NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall – 06/19/2016

Pre-Show

Manabu Nakanishi & “TenCozy” Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jay White, Juice Robinson & David Finlay Jr.
⚫ Tenzan won (7:53) following the Anaconda Vice submission on White.
After the match Jay White gave a farewell speech, as he’s headed for an excursion with Ring of Honor.

NJPW Dominion 6.19

1) Togi Makabe, Yoshitatsu & Captain New Japan vs. “Bullet Club” Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & “Hangman” Adam Page.
⚫ Page won (7:05) when he pinned Captain NJ after the Right of Passage.
After the match Page hung Captain over the top rope with his noose.

2) “CHAOS” Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. “Los Ingobernables de Japón” SANADA & BUSHI.
⚫ YOSHI-HASHI won (7:54) after a Butterfly Lock on SANADA.
With this win HASHI likely secured his spot in the upcoming G1 Climax tournament next month.

3) Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL.
⚫ Goto won (9:51) after hitting Ushigoroshi followed by the GTR.

4) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Elimination 4-Way match: “High Flyers” Matt Sydal & Ricochet (c) vs. “Roppongi Vice” Rocky Romero & Trent Barreta vs. “reDRagon” Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. “Young Bucks” Matt & Nick Jackson.
⚫ Nick Jackson eliminated RPG Vice (8:17), when he threw Romero over the top rope.
⚫ Sydal eliminated reDRagon (9:26), when he threw Fish over the top rope.
⚫ The Young Bucks won (17:22) when Matt Jackson pinned Sydal following the Meltzer Driver.
The Young Bucks become the new (5x) IWGP Jr. Hvwt. Tag Champions.

5) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match: KUSHIDA (c) vs. BOSJ XXIII Winner Will Ospreay.
⚫ KUSHIDA won (15:00) with the Hoverboard Lock submission.
After the match both men showed mutual respect.

6) IWGP World Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match: “Guerrillas of Destiny” Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (c) vs. “Briscoe Brothers” Jay & Mark Briscoe.
⚫ Jay won by pinning Loa (14:06) after the Briscoes had hit a Doomsday Device.
The Briscoe Brothers become the new IWGP World Hvwt. Tag Champions.
Afterwards the new champions were attacked by Bullet Club’s Yujiro Takahashi and Adam Page, who hung Mark over the top rope with his noose, thus asserting themselves as the first new challengers to the title.

7) NEVER Openweight Championship match: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata.
⚫ Shibata won (14:53) after a Sleeper Hold followed by a P.K.
Katsuyori Shibata regains the title and becomes the new NEVER Champion.
After the match Shibata bowed to the veteran Yuji Nagata. Nagata then presented Shibata the title and raised his hand as the victor.

8) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Ladder match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Michael Elgin.
⚫ Elgin won (33:33), when he climbed the ladder and took the title belt.
Michael Elgin becomes the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion after one of the best ladder matches ever.
Prior to the match the Young Bucks, who were once again hiding underneath the ring before being discovered by ref Unno, were sent to the back.
Towards the end of the match they came back to team up against Elgin, but Yoshitatsu and Captain NJ tried to make the save. Takahashi & Page also interfered, but it actually took the help from Ricochet and Matt Sydal to even the odds and giving Elgin the advantage. Omega took a huge fall on top all of them on the floor, which allowed Elgin to retrieve the title.

9) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada.
⚫ Okada won (29:01) following three consecutive Rainmaker clotheslines, after Naito had kicked out cleanly (!) of a previous attempt.
Kazuchika becomes the new and now 4-time IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, ending Tesuya Naito’s 70-days reign.
After the match Okada proudly declared himself champion and stated that he aims to win the G1 Climax once more as well.