Wrestling Dontaku 2024

Wrestling Dontaku 2024 was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3 and 4, 2024, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. It was the 19th event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

Storylines
Wrestling Dontaku featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event
The first night of the event started with the preshow bout between Katsuya Murashima and Togi Makabe, and Shoma Kato and one third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions Oleg Boltin solded with the victory of the latter team.

The first main card match saw the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho and Yujiro Takahashi picking up a victory over Taka Michinoku and Douki in tag team action. Next up, KOPW Champion Yuya Uemura and Taichi defeated Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan in tag team competition. In the fourth bout, Jado, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo defeated Kosei Fujita and Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls in six-man tag team competition. Next up, Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens and Kenta defeated Tigers Mask, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi ahead of Owens, Kenta and Bishamon's confrontation for the IWGP Tag titles from one night later. In the sixth bout, Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito obtained a victory over Gedo, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney, and Gabriel Kidd in eight-man tag team competition ahead of Takagi and Kidd's confrontation for the NEVER Openweight Championship from one night later. Next up, El Desperado, Shota Umino and Jon Moxley defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita and Evil via disqualification ahead of Narita and Moxley's match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship from one night later. Next up, Jeff Cobb defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the NJPW World Television Championship, ending the latter's reign at 21 days and no defenses. In the semi main event, David Finlay defeated Yota Tsuji in singles competition.

In the main event, Nic Nemeth defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to secure the first defense of the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, former champion David Finlay jumped Nemeth as they brawled until the latter challenged Finlay to a rematch set for the second night of the event.