NJPW reveals stipulation for Sabre vs. Loa at Wrestling Dontaku
NJPW has added a stipulation to the Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa singles match scheduled for night one of Wrestling Dontaku on May 3.
If Sabre beats Loa, Sabre and Taichi will earn an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match against Guerrillas of Destiny (Loa and Tama Tonga). If Sabre loses, Sabre and Taichi (Dangerous Tekkers) are never allowed to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Titles again.
Loa proposed the stipulation on Tuesday’s Road to Wrestling Dontaku event at Korakuen Hall after pinning Sabre in a trios match.
G.O.D. beat Dangerous Tekkers for the IWGP Tag titles at Wrestle Kingdom 15 on January 4, then beat them again in a rematch at The New Beginning in Hiroshima on February 10.
Tonga and Taichi are already set for a ladder match on night one of Dontaku, with Takashi Iizuka’s iron fingers of death hanging in the balance.
Here are the full lineups for Wrestling Dontaku:
Wrestling Dontaku 2021 night one (Monday, May 3) —
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White
- Iron Fingers from Hell ladder match: Taichi vs. Tama Tonga
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa
- Will Ospreay, The Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI
- Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask IV & Master Wato vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & Dick Togo
Wrestling Dontaku 2021 night two (Tuesday, May 4) —
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championsip: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. YOH
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Jay White, EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori
- Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI vs. The Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb
- Kazuchika Okada & SHO vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado