Dominion
PromotionsNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
First eventDominion 6.20

Dominion is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held annually since 2009 as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an Internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's Internet streaming site, NJPW World. Dominion is the first major event following the Best of the Super Juniors tournament and usually includes a match, where the tournament winner challenges for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, assuming the champion has not won the tournament. In recent years, Dominion has developed into one of NJPW's showcase events and it is considered the biggest event since the January 4 Dome Show.[1] The first six Dominions took place in June. In 2015, the event was moved to July, but was moved back to June the following year. Originally the event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (also known as Bodymaker Colosseum) until 2014; since 2015, the event has been held at Osaka-jō Hall. The 2020 event was scheduled to be held on June 14 but was postponed to July 12 to allow the rescheduled New Japan Cup to take place, this is the first time since 2015 that Dominion took place in July.

Events

# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event Ref(s)
1 Dominion 6.20 June 20, 2009 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,800 Manabu Nakanishi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [2][3]
2 Dominion 6.19 June 19, 2010 5,500 Togi Makabe (c) vs. Go Shiozaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [4][5]
3 Dominion 6.18 June 18, 2011 6,200 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [6][7]
4 Dominion 6.16 June 16, 2012 Bodymaker Colosseum 6,850 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [8][9]
5 Dominion 6.22 June 22, 2013 7,240 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [10][11][12][13]
6 Dominion 6.21 June 21, 2014 7,300 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [14][15][16]
7 Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall July 5, 2015 Osaka-jō Hall 11,400 A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [17][18][19][20]
8 Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall June 19, 2016 9,925 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [21][22][23]
9 Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall June 11, 2017 11,756 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [24][25][26]
10 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2018) June 9, 2018 11,832 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega in a no time limit two out of three falls match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [27]
11 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2019) June 9, 2019 11,901 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Chris Jericho for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [28]
12 Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-jo Hall July 12, 2020 3,898[a] Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Evil for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [29]
13 Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall June 7, 2021[b] 3,045 Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi for the vacant IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [31][32]
14 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall June 12, 2022 6,068 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [33][34]
15 Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall June 4, 2023 7,040 Sanada (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [35]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, the arena was limited to one-third capacity.
  2. ^ Originally scheduled for June 6, the event was postponed by a day to reflect changes to the state of emergency in place in Osaka (due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ Meltzer, Dave (May 2, 2016). "May 2, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Death of Chyna, new UFC 200 main event, plus tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 34. ISSN 1083-9593. The Dominion show will be the biggest event for the company since the Tokyo Dome, and for the past several years has been one of the company's showcase events.
  2. ^ "Dominion 6.20". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Golden, Hunter (June 24, 2009). "Rising Sun Soliloquy Newsletter #30". Wrestleview. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dominion 6.19". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ^ Dark Angelita (June 20, 2010). "Resultados NJPW Dominion 2010 – Prince Devitt vence a Naomichi Marufuji". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "Dominion 6.18". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. ^ 王者・棚橋がＶ５　次は後藤とタッグ王座挑戦へ＝新日本プロレス. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. June 19, 2011. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
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  11. ^ "新日本プロレス「Dominion 6.22」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. June 22, 2013. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  12. ^ Namako, Jason (June 22, 2013). "6/22 NJPW iPPV Results: Osaka, Japan (Okada/Makabe)". Wrestleview. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  13. ^ "Show results - 6/22 NJPW Dominion iPPV: Devitt vs. Tanahashi, NWA Title defended, Benjamin, Hoyt, Shelley, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. June 22, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  14. ^ "Dominion 6.21". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  15. ^ "新日本プロレス「Dominion 6.21」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. June 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
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  17. ^ "Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
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  19. ^ Meltzer, Dave (July 4, 2015). "New Japan Dominion live coverage from Osaka Jo Hall - Styles vs. Okada for IWGP title, Nakamura vs. Goto for IC title and notes on biggest event since the Tokyo Dome". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  20. ^ Caldwell, James (July 5, 2015). "Caldwell's NJPW Dominion PPV report 7/5: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of A.J. Styles vs. Okada IWGP World Hvt. Title match, plus five more big title matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  21. ^ "Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  22. ^ Meltzer, Dave (June 18, 2016). "NJPW Dominion live results: Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP HW Championship". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  23. ^ Caldwell, James (June 19, 2016). "6/19 NJPW Dominion PPV Results – Caldwell's Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  24. ^ 保険見直し本舗 Presents Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  25. ^ Rose, Bryan (June 10, 2017). "NJPW Dominion live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  26. ^ Macklin, Matthew (June 11, 2017). "One of the best pro wrestling matches ever: Okada vs. Omega II - complete New Japan Dominion 2017 report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  27. ^ 【電撃決定!!】なんと15年ぶり！今年の『G1』優勝決定戦の舞台は、8月10日（金）11日（土）12日（日）日本武道館“3連戦”!!【WK12】. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  28. ^ "Big matches in 2019 are now announced!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  29. ^ "DOMINION In OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  30. ^ NJPW (2021-05-29). "Dominion in Osaka Jo Hall postponed to June 7". NJPW. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  31. ^ "DOMINION 6.6 in OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  32. ^ NJPW. "IWGP World Heavyweight Championship headlines three key matches at Dominion June 7". NJPW. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  33. ^ "DOMINION 6.12 in OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  34. ^ "Big Events in Store in the First Half of 2022! 【50th】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  35. ^ "DOMINION 6.4 in OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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