NJPW Dominion 6.4 2023 Match Card, Date, Start Time, Location

ByVipin Raghuwanshi
NJPW Dominion 2023

NJPW Dominion 6.4 is set to take place on June 4, 2023, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. This is the 15th event NJPW’s yearly Dominion series in Osaka. The event will air live via NJPW World Streaming service.

The event will be headlined by IWGP World Heavyweight Championship bout between Sanada and Yota Tsuji. Best of Super Junior 30 Winner Master Wato challenges IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi. Check below for the other details for the show.

EVENT INFO

  • Date: June 4, 2023
  • Start Time: 3 AM ET/4 PM JST
  • Location: Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka, Japan

MATCH CARD

  1. Lance Archer vs Will Ospreay – #1 Contender Match for IWGP United States Championship
  2. Just 5 Guys (Taichi, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku) vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Titan, BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito)
  3. Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) (c) vs Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
  4. Zack Sabre Jr.(c) vs Jeff Cobb – NJPW World TV Championship
  5. Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) vs House of Torture(Evil & Yujiro Takahashi) – IWGP World Tag Team Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
  6. David Finlay(c) vs El Phantsmo – NEVER Openweight Championship
  7. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs Shota Umino, Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli – NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champoionship
  8. Hiromu Takahashi(c) vs Master Wato – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
  9. Sanada(c) vs Yota Tsuji – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

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 air to signal a future world title match. The match was later made official during a press conference for Dominion 6.4.

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 will now 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 & Jeff Cobb 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.