Wrestling Dontaku 2015: Difference between revisions

|venue=[[Fukuoka Convention Center#Fukuoka Kokusai Center|Fukuoka Kokusai Center]]<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015/>

|lastevent=[[Invasion Attack 2015|Invasion Attack]]

|nextevent=[[Global Wars '15|Global Wars '15: Night #1]]

|lastevent2=[[Wrestling Dontaku 2014|2014]]

|nextevent2=[[Wrestling Dontaku 2016|2016]]

'''Wrestling Dontaku 2015''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) event promoted by [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2015, in [[Fukuoka]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]] at [[Fukuoka Convention Center#Fukuoka Kokusai Center|Fukuoka Kokusai Center]] and featured nine matches, three of which were contested for [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championships]].<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=968 | title = レスリングどんたく 2015 | accessdate=May 3, 2015 | work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015SN>{{cite web | url = http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/fight_all/4085 | title = 新日本プロレスレ「レスリングどんたく 2015」 | date=May 3, 2015 | accessdate=May 3, 2015 | work=Sports Navi | publisher=[[Yahoo!]] | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015WON>{{cite web | url = http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/102-japan/42355-new-japan-dontaku-live-coverage-5-3-fukuoka-rpg-vice-vs-bucks-vs-redragon-nakamura-vs-goto-omega-vs-shelley-and-maria-teases-karl-andersond | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150504193812/http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/102-japan/42355-new-japan-dontaku-live-coverage-5-3-fukuoka-rpg-vice-vs-bucks-vs-redragon-nakamura-vs-goto-omega-vs-shelley-and-maria-teases-karl-andersond | title = New Japan Dontaku live coverage 5-3 Fukuoka - RPG Vice vs. Bucks vs ReDRagon, Nakamura vs. Goto, Omega vs. Shelley and Maria teases Karl Anderson | last=Meltzer | first=Dave | authorlink=Dave Meltzer | archivedate=May 4, 2015 | date=May 3, 2015 | accessdate=May 3, 2015 | work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref>

In addition to airingstreaming worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, [[NJPW World]],<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015/> the event also aired in Japan as a regular PPV through [[SKY PerfecTV!]]'s Sukachan service.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=13906 | archiveurl = https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6YYNBx6RHweb/20150518084512/http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=13906 | title = 5月3日（日）17:00～ スカチャン4で『レスリングどんたく2015』をPPV生放送!! | archivedate=May 1518, 2015 | url-status = live | date=May 1, 2015 | accessdate=May 15, 2015 | work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> It was the twelfth event under the [[Wrestling Dontaku]] name.

Wrestling Dontaku 2015 was main evented by [[Shinsuke Nakamura]] defending the [[IWGP Intercontinental Championship]] against [[Hirooki Goto]].<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=13718 | archiveurl = https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6XZzYgtbEweb/20150410001256/http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=13718 | title = 5月3日（日）『レスリングどんたく』全カード決定! メインは中邑vs後藤のIC戦! ケニーvsシェリー! Jr.タッグ3Way戦! なんとマリアが試合に出場! | archivedate=April 610, 2015 | url-status = live | date=April 6, 2015 | accessdate=April 6, 2015 | work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015CardPWT>{{cite web | url = http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_84300.shtml | title = NJPW news: Huge upcoming matches - Styles vs. Okada announced for July PPV, three title matches & historic six-person tag announced for next PPV in May, more | last=Caldwell | first=James | date=April 5, 2015 | accessdate=April 6, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015CardPWI>{{cite web | url = http://pwinsider.com/article/92872/new-japan-announces-wrestling-dontaku-lineup-largest-g1-tournament-in-history-and-more.html?p=1 | title = New Japan announces Wrestling Dontaku lineup, largest G-1 tournament in history and more | last=Macklin | first=Matthew | date=April 6, 2015 | accessdate=April 6, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref> After failing to win the [[New Japan Cup#2015|2015 New Japan Cup]] and earn himself an [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]] match, Goto announced he was changing his target and was now going forto the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/384472/ | title = 洋央紀 中邑のＩＣ王座に標的変更 | date=April 2, 2015 | accessdate=April 6, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> Initially Nakamura did not take Goto's challenge seriously,<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/> but this changed on April 5 at [[Invasion Attack 2015]], when he was pinned in a six-man tag team match by Goto, who then publicly challenged him to a title match,<ref name=NakamuraGoto>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/385769/ | title = 洋央紀が中邑からフォール！ＩＣ王座に挑戦へ | date=April 6, 2015 | accessdate=April 6, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> which was made official the followingnext day.<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015CardPWT/> Goto is a former [[List of IWGP Intercontinental Champions|one-time]] IWGP Intercontinental Champion and lost the title to Nakamura in July 2012.<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/><ref name=NakamuraGoto/> Prior toBefore the title match, Goto announced his goal was to first win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and then [[Championship unification|unify]] it with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/394418/ | title = 洋央紀が史上初のＩＷＧＰ＆インターコンチ統一戦構想 | date=April 28, 2015 | accessdate=April 28, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref>

The semi-main event of the show built up the July [[Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall]] [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]] main event between [[A.J. Styles]] and [[Kazuchika Okada]] with Styles teaming with his [[Bullet Club]] stablemate [[Yujiro Takahashi]] to take onface Okada and his [[Chaos (professional wrestling)|Chaos]] stablemate [[Yoshi-Hashi]] in a tag team match.<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015CardPWT/> The previous year at [[Wrestling Dontaku 2014]], Takahashi turned on Chaos and jumped tojoined Bullet Club by costing Okada the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in a match against Styles.<ref name=PWIPreview>{{cite web | url = http://pwinsider.com/article/93398/njpw-wrestling-dontaku-preview.html?p=1 | title = NJPW Wrestling Dontaku preview | last=Macklin | first=Matthew | date=April 30, 2015 | accessdate=April 30, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref> One of the matches at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 pitted three sets of rivals against each other in a six-man tag team match as [[Kazushi Sakuraba]], [[Tomohiro Ishii]] and [[Toru Yano]] were set to take on [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]], [[Katsuyori Shibata]] and [[Togi Makabe]].<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/><ref name=PWIPreview/> Sakuraba and Shibata started their rivalryfeud with each other followingafter Invasion Attack 2015, where Sakuraba submitted his former protégé in a tag team match,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/389301/ | script-title=ja:柴田が師匠・桜庭に宣戦布告 | date=April 14, 2015 | accessdate=April 30, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> Ishii and Makabe had feuded since the beginning of the year over the [[NEVER Openweight Championship]], which Makabe won from Ishii on both January 4 and April 29,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/395316/ | script-title=ja:真壁ＮＥＶＥＲ王座奪還の裏に浜ちゃんあり | date=April 30, 2015 | accessdate=April 30, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> while Yano and Tanahashi had feuded since March's New Japan Cup with Yano scoring multiple upset wins over his rival.<ref name=PWIPreview/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/374438/ | script-title=ja:【新日ＮＪＣ】棚橋 天敵・矢野にまさかの１６７秒負け | date=March 6, 2015 | accessdate=April 30, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> Another big match would see Bullet Club's [[Amber O'Neal|Amber Gallows]], [[Drew Hankinson|Doc Gallows]] and [[Karl Anderson]] take onface [[The Kingdom (professional wrestling)|The Kingdom]]'s [[Maria Kanellis]], [[Matt Taven]] and [[Michael Bennett (wrestler)|Michael Bennett]] in a six-person intergender tag team match.<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015CardPWT/> At Invasion Attack 2015, Taven and Bennett defeated Gallows and Anderson to capture the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]], largely thanks to a distraction from Bennett's wife Maria Kanellis.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/385772/ | title = ＲＯＨ軍が"お色気作戦"でＩＷＧＰタッグ王座強奪 | date=April 6, 2015 | accessdate=April 6, 2015 | work=[[Tokyo Sports]] | language=Japanese}}</ref> The followingnext day, it was announced that Bullet Club would be bringing in Gallows' wife, wrestler Amber Gallows, to take on Taven, Bennett and Kanellis in a rare intergender match.<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/><ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015CardPWT/> This marked the first NJPW match involving female wrestlers since October 2002.<ref name=WrestlingDontaku2015Card/>

|match8=Bullet Club ([[A.J.AJ Styles]] and [[Yujiro Takahashi]]) defeated [[Chaos (professional wrestling)|Chaos]] ([[Kazuchika Okada]] and [[Yoshi-Hashi]]) (with [[Gedo (wrestler)|Gedo]])

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