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Four huge matches set for Dominion!
Three titles, dog collar deathmatch set
After a Dontaku weekend full of twists and turns, eyes are starting to head to Dominion on June 15, and Osaka Jo Hall playing host to the midway point of 2025. Four huge matches are set, with the IWGP World Heavyweight title chief among them.
Watch Dominion live in English on NJPW World!
Tickets are available worldwide in English!
Shingo Takagi will challenge the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at Dominion. After Hirooki Goto recorded his fifth defence of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Dontaku, he was confronted by the man he beat for the title at New Beginning in February, Zack Sabre Jr. ZSJ was affronted that Goto had broken the defence record he had only been able to tie, and demanded a shot at the gold for Resurgence Friday in Ontario. Goto accepted, but then both men were interrupted by Shingo Takagi. The Dragon feels like he has unfinished business with both men; in the case of Sabre a failed challenge in Osaka last November, and with Goto, memories of his first singles gold in NJPW at Goto's expense five years ago still linger.
So, too, do memories of Dominion in 2021. In the midst of a pandemic and with the event itself delayed due to its affects, Shingo captured the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in Osaka Jo Hall. Takagi went on to be the MVP of a very challenging time for professional wrestling, but wants his flowers on a much more vocal stage. Will the Dragon rise once more in Osaka?
Yota Tsuji will defend the IWGP Global title against Gabe Kidd. At Dontaku, the Gene Blast put away Yuya Uemura to retain the Global gold for his fourth successful defence, but his record has a Gabe sized blot on it. Last time a major event was in Osaka, New Beginning saw the two battle to an intense double knockout draw, one that had the fans in EDION Arena chanting "New Japan" in praise of the heart and passion both competitors showed. Both knew that their issues were far from over; as Tsuji took the microphone in victory in Fukuoka, he began to call out the Mad Man, but Kidd was already at ringside. Now, Kidd and Tsuji take their fight to the next stage of Osaka Jo Hall, and the future of not only the Global title, but NJPW as a whole may be distinctly shaped by the winner.
Also on the line in Osaka Jo Hall will be the IWGP Tag Team Championships. At Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima, Callum Newman became the youngest man to win IWGP Tag Team gold not once, but twice. It was all part of a spring campaign that saw the Prince of Pace step up in the face of Jeff Cobb's sudden departure from New Japan and firmly assert himself in the main event mix after a valiant challenge to IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto. Now Newman is as good as his name, and alongside Great-O-Khan, looks for a successful first defence against the combination of Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi.
It was a handshake nobody expected in Nagaoka at the New Japan Cup finals back in March that led to the Ishii and Taichi team. Many speculated over whether these two fierce rivals could function as a team, but function they did in Hiroshima at Redzone with a stunning victory over tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi. Victorious over the former tag champions, the two moved to challenge the new champs by the end of the night; will their heavy hits outdo the United Empire's team of skill and speed?
Also official for Dominion is David Finlay facing EVIL in a Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch. At Dontaku, BULLET CLUB War Dogs finally managed to vanquish HOUSE OF TORTURE in the Dogpound Steel Cage, banishing H.O.T from BULLET CLUB. In the aftermath of the match though, EVIL choked at a handcuffed David Finlay with a dog collar and chain, before storming out of the building alone. After coming to, the livid Finlay demanded that this brutally violent matchup be made; both men will be connected at the neck via dog collars and a length of chain, which can be used as a weapon just as any of the environment can be in this no DQ matchup. Pinfall, submission, or perhaps most likely, a knockout will finally see this blood feud settled once and for all.
After a Dontaku weekend full of twists and turns, eyes are starting to head to Dominion on June 15, and Osaka Jo Hall playing host to the midway point of 2025. Four huge matches are set, with the IWGP World Heavyweight title chief among them.
Watch Dominion live in English on NJPW World!
Tickets are available worldwide in English!
Shingo Takagi will challenge the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at Dominion. After Hirooki Goto recorded his fifth defence of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Dontaku, he was confronted by the man he beat for the title at New Beginning in February, Zack Sabre Jr. ZSJ was affronted that Goto had broken the defence record he had only been able to tie, and demanded a shot at the gold for Resurgence Friday in Ontario. Goto accepted, but then both men were interrupted by Shingo Takagi. The Dragon feels like he has unfinished business with both men; in the case of Sabre a failed challenge in Osaka last November, and with Goto, memories of his first singles gold in NJPW at Goto's expense five years ago still linger.
So, too, do memories of Dominion in 2021. In the midst of a pandemic and with the event itself delayed due to its affects, Shingo captured the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in Osaka Jo Hall. Takagi went on to be the MVP of a very challenging time for professional wrestling, but wants his flowers on a much more vocal stage. Will the Dragon rise once more in Osaka?
Yota Tsuji will defend the IWGP Global title against Gabe Kidd. At Dontaku, the Gene Blast put away Yuya Uemura to retain the Global gold for his fourth successful defence, but his record has a Gabe sized blot on it. Last time a major event was in Osaka, New Beginning saw the two battle to an intense double knockout draw, one that had the fans in EDION Arena chanting "New Japan" in praise of the heart and passion both competitors showed. Both knew that their issues were far from over; as Tsuji took the microphone in victory in Fukuoka, he began to call out the Mad Man, but Kidd was already at ringside. Now, Kidd and Tsuji take their fight to the next stage of Osaka Jo Hall, and the future of not only the Global title, but NJPW as a whole may be distinctly shaped by the winner.
Also on the line in Osaka Jo Hall will be the IWGP Tag Team Championships. At Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima, Callum Newman became the youngest man to win IWGP Tag Team gold not once, but twice. It was all part of a spring campaign that saw the Prince of Pace step up in the face of Jeff Cobb's sudden departure from New Japan and firmly assert himself in the main event mix after a valiant challenge to IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto. Now Newman is as good as his name, and alongside Great-O-Khan, looks for a successful first defence against the combination of Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi.
It was a handshake nobody expected in Nagaoka at the New Japan Cup finals back in March that led to the Ishii and Taichi team. Many speculated over whether these two fierce rivals could function as a team, but function they did in Hiroshima at Redzone with a stunning victory over tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi. Victorious over the former tag champions, the two moved to challenge the new champs by the end of the night; will their heavy hits outdo the United Empire's team of skill and speed?
Also official for Dominion is David Finlay facing EVIL in a Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch. At Dontaku, BULLET CLUB War Dogs finally managed to vanquish HOUSE OF TORTURE in the Dogpound Steel Cage, banishing H.O.T from BULLET CLUB. In the aftermath of the match though, EVIL choked at a handcuffed David Finlay with a dog collar and chain, before storming out of the building alone. After coming to, the livid Finlay demanded that this brutally violent matchup be made; both men will be connected at the neck via dog collars and a length of chain, which can be used as a weapon just as any of the environment can be in this no DQ matchup. Pinfall, submission, or perhaps most likely, a knockout will finally see this blood feud settled once and for all.
