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#8. Chris Jericho vs Tetsuya Naito- IWGP Intercontinental Championship
By this point of time, it seems like all of Chris Jericho’s NJPW matches will turn out to be some of the most brutal matches in the promotion’s recent history, as Y2J once again put up another destructive performance, following his WK 12 loss to Kenny Omega.
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Jericho initially started the match even before the bell rang and went on to attack Naito, as the two men brawled all over the place with the latter even taking a powerbomb through a table. Naito, however, successfully ignited a comeback into this match when he hit a Destino on Jericho, but was unable to make the cover. In a similar manner, Y2J was also unsuccessful to pick up the win after hitting with the first Codebreaker of the match, reversing a Destino attempt in the process.
Despite that, a cunning Chris Jericho did manage to hit the second Codebreaker, when he low-blowed the leader of LIJ behind the referees’ back and won the IWGP IC Title in what the biggest upset of the night and arguably one of the biggest shocks in recent NJPW history as well.
Following the match, Jericho kept on attacking Naito, only for his LIJ stablemate Evil to step in and get in some offense. Looks like we’re now in for a Naito vs Evil match at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
Result: Chris Jericho def. Tetsuya Naito
#9. Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 out of 3 falls/no time limit match)
Simply incredible, words cannot define how awesome and amazing this IWGP Heavyweight Title bout was between Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega. In the opening stages of the matches, we witnessed some gruesome spots with Okada hitting ‘The Best Bout Machine’ with a Tombstone Piledriver on the ring apron, but we did not witness any of the competitors hit their finishing moves. Okada eventually got the first fall when he trapped Omega’s shoulders with his knees and went 1-0 up, much to the latter surprise.
A frustrated Kenny Omega then took the action to the outside of the ring and delivered a brutal double foot stomp on Okada, who was lying underneath a table. Omega looked to put away the champ, after trying to catch him with a V-Trigger and the One Winged Angel, but Okada successfully reversed it and the action continued for a while. Omega eventually hit the V-Trigger and the OWA to even the score at 1-1.
In the third portion of the match, both competitors were pretty tired and exhausted by this point of time, as Omega continued to attack the champion and looked to seal the deal with another OWA, but Okada once again dug deep and countered the move, allowing Omega to eventually hit The Styles Clash on Okada, leading to chants of “AJ Styles” at the Osaka-jo Hall.
It was Okada’s turn to fire back as he caught the challenger with a Cradle Tombstone, as Kota Ibushi then climbed up the ring apron in order to guide his fellow Golden Lover, who then attempted Ibushi’s Phoenix Splash from the top rope, only for Okada to get out of harm’s way.
The champ then eventually connected with The Rainmaker and maintained wrist control to hit another one on Omega, but after an awesome reversal, the challenger hit another brutal V-Trigger on Okada, followed up by one final One-Winged Angel to become the new champion and bringing an end to Kazuchika Okada’s legendary 720-day run as IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
After the match, Kenny Omega hugged out with The Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi as the four men celebrated, as Omega’s rival Cody came down the aisle, only to head backstage to the locker room area seconds later. The celebrations continued as Omega thanked everyone with a mesmerizing promo and we finally witnessed the birth of The Golden Elite to end an absolutely amazing Dominion show.
Result: Kenny Omega def. Kazuchika Okada
