NJPW Dominion 2024 Results – June 9, 2024 – El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori

June 9, 2024
Osaka, Japan – Osaka-Jo Hall
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results

1. Tetsuya Naito defeated Callum Newman via Destino (pinfall 8:08)
2. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, & LJ Cleary via Zack Driver (pinfall 9:41)
   • Sabre Jr. pinned Cleary after hitting the Zack Driver to give TMDK the victory.
3. Provisional King of Pro Wrestling 2024 Championship Storm Catch Rules match – Great-O-Khan defeated Yuya Uemura (c) via Super Eliminator (pinfall 10:36)
   • The rules of this match were a 15-minute time limit, no strikes allowed, and two rope breaks and/or leaving the ring are allowed while a third escape will result in an automatic disqualification.
4. NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship – BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, & Yota Tsuji defeated Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, & Hiroshi Tanahshi (c) via Gene Blaster (pinfall 8:32)
   • Tsuji pinned Tanahashi after Tanahashi attempted a High Fly Flow that was dodged by Tsuji who hit a Gene Blaster in return for the NEVER 6-Man Tag title winning victory.
   • Following the match, Oleg confronted Tsuji demanding a title rematch that Tsuji shrugged off leading to Oleg leaving the ring. After some more celebration by LIJ, Oleg entered the ring and confronted Tusji again trying to get him to agree to a rematch only for Tsuji to ignore him again and Oleg leaving empty handed.
5. NiPW World Television Championship – Jeff Cobb (c) defeated Tomohiro Ishii via Tour of the Islands (pinfall 11:47)
6. IWGP Tag Team Championships & NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships Tornado Elimination Four-way match – TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) defeated Bishamon (YOHSI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto), Guerillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (NJPW Strong), and Bullet Club (Chase Owens & KENTA) (IWGP) via Tank Buster (pinfall)
   • TMDK eliminated Guerillas of Destiny after hitting a Tank Buster to Hikuleo for the pinfall.
   • Bishamon eliminated Bullet Club after hitting a Shoto to Owens for the pinfall.
   • TMDK scored the decisive pinfall after hitting a Tank Buster to Goto for the IWGP Tag and NJPW Strong Openweight Tag titles victory.
7. NEVER Openweight Championship – HENARE vs. Shingo Tagaki (c) went to Double Knockout Draw (14:35)
   • Near the end of the match, HENARE and Takagi engaged in a series of headbutts to each other resulting in both men getting laid out after HENARE hit a launching headbutt to Takagi. Neither HENARE nor Takagi were able to get back up in time to beat the 10 count resulting in the referee calling for the bell and the match ending in a double knockout draw.
8. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Deathmatch – Jon Moxley (c) defeated EVIL via Death Rider (pinfall 25:01)
   • Prior to the start of the match, House of Torture came out for EVIL’s entrance and confronted NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani at ringside. HoT grabbed Kidani’s arms while EVIL spray painted Kidani’s face and shirt. EVIL then grabbed a microphone and tried to start a crowd chant of “Get Out Kidani” in reference to earlier comments made by Kidani about wanting less interference in matches in reference to HoT.
   • The lumberjacks for this match were Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Ren Narita for EVIL’s side and Shota Umino, Yugi Nagata, Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan for Moxley’s side.
   • Throughout the match, House of Torture did their usual HoT style cheating shenanigans resulting in a mass brawl breaking out at one point with all the lumberjacks.
   • Near the end of the match, Moxley grabbed a barbed wire baseball bat from under the ring and proceeded to attack House of Torture laying them all out. Moxley then hit EVIL with the bat several times and followed it with a curb stomp and finished with a Death Rider to EVIL onto the barbed wire bat for the pinfall victory.
   • Following the match, Moxley grabbed a microphone and called out for someone in the back to come out to be his next challenger. This led to Tetsuya Naito coming out accepting the challenge and stated this would be at Forbidden Door 2024.
9. Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Tournament Finals – El Desperado defeated Taiji Ishimori via Pinche Loco (pinfall 23:36)
   • Following the match, El Desperado gave a speech talking about his victory only to be interrupted by IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO who came out leading to some comedic insults filled banter between the two. After the banter, El Desperado stated that their future match for the IWGP Junior title should take place in a Steel Cage if SHO is that confident he can beat him in a one-vs-one setting. This led to a shocked reaction from SHO and stormed off to the back.