Dominion Fallout, Hiromu Takahashi Wants Title Shot, Shingo Takagi Attacked | NJPW Fight-Size Update
Here’s your post-NJPW Dominion fight-size update for July 12, 2020:
– For those that have not seen the Dominion show from this morning and wish to remain unspoiled, be warned as this fight-size will contain spoilers from Dominion.
– There is a new IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Champion as EVIL defeated Tetsuya Naito in the main event. EVIL reacted to the title win on Twitter.
EVIL is 71st. IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION and 25th. IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION.
And you all like my new “PAREJA” Dick Togo @boliviacuba , don’t you!?
Bullet club is perfect EVIL.#EVIL #BulletClub pic.twitter.com/tdSJ3iM7CQ
— EVIL (@151012EVIL) July 12, 2020
– After the main event, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi, who used to be EVIL’s stablemate in Los Ingobernables De Japon, issued a challenge to EVIL for both of those titles or even just one of those titles.
Hiromu: I have a favour to ask of you, EVIL. Let me challenge for those belts you just took! If you’re too scared to put them both up, one or the other is fine!
LIVE: https://t.co/koq8yicLDe#njdominion
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) July 12, 2020
– New IWGP Tag Team Champions were crowned as Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi defeated the team of Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi.
– NJPW also announced a post-Dominion Press Conference for July 13 at 2 am ET, streaming on NJPW World.
– After Shingo Takagi defended the NEVER Openweight title against SHO, Takagi was attacked from behind by El Desperado. Below are highlights of the match.
Highlights from “DOMINION in OSAKA-JO HALL” (July 12th)
Watch full matches on New Japan World!Never Openweight Championship Match: @njpwShowT — @Takagi__Shingo
WATCH NOWhttps://t.co/Tj7UBINesh#njdominion #njpw #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/ewUgK8eNW5
— njpwworld (@njpwworld) July 12, 2020
– For full results of Dominion, click here.
– Bullet Club leader Jay White, who isn’t in Japan at the moment, reacted to EVIL joining the stable.
This is Evil.
This is Bullet Club.
Welcome @151012EVIL #BulletClub #Evil #NewEra— Switchblade (@JayWhiteNZ) July 11, 2020
– NJPW’s next three shows are the following: Lion’s Break Collision in the United States on July 17 and 24, followed by New Japan Road on July 20 and then Sengoku Lord on July 25.
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