Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall
{{short description|2022 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event}}
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall
|image=Dominion 6.12.jpg
|caption=Promotional poster featuring Kazuchika Okada and Jay White
|promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling
|date={{dts|2022|06|12}}
|venue=Osaka-jō Hall
|liveevent=y
|lastevent=Best of the Super Jr. 29
|nextevent=Forbidden Door
|event=Dominion
|lastevent2=6.6
|nextevent2=6.4
}}
Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 12, 2022, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and is the fourteenth event under the Dominion name and eighth in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
Ten matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Jay White defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Will Ospreay defeated Sanada to win the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to face Jon Moxley at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door for the interim AEW World Championship.
Production
=Storylines=
Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall featured 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.{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title = How Pro Wrestling Works | last=Grabianowski | first=Ed | accessdate=April 10, 2017 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=Discovery Communications}}
Results
{{Professional wrestling results table
|results = {{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/118463?showResult=1|title=2022.06.12 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall|publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|accessdate=June 12, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/four-title-matches-announced-for-njpw-dominion |title=Four title matches announced for NJPW Dominion|publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter |date=May 2, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/njpw-announces-full-card-njpw-dominion |title=NJPW Announces Full Card For NJPW Dominion|publisher=Fightful |date=June 4, 2022 |access-date=June 5, 2022}}
|match1 = United Empire (Aaron Henare, TJP and Francesco Akira) defeated Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan by submission
|stip1 = Six-man tag team match
|time1 = 10:31
|match2 = Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo and Ace Austin) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) by pinfall
|stip2 = Six-man tag team match
|time2 = 8:04
|match3 = Toru Yano defeated Doc Gallows by pinfall
|stip3 = Singles match
|time3 = 4:05
|match4 = House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by pinfall
|stip4 = Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
|time4 = 9:26
|match5 = United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) (c) by pinfall
|stip5 = Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
|time5 = 11:52
|match6 = Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto by pinfall
|stip6 = Singles match to determine Jon Moxley's opponent for the interim AEW World Championship at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/tanahashi-vs-goto-interim-aew-title-eliminator-match-set-for-njpw-dominion |title=Tanahashi vs. Goto interim AEW World title eliminator match set for NJPW Dominion|publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter |date=June 5, 2022 |access-date=June 5, 2022}}
|time6 = 12:40
|match7 = Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Taichi 11-10
|stip7 = 10 Minute Unlimited Pinfall Scramble match for the Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy
|time7 = 10:00
|match8 = Karl Anderson (with Doc Gallows) defeated Tama Tonga (c) (with Jado) by pinfall
|stip8 = Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
|time8 = 16:27
|match9 = Will Ospreay defeated Sanada by pinfall
|stip9 = Singles match for the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
|time9 = 12:48
|match10 = Jay White (with Gedo) defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) by pinfall
|stip10 = Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
|time10 = 36:04
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website]
{{2022 NJPW events}}
{{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|Dominion}}