NJPW Dominion notes: New champions crowned, House of Torture, Hiroshi Tanahashi
New champions and new House of Torture members were crowned on Sunday.
The start of the show saw what became the theme for the night: the House of Torture are stronger than ever. Bad Luck Fale revealed himself as the first new member, renaming himself Don Fale and teaming with Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, and SANADA to defeat Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens, Clark Connors, and Drilla Moloney. Bullet Club War Dogs lost thanks to Owens, who turned against his teammates and helped House of Torture pick up the win, becoming the second person to join the group.
All of the titles up for grabs on Sunday at Osaka-jo Hall changed hands save for the main event, where Hirooki Goto defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World title. The first title change was SHO and the third new member of House of Torture, DOUKI, joining forces for the first time to defeat Master Wato and YOH to win the IWGP Jr. Tag Team titles. DOUKI had been out of action since January, suffering an elbow injury early into his IWGP Jr. title match against El Desperado.
Fale, Owens, and DOUKI all played part in the Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch where EVIL defeated David Finlay, setting up the former IWGP Champion strong heading into the G1 Climax tournament next month.
The IWGP Tag Team titles changed hands next when Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii won the IWGP Tag Team titles, defeating Great-O-Khan and Callum Newman after Taichi hit Black Mephisto on Newman. Boltin Oleg then followed, winning the NEVER Openweight title from Konosuke Takeshita after he hit the kamikaze.
In the co-main event, Gabe Kidd defeated Yota Tsuji to win the IWGP Global Championship for the first time. After the match, he called out Hiroshi Tanahashi, who earlier in the night was successful in defeating Yuya Uemura. The two had a staredown, likely setting up a future title match.