Blackheart reunited with Gage backstage at a GCW event. After her WWE contract was not renewed, Shotzi Blackheart's first match back on the independent scene was for Game Changer Wrestling. She entered the Tournament of Survival. While at the show, Blackheart ran into Nick Gage. While speaking to Podcast Heat Wrestling, Blackheart recalled a planned 10,000-thumbtack match she was going to do with Gage. The match was scrapped due to Blackheart signing with WWE. She feels she owes it to herself and to Gage to do the match. Blackheart has tweeted that the only person who could bring her back to deathmatch wrestling is Gage. Blackheart has an ongoing back-and-forth with Matt Cardona. She was asked if she'd do a deathmatch with him and suggested the idea of a three-way with Cardona, Gage, and herself. “I saw him backstage at GCW T.O.S. and it was just so good to see him and before I got signed, we were meant to have -- I think it was like a 10,000-thumbtack match that unfortunately because of WWE, I had to pull out of it and now that I’m back, I feel like I owe it to myself and to Nick Gage to have that match. You know what? I would (give Matt Cardona a deathmatch). I would give him a deathmatch. But he said that he retired and he said that he would only come out for Nick Gage so, I don’t know, maybe there’s a really awesome three-way right there…” Blackheart has a list of upcoming GCW dates she is scheduled for and to view that, head over to her X account. If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Podcast Heat Wrestling with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW Dominion event on June 15th from Osaka Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Dominion Results (6/15) - Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato def. Daiki Nagai & Masatora Yasuda - HOUSE OF TORTURE (SANADA, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale) def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) - Chase Owens turned on Bullet Club during the match. - TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) def. El Phantasmo & Shota Umino - Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Connection~: Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Yuya Uemura - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & SHO) def. Master Wato & YOH (c) to win the titles. - DOUKI replaced Yoshinobu Kanemare in the bout. - IWGP Tag Team Championships: Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii def. United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) (c) to win the titles. - NEVER Openweight Championship: Boltin Oleg def. Konosuke Takeshita (c) to win the title. - Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch: EVIL def. David Finlay - Finlay was stretchered out after the match. - IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd def. Yota Tsuji (c) to win the title. - Kidd called out Tanahashi after the bout. - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) def. Shingo Takagi --DOMINION 6.15 in OSAKA-JO HALL-- 棚橋弘至ファイナルロード〜継、二人の太陽が激突-- -- @tanahashi1_100 × @Im_YuyaUemura#njpwworld で配信中-- 視聴＆登録https://t.co/Tj7UBINesh#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/sOFUOjpjye — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 "Are you serious? I can't believe it.----"@DoukiPerros Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CcdQ1X9P52#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/AYlKFnf2tP — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 --DOMINION 6.15 in OSAKA-JO HALL-- IWGPタッグ選手権試合 O-カーン＆カラムの若手王者組に挑むは石井＆タイチのベテランタッグ -- @Great_O_Khan & @PrinceofpaceCN × 石井智宏 & @taichi0319#njpwworld で配信中-- 視聴＆登録https://t.co/Tj7UBINMhP#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/YlzvCIiqQF — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 --DOMINION 6.15 in OSAKA-JO HALL-- NEVER無差別級選手権試合 怪物--怪物の3度目の直接対決-- -- @Takesoup × @OlegBoltin#njpwworld で配信中-- 視聴＆登録https://t.co/Tj7UBINesh#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/pIlEx9zM7N — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 HOUSE OF TORTURE-- "Combination Attack" Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CcdQ1X9P52#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/Ru0ia1yags — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 .@njpw_yotatsuji "Gene Blaster" Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CcdQ1X9P52#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/r0z7zdn59p — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 You can find results from around the wrestling world at Fightful's results section.

Gabe Kidd dethrones Yota Tsuji. Gabe Kidd captured the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship at NJPW Dominion, defeating Yota Tsuji in the co-main event. The finish saw Kidd kick out of a Gene Blaster, which Tsuji used to counter a running knee strike. Tsuji went for another Gene Blaster, but Kidd countered with a double arm DDT followed by the Drill A-Hole piledriver. --DOMINION 6.15 in OSAKA-JO HALL-- IWGP GLOBALヘビー級選手権試合 全身全霊、魂を削り合う真っ向勝負-- -- @njpw_yotatsuji × @GabeKidd0115#njpwworld で配信中-- 視聴＆登録https://t.co/Tj7UBINesh#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/tPGPui75sJ — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 .@GabeKidd0115 "Death Rider!?" Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CcdQ1X9P52#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/4wKiI4BfvU — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 GABE KIDD IS THE NEW GLOBAL CHAMP! PARADIGM SHIFT AND PILEDRIVER FOR THE WIN #njdominion pic.twitter.com/pPBoUbe1Sy — WrestleSlam_ID (@Wrstlslam_id) June 15, 2025 After the bout, Kidd called out Hiroshi Tanahashi. This marks the first reign as IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion for Kidd. Tsuji's reign ends at 162 days. He made four successful title defenses. Fans can find results from NJPW Dominion here.

Boltin's first singles title in New Japan. There was a NEVER Openweight Championship match on the bill for NJPW Dominion. Going into the match as champion was Konosuke Takeshita and he defended against Oleg Boltin. The championship had been in Takeshita's possession since he won the belt at Wrestle Kingdom 19. His title reign came to an end at Dominion as Boltin defeated him to win his first singles title in New Japan. Both Takeshita and Boltin are scheduled for the NJPW G1 Climax 35 tournament which kicks off July 19th.

The field is set for the annual NJPW G1 Climax. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the 16 of the 20 participants for NJPW G1 Climax 35, which begins on July 19th. This year's version will feature two blocks with ten men in each block. There will be four play-in matches. A Block Hirooki Goto Boltin Oleg Yuya Uemura Yota Tsuji David Finlay EVIL SANADA Hiroshi Tanahashi Play-In Winner A Play-In Winner B B Block El Phantasmo Shota Umino Shingo Takagi Zack Sabre Jr. Great-O-Khan Gabe Kidd Ren Narita Konosuke Takeshita Play-In Winner A Play-In Winner B G1 Climax 35 entrants and blocks revealed! A Block: Yota Tsuji El Phantasmo Hiroshi Tanahashi SANADA David Finlay EVIL Yuya Uemura Boltin Oleg B Block: Hirooki Goto Konosuke Takeshita Zack Sabre Jr. Great-O-Khan Ren Narita Shingo Takagi Gabe Kidd Shota Umino Plus, 4 more… pic.twitter.com/E9BBCMiKT0 — NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) June 15, 2025 The Play-In matches will take place on June 23 and July 4. Competitors were not announced. The winner of the tournament will receive a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Fightful will have coverage of the tournament as it unfolds.

Taichi and Ishii put away United Empire. The fifth match on the NJPW Dominion main card saw the duo of Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii challenging United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) for the IWGP Tag Team Championships. In the end, it was Taichi getting the pinfall victory over Newman to secure the win for his team and the IWGP Tag Team Titles. Newman and O-Khan's title reign clocked out at 50 days. It was their first defense since winning the belts in April. Taichi is now a four-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and Ishii is a first-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.

DOUKI is back. DOUKI made his return at NJPW Dominion, aligning with SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru in House of Torture. DOUKI & SHO won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, defeating Master Wato & YOH. The finish saw Kanemura spit liquor into the face of Wato and SHO hit YOH with a wrench. DOUKI then took a club to Wato's knee before locking on a knee bar and forcing a tap out. SHO was originally scheduled to team with Kanemaru, but the latter entered the arena with a sling on his arm and it was stated he was unable to compete. DOUKI was revealed as the mystery partner, much to the surprise of everyone. Kanemura was also faking his injury, attacking Wato & YOH before the match. "Are you serious? I can't believe it.----"@DoukiPerros Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CcdQ1X9P52#NJPW #njpwworld #njDOMINION pic.twitter.com/AYlKFnf2tP — NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) June 15, 2025 DOUKIは鉄パイプも使ってワトの膝を痛めつけ、最後は脚を極めるジャベでワトがタップ、DOUKI&SHOが第79代王者組に。#njDOMINION #njpw pic.twitter.com/WNbosY6R1u — YUJI (@yuji_icchauzo) June 15, 2025 This was DOUKI's first match since NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 in January when he suffered dislocated elbow in his bout against El Desperado. This marks the first reign as IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions for SHO & DOUKI. YOH & Wato held the titles for 47 days and made zero successful title defenses. Fans can find Fightful's coverage of NJPW Dominion at our results section.

Two losses from the BULLET CLUB faction. Starting the NJPW Dominion main card from Osaka-jō Hall was an eight-man tag team match. It was BULLET CLUB War Dogs versus HOUSE OF TORTURE and the latter faction would be revealing its newest member. Representing the War Dogs were Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Taiji Ishimori, and Chase Owens, and on the H.O.T. front, coming out were SANADA, Ren Narita, and Yujiro Takahashi. The newest member of the group was revealed to be Bad Luck Fale. Fale is an original BULLET CLUB member. He last wrestled in Japan in March. Towards the backend of the bout, Chase Owens ended up turning on the War Dogs. He ran into the ring to stop SANADA from hitting Moloney with a guitar, but then turned around and low-blowed Moloney. SANADA followed up to secure the win. Post-match, Owens dropped his now former stablemate Taiji Ishimori to the mat when Ishimori confronted him.