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Promotional poster for the event, featuring various NJPW wrestlers
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Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
Date | June 19, 2016 | |||
Attendance | 9,925 | |||
Venue | Osaka-jō Hall | |||
City | Osaka, Japan | |||
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Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 19, 2016, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and was the eighth event under the Dominion name and second in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
The event featured ten matches with six of NJPW's seven championships on the line. The main event saw Kazuchika Okada defeat Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time. Other top matches included Michael Elgin defeating Kenny Omega in NJPW's first-ever ladder match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and Kushida successfully defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against 2016 Best of the Super Juniors winner Will Ospreay. All in all, the event featured five title changes.
In July 2015, NJPW returned to the Osaka-jō Hall for the first time in 21 years, drawing a full capacity crowd for Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, which was dubbed a "great success" for the company. On January 4, 2016, NJPW made the official announcement of a return to Osaka-jō Hall the following June. In addition to airing worldwide on the New Japan Pro Wrestling World internet streaming service, the event also aired in Japan through SKY PerfecTV! as well as in various cinemas across the country through Live Viewing Japan.