Stipulation Announced For KOPW Title Match At NJPW Dominion 2024

The provisional KOPW Openweight Title will be up for grabs at New Japan Pro-Wrestling Dominion on June 9, with Yuya Uemura putting the title on the line against The Great-O-Khan.

As is par for the course with the championship, both competitors announced their preferred stipulations ahead of time with NJPW fans voting on which rules the match would be contested under. Uemura got his wish with the match set to be contended under ‘Storm Catch rules’ as opposed to Khan’s preference for a 61 minute time limit, two-out-of-three falls contest.

Per NJPW, a ‘Storm Catch rules’ bout will have a 15 minute time limit. Each competitor has two rope breaks, after which breaking at the ropes or leaving the ring will be a disqualification, seemingly similar in tone to a Ring of Honor Pure Rules bout.

Updated card, NJPW Dominion June 9 2024:

• El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori - Best of the Super Juniors 31 Finals
• Jon Moxley (c) vs. EVIL - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Death Match
• Shingo Takagi (c) vs. HENARE - NEVER Openweight Championship
• Jeff Cobb (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW World TV Championship
• Yuya Uemura (c) vs. Great-O-Khan - Provisional KOPW 2024 Championship Storm Catch Rules Match
• KENTA & Chase Owens (c) vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo (c) vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste - IWGP Tag Team & NJPW Strong Tag Team Title Elimination Match