Match Line-Ups For All NJPW “ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 and “WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026” Events

By: Lewis Carlan

The New Japan Pro-Wrestling “ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026” series is set to kick off on April 19th at Korakuen Hall. The tour will run through May 1st and will lead to the two night “WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026” event on May 3rd and 4th at the Fukuoka International Center.

On May 4th, the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman will make his first defense against former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi. Newman defeated Yota Tsuji on April 4th at SAKURA GENESIS 2026 to become the youngest man ever to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Takagi has held the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship from June 2021 through Jan. 2022 and would like nothing more than to win the current version of NJPW’s top championship.

The main event on May 3rd will see the IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji defend the title against the man he won it from back in Oct. 2025, Gabe Kidd. Kidd, who is a member of the AEW roster, attacked Tsuji on April 4th which led to the May 3rd championship showdown.

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There will be a number of championship matches during the “ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026” series of events including an IWGP Tag Team Title bout set for April 25th. The current champions the “Knockout Brothers” OSKAR & Yuto -Ice will defend their titles against the winner of the April 20th #1 contender match between Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI and Great-O-Khan & HENARE.

NJPW released all the match line-ups for all “ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 and “WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026” events. It appears that some are partial line-ups due to the amount of bouts listed on the respective card.

Here are all the match line-ups for NJPW “ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 and “WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026” events courtesy of purolove.com:

ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026

April 19th Korakuen Hall in Tokyo:

• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, YOH & Taisei Nakahara
• Shota Umino, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jakob Austin Young
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Gedo & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay
  
• Special Tag Match: OSKAR & Robbie X vs. Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita
• Yuto-Ice & Taiji Ishimori vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Robbie Eagles

April 20th Korakuen Hall in Tokyo:

• Jakob Austin Young vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Tatsuya Matsumoto
• Shota Umino, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & YOH vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Yota Tsuji & Gedo vs. Jake Lee & Francesco Akira
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo
• Shingo Takagi vs. Zane Jay
• Callum Newman vs. Daiki Nagai
• Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
  
• IWGP Tag Team Title Contendership: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Great-O-Khan & HENARE

April 24th Tex Port in Imabari:

•  Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Taisei Nakahara vs. Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda,
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jakob Austin Young
• Shota Umino, Toru Yano, Tiger Mask, YOH & Master Wato vs. Chase Owens, DOUKI, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo
• Yota Tsuji, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Shingo Takagi, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay
  
• Imabari Homecoming Match: Yuya Uemura, Oleg Boltin & Aaron Wolf vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale & Yujiro Takahashi

April 25th Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima “WRESTLING REDZONE IN HIROSHIMA”:

• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf, Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI & Dick Togo
• Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Gedo & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay
  
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X (c) vs. Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
  
• IWGP Tag Team Title: Yuto-Ice & OSKAR (c) vs. Goto/YOSHI-HASHI vs. O-Khan/HENARE

April 26th KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi:

• Daiki Nagai vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & YOH vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jakob Austin Young
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf, Tiger Mask & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI & SHO
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie Eagles vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay

April 27th Butterfly Arena in Yamaguchi (Yanai City Gymnasium):

• Robbie X vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & YOH vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Francesco Akira
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano & Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay

April 29th Saga Arena in Saga “WRESTLING HIZEN NO KUNI”:

• Shota Umino, YOH, Master Wato & Taisei Nakahara vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jakob Austin Young
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf & Mistico vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Zane Jay
  
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: DOUKI (c) vs. Tiger Mask

April 30th Gran Messe in Kumamoto:

• Robbie X vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi
• Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & YOH vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Chase Owens, Great-O-Khan & Francesco Akira
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi, Mistico & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf, Tiger Mask & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay

May 1st Beeline Sports Park in Aira:

• Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & YOH vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Francesco Akira
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi, Master Wato & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Aaron Wolf, Tiger Mask & Mistico vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI & SHO
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay

 WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026

May 3rd Fukuoka International Center:

• Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Taisei Nakahara
• Tomoaki Honma & Masatora Yasuda vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi, El Desperado & Mistico vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE
• KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & Shota Umino vs. Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
• Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay
• Special Singles Match: Aaron Wolf vs. Don Fale
  
• NEVER Openweight Title: Ren Narita (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
  
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Title: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Gabe Kidd

May 4th Fukuoka International Center:

• Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara
  
• NJPW World TV Title: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) vs. Chase Owens
• Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Gedo & Daiki Nagai
• Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, Tiger Mask, YOH & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• El Desperado & Mistico vs. Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
• Yuya Uemura & Taichi vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay
  
• NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin (c) vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE
• IWGP Heavyweight Title: Callum Newman (c) vs. Shingo Takagi

All events will stream live on NJPW World subscription streaming service.