Ryouji Sai vs Yuma Aoyagi
Yuma rushes Sai at the start and dropkicks him. They do the usual lame fighting outside. Sai dumps Yuma on some chairs. Sai throws a chair at Yuma's head when he is near the railing and Yuma moves. Sai gets some good kicks in and puts Yuma in a camel clutch like move. Sai hits some hard kicks on Yuma and Yuma comes back with a flying forearm. Yuma jumps on him and wraps his body around him for a choke, but Sai turns it into a suplex. Yuma sees a kick coming and covers up, so Sai starts kicking him from behind instead. More hard kicks from Sai. Sai does a high top rope superplex that he sells more than Yuma. Yuma then hits a bunch of cradles and then instantly taps out Sai with a seated choke + kimura. Sai was fine here but Yuma really needed a bit more fire and the finish just kind of felt random.
Atsushi Aoki vs Dylan James
The finish |
Shuji Ishikawa vs Zeus
Shuji has had one good match all tournament IIRC, while Zeus has been doing his best night in and night out. I'm expecting Shuji to deliver here.
Zeus lifts Shuji for a slam early. Then sends him over the top. This is AJPW, you know they are going outside in the first few minutes! And they do! Z does a cool lariat over the railing. Z then suplexes him on the mat outside. Zeus drapes him over the chain between the post and the turnbuckle, after he took off the padding. Zeus works a headlock on Shuji. Zeus takes a John Woo then a middle rope double footstomp. Zeus then hit a flying clothesline and throws Shuj overhead. They exchange some strikes and Zeus lifts Shuji from outside to inside with a suplex. They do a suplex and then they stay connected and do another one. Shuj hits a kneeling tombstone on Zeus on the apron, but the camera's had the wrong angle and missed a lot of it. The finally start exchanging some strikes and then Zeus takes a dragon and a big knee for 2. Zeus then takes a splash mountain for 2. Does this all affect Zeus? Not really as he gets up and chokeslams Shuji. They do an akward sunset flip powerbomb that was super coordinated, then Zeus brings him down with a lariat. Shuji then hits a fire thunder. They exchange strikes and Zeus hammers down Shuj demolition style(see gif). Doesn't go much of anywhere as Shuji is back up soon and knees down Zeus. Shuji then won with a backdrop(see gif). I didn't like this match. I could feel from the start it wasn't going to be what I thought it could be. I'm also really starting to sour on Shuji after this tournament, as I feel he is a bit lazy. There were too many selling issues in this one for me, and none of the moves felt like they mattered. I really wanted this to be a slugfest between to bad dudes, and it just wasn't there.
Kento Miyahara vs Yuji Okabayashi
The finish |
Overall thoughts: Another disappointing night of CC action. Oka/Kento was just brainless wrestling and Shuji/Zeus was disappointing.
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