SANADA To Defend IWGP World Heavyweight Title Against Hiromu Takahashi At NJPW Wrestling Dontaku

The lineup for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku is set.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that SANADA will make his first defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Hiromu Takahashi at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku on May 3.

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Plus, Tama Tonga defends the NEVER Openweight Championship against David Finlay and Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita) defend the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Titles against Kazuchika Okada and two partners of his choosing.

Fans can see the announced lineup below.

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku (5/3)

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: SANADA (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
  • NEVER Openweight Championship: Tama Tonga (c) vs. David Finlay
  • NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada, TBA, & TBA
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb
  • KENTA vs. Hikuleo
  • Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
  • Shota Umino, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight vs. Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP
  • Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita vs. Great-O-Khan & Aussie Open
  • Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & YOH vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo

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