Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall

Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall
Promotional poster featuring Kazuchika Okada and Jay White
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJune 12, 2022
CityOsaka, Japan
VenueOsaka-jō Hall
Attendance6,068[1]
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Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 12, 2022, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and is the fourteenth event under the Dominion name and eighth in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.

Ten matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Jay White defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Will Ospreay defeated Sanada to win the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to face Jon Moxley at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door for the interim AEW World Championship.

Production

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Storylines

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Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

Results

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No.Results[1][4][5]StipulationsTimes[6]
1United Empire (Aaron Henare, TJP and Francesco Akira) defeated Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan by submissionSix-man tag team match10:31
2Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo and Ace Austin) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) by pinfallSix-man tag team match8:04
3Toru Yano defeated Doc Gallows by pinfallSingles match4:05
4House of Torture[broken anchor] (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by pinfallSix-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship9:26
5United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) (c) by pinfallTag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship11:52
6Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto by pinfallSingles match to determine Jon Moxley's opponent for the interim AEW World Championship at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door[3]12:40
7Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Taichi 11-1010 Minute Unlimited Pinfall Scramble match for the Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy10:00
8Karl Anderson (with Doc Gallows) defeated Tama Tonga (c) (with Jado) by pinfallSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship16:27
9Will Ospreay defeated Sanada by pinfallSingles match for the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship12:48
10Jay White (with Gedo) defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) by pinfallSingles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship36:04
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  1. ^ a b "2022.06.12 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "Tanahashi vs. Goto interim AEW World title eliminator match set for NJPW Dominion". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Four title matches announced for NJPW Dominion". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. May 2, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "NJPW Announces Full Card For NJPW Dominion". Fightful. June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "DOMINION 6.12 in OSAKA-JO HALL". NJPW. June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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