New Japan Pro Wednesday (5/16) Osaka Jo-Hall Sold Out, BOSJ Primer, Kojima Update, More

Dominion Sells Out Osaka-Jo Hall

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s June 9th show, Dominion, has officially sold out Osaka Jo-Hall. The event is now standing room only. The show is set to be headlined by IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defending his title against Kenny Omega. A rematch from last year’s Dominion, the two are set to face off in a No Time Limit Best Of Three Falls Match. The event is set to air at 3am EDT on NJPWWorld.com.

[SOLD OUT Thank you! ] June 9 (Sat) [DOMINION 6.9] advance ticket of Osaka Castle Hall Tournament all seats are out! Hurry, standing ticket is decided to release! http://www.njpw.co.jp/142677  #njdominion #njpw

Lion’s Gate Project 12 Results

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Lion’s Gate Project 12 was held on Tuesday. The show featured the NJPW debut of Big Japan Wrestling’s Daisuke Sekimoto.

• Yota Tsuji wrestled Yuya Uemura to a Time Limit Draw (10:00)
• Manabu Nakanishi made Tomoyuki Oka submit via Argentine Backbreaker (9:04)
• Hirosyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito def. Ryusuke Taguchi & Ren Narita (12:13)
  Tenzan made Narita submit via Anaconda Vice.
• Daisuke Sekimoto pinned Shota Umino after a Lariat. (14:38)
• Yuji Nagata pinned Ayato Yoshida after a Back Drop Driver. (12:47)

Kojima Update

Bread Club leader Satoshi Kojima took to Twitter to laud the resilience of New Japan Young Lion Shota Umino. Umino went nearly 15 minutes in a punishing match with Daisuke Sekimoto and was still smiling the next day.

Training, end. I encountered Shota Unno. Last night’s game was “licked”, Shota said with a (^ ^) smile. You must be strong!! You can play with Daisuke Sekimoto and smile the next day. Hang on, ‼️.

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