Dominion 6.16

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Dominion 6.16
Dominion 6.16.jpg
Promotional poster for the event, featuring Kazuchika Okada and other NJPW wrestlers
Information
Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date June 16, 2012[1]
Attendance 6,850[1]
Venue Bodymaker Colosseum[1]
City Osaka, Japan[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
Wrestling Dontaku 2012 Dominion 6.16 G1 Climax 22
Dominion chronology
Dominion 6.18 Dominion 6.16 Dominion 6.22

Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) 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.

Production

Storylines

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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 Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) trio of Daisuke Sasaki, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi as part of Ibushi setting up a challenge for Prince Devitt's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[1] The third match was a decision match to determine the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Jushin 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]

Reception

Tokyo Sports later named the main event the 2012 Match of the Year.[6][7]

Results

No. Results[1][2][3] Stipulations Times[1]
1 Daisuke Sasaki and Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeated Bushi, Kushida and Prince Devitt Six-man tag team match 10:48
2 Chaos (Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Seigigun (Captain New Japan, Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata) Six-man tag team match 09:26
3 Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) Tag team match for the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 09:20
4 Black Dynamite (MVP and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Karl Anderson and Tama Tonga Tag team match 10:19
5 Low Ki (c) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 12:32
6 Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) (c) and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) wrestled to a double countout Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 02:41
7 Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) (c) and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) wrestled to a no contest Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 12:26
8 Chaos (Masato Tanaka and Shinsuke Nakamura) defeated Hirooki Goto and Tetsuya Naito Tag team match 13:28
9 Togi Makabe defeated Minoru Suzuki Singles match 16:21
10 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) (with Gedo) Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 28:06
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  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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