Dominion 6.22 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 22, 2013, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Bodymaker Colosseum. The event featured ten matches (including one dark match), four of which were contested for championships.[1][2][3][4] It was the fifth event under the Dominion name.
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 Promotional poster for the event, featuring Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe, Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | June 22, 2013[1] | ||
| City | Osaka, Japan[1] | ||
| Venue | Bodymaker Colosseum[1] | ||
| Attendance | 7,240[1] | ||
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Storylines
editDominion 6.22 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.[5]
Event
editThe event featured a special three-way tag team match, where IWGP Tag Team Champions Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) faced GHC Tag Team Champions Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano and NWA World Tag Team Champions K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer), though only the IWGP title was on the line.[1] As part of the newly revived relationship between NJPW and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the event featured the second time Rob Conway defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a NJPW ring.[1] During the event, Tetsuya Naito wrestled his first match since King of Pro-Wrestling in October 2012, defeating former No Limit partner Yujiro Takahashi, who in storyline had caused his knee injury.[1] In the semi-main event, Prince Devitt defeated rival Hiroshi Tanahashi to earn his first shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, held by Kazuchika Okada, who retained the title against Togi Makabe in the main event.[1] Following his win, Okada accepted Devitt's challenge on the condition that he first defend his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Okada's manager Gedo.[1]
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Dominion 6.22". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ a b "新日本プロレス「Dominion 6.22」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. June 22, 2013. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ a b Namako, Jason (June 22, 2013). "6/22 NJPW iPPV Results: Osaka, Japan (Okada/Makabe)". Wrestleview. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ a b "Show results - 6/22 NJPW Dominion iPPV: Devitt vs. Tanahashi, NWA Title defended, Benjamin, Hoyt, Shelley, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. June 22, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (July 1, 2013). "July 1, 2013 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Life and times of Jackie Fargo, Ring of Honor and the Briscoes, New Japan iPPV review, Daniel Bryan and Orton, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. pp. 16–21. ISSN 1083-9593.