NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Night 1 Results – May 3, 2026 – Yota Tsuji vs. Andrade El Idolo

Results
May 3, 2026

May 3, 2026
Fukuoka, Japan – Fukuoka Convention Center
English Commentary: Walker Stewart, Chris Charlton, and Gino Gambino
Results via Corey Michaels of F4WOnline.com

Quick Match Results

  1. Master Wato, YOH, & Toru Yano defeated Taisei Nakahara, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask via Springboard Uppercut (pinfall 5:12)
  2. Knockout Brothers defeated Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma via Knee Strike (referee stoppage 3:13)
  3. Mistico, El Desperado, Taichi, & Yuya Uemura defeated TMDK via Frankenstiener (pinfall 10:28)
  4. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE, & Will Ospreay) defeated Tatsuya Matsumoto & Bishamon via Domination Claw (pinfall 10:08)
  5. Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE via Second Chapter (pinfall 11:43)
  6. Unbound Co. defeated United Empire (Zane Jay, Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, & Callum Newman) via Drilla Killa (pinfall 10:22)
  7. Aaron Wolf defeated Bad Luck Fale via Angle Slam (pinfall 10:30)
  8. NEVER Openweight Championship – Ren Narita (c) defeated Boltin Oleg via Cross Armbar (submission 15:20)
  9. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Andrade El Idolo defeated Yota Tsuji (c) via The Message (pinfall 32:57)

Master Wato, YOH, & Toru Yano vs. Taisei Nakahara, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask

Yano battled his way out of Nakahara and Taguchi’s early plot, dodging their every move. Wato bounced Taguchi’s rather sensitive region and poked him on the shoulder to slowly fall to the mat. Taguchi waddled out of Wato’s Funky Weapon and a charging YOH. Nkaahara stomped and chopped at Wato, who swung a comeback by way of a dropkick. With but an uppercut, Wato scored the win for his team.

Winner: Master Wato, YOH, & Toru Yano via Pinfall.

Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma vs. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)

Honma had to wind down an emphatic Yasuda, who charged to a bewildered OSKAR and Ice before the bell. As soon as it rang, Yasuda kicked Ice off the apron. OSKAR sent both of his opponents down with a push and eluded Honma’s Kokeshi. Honma kept OSKAR subdued outside, while Ice nearly succumbed to a jackknife pin. Ice kicked Yasuda straight down and followed up with a thunderous right knee to completely knock him out, ending the match.

Winner: Knockout Brothers via Referee Stoppage.

Mistico, El Desperado, Taichi, & Yuya Uemura vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, & Ryohei Oiwa)

Desperado and Fujita traded chest-reddening chops, culminating in the former spilling outside. Místico dazed Eagles with some excellent arm work, softening him up so Taichi could kick him flat. Jackson tackled Taichi and punctured him with an elbow drop.

Uemura met Oiwa after the latter dominated Taichi. Jackson came in for the assist, as did Fujita, but all of TMDK fell to adrenealine-fueled dropkicks. Oiwa trapped Uemura’s arm, tightened in a Cobra Twist Abdominal Stretch. Jackson drove the oxygen out of Uemura’s lungs with a well-placed senton. Místico and Desperado dropkicked Fujita and Eagles. Jackson burst through Uemur once again, this time by a Big Crossbody. Uemura surprised him with a quick Frankensteiner to secure the victory.

Winner: Mistico, El Desperado, Taichi, & Yuya Uemura via Pinfall.

Post-match: Eagles and Fujita teased a challenge to defend their IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship. Místico took the bait gleefully and issued the challenge, to which Eagles accepted for Wrestling Dontaku, Night Two, on May 4.

Tatsuya Matsumoto & Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE, & Will Ospreay)

Bishamon overwhelmed Ospreay, and they joined Matsumoto in clobbering his tender spine. Ospreay recovered with a scoop-and-slam on Matsumoto. In the crowd, Khan pinned Goto to the concrete as he sat proudly on a chair. Goto threw a lariat at Ospreay, and YOSHI-HASHI rescued him from Khan with a superkick. Matsumoto unwisely charged at Khan, yet succeeded in rocking him with an uppercut. Khan rendered Matsumoto unconscious with his Iron Claw, repeatedly slammed his cranium to the mat, and pinned him.

Winner: United Empire via Pinfall.

Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)

Takeshita, conspicuously missing his NJPW World Television Championship, demanded that Owens give it back. Owens played the fool before sending him outside and flipping Umino over his shoulder. Takahashi charged Takeshita into the ring post. Takeshita dove outside, clattering Takahashi into the barricade. The Alpha then rocked Owens with an elbow. Owens responded with a Snapmare Driver. Takeshita ate a Z-Trigger and let loose a Knockout Shot.

Umino and Takeshita aligned to elbow hte House of Torture before accidentally bumping into each other. Following a tense stare, Takeshita pushed Umino out of the way to take the brunt of their ambush. Umino didn’t let his effort fall in vain, as he turned the page for his patented Second Chapter to pin Takahashi for the 3-count.

Winner: Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita via Pinfall.

Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney, & Shingo Takagi) vs. United Empire (Zane Jay, Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, & Callum Newman)

Unbound Co. struck as though preemtively so, leading X and Ishimori room to batter Akira. Nagai took the subsequent opening to kick and strike Akira. Lee hurled Nagai into Newman’s boot in the corner. Newman taunted Nagai’s feeble elbow strikes until the latter’s Shotgun Blast kicked him into the corner. Takagi neutralized Jay’s dropkick attempt with a shoulder tackle. Moloney coordinated an offense with Takagi where they punched the young United Empire member to the mat. Nagai dove onto Newman outside, while X did the same to Lee, Akira, and Young. Moloney chopped down Jay, resulting in a brainbuster and a gore. His Drilla Killa put Jay down for the count in the pinfall.

Winner: Unbound Co. via Pinfall.

Post-match: Takagi and Newman got in each other’s faces, shoving until they brawled.

Aaron Wolf vs. Bad Luck Fale

Neither wrestler wasted a second, with the more tenacious Wolf charging his collossal opponent to one knee. Fale mercilessly threw Wolf into the sea of chairs ouside and sat on his chest. Wolf had enough of Fale’s bullying and flung him into the barricades, again and again. With a Judo Toss and elbow drop, Wolf inched closer to victory. Thanks to Chase Owens distracting Referee Marty Asami, Wolf’s hold on Fale bore no fruit. Fale and Owens niftily knocked out Asami so they could clobber Wolf and fling him into an exposed turnbuckle.

In the nick of time, Wolf rolled away from Fale’s devastating elbow drop. Baiting Fale into the corner, Wolf tossed him there again and miraculoulsy dropped him with a scoo-and-slam. With an Angle Slam, Wolf stood tall over his biggest obstacle so far with a pinfall win.

Winner: Aaron Wolf via Pinfall.

NEVER Openweight Championship
Boltin Oleg vs. Ren Narita (c)

Narita executed a premeditated ambush on Boltin. Once the bell rung, however, Boltin came alive, knocking Narita outside. Dick Togo caught Boltin’s attention, lending enough time for Narita to strike his challenger with a steel chair. Narita swung Boltin into rows of chairs in front of a frightened Fukuoka crowd. The champion wrenched Bolltin’s arm against the lowest arm of the turnbuckle. Boltin powered up to convert Narita’s cross-arm hold into a ruinous powerbomb. Though Narita adorned Boltin’s arm with a steel chair for malicious purposes, the challenger used it against his foe. A Boltin Shake and Boltin Splash crushed Narita. Yoshinobu Kanemaru tried to spit whiskey into Boltin’s face, but he sneakily did it first to reduce the odds against him.

SHO arrived, temporarily distracting Boltin until Aaron Wolf came out to carry him off. Narita ensnared Boltin with a Guillotine Choke and a Double Cross. Boltin unleashed a Kamikaze but couldn’t capitalize due to his weak shoulders. The challenger writhed enough to break Narita’s cross-arm. Countering another cross-arm, Boltin nearly used it to end Narita’s reign with another powerbomb. Unfortunately, Togo returned with a low blow. Narita submitted Boltin with one last cross-arm.

Winner: Ren Narita via Submission to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
Andrade El Idolo vs. Yota Tsuji (c)

The main event saw these competitors sprinting full speed ahead, with Idolo and Tsuji sharing a Tranquilo pose after a standstill. In the corner, Tsuji hammered his fist into Idolo’s skull; the challenger usurped control with a spike into said corner. The AEW talent grounded the Global Heavyweight title holder with a headlock narrowly broken by the ropes. Idolo caught Tsuji on the ropes, springboarding off with a Spanish Fly. A Tsuji-cita swung a comeback for the champion. Idolo demolished Tsuji with a Running Double Knee Smash.

Tsuji unsheathed a Curb Stomp on a rope-perched Idolo, who transitioned it into a powerslam on the apron and followed with a tornillo. Returning to the ropes once more for a Marlowe Crush, Tsuji thwacked Idolo with a chop and executed the move on the ropes. Pivoting with surgical precision, Tsuji surprisingly sent Idolo flying with a hurricanrana. Tsuji unleashed anothe Spanish Fly. Idolo sensed a Gene Blaster and cut it off with a Spinning Back Elbow. In the final stretch, these fatigued wrestlers chopped a cloud of mist off each other’s chest, exposing gnarly welts. Tsuji headbutted Idolo and they traded pin attempts. His last hopes being a Schoolboy Suplex and a Hammerlock DDT, Idolo’s hopes were in vain. In a brutal spot, Idolo DM’d Tsuji into the ring post, and again on the mat to become the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.

Winner: Andrade El Idolo via Pinfall to become the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.

Post-match: Idolo, relieved, stated that he “did it”. Acknowledging the feelings his win may bring while being an AEW talent, he encouraged a new challenger to step up. Out came Drilla Moloney and Shota Umino, both arguing en route to the ring. Idolo proposed making the upcoming bout a triple-threat match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.

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