My Fire Pro Wrestling World Results: NJPW Dominion (June.W2.17)

NJPW Dominion

June.Week 2.2017

Yurakuen Hall

Referee: Red Shoes Unno

Average Match Rating: 88.6%

TONIGHT: IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenger Minoru Suzuki has challenged the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi to make their match tonight a lumberjack match unless he's too much of a coward to accept. Tanahashi has since accepted.

MATCH #1

Tag Team Match

Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino vs Katsuya Kitamura & Hirai Kawato

WINNERS: Katsuya Kitamura & Hirai Kawato

Method: Pinfall from Kawato on Umino

Finish: Screw High Kick

Time: 36:40

Rating: 97%

MATCH #2

Eight-Man Tag Team Match

Michael Elgin, Juice Robinson, Manabu Nakanishi & Jyushin Thunder Liger vs G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Tiger Mask W & Tiger Mask

WINNERS: G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Tiger Mask W & Tiger Mask

Method: Pinfall from Tiger Mask on Elgin!

Time: 26:37

Rating: 85%

NEXT: Los Ingobernables de Japon members EVIL, SANADA and BUSHI defeated Toru Yano of CHAOS and SWA's Steel Johnson and Sam Blocks to become the new NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions four months ago at NJPW New Beginning with two successful title defenses since then.

MATCH #3

NEVER OPENWEIGHT SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Six-Man Tag Team Match

Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI)(c) vs BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)

WINNERS AND STILL NEVER OPENWEIGHT SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI)

Method: Pinfall from EVIL on Owens

Finish: Package Piledriver (Stolen)

Time: 20:38

Rating: 77%

TWO MONTHS AGO AT NJPW SAKURA GENESIS 2017: ReDRagon (of ROH) defeated The Young Bucks to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions!

MATCH #4

IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH

Tag Team Match

ReDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly)(c) vs The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)

WINNERS AND STILL IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: ReDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly)

Method: Submission from O'Reilly on Matt Jackson

Finish: Ankle Lock

Time: 27:58

Rating: 100%

NEXT: After recapturing the IWGP Tag Team Champions at the NJPW 45^th Anniversary Show, Tencozy have had two successful title defenses since then and much like Tencozy's title defenses as of late Hiroyoshi Tenzan continues to pull double duty defending the IWGP Tag Team Championship as well as the NEVER Openweight Chmapionship. Will tonight be another hard-fought victory for Kojima and Tenzan or will burning the candle at both ends once against cost them?

On the other hand, Yuji Nagata, a man nearing the twilight of his career has continued to perform as though he was consuming some kind of anti-aging potion. He has definitely been training and performing at a championship level so much so that many believe that he will have some kind of championship belt around his waist soon. Will tonight be his night?

MATCH #5

IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Tag Team Match

Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)(c) vs Seigi gun (Yuji Nagata & Super Strong Machine)

WINNERS AND NEW IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: Seigi gun (Yuji Nagata & Super Strong Machine)

Method: Pinfall from Super Strong Machine on Kojima

Finish: Machine Suplex

Time: 30:32

Rating: 100%

NEXT: “Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii is now 2-0 against the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega. Can Ishii get a third win against Omega and propel himself to the next level or will Omega break the spell tonight?

MATCH #6

Normal Match

Tomohiro Ishii (w/Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano) vs Kenny Omega (w/Nick & Matt Jackson)

WINNER: Kenny Omega

Method: Pinfall

Finish: V trigger

Time: 18:10

Rating: 84%

NEXT: TAKA Michinoku defied the betting odds and shocked many fans by winning the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors tournament at this stage of his career. As a result, tonight TAKA challenges Ryusuke Taguchi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. “The Funky Weapon” just recently defeated Hiromu Takahashi to become champion about two months ago at NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017. Will Taguchi be successful in his first title defense or will TAKA continue to shock and defy?

MATCH #7

IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Normal Match

Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs TAKA Michinoku

WINNER AND STILL IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: Ryusuke Taguchi

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Tiger Suplex

Time: 13:32

Rating: 79%

NEXT: The man that has been burning the candle at both ends, Hiroyoshi Tenzan competes in his second title defense of the event. He has been champion since NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 back in October and has had three successful title defenses since then. Last month, Tenzan defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship. Tonight he must contend with Sabre's stablemate, Takashi Iisuka.

MATCH #8

NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Normal Match

Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs Takashi Iizuka

WINNER AND STILL NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION: Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Modified Tombstone

Time: 25:13

Rating: 100%

NEXT: Many fans were quite surprised when YOSHI-HASHI became the IWGP Intercontinetal Champion back at day two of NJPW Road to Destruction 2016. Many fans were also surprised that he's kept the title for so long with three successful title defenses since them. Tonight, YOSHI-HASHI faces what many believe to be his stiffest test yet, “The Wrestler” Katsuyori Shibata. Can YOSHI-HASHI manage to shock the fans once again? Or will Shibata end his Cinderella story?

MATCH #9

IWGP INTERCONTINTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Normal Match

YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs Katsuyori Shibata

WINNER AND NEW IWGP INTERCONTINTAL CHAMPION: Katsuyori Shibata

Method: Submission

Finish: Triangle Scissors

Time: 14:42

Rating: 85%

NEXT: Since defeating Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in the Spike Dome, Hiroshi Tanahashi has had two successful title defenses since then. Can he achieve three successful title defenses tonight or will Minoru Suzuki take over?

MATCH #10

MAIN EVENT

IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Lumberjack Match

Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Minoru Suzuki

WINNER AND STILL IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: Hiroshi Tanahashi

Method: Pinfall

Finish: High Fly Flow

Time: 12:43

Rating: 79%