Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 16, 2012, in Osaka , Osaka , at the newly renamed Bodymaker Colosseum . The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] It was the fourth event under the Dominion name.
Storylines
Dominion 6.16 featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[ 4]
Event
The opening match saw participation from the DDT Pro-Wrestling trio of Daisuke Sasaki , Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi facing NJPW's Bushi , Kushida and Prince Devitt in a six-man tag team match.[ 1] The third match was a decision match to determine the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Taichi and Taka Michinoku to win the vacant title, when Liger revived his old Kishin Liger persona , after being unmasked by Taichi.[ 1] The event saw Low Ki successfully defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against 2012 Best of the Super Juniors winner Ryusuke Taguchi , while two attempts were unable to determine the winner between IWGP Tag Team Champions , Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano , and challengers, Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima ).[ 1] As a result, four days later, the IWGP Tag Team Championship was declared vacant.[ 5] In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi recaptured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Kazuchika Okada .[ 1] With his sixth title win, Tanahashi tied the record for most reigns as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion.[ 6]
Reception
Tokyo Sports later named the main event the 2012 Match of the Year .[ 7] [ 8]
Results
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Dominion 6.16" . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b "新日本プロレス「Dominion 6.16」" . Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo! . June 16, 2012. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b "Dominion 2012" . Pro Wrestling History . Retrieved August 14, 2015 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014 .
^ "7月シリーズ『Kizuna Road』最終戦7・22山形でIWGP 3大タイトルマッチ&タッグ王座決定戦!" . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). June 20, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b Meltzer, Dave (June 25, 2012). "June 25 Observer Newsletter: No Way Out and the supposed end of John Lauranitis, Brock's next opponent, Tanahashi on way to making history, tons more news from around the world". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Campbell, California . pp. 6–9. ISSN 1083-9593 .
^ 「2012年度プロレス大賞」受賞者 . Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 11, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ "【最年少タイ!!】オカダが『プロレス大賞』MVPを「あたりまえ」の初受賞!! ベストバウトはオカダvs棚橋!中邑は技能賞!!" . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 11, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
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