Wrestling Dontaku 2021

Wrestling Dontaku 2021
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateMay 3–4, 2021
CityFukuoka, Japan
VenueFukuoka Kokusai Center
AttendanceNight 1: 2,211[1]
Night 2: 2,367[2]
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Wrestling Dontaku 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2021, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center.[3]

The event featured eleven matches, throughout both nights.[4] In the main event of the first night Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the NEVER Openweight Championship.[5] In the second night's main event, Will Ospreay defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.[5] This was the seventeenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference N1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "NJPW Announces Wrestling Dontaku As Two-Night Event In May 2021". Fightful. December 6, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Murray, Dylan (May 2, 2021). "Preview: NJPW – Wrestling Dontaku 2021 Night One and Two". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Rose, Bryan (April 5, 2021). "NJPW Reveals Cards For Wrestling Dontaku And Satsuma no Kuni". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 3, 2021.