NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall(2023)
NJPW Dominion 6.4 event took place on June 4, 2023, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. This is the 15th event in NJPW’s yearly Dominion series in Osaka. The event aired live via NJPW World Streaming service.
The event was headlined by IWGP World Heavyweight Championship bout between Sanada and Yota Tsuji. Best of Super Junior 30 Winner Master Wato challenged IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi. Check below for the other details for the show.
EVENT INFO
MATCH CARD
- Lance Archer vs Will Ospreay – #1 Contender Match for IWGP United States Championship
- Will Ospreay won via pinfall.
- Just 5 Guys (Taichi, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku) vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Titan, BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito)
- Los Ingobernables De Japon (Titan, BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) win via submission.
- Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) (c) vs Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
- Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) win via pinfall(title change).
- Zack Sabre Jr.(c) vs Jeff Cobb – NJPW World TV Championship
- Zack Sabre Jr. won via pinfall.
- Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) vs United Empire(Aaron Henare & Great-o-Khan) vs House of Torture(Evil & Yujiro Takahashi) – IWGP World Tag Team Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
- Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) won via pinfall(new double champions).
- David Finlay(c) vs El Phantsmo – NEVER Openweight Championship
- David Finlay won via pinfall.
- Hiromu Takahashi(c) vs Master Wato – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Hiromu Takahashi won via pinfall.
- Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs Shota Umino, Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli – NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship
- Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi won via pinfall.
- Sanada(c) vs Yota Tsuji – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
- Sanada won via pinfall.
STORYLINES
After Sanada made his first defense of IWGP World title against Hiromu Takahashi at Wrestling Dontaku, Yota Tsuji attacked and speared Sanada and held the title in the air to signal a future world title match. The match was later made official during a press conference for Dominion 6.4. Tsuji joined Los Ingobernables de Japon just a day before this title match which is Sanada’s previous stable.
NJPW announced a mini tournament to crown a #1 contender for IWGP US title. Lance Archer defeated Fred Rosser in the first semifinal while Will Ospreay beat Hiroshi Tanahashi in the second semifinal. Archer and Ospreay then clash in the final at Dominion 6.4.
A 3-way tag team match was announced for IWGP World Tag Team Championship for the show between Aussie Open, Bishamon and House of Torture. Mark Davis got injured in May, leading to Aussie Open vacating IWGP Tag Team and NJPW Strong Tag Team titles, and it was announced that Bishamon and House of Torture would fight for both these titles. Later, United Empire’s Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare were added to the match.
After some growing tensions in Bullet Club, El Phantasmo was booted out of the stable at Sakura Genesis by being attacked by leader David Finlay, Kenta and Gedo. David Finlay won NEVER Openweight title from Tama Tonga at Wrestling Dontaku. Later, El Phantasmo was given the first title shot against Finlay.
Master Wato won Best of Super Junior 30 tournament by beating Titan in the final match. The tournament win earned him a title shot at NJPW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Hiroumu Takahashi.
Shota Umino teamed up with Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta at NJPW Resurgence event to beat Chaos’ Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii and Rocky Romero. Umino’s team once again defeated CHAOS and Hiroshi Tanahashi at the final event of Best of Super Junior. After this win, Umino announced that he would team up with Moxley ad Claudio Castagnoli to challenge for NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
Intergalactic Jet-Setters pulled off an upset as they defeated Catch2/2 on the Road to Dontaku in April win Junior Heavyweight tag titles. Catch 2/2’s run as the champions was the second longest in the title’s history. Catch 2/2 will now get another chance at Dominion to win those titles back.
