Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall

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Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
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Promotional poster for the event, featuring various NJPW wrestlers
Information
Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date June 19, 2016[1]
Venue Osaka-jō Hall[1]
City Osaka, Japan[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
Global Wars (2016) Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall TBA
Dominion chronology
Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall TBA

Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on June 19, 2016, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall. This will be the eighth event under the Dominion name and second in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.

Production

Background

In July 2015, NJPW returned to the Osaka-jō Hall for the first time in 21 years, drawing a full capacity crowd for Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, which was dubbed a "great success" for the company.[2] On January 4, 2016, NJPW made the official announcement of a return to Osaka-jō Hall the following June.[3][4]

Storylines

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See also: Professional wrestling
Tetsuya Naito, who will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event
Kenny Omega, who defends the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in NJPW's first-ever ladder match

Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]

Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall will be main evented by Tetsuya Naito defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada.[1] This is a rematch from April's Invasion Attack 2016, where Naito defeated Okada to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Naito's win came following outside interference from his Los Ingobernables de Japón (L.I.J.) stablemates Bushi, Evil and the debuting Sanada,[6] which led to the continuation of a storyline rivalry between L.I.J. and Okada's Chaos stable over the next tour.[7] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016, Naito made his first successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Chaos member Tomohiro Ishii. After the match, Okada, who had defeated L.I.J. member Sanada earlier in the event, entered the ring and had a staredown with Naito, indicating he wanted the next title shot.[8][9] The match was made official for Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall three days later.[10][11] Naito invited NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani to come witness the match,[9] having earlier accused him of being in cahoots with Okada.[12] Naito claimed that his L.I.J. stablemate Evil was a more worthy title contender than Okada and suspected that Kidani had secured Okada the title shot at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall.[13] Naito noted the surge in his popularity over the past year, comparing the reception he had gotten during NJPW's 2015 North American tour to the one had gotten during the May 2016 tour and claimed he was now more popular than Okada.[14] He confronted Kidani on May 18 at an expo in Singapore and again invited him to Dominion 6.19 to witness his popularity.[15]

Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall will also feature a ladder match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship between champion Kenny Omega and challenger Hiroshi Tanahashi.[1] Earlier in the year, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship had been vacated following Shinsuke Nakamura's departure from NJPW, leading to a match on February 14, 2016, at The New Beginning in Niigata, where Omega defeated Tanahashi to become the new champion.[1][16] Over the next months, Omega and Tanahashi faced off in several matches involving the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[1] The first title match took place on March 20 and saw Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Juice Robinson fail in their attempt to capture the title from Omega and his Bullet Club stablemates The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[17] Tanahashi and Elgin then replaced Robinson with Yoshitatsu and on April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, the three defeated Omega and The Young Bucks to become the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions.[6] After a successful title defense against Omega and two other Bullet Club members, Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi, on April 23,[18] Tanahashi, Elgin and Yoshitatsu lost the title back to Omega and The Young Bucks on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016.[8] Tanahashi had originally challenged Omega to an IWGP Intercontinental Championship rematch on April 27, but was turned down by the champion, who kicked Tanahashi low, raised a ladder on top of him and climbed on top of it, before stating that he never wanted to face Tanahashi again.[19] After the match at Wrestling Dontaku 2016, Tanahashi repeated his challenge. Initially, Omega again turned down the challenge, but then added that if Tanahashi agreed to a ladder match, he would grant him the title shot. The two climbed up on the opposite sides of a ladder and shook hands to set the match up,[8] which was made official three days later.[10] This marks the first-ever ladder match in NJPW history.[11][20] On May 21, Omega and Bullet Club attacked Tanahashi with a ladder and chairs, after which Tanahashi was pulled from the rest of the tour with a left shoulder avulsion fracture and a biceps tear.[21] The angle was set up to cover for a legitimate injury Tanahashi had suffered earlier in the month and give him time to recover before Dominion 6.19.[22]

Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall will also feature Yuji Nagata defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Katsuyori Shibata in a rematch from Wrestling Dontaku 2016.[1] On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, NJPW's veteran wrestlers, the so called "third generation", came together to announce an "uprising", which Katsuyori Shibata, the reigning NEVER Openweight Champion, took exception to.[1] After successfully defending the title against Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shibata failed in his third defense against third generation's last representative with the 48-year old Yuji Nagata becoming the new NEVER Openweight Champion at Wrestling Dontaku 2016.[1] Three days after the event, NJPW announced a rematch between the two for Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall.[10][11] Nagata stated that he had nominated Shibata as his first challenger due to feeling that the two could revive "strong style" wrestling, which in his mind was fading away from NJPW. He added that it was time for NJPW to show that no one outside of the promotion could embody the style, referring to the "King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura, who had recently left the promotion for WWE.[23]

Matches

No. Matches[1][10][11] Stipulations
1 Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
2 Kenny Omega (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi Ladder match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
3 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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External links

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