page_title: Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
section_title: Storylines
hierarchical_section_title: Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall / Production / Storylines
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2015年7月5日 大阪城ホール 「DOMINION 7.5 in OSAKA-JO HALL」 キングダムのマット・ターバン（左）とマイケル・ベネット（中）とマリア・ケネリス（右）
context_page_description: Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The event took place on July 5, 2015, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall. The event featured ten matches with all six of NJPW's championships on the line, main evented by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between champion A.J. Styles and challenger Kazuchika Okada. In addition to airing worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World, the event also aired in Japan as a regular PPV through SKY PerfecTV!. The event marked NJPW's first show in Osaka-jō Hall in 21 years and drew 11,400 fans to the arena. This was the seventh event under the Dominion name and the first to take place in July.
context_section_description: Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
  The first match for Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall was announced on April 6, 2015, with A.J. Styles defending his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. Styles and Okada have been involved in a feud with each other ever since April 2014. After signing with NJPW, Styles made his debut appearance during Invasion Attack 2014, attacking then-champion Okada and aligning himself with the villainous Bullet Club stable. This led to a match on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014, where Okada and Styles faced off for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Okada was defeated, after Yujiro Takahashi betrayed him and his Chaos stable and jumped to Bullet Club, making Styles the sixth non-Japanese IWGP Heavyweight Champion in his first match under a NJPW contract. A rematch between the two was booked for Back to the Yokohama Arena on May 25, which saw Styles successfully defend his title. During the second half of 2014, Okada continued feuding with Bullet Club, primarily facing off against Styles' stablemates, including Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, while also winning the 2014 G1 Climax tournament. Meanwhile, Styles lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi in his third defense on October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling. After unsuccessfully challenging Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, Okada entered a "slump", during which he feuded with another Bullet Club member, Bad Luck Fale. Meanwhile, after defeating Tetsuya Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, Styles re-entered the IWGP Heavyweight Championship picture and, on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, defeated Tanahashi to regain the title. On April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015, Okada scored a decisive win over Fale, declared his "slump" over and concluded the event by attacking Styles, after he had retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kota Ibushi. The next day, the title match between the two was made official for Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, giving it a rare three-month build. In the subsequent three months, Styles' Bullet Club and Okada's Chaos stables faced off in multiple tag team matches with Styles' side winning all three of the matches that both he and Okada were involved in, though Styles did not score any of the wins directly over Okada. Okada, meanwhile, on two occasions laid Styles out with his Rainmaker finishing maneuver in post-match attacks. Compared to Styles' belittling of Okada in the build-up to the original Wrestling Dontaku 2014 title match between the two, he now admitted that Okada was one of NJPW's best wrestlers, but added that he himself was the world's best wrestler.
  The second match for Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall was announced on May 3, 2015, at Wrestling Dontaku 2015, where Bullet Club's Kenny Omega, having retained his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against what he called "Japanese garbage" (Ryusuke Taguchi), "Mexican garbage" (Máscara Dorada) and "American garbage" (Alex Shelley), announced he would not enter the upcoming 2015 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, but would instead next defend his title against the winner of said tournament at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall. On June 7, Kushida defeated Kyle O'Reilly in the finals to win the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors. The nex day, the title match between Omega and Kushida was made official for July 5, marking the first time they fought in over two years, having previously met each other during the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors in a match, where Omega won. In the build-up to the title match, Omega stole Kushida's Best of the Super Juniors trophy, while also stating that after his win at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, he would not defend his title agai
caption: (Left to right) Matt Taven, Michael Bennett and Maria Kanellis, The Kingdom, who were involved in a storyline rivalry with Bullet Club, heading into Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
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