Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall (2020)

Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 12, 2020, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and was the twelfth event under the Dominion name and sixth in a row that took place at the Osaka-jō Hall.

Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall (2020)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	July 12, 2020
City	Osaka, Japan
Venue	Osaka-jō Hall
Attendance	3,898[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous New Japan Cup Next → New Japan Road
Dominion chronology
← Previous 6.9 (2019) Next → 6.6

Production

Background

Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall was officially announced on June 9, 2019, during Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall. It was scheduled to take place on June 14, 2020, but was postponed to July 12, to allow the rescheduled New Japan Cup tournament to take place instead, as the tournament was originally planned to be held earlier in the year but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2][3][4][5] Due to the pandemic, the arena was limited to one-third capacity.^[6]

Storylines

Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[7]

Results

No.	Results[1]	Stipulations	Times
1	Taguchi Japan (Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata and Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) and Gabriel Kidd by submission	Six-man tag team match	9:25
2	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) and Yota Tsuji by submission	Six-man tag team match	10:15
3	Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Douki) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato and Yuya Uemura	Six-man tag team match	9:44
4	Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori) (with Gedo) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Hirooki Goto)	Tag team match	9:42
5	Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Sho	Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship	20:07
6	Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) (c)	Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship	28:43
7	Evil defeated Tetsuya Naito (c)	Singles match for both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	38:01
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• 2020 in professional wrestling
• List of NJPW major events

References

1. "DOMINION In OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
2. @njpw1972 (June 9, 2019). "緊急決定！ 2020年は、大阪城ホールが"年2回"開催！・2月9日（日）『THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA』！・6月14日（日）『DOMINION 6.14 in OSAKA-JO HALL』！☆YouTube告知動画はコチラ！" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "NJPW events cancelled until Saturday March 21 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
4. Rose, Bryan (9 June 2020). "NJPW Announces June 15 Return To Live Events". f4wonline.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
5. "NJPW welcomes the fans back to Osaka Jo Hall July 11 & 12! | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
6. Currier, Joseph (July 11, 2020). "NJPW reveals full card for Dominion". Figure Four Online. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
7. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

External links

• Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website