Summary

New Japan Pro-Wrestling has finalized the lineup for night two of Road to Wrestling Dontaku, which takes place April 20 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The card follows night one of the tour, with the April 20 show built around a number one contender's match tied to the IWGP Tag Team Championship picture.

According to the announced lineup, the main event will see Bishamon, Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI, face United Empire's HENARE and Great-O-Khan. The winners will move on to challenge the Knock Out Brothers for the IWGP Tag Team Championship at Wrestling Redzone on April 25.

Full card for April 20

The announced lineup for night two of Road to Wrestling Dontaku is as follows:

  • **Kickoff Match:** Taisei Nakahara vs. Jakob Austin Young
  • Yuya Uemura, Taichi and Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato and Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • Shota Umino, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and YOH vs. House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens, SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Unbound Company (Yota Tsuji and Gedo) vs. United Empire (Jake Lee and Francesco Akira)
  • Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf and Toru Yano vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, Don Fale and Dick Togo)
  • Shingo Takagi vs. Zane Jay
  • Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman
  • Unbound Company (Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X, Yuto-Ice and OSKAR) vs. TMDK (Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa and Hartley Jackson)
  • **Number One Contender's Match for an IWGP Tag Team Title shot:** Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI) (c) vs. United Empire (HENARE and Great-O-Khan)

What the Bishamon vs. United Empire match sets up

Bishamon and United Empire now have the clearest stake in the Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour because the April 20 main event directly determines who advances to Wrestling Redzone on April 25. That gives NJPW a straightforward tag title focus at the top of the card, while also giving the rest of the Korakuen Hall lineup a stronger sense of direction heading into the larger Dontaku run.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.