{"id":59418,"date":"2018-05-05T00:14:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T05:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=59418"},"modified":"2018-05-05T00:20:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T05:20:21","slug":"5-yrs-ago-new-japan-dontaku-ppv-report-nakamura-vs-shelton-benjamin-okadas-first-iwgp-title-defense-vs-suzuki-plus-bullet-club-prince-devitt-balor-karl-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/05\/5-yrs-ago-new-japan-dontaku-ppv-report-nakamura-vs-shelton-benjamin-okadas-first-iwgp-title-defense-vs-suzuki-plus-bullet-club-prince-devitt-balor-karl-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"5 YRS AGO &#8211; New Japan Dontaku PPV Report (5-3-13): Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin, Okada&#8217;s first IWGP Title defense vs. Suzuki, plus Bullet Club, Prince Devitt (Balor), Karl Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3076501700\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>The following was originally published five years ago this week on PWTorch.com&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>New Japan Dontaku PPV results<br \/>\nMay 3, 2013<br \/>\nFukuoka, Japan<br \/>\nResults published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puroresuspirit.com\/2013\/05\/03\/results-for-may-3-2013\/\" target=\"_new\">PuroresuSpirit.com<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>(1) &#8220;Forever Hooligans&#8221; Rocky Romero &amp; Alex Koslov beat &#8220;Time Splitters&#8221; Alex Shelley &amp; Kushida to capture the IWGP Jr. Tag Titles.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Prince Devitt &amp; Bad Luck Fale beat Ryusuke Taguchi &amp; Captain New Japan.<\/p>\n<p>(3) \u201cTenCozy\u201d Hiroyoshi Tenzan &amp; Satoshi Kojima beat IWGP tag champions Lance Archer &amp; Davey Boy Smith, Jr., \u201cMuscle Orchestra\u201d Manabu Nakanishi &amp; Strongman, and \u201cCHAOS\u201d Toru Yano &amp; Takashi Iizuka in a four-way, four-team match to capture the IWGP Tag Titles. This ended Archer &amp; Smith&#8217;s title reign.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Masato Tanaka beat Tomoaki Honma to retain the NEVER Openweight Title.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Togi Makabe beat Yujiro Takahashi.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata wrestled to a draw.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Former IWGP Hvt. Champion Tanahashi beat Karl &#8220;Machine Gun&#8221; Anderson. Afterward, Anderson beat down Tanahashi and joined Devitt, Fale, and Tonga to form the &#8220;Bullet Club.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4066889066\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>(8) Shinsuke Nakamura beat Shelton Benjamin to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title.<\/p>\n<p>(9) IWGP Hvt. 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