US title number one contender’s tournament finals set for NJPW Dominion

The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship number one contender’s tournament finals are set for NJPW Dominion on June 4.

Will Ospreay defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi at Sunday’s Resurgence pay-per-view to advance to the tournament finals at Dominion set for Sunday, June 4 in Osaka. Ospreay will now face Lance Archer at Dominion, with the winner set to challenge Kenny Omega for the IWGP US title at a later date, most likely AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in Toronto on Sunday, June 25. 

Ospreay pinned Tanahashi after hitting a Storm Breaker to advance to the finals. The bout was just the second career singles meeting between Ospreay and Tanahashi, with the other taking place in August 2019 during the G1 Climax tournament. Ospreay also won that bout. 

The updated Dominion lineup: 

NJPW Dominion, Sunday, June 4, 3 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: SANADA defends against Yota Tsuji
• NEVER Openweight Championship: David Finlay defends against El Phantasmo
• IWGP US title number one contender’s tournament finals: Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer
• Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) for the vacant IWGP Tag Team & NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships