NJPW Dominion (June 9, 2019): Okada/Jericho, Ibushi/Naito, Dragon Lee/Ospreay, Moxley

[Ill Lou Malnati]

New Japan Pro Wrestling: Dominion
June 9, 2019
at Osaka-Jo Hall
in Osaka, Japan

IWGP Championship:
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Chris Jericho

IWGP Intercontinental Championship:
Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:
Dragon Lee (c) vs. Will Ospreay

NEVER Openweight Championship:
Taichi (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii

IWGP Tag Team Championship:
Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. EVIL & SANADA

Jon Moxley vs. Shota Umino

Satoshi Kojima vs. Shingo Takagi

Jushin Thunder Liger & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori)​

 

[Silkk]

I see Naito still spinning his wheels


Dude stuck in that same spot Nakamura was in before he left.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

How does Jer-ehko earn a title shot?

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Okada/Jericho should be good. It's an interesting match-up, at least.

Ibushi/Naito on their never-ending neck-breaking, skull-crushing quest

I'm assuming Dragon Lee vs Shingo. I'd actually rather see Lee vs Ospreay, but it's time for Ospreay to move to the heavyweight division, hopefully.

Taichi/Ishii will deliver. I know a lot of people don't care for Taichi, but he's good in the ring and I love his cheesy gothic opera act. These two had a really good match awhile back. Taichi better have Miho Abe with him this time though.

I see Naito still spinning his wheels


Dude stuck in that same spot Nakamura was in before he left.

I don't know who wins that one. Naito wants to be double champion while Ibushi wants to bring prestige and respect back to the IC title. These two should be fighting over the IWGP title, honestly.

Okada needs to get the fukk out of the IWGP title scene, IMO.

 

[Silkk]

I don't know who wins that one. Naito wants to be double champion while Ibushi wants to bring prestige and respect back to the IC title. These two should be fighting over the IWGP title, honestly.

Okada needs to get the fukk out of the IWGP title scene, IMO.

Honestly hope Naito loses because i’m tired of him being stuck in IC title purgatory. Seems like no way in hell Gedo is ever going to book him as IWGP champ again let alone double champ smh.

And as much as I like Okada and enjoy seeing him as champ/put on great matches, it’s like nobody else EVER gets a run even despite being more popular than him such as Naito, Nakamura, Suzuki, etc.

 

[Silkk]

And wtf is Suzuki at?

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

And wtf is Suzuki at?

He's doing a 10-man tag match tomorrow at the BOSJ finals.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Not feeling this card at all.

Okada better keeps this match under 30 minutes. Flabby wall of Jericho ain't built for a main event marathon.

Naito vs Ibushi part 15.

Not interested in Dragon Lee vs supposed to be Heavy in a junior match.

Taichi vs Ishii will be good because Ishii is the GOAT.

At the end is a typical Gedo Big Showcard.

 

[krackdagawd]

@ another ibushi and naito match these dudes gonna kill each other

 

[mannyrs13]

This Saturday night going into Sunday morning?

Imagine Jericho being dual champion.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

hope Jericho is training for that Okada reverse marathon

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Honestly hope Naito loses because i’m tired of him being stuck in IC title purgatory. Seems like no way in hell Gedo is ever going to book him as IWGP champ again let alone double champ smh.

And as much as I like Okada and enjoy seeing him as champ/put on great matches, it’s like nobody else EVER gets a run even despite being more popular than him such as Naito, Nakamura, Suzuki, etc.

Okada at the point IS NJPW. Dude brings a grace and dignity to their world title that the other guys just don’t. Kinda reminds me of Bret where when he had the title it was portrayed as the most important thing in the world. That’s what a champion is supposed to do and he does better than anyone

 

[Silkk]

Okada at the point IS NJPW. Dude brings a grace and dignity to their world title that the other guys just don’t. Kinda reminds me of Bret where when he had the title it was portrayed as the most important thing in the world. That’s what a champion is supposed to do and he does better than anyone

I get that, but you can’t say what Naito can or can’t do when he only had the belt for one month one time.

Nakamura was waaaay more popular than Okada in Japan and for sure in the US yet he never got a chance to prove what he could do at that point with the belt.

I get he’s the Ace but he’s doing the same thing Cena & Reigns did in WWE. At the end of the day it always came back to those guys.

 

[Jmare007]

Can't help being hugely interested in how the fukk Jericho is gonna do against Okada. Who adapts to whom and what kind of match comes out of it.

Not interested in spending 30+ minutes watching them, but all I gotta do is skip around the match so whatever

At the end is a typical Gedo Big Showcard.

Pretty much, and I think it's already sold out too this fukker keeps getting away with it

 

[Cartier Murphy]

Hope Okada’s ready to get a busted nose