Wrestling Dontaku 2023 main event had Sanada defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi. The match was made after Sanada defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the title at Sakura Genesis on April 8. After the match, Takahashi confronted Sanada and challenged him for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. In the co-main event, Never Openweight Champion Tama Tonga tried to defend his title against David Finlay.

Wrestling Dontaku 2023 took place at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan. The event went live on NJPW World at 5:00 AM ET/2:00 AM PT. However, fans must subscribe to their service, which is $9.99 in the United States, to watch.

Wrestling Dontaku 2023 Results

  • Chaos(Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Yoh & Yoshi-Hashi) def. House of Torture (Dick Togo, Evil, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi)
  • United Empire (Great O-Khan, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) def. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nichols)
  • Jet Settlers (Kevin Knight & Kushida) & Shota Umino def. United Empire (Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP)
  • Just 5 Guys (Douki, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito)
  • Hikuleo def. (C) Kenta to win the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship
  • (C) Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb ended in a time-limit draw-NJPW World Television Championship Match
  • Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Strong Style (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita) to win the Never Openweight Six-Man Championship
  • David Finlay def. (C) Tama Tonga to win the Never Openweight Championship
  • (C) Sanada def. Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match