On June 9th, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will hold it’s latest major event as the promotion presents Dominion which is set to take place at Osaka Jo Hall. The loaded lineup features nine matches of which seven will be championship bouts.
The main event for Dominion will be the Best Of The Super Jr 31 finals as El Desperado faces Taiji Ishimori. The winner of that encounter will be crowned the BOSJ 31 winner and they will earn the right to challenge the current IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion SHO for his title.
The IWGP World Heavyweight Title will be on the line as the champion Jon Moxley will defend against House of Torture leader EVIL. This title bout will be a Lumberjack Death Match.
HENARE gets a shot at becoming the NEVER Openweight Champion as he faces Shingo Takagi for the belt.
Here is the full match lineup for NJPW Dominion for June 9th:
- Main Event: Best of the Super Juniors Final: El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship — Lumberjack Death Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. EVIL
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. HENARE
- NJPW STRONG Openweight & IWGP Tag Team Championships — Tornado Elimination Four-Way Match: BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA) vs. Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. T.M.D.K. (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
- NJPW World Television Championship: Jeff Cobb (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano (c) vs. Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
- KOPW Championship — Storm Catch Rules Match: Yuya Uemura (c) vs. Great-O-Khan
- Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & L.J. Cleary
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Callum Newman
NJPW Dominion will air live on NJPW World subscription streaming service.
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