Various: Three Titles Matches and Dog Collar Match Set for NJPW Dominion 2025, Dustin Rhodes on Wanting a Shot at ROH World Title Before He Retires, Indies/Misc.

May 7, 2025

Four Matches Announced for NJPW Dominion 2025

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the first four matches for the card of Dominion 2025, which takes place on June 15th at the Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

The first new match announced was an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match of Shingo Takagi vs. winner of Zack Sabre Jr./Hirooki Goto (c).

The second new match announced was an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match of Gabe Kidd vs. Yota Tsuji (c).

The third new match announced was an IWGP Tag Team Championship match of Tomihiro Ishii & Taichi vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) (c).

The fourth new match announced was a Dog Collar match of David Finlay vs. EVIL.

Current card for NJPW Dominion 2025:

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Shingo Takagi vs. winner of Zack Sabre Jr./Hirooki Goto (c)
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Gabe Kidd vs. Yota Tsuji (c)
IWGP Tag Team Championship – Tomihiro Ishii & Taichi vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) (c)
Dog Collar match – David Finlay vs. EVIL

Dustin Rhodes Comments on Wanting a Shot at ROH World Title Before He Retires

A recent episode of Sportskeeda’s WrestleBinge podcast featured Dustin Rhodes as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts about if Ring of Honor is back to its glory years and him wanting to have a shot at the ROH World Championship before he retires.

“I hope it is. I love Ring of Honor. We’re trying, we’re doing the best we can. Before I retire, which will probably be in two or three years, I do want a shot at the Ring of Honor World Title. I think I can get it.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

PROGRESS Wrestling announced that Luke Jacobs will be making an appearance for the company at their Chapter 181: Far From Ordinary People event on June 29th in Manchester, England.

Daria Berenato, former Sonya Deville, recently announced on Twitter that she will be making an appearance for Invicta FC at their Invicta FC 62 event on May 16th in Kansas City, Missouri. Berenato also announced that she will be a guest commentator at the upcoming event.

ACTION Wrestling recently announced that Dr. Cerebo is the first official competitor for the 10-Man Cibernetico match at their co-promoted ACTION DEAN~!!!2 event with AEW on May 24th in Glendale, Arizona.

WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner recently reflected on Twitter about the 100 men vs. 1 silverback gorilla online meme and using Steiner Math to prove how 100 gorillas can’t beat one genetic freak. Steiner stated “Let’s say you got 100 average men. No weapons. No training. Just fear in their eyes and dad bods in their way. Then you got ONE full-grown silverback gorilla—600 pounds of pure rage, muscle, and tree-rippin’ power. Now here comes the math… Outta those 100 men, maybe 25% don’t even show up once they see the gorilla. That’s 25 cowards eliminated immediately. Then you got 33 1/3% of ‘em tryin’ to talk it out—they’re done. Another 20% just stand there frozen, pissing their pants. Now you’re left with about 21 guys, panicked, half-committed, and getting LAUNCHED like lawn darts. But what if Big Poppa Pump’s in the mix? You just tipped the freakin’ scale. Now it’s not 100 men vs 1 gorilla… it’s 1 gorilla vs the Genetic Freak. And that spells disaster for that Gorilla.“

Major League Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Azteca Lucha 2025 event on May 10th in Cicero, Illinois: