Sunday, June 4, 2023

NJPW Dominion

-Yuto Nakashima d. Oskar Leube via Boston Crab.
-IWGP U.S. Title Contender Tournament:  Will Ospreay d. "The Murderhawk Monster" Lance Archer after the Hidden Blade(running elbowsmash to the back of the head).
-Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Titán, & Bushi d. Taichi Ishikari, Douki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & TAKA Michinoku) when Titán made TAKA tap out to the Llave Inmortal(crossed-leg inverted STF).
-Catch-22(T.J. Perkins & Francesco Akira) d. The Intergalactic Jet Setters("The Timesplitter" Yujiro Kushida & "The Jet" Kevin Knight) to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles; Akira pinned Knight after he and T.J.P. hit the 2/2(stereo basement dropkicks).  "The Wild Rhino" Clark Connors & "Drilla" Dan Moloney attacked the new titleholders after the match.
-Zack Sabre Jr. d. Jeff Cobb via crucifix to retain the NJPW T.V. Title.
-Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) won a triple threat match with The United Empire("The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka & Aaron Henare) and The House Of Torture(Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe & "The Tokyo Pimp" Yujiro Takahashi) to win the vacant IWGP/New Japan Strong Tag Team Titles; Goto pinned Takahashi after he and Hashi hit the Shoto(double-team Eye Of The Hurricane).  "The Android" Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd attacked Bishamon after the bell.
-David Finlay d. El Phantasmo via Into Oblivion(brainbuster onto the knee) to retain the NEVER Openweight Title.
-Hiromu Takahashi d. "Master Wato" Hirai Kawato after the Time Bomb II(cradle Northern Lights Bomb) to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title.
-"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & "The Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii d. The Blackpool Combat Club(Jon Moxley, ROH Heavyweight Champion Claudio Castagnoli, & Shota Umino) to retain the NEVER Openweight Trios Title when Okada pinned Umino after the Rainmaker(ripcord lariat).  Afterwards, a video played with "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson challenging Okada.
-"Cold Skull" Seiya Sanada d. Yota Tsuji via Deadfall(swinging DDT) to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title.

The G1 Climax participants have been announced:  Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, Seiya Sanada, Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay, Shota Umino, Shingo Takagi, Tomohiro Ishii, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Hikuleo, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, Toru Yano, KENTA Kobayashi, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi Ishikari, Eddie Kingston(!), El Phantasmo, Ren Narita, Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe, Chase Owens, Jeff Cobb, "The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka, Aaron Henare, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yota Tsuji, and Kaito Kiyomiya(!!).

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