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Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 16, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the newly renamed Bodymaker Colosseum. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships.[1][2][3] It was the fourth event under the Dominion name.
Dominion 6.16 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.[4]
The opening match saw participation from the DDT Pro-Wrestling trio of Daisuke Sasaki, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi facing NJPW's Bushi, Kushida and Prince Devitt in a six-man tag team match.[1] The third match was a decision match to determine the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Taichi and Taka Michinoku to win the vacant title, when Liger revived his old Kishin Liger persona, after being unmasked by Taichi.[1] The event saw Low Ki successfully defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against 2012 Best of the Super Juniors winner Ryusuke Taguchi, while two attempts were unable to determine the winner between IWGP Tag Team Champions, Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, and challengers, Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima).[1] As a result, four days later, the IWGP Tag Team Championship was declared vacant.[5] In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi recaptured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Kazuchika Okada.[1] With his sixth title win, Tanahashi tied the record for most reigns as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion.[6]
Tokyo Sports later named the main event the 2012 Match of the Year.[7][8]
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- ^ "7月シリーズ『Kizuna Road』最終戦7・22山形でIWGP 3大タイトルマッチ＆タッグ王座決定戦！". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). June 20, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ a b Meltzer, Dave (June 25, 2012). "June 25 Observer Newsletter: No Way Out and the supposed end of John Lauranitis, Brock's next opponent, Tanahashi on way to making history, tons more news from around the world". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. pp. 6–9. ISSN 1083-9593.
- ^ 「２０１２年度プロレス大賞」受賞者. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 11, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "【最年少タイ!!】オカダが『プロレス大賞』MVPを「あたりまえ」の初受賞!! ベストバウトはオカダvs棚橋！中邑は技能賞!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 11, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
