Six title matches announced at NJPW Dominion

May 13, 2024 | By Administrator | Filed in: AEW, NJPW, Wrestling.

Six title matches announced at NJPW Dominion in todays Wrestling news

Six title matches announced at NJPW Dominion in todays Wrestling news

Six championship matches will be held at Osaka-jo Hall.

NJPW confirmed that Jon Moxley would defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Title in Japan on 9th June against EVIL. EVIL attacked Moxley at the end of NJPW Resurgence, defacing the IWGP Title in the process. In a promo after the match, Moxley vowed to rid NJPW of The House of Torture who will be playing a role in the match.

Shingo Takagi will defend the NEVER Openweight championship against Henare. Henare returned in a Resurgence video and challenged the winner of Takagi and Yuya uemura. Takagi retained his title, paving the way for the Dominion match. Uemura will defend his KOPW 2024 championship against Great-O’Khan. The match rules have not yet been announced.

Other title matches include Jeff Cobb defending the New Japan World Television against Tomohiro Ishii, and a four way tornado elimination match between ELP and Hikuelo, and KENTA and Chase Owens for the IWGP Tag Team and New Japan Strong Tag Team Titles pitting them against TMDK & Bishamon.

Here is the updated lineup for Dominion:

  • IWGP World Heavyweight title: Jon Moxley defends against EVIL
  • NEVER Openweight title: Shingo Takagi defends against Henare
  • KOPW 2024: Yuya Uemura defends against Great-O-Khan
  • NJPW World Television title: Jeff Cobb defends against Tomohiro Ishii
  • Four-way tornado elimination match for IWGP & NJPW Strong Tag Team titles: ELP & Hikuelo (NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions) vs. KENTA & Chase Owens (IWGP Tag Team Champions) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
  • Best of the Super Juniors 31 finals