sunday’s NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Night 1 event at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan featured Andrade El Idolo defeating Yota Tsuji to become the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.

Following the match, Andrade gave a speech to the crowd about his title victory and called out for a challenger to step up. This led to Drilla Moloney and Shoto Umino both coming out and arguing their way to the ring. After some words, Andrade stated that he would be willing to defend his title against both Moloney and Umino in a Triple Threat match.

This was Andrade’s first ever IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship victory in his NJPW career.

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