New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/4/2026 Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Day 2

New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/4/2026 Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Day 2

Day 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-japan-pro-wrestling-532026.html

NJPW World Television Title Match - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Chase Owens

Chase goes after KT as he enters and they fight outside. They botch a move on the rails then KT ddt's him on the floor. The bell rings and KT side headlocks him in the ring. KT leg lariats Chase. Chase facekicks him out then dropkicks him through the ropes. 

Chase drops him chest first on the rail. KT's head is banged off the apron then KT snapmare drivers him on the apron for 2. Chase short arm lariats him for 2. They forearm each other. KT pump kicks him then KT flying lariats him. KT flying knees him and exploders him for 2. 

They trade forearms. Chase spinning back elbows him then pump kicks him. Chase running knees him for 2. KT brainbusters him. KT pump kicks him then backdrops him on the apron. Chase is backdropped on the apron. Yujiro Takahashi hits KT with a cane outside. Chase pumping knees KT then pepsi twist's him for 2. KT is sent into the ref. Shota Umino comes in to save KT. House of Torture then attack Shota and KT shields him. The NJPW main army comes to save them and clears the heels off. KT tope con hilos the heels outside.

Chase hits KT with a spur for 2. Chase knees KT in the face. KT pumping knees him twice. KT hits raging fire and pins him.

Thoughts: It was almost all cheating and interference. It didn't look that good on paper without all that stuff and it wasn't any better with it. KT won as expected.

The masked guy from the last big show comes out and attacks KT after. It's Sanada and he has gone back to his old look. Sanada hits deadfall on him. 

Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Gedo)

RT and Nagai stare down pre-match. RT and Nagai mat wrestle to start and trade some basic holds. RT makes Nagai run the ropes endlessly. Nagai dropkicks RT. Gedo snapmares RT then rakes his face with his eyes. Gedo gets a 2 count on him. RT misses a hip attack. RT tries another and is kicked in the butt. RT tries it again and is atomic dropped. RT then hits a succesful hip attack.

Tat and Nagai trade forearms. Tat flying euros him for 2. Tat water wheel drops him for 2. RT flying hip attacks Gedo. Tat takes a double flying hip attacks. Tat crabs Nagai. Tat hits forearms on Nagai then Nagai spinebusters him for 2. 

Nagai hits forearms and a chest headbutt on Tat. Nagai corner dropkicks Tat. Nagai top rope diving headbutts Tat and pin him.

Thoughts: It was half-young lions match and half-comedy. The young lions were better than the comedy. It didn't get enough time to be anything too good and the comedy brought it down. Nagai's top rope diving headbutt was nice.

Nagai promises to win the A-Block in BOSJ after. 

Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)

Honma and Ice trade forearms. Honma shoulders him over then misses a falling headbutt drop. Os tags in and he chops Honma up. Ice hits kicks and knees on Honma. Ice misses a corner meteora. Ice stomps Honma then htis big slaps. HOnma lariats him. 

Os and Shota go at it. Shota dropkicks him in the knee and head. Shota hits forearms then is chopped. Os takes a dragon screw then Shota STF's him. Os blocks a tornado ddt. Shota is thrown hard into the buckles. Os kicks and chops him. Shota hits forearms and chops. Shota hits a nice dropkick. 

Honma misses a headbutt drop and Os legdrops him. Honma flying headbutts Os and Shota dropkicks Ice out. Shota running euros Os then tornado ddt's him. The faces hit double falling headbutt drops on Os for 2. 

Honma lariats Os. Os sleepers him. Honma headbutts him then battering ram headbutts him in the face for 2. Honma cradles him for 2. Honma rolls up Os for 2. Os sleepers Honma then swings him down. Os makes Honma tap out.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time but I liked what we got. Shota was on fire here and Honma did his usual headbutts while the heels hit shots. I would have been cool with this going longer. Honma losing was a bit predictable.

Ice taunts Shota after.

Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & YOH vs. House Of Torture (Don Fale, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi)

Wolf gets jumped on the ramp as he comes out. Everone fights outside. Wolf is then sent into the rail. Don punches Yano in the gut and Yano goes out. Tiger kicks Don in the gut and struggles to jump on his back. Tiger is double teamed. Tiger rolling double mule kicks Kanemaru then spin kicks Ren. 

Wato hits forearms on Sho then flying back elbows him. Wato tilt-a-whirl backbreakers the heels for 2. Wato is tripped from the outside. Sho eye rakes Wato and throws him out. Wolf is sent into the post. 

Yujiro hits forearms on Wato and facekicks him on the ropes. Fale stands on Wato's back. Ren back elbows Wato for 2. Kanemaru eye rakes Wato then takes a leg lariat. Yoh comes in and hits dropkicks on the heels. He then dragon screws 2 of them. Yoh neckbreakers Kanemaru for 2. Kanemaru pushes the ref into Yoh then tornado ddt's him. Yoh falcon arrows him.

Wolf and Ren get in. Wolf shoulders him over then hip throws him. Wolf corner lariats him, suplexes him and elbow drops him for 2. Ren rolls him into a double leg lock and Togo helps out. Wolf ropebreaks. 

Wolf forearms Ren then Ren dropkicks him in the knee. Wolf takes running corner attacks. Wolf is then 2nd rope chopped in the crotch for 2. Yujiro fisherman suplexes Wolf for 2. Wolf AA's and olympic slams Yujiro for the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't much. Everyone got their segment in and not much else. We thankfully didn't get too much HoT shenanigans here. Wolf got most of the shine here and it was very average.

Tiger thanks everyone after and says he will wrestle in this area for Kyushu Pro.

Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa)

Oiwa side headlocks Yuya. They trade wristlocks. Yuya snapmares him into an armlock. Yuya armdrags Oiwa. Oiwa headscissors him on the mat then Yuya headscissors him. They butt heads and tag out. Hart and Tai get in. They shoulder battle. Tai facekicks him and is shouldered over. Hart elbow drops him. Tai takes a double back elbow and a splash for 2. Oiwa hits forearms. Tai running facekicks him. 

Yuya and Oiwa fight. Yuya flying forearms him. Yuya goes up and over Hart, armdrags him and dropkicks him. Yuya bulldogs him for 2. Oiwa side headlocks Yuya. Oiwa dropkicks Yuya in the knee then clips him. Oiwa bangs Yuya's knee off the mat. Yuya rolls him into a kimura. Yuya takes a double suplex for 2.

 Oiwa figure fours Yuya. Tai breaks it up. Yuya throws him by the arm and twists his arm. Tai hits kicks on Oiwa's shoulder. Oiwa shoulders him over and elbow drops him. Hart corner splashes Tai and lariats him for 2. Hart bodypresses Tai on a backdrop attempt. Tai side kicks him then spinning chops him. Tai running lariats him. 

Tai takes his patns off and is lariated. Oiwa kneebreakers Yuya and Yuya enzugiri's him. Yuya backdrops Oiwa. Hart blocks a Yuya hurricanrana and throws him on a powerbomb. Hart sentons Tai for 2. Hart and Tai do sumo and Tai throws him over. Tai superkicks Hart. Tai air raid crashes him and pins him.

Thoughts: The pace could have been a bit better here as it slowed down in the 2nd half and lost some of its quality with it. It wasn't bad though and Oiwa/Yuya had some encouraging segments.  

United Empire (Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji)

The heels attack before the bell. Akira side headlocks TI then shoulders him over. TI flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. Young nails TI from behind. X goes up and over Young. X slingshot swantons him. X is pushed into TI. Akira misses a standing moonsault and is dropkicked from behind. Young back elbows TI. X pele kicks Young. Akira rolls X into a double stomp.

TI canadian destroyers Akira. Akira no sells it and meteora's him. Lee boots Drilla then Drilla chops him. Lee eye rakes Drilla then is dropkicked. Drilla flying corner spears Lee then delay suplexes him for 2. Lee overhead belly to belly suplexes Drilla.

Zane comes off the top and hits Drilla. Zane goes for a hurricanrana and Drilla powerbombs him down. Yota comes in. He corner splashes Zane. Zane dropkicks him.  

Zane fallaway slams Yota for 2. Yota takes corner attacks and a lariat. Yota flatliners Zane into a curbstomp. Yota orange crushes him for 2. They trade pin attempts. Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him then crabs him. X goes up top and springboard corkscrew dives outside. Zane taps out.

Thoughts: It didn't get much time and the ending was disappointing with Zane tapping to a simple crab. Everyone got their segment and not much else here. Robbie got a few nice dives in and Jake Lee did nothing of note.

Drilla and Jake stare down after.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c) vs. El Desperado & Mistico

Despy and Kosei butt heads. Despy slaps him. They trade chops. Despy jumps up and Kosei dropkicks him. Mist and Rob trade chops. Rob walks up the ropes and springboard armdrags him. Rob flying headscissors Mist then spinning heel kicks him. Rob leg kicks Mist. Mist springboard diving headscissors him. 

Mist chops Rob. Mist walks up the ropes and springboard corkscrew diving armdrags him. Rob takes a double boot and a double elbow drop. Kosei flying headscissors Mist. Despy take a baseball slide. Mist's legs are split and he takes a double kick.

Despy takes a double foot choke in the corner. Kosei chops Despy then PK's him for 1. Rob pulls on Despy's leg and Despy ropebreaks. Kosei suplexes Despy for 2. Despy hits shots on Rob. Rob dropkicks him in the knee. Rob hits chest kicks on Despy.

Despy backdrops Rob. Mist hits a springboard double back elbow. Mist then double armdrags his opponents off a double hiptoss into the ropes. Mist 619's Rob then springboard diving armdrags Kosei. Mist flying headscissors Rob. Mist springboard crossbodies Rob then la magistral's him for 2. 

Rob misses a 450 off the top. Mist la mistica's him but Rob turns it into a pin attempt. Rob rolls up Mist for 2. Kosei chops Mist then springboard dropkicks him for 2. Mist superkicks Kosei. Despy slams Kosei then suplexes him for 2. Kosei trips Despy and Despy ropebreaks. 

Despy spinebusters Kosei then stretch mufflers him. Rob standing shiranui's Mist. Rob is sent out and he kicks Despy on a tope attempt. Kosei springboard swantons Despy. Mist topes Kosei. Rob then tope con hilos Mist and Despy through the ropes. Despy takes a big ending + cutter for 2.

Mist is popped up and he double dropkicks TMDK. Mist then topes Rob. Despy tope con hilos Kosei through the ropes. Despy gets in and does a sitout spinning bomb on Kosei for 2. Kosei step up enzugiri's Despy.

Kosei is rammed into the buckles. Kosei takes a enzugiri's on the top rope. Mist top rope spanish flies him. Rob canadian destroyers Mist. Despy spears Rob. Despy corner lariats Kosei. Kosei headbutts him twice. Kosei armbar takedowns Despy then canks back on the arm. Mist la mistica's Rob. Despy stretch mufflers Kosei at the same time and submits him.

Thoughts: I wish the spanish fly and canadian destroyer would have meant a bit more here but this is 2026 and that's just not gonna happen. It was a good bout otherwise here with them flying a lot and being able to work together despite the language differences. Everyone brought their title thing to this and it mostly worked out well.

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Bishamontin (Hirooki Goto, Oleg Boltin & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay)

Yoshi gets beaten up by the heels. Yoshi boots Hen off the ropes. Hen takes a double shoulderblock. Goto hiptosses Yoshi onto Hen. Will bangs Goto's head off the apron and Hen sends Yoshi into the rails. Khan bangs Oleg's arm off the table then uses a chair on it. Will spinning backbreakers Yoshi for 2.

Yoshi headhunters Will. Hen shoulders Yoshi over. Hen chopes down Yoshi. Hen misses a senton. Yoshi dropkicks Hen in the gut. Hen and Oleg get in and shoulder battle. Oleg karelin's lifts Hen then kips up. Oleg vader bombs Hen. Hen hits kicks on Oleg then sentons him for 2. 

 Oleg and Hen chop each other. Hen hits a strike combo on Oleg then corner lariats him. They trade lariats and Hen drops him. Oleg lariats him down then Hen side slam bombs him for 2. Will springboard forearms Oleg. Will spinning forearms Yoshi off the apron. Will then slingshot plancha's outside.

WIll shiranui's Oleg for 2. Will avoids an Oleg F-5. Oleg blocks a standing moonsault. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him off a hidden blade attempt. Goto comes in and spinning heel kicks Will. Goto backdrops him. 

Will top rope diving foreams Goto from behind and sitout powerbombs him for 2. Will and Goto trade shots. Will hits Kawada kicks. Goto hits a GTR then Hen spinebusters Goto. Will standing corkscrew moonsaults Goto. Yoshi takes a triple team in the corner then Khan pump kicks Yoshi. 

Khan corner lariats Goto then samoan drops him. Will springboard 450's Goto for 2. Will hook kicks Goto. Oleg catches Will's springboard and finlay rolls him. Hen sends Oleg into the rails. Hen is then sent into the rails. Hen knees Oleg in the face, sending him over the rail. Goto goes up top and is facekicked. Goto 2nd rope code red's him for 2. 

Yoshi and Khan get in. Yoshi dropkicks him then ddt's him for 2. Khan sends Yoshi into the rails then suplexes him on the floor. Yoshi fights off a 2v1. Hen hits Yoshi in the gut. Yoshi is thrown into a sitout bomb for 2. Yoshi lariats Hen then Will. 

Khan takes corner attacks. Khan then takes a russian legsweep + headhunter combo. Goto suplexes Khan. Yoshi superkicks Will. Oleg shoulders Hen over. Oleg rams Khan into the corner. Khan takes corner lariats. Khan takes a top rope diving bulldog + flapjack for 2.

Oleg dropkicks Hen. Will superkicks Goto. Will top rope corkscrew moonsaults outside. Yoshi ddt's Hen off a spear attempt. Khan iron claws Yoshi. Khan bangs Yoshi's head off the mat. Yoshi codebreakers Khan for 2 off a claw slam attempt. Khan pump kicks Yoshi from behind. Yoshi takes a double powerbomb + hidden blade and is pinned.

Thoughts: This would have been a Korakuen level main event a few years ago and is now a semi-main on a bigger show. The match was fine but not great. The pace just really slowed down in the second half and the crowd wasn't there. I liked the hidden blade + double powerbomb finish and I thought it was nice of Will to do this match when he really didn't have to. Will's team winning wasn't too shocking but I don't think we're seeing him until the next big show, so those titles won't be defended for a bit.

United Empire talks on the mic after. Khan says they are coming for the tag titles next. The Knockout Brothers come out. Ice hypes up the match and says he wants to fight the strongest, make money and get high. Ice says you don't have to think, you just have to feel. 

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - Callum Newman (c) vs. Shingo Takagi

CN stalls to start then hits forearms. Shingo forearms him back. CN running boots him then is shouldered over. CN enzugiri's him. Shingo blocks an os cutter. CN takes a dragon screw. CN stalls outside. He is sent into the post. Shingo then corkscrews him off a shoulderblock inside. Shingo suplexes him for 2. 

Shingo hit a punch then CN knees him in the ribs. Shingo is backdropped on the apron. CN puts him in a seat in the crowd and flying dropkicks him. CN sits down and asks Natsupoi  to sit next to him. CN puts his arm around her. Shingo gets mad and sends him into the steps. 

CN stomps on Shingo then rubs his fist in Shingo's ribs. CN kicks him in the back then hits knees to the face. Shingo knees him back in the face. Shingo hiptosses him. Shingo tornado ddt's him. Shingo lariats him over the top. Shingo moves out of a tope con hilo then hits his own tope con hilo. 

Shingo slams and sentons him. Shingo hits a corner lariat then punches and chops. Shingo hits a twist and shout for 2. Shingo throws him off the 2nd rope then hits downward elbows. CN hits kicks to the head then punts him in the ribs. CN backdrops him through a table. CN suplexes him for 2. 

Shingo hits back elbows on CN. Shingo forearms him and they trade forearms. They trade suplexes and CN both guys are down. Shingo and CN trade lariats. CN facekicks him and is lariated. CN spin kicks him and they lariat each other down. CD headlfips out of a ddt. CN springboards and Shingo cutters him on the landing. Shingo underhook suplexes him for 2. 

CN os cutters him for 2.  CN misses a double stomp. CN pulls the ref out then Zane Jay lariats Shingo. Nagai, Yota Tsuji and Jake Lee get involved. Newman double stomps Shingo's back. CN underhook suplexes him for 2. CN hits forearms. CN hits chest kicks.

Shingo lariats CN. Shingo hits a made in Japan on CN then hits a second one for 2. Shingo running lariats him. Shingo hits a burning dragon for 2. Shingo lariats him. CN hits some slaps. Shingo hits forearms then headbutts him. Shingo drops him with a big forearm. CN low blows him and hits an underhook suplex for 2. 

CN lariats him. CN really launches him on a GTS. Shingo hits shoulders and a headbutt. Shingo poisonrana's him. Shingo lariats CN for 2. CN low blows Shingo then F-5's him into a side pendulum slam to win.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. They definitely tried to have a great one but I didn't think it got to that level. Newman cheated a lot and they had a fair bit of downtime between bigger spots. Shingo put out a good effort and was hitting cutters and poisonrana's. It was acceptable to okay but not great.

United Empire claps for Newman after. Will Ospreay isn't thrilled. Yota Tsuji checks on Shingo, gets surrendered then low blowed and hit with the title by Newman. Newman goes to hit Shingo with the title and Will stops him. Newman tells Will to do it. Newman calls him "Death Rider" and Will hidden blade's Shingo. Will then asks if he's happy as they tease the Will vs Newman feud.

Newman asks if Shingo and Yota are okay after. Newman says Shingo and Yota keep ruining his good time. Newman says him and Jake Lee can fight Shingo and Yota. He says if he and Jake win, neither of them can challenge him for the title. Newman says he will give them a title shot at Dominion if either pins him. United Empire then get streamers and pose after. 

Overall thoughts: House of Torture's matches were garbage as usual. I wanted to see more of Shota Umino's match but I liked what we got. Yuya and Oiwa's match wasn't as good as I hoped but it was still alright. Yota's 8-man tag was too short. I thought Mistico's match was the best match on the show and thought the semi-main was the second best. They tried for a great bout in the main and didn't fully get there. The main was just acceptable to okay. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the top matches mostly delivered but with a bit more luck it could have been higher. It was a much better show than the night before and was good overall.