Tag match announced for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku

NJPW has announced a new addition to the card for Wrestling Dontaku 2024.

Night two of the event will feature a Frontier Zone match with Togi Makabe & Katsuya Murashima teaming up against Jet Wei & Naoki Sakurajima. In Frontier Zone matches, NJPW wrestlers face off against competition from smaller promotions. The concept debuted in October 2023.

Wei and Sakurajima both wrestle for Kyushu Pro Wrestling. Wei, who is from Taiwan, is also representing his home promotion PUZZLE.

Katsuya Murashima and Togi Makabe will represent NJPW in the face of new faces from Kyushu Pro-Wrestling. Kyushu Pro have already been represented in the Frontier Zone before the World Tag League finals last December, but this time, new faces include Jet Wei, currently in his second excursion to Kyushu from his home in PUZZLE. With PUZZLE itself having been represented at Wrestling World 2024 this past weekend, how will Wei represent his host and home promotions, as well as his home country?

Wei’s partner will be Naoki Sakurajima. A 16 year veteran of the independent scene, Sakurajima brings a no nonsense hard hitting style to the ring, which has seen him compete in Osaka Pro, IGF, Wrestle-1 and others. Will he make a powerful mark on May 4? Don’t miss the Frontier Zone at Dontaku!

Wrestling Dontaku is being held in Fukuoka on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Makabe & Murashima vs. Wei & Sakurajima will be the pre-show match on night two.

Makabe & Murashima are also teaming together in the night one pre-show match, taking on Boltin Oleg & Shoma Kato. Murashima and Kato are both Young Lions who debuted in November of last year.

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 --

Night one (May 3):

• IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay
• NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Jeff Cobb
• Jon Moxley, Shota Umino & El Desperado vs. Ren Narita, EVIL & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gedo
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. KENTA, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori
• Hikuleo, El Phantasmo & Jado vs. Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita
• SANADA, Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs. Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman
• DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku vs. Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
• Togi Makabe & Katsuya Murashima vs. Boltin Oleg & Shoma Kato

Night two (May 4):

• IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends against Ren Narita
• NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Gabe Kidd
• IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defend against KENTA & Chase Owens
• Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. David Finlay, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gedo
• Nic Nemeth & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA & Taichi
• Hikuleo, El Phantasmo, Shota Umino & El Desperado vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman
• Yuya Uemura & DOUKI vs. Great-O-Khan & Francesco Akira
• Boltin Oleg & Shoma Kato vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
• Togi Makabe & Katsuya Murashima vs. Jet Wei & Naoki Sakurajima