Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2019)
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Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling | | ||
Date | June 9, 2019 | ||
City | Osaka, Japan | ||
Venue | Osaka-jō Hall | ||
Attendance | 11,901[1] | ||
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Domination 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 9, 2019, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and was the eleventh event under the Dominion name and fifth in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
The main event saw
Additionally, Kenta made his NJPW debut appearance at the event.
Production
Background
Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall was officially announced on January 4, 2019, during Wrestle Kingdom 13. The event is NJPW's biggest between January's Wrestle Kingdom 13 and July–August's G1 Climax tournament.[2]
Storylines
Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall featured 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 built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
After losing the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome, Chris Jericho expressed interest in challenging for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at a later date.[4] At Wrestling Dontaku 2019, following a successful title defense by Kazuchika Okada against Sanada, Jericho announced (on a pre-taped video package) that he would be challenging the champion Okada at this event.
At this year's New Japan Cup, Kota Ibushi defeated the then-IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito in the first round, eventually setting a championship match for G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden. There, Ibushi again defeated Naito to become Intercontinental Champion for the first time. On April 20, at Sengoku Lord in Nagoya, following Ibushi's first defense against Zack Sabre Jr., Naito went to the ring and challenged him for a rematch. Ibushi accepted the challenge and the match was scheduled for this show.
At this year's New Japan Cup,
On June 5, 2019, Will Ospreay was crowned the Best of the Super Jr. 26 tournament winner, defeating Shingo Takagi in the final at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall. By virtue of winning the tournament, he got the right to challenge the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Dragon Lee at this year's Dominion event.
After losing to Will Ospreay at the Best of the Super Jr. 26 Finals, Shingo Takagi asked to wrestle against a heavyweight at Dominion. His request was granted and will face Satoshi Kojima at this event.
At
Reception
Results
No. | Results Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 25:43 | | |||
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See also
- 2019 in professional wrestling
- List of NJPW pay-per-view events
References
- ^ "DOMINION 6.9 in OSAKA-JO HALL – 大阪・大阪城ホール 2019/6/9". www.njpw.co.jp.
- ^ "Big matches in 2019 are now announced!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ Droste, Ryan (January 5, 2019). "Chris Jericho Not Done In NJPW, Wants Dream Match With Hiroshi Tanahashi". Comicbook. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave. "June 17, 2019 Observer Newsletter: Scary incidents in the ring, NJPW Dominion review". f4wonline.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "DOMINION 6.9 in OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved June 9, 2019.