{"id":61078,"date":"2018-06-07T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T22:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=61078"},"modified":"2018-06-07T18:01:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T23:01:49","slug":"new-japan-dominion-preview-omega-vs-okada-jericho-vs-nation-takahashi-vs-ospreay-plus-zack-sabre-jr-rey-jr-young-bucks-scurll-hangman-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/07\/new-japan-dominion-preview-omega-vs-okada-jericho-vs-nation-takahashi-vs-ospreay-plus-zack-sabre-jr-rey-jr-young-bucks-scurll-hangman-page\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW JAPAN DOMINION PREVIEW: Omega vs. Okada, Jericho vs. Nation, Takahashi vs. Ospreay, plus Zack Sabre Jr., Rey Jr., Young Bucks, Scurll, Hangman Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2757637828\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING DOMINION PREVIEW<br \/>\nJUNE 9, 2018<br \/>\nOSAKA, JAPAN AT JO HALL<br \/>\nSTREAMS LIVE ON NEW JAPAN WORLD STREAMING SERVICE<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Okada makes a closing statement to Omega! Dominion is days away!!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/35r8zjlfv34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>David Finlay &amp; Juice Robinson vs. Yoshi-Hashi &amp; Jay White<\/h3>\n<p>Cats and dogs. Batman and The Joker. For New Japan, as long as they breathe air, Jay White and Fit Finlay will seek to maim one another. Brought along for the ride in this presumptive opener are Juice Robinson and Yoshi-Hashi, the man I once said could be left on Krypton as it exploded.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>This match will serve to continue the feud between the two former young lions, while saving another one-on-one encounter to come perhaps in the G-1 climax.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Toru Yano &amp; Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. &amp; Minoru Suzuki<\/h3>\n<p>While most will roll their eyes at Yano being in a match, having him and Ishii team up to take on Suzuki and Son &#8211; my pet nickname for Sabre and Suzuki. This will be a vehicle to push for another matchup between Ishii and Suzuki and I for one am here for that!\u00a0The match itself? I think it\u2019ll be a paint-by-the-numbers until Yano tries to remove a turnbuckle and Sabre stretches Y-T-R like he\u2019s a Torie with a bad piece of legislation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>NEVER Openweight Championship:\u00a0Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Taichi vs. Michael Elgin<\/h3>\n<p>Very rarely does New Japan do heavyweight three-way matches \u2013 and this match between Goto, Taichi, and Elgin seems to be a match that will be a game of \u201chow do you hide Taichi.\u201d Not too enthused the contents make for a great match, but watch if you\u2019re a title match completionist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:\u00a0SANADA &amp; EVIL (c) vs. The Young Bucks<\/h3>\n<p>After all the training, all the eating, and all of the lifting, the Young Bucks are officially in the heavyweight division, serving as challengers to the perennially solid SANADA &amp; EVIL. If this were another American sport such as football or basketball, I liken SANADA to the first round pick that has finally \u201cgotten it\u201d (or at least is well on his way to do so) with another team, and EVIL is the player your team picks up on the waivers that earns minutes as a top player. While their team has been entertaining, it is almost the time of year that gives New Japan wrestlers the chance to prove their mettle \u2013 the G-1 climax. That fact, coupled with the Young Bucks being the perfect ambassadors for New Japan in the United States makes me think this will be a must-watch, if only to see these four go.<\/p>\n<h3>Rey Mysterio Jr. &amp; Jushin Thunder Liger &amp; Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Cody &amp; Marty Scurll &amp; Hangman Page<\/h3>\n<p>In the last year, Cody has done an effective job of proving that the move to go into the independents and forge a new path was a prudent one. This match, in which he\u2019ll team with \u201cThe Villain\u201d and one of my picks as a &#8220;wrestler to watch&#8221; in 2018 and 2019, Adam Page, should be a solid six-man that serves as a great platform for Rey Mysterio. Jushin Liger, and the 1\/100 Ace Hiroshi Tanahashi should be great garnishes to what should be a nice little mid-card dish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:\u00a0El Desperado &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs. Roppongi 3K<\/h3>\n<p>This should be a good matchup between the members of Suzuki Gun, Junior Edition, and Roppongi 3K. After the shenanigans that led to Despy &amp; Kanemaru winning the title, you would assume that Sho and Yoh have learned from their Super Juniors runs to get themselves to individually to a zone they\u2019ll need as a team to out work and out-smart the shady duo holding the titles.<\/p>\n<h3>IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship:\u00a0Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi<\/h3>\n<p>After a spectacular match between Hiromu &amp; Taiji Ishimori, in which Takahashi traded all of his safe, \u201clet\u2019s not go too wild\u201d approach to his moveset for the Murder-Death-Kill style of his eternal feud with Dragon Lee to take the upstart Ishimori down.\u00a0Enter Will Ospreay \u2013 a man who watched that match first-hand and now has two missions \u2013 defend his IWGP Junior Heavyweight title and steal the entire show. I think that this match will be an aerial stunt show that has heart, similar to the quest Hiromu has been on to finally get the Junior Heavyweight Title back after having lost it a year ago in Osaka Jo to KUSHIDA.<\/p>\n<h3>IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Chris Jericho<\/h3>\n<p>To Chris Jericho, this is a perfect spot, being in the semi-main event, not because of my perceived stature of the 30 year wrestler, but because he can use it to irk his opponent. Most of Jericho\u2019s mind games towards the Los Ingobernables leader has been digging at the wound that hasn\u2019t healed &#8211; Naito\u2019s disgust at being replaced as the main event of WrestleKingdom 8.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>While there\u2019s been blood and guts and violence, make no mistake, Jericho is the physical manifestation to Naito that there\u2019s no room for Tetsuya at the top. I\u2019m looking forward to this match as much as the main event, not just because I think these two will have a wonderful fight, but because one way or another this will get Naito on or off the path to IWGP redemption.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1125430243\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>IWGP Heavyweight Championship:\u00a0Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega (2\/3 falls, no time limit)<\/h3>\n<p>2.\u00a0That\u2019s how long it\u2019s been since Kazuchika Okada rainmaker\u2019d his way into the IWGP Championship, beating Tetsuya Naito in Osaka Jo Hall to begin the journey that leads us to Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>363: That\u2019s the number of days between Saturday and Kenny Omega\u2019s last bid to end Okada\u2019s reign as IWGP Champion in Osaka Jo Hall, a bout that ended in a 60 minute draw \u2013 which has had the image of Okada screaming in agony while trying to get the pin in time burned indelibly into my head.<\/p>\n<p>13:\u00a0This will be the V13 defense for Okada, which means nothing in terms of bad luck. Okada vanquished Hiroshi Tanahashi to not only pass Tanahashi\u2019s record of title defenses, but also slay a demon of his own \u2013 but everything to Omega.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a \u201cBeing the Elite\u201d promo, Omega admits that he isn\u2019t the wrestler that Okada is, but believes now that he\u2019s accepted that fact, he can out-work Okada. In order to do that, Omega will have to beat &#8220;The Rainmaker&#8221; twice in one match. Additional questions this match will ask are: Who seconds Kenny? Will it be the Young Bucks, Kota Ibushi, no one?\u00a0Throw in the added stipulation that this title match will have no time limit, strap in for what should be a 65-minute-plus masterpiece.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>FINAL RECOMMENDATION<\/h3>\n<p>This looks like a solid card from top to bottom live which is available on the New Japan World Streaming service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2707160348\"><div id=\"pwtor-2441387432\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING DOMINION PREVIEW JUNE 9, 2018 OSAKA, JAPAN AT JO HALL STREAMS LIVE ON NEW JAPAN WORLD STREAMING SERVICE David Finlay &amp; Juice Robinson vs. Yoshi-Hashi &amp; Jay White Cats and dogs. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/07\/new-japan-dominion-preview-omega-vs-okada-jericho-vs-nation-takahashi-vs-ospreay-plus-zack-sabre-jr-rey-jr-young-bucks-scurll-hangman-page\/\" title=\"NEW JAPAN DOMINION PREVIEW: Omega vs. Okada, Jericho vs. Nation, Takahashi vs. Ospreay, plus Zack Sabre Jr., Rey Jr., Young Bucks, Scurll, Hangman Page\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,4337,485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-ppv-outcomes-implications","category-pwtorch-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/Okada-Omega_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61083,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61078\/revisions\/61083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}