NJPW's Dominion: 14 Biggest Stories Ahead Of The G1 Climax And More

7. G.O.D. Retain Tag Team Titles And Challenge All-Comers

Dominion Chris Jericho Kazuchika Okada Hiroshi Tanahashi
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Dominion saw the Guerrillas of Destiny's Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa again do battle with Los Ingobernables de Japon’s EVIL and Sanada. Both teams are acutely familiar with each other, having met and even traded the IWGP Tag Team belts on a number of occasions.

At the bout's onset, the Osaka crowd cheered wildly for Sanada, who has skyrocketed in popularity since his championship challenge against Kazuchika Okada at Wrestling Dontaku. However, fan support wasn’t enough to lead the challengers to victory - especially as they contended with an interfering Jado on multiple occasions. Eventually, BUSHI ran down and spewed black mist into Jado's face to even the odds. However, the momentary chaos led to Tama rolling-up EVIL in order to retain the IWGP belts. Interestingly, as EVIL sulked in disappointment, Sanada quickly left the ring without his teammate.

Then, in their post-match interview, The Guerrillas expressed being tired of rematches with so-called losers. Instead, they want "new blood" and even name-dropped The Usos and The Revival, encouraging them to “come out to the open and play.” Clearly, neither WWE team will be answering G.O.D.’s challenge anytime soon, but the IWGP Tag Champions are seemingly open to facing new opponents, whoever they may be.

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