Chris Jericho has won gold in New Japan Pro Wrestling. He defeated Tetsuya Naito in Osaka, Japan to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship early this morning. Jericho is just the 12th person to ever win the title and begins the 19th reign in the championship’s lineage.
The all-time record-holder with this title is Shinsuke Nakamura. He has held the title 5x and defended it 17x. Nakamura holds the record for the most combined days spent with the title as well with 901.
Naito’s reign finishes at just 41 days and 0 title defenses. He won the title from Minoru Suzuki at the New Beginning in Sapporo on April 29th, 2018. It was Naito’s 2nd reign with the title. He had previously held the belt for 259 days and defended it 4x from 2016 to 2017.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjzSelnlBNt/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=6ndt4hc5qk
Complete NJPW Dominion Results
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) defeated Roppongi 3K - Juice Robinson and David Finlay defeated Jay White and YOSHI-HASHI
- Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
- NEVER Openweight Championship
3-Way
Michael Elgin defeated Taichi and Hirooki Goto (c) - IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
The Young Bucks defeated EVIL and SANADA (c) - Cody, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll defeated Jushin Liger, Rey Mysterio Jr., and Hiroshi Tanahashi
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi defeated Will Ospreay (c) - IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Chris Jericho defeated Tetsuya Naito (c) - IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Best 2-of-3 Falls
Kenny Omega defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) (2-1)
Comments
11 responses to “Chris Jericho WIns IWGP Intercontinental Championship, Full NJPW Dominion Results”