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Eita & HAYATA vs. Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane vs. Alejandro & Ninja Mack

Bane, Ale and Haya start us off. They trip each other and armdrag each other. Ale and Bane try dropkicks then headflip up. Haya takes a double dropkick. Bane armdrags Ale then Ale bodyscissors and dropkicks him. Haya atomic drops Ale then single leg dropkicks him in the side of the head. Bane headscissors and single leg dropkicks Haya.

All 3 tag out. Mack is thrown into Eita and Wolf asai moonsaults, landing on his feet. Wolf superkicks Eita then springboard crossbodies him. Mack 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Eita. Eita face kicks Mack then pulls Wolf off the ropes into a dropkick on Mack. Eitha headscissors Wolf. Haya flying headscissors Ale. Wolf flying headscissors Ale. Mack backflips into a spinning headscissors on Wolf.

Bane springboard dropkicks Mack. Bane jumps off of Wolf's back with a dropkick then Bane is moneky flipped into a cannonball on Mack. Bane and Wolf are back body dropped to the outside at the same time. Mack fights off Haya and Eita then rolls on Haya's back for a corkscrew kick on Eita.

Mack enzugiri's Eita. Ale double dropkicks Eita and Haya. Ale is chopped on the ropes and turns a double hiptoss into the ropes into an armdrag. Ale is popped up and hits a headscissors then a tilt-a-whirl armdrag. Ale tope con hilos Wolf.

Bane hits a superkick and a handspring double back elbow. Bane then tope con hilos outside. Mack stands on Wolf's shoulders then takes a springboard poisonrana. Bane handspring moonsaults Mack then Ale jumps off of Wolf's back and canadian destroyers Bane. Eita rolls up Bane for 2. Wolf hits a nasty wolf driver on Ale. Wolf tope con hilos outside and Bane top rope ssp's on Ale for the win.

It was a spotfest as expected and they did too much as expected with people suriving canadian destroyers and doomsday device poisonrana's. 

Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Ulka Sasaki

Ulka blocks a takedown. Shu gets his back and Ulka slaps him while standing over him. Shu trips Ulka and backs him up on the ropes. Shu forearms him down then stomps him. Shu side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Shu slams him twice and stomps him.

Shu forearms him in the corner then hits running corner lariats. Ulka hits forearms and Shu back elbows him. Shu headbutts and forearms him then lariats him for 2. Ulka fujiwara armbars him then goes for a regular armbar. Shu ropebreaks.

Shu hits a nasty chokeslam then does a cutter for 2. Shu inside cradles him and wins it.

It wasn't a real interesting match. Shuhei mostly beat up on Ulka, Ulka got a little offense in then was pinned. Japan loves to job out new wrestlers, but for people like Ulka with drawing potential, you can't do that.

Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Mohammed Yone vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Taishi Ozawa, Takashi Sugiura & Yu Owada

Ozawa and Yone start us off. They shoulder battle and Yone knocks him over. Ozawa hits chest shots htne is forearmed. Yone kicks him in the back for 2. Ozawa dropkicks him. Owada and 69 go at it. 69 shoulders him over and Owada back rolls him. Owada dropkicks him.

Maru face kicks 69 then 69 mongolian chops him. 69 hits a neat suplex and an asai moonsault. 69 hits a stiff knee to the face then takes Kawada kicks. Saito hits a corner lariat on Maru. They trade shots. Maru superkicks him and takes a backfist. Saito suplexes Maru for 2.

Saito claw slams Maru then Maru pumping knees him. Sugi running face kicks Saito in the corner then running knees him. Sugi hits a forearm flurry then Saito fires back. Saito running forearms him in the corner hard. Yone corner lariats Sugi then hits a regular lariat on him.

Sugi snapmares Yone and Yone kicks him in the back. The two trade forearms. Sugi combos him and is dropped with one. Yone runs into a knee, gets slapped and hits a lariat. Owada dropkicks Kotoge then gutwrench suplexes him. Owada 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him.

Ozawa gets in and dropkicks Kotoge. Ozawa hits an elbow drop for 2. Kotoge headbutts and pump kicks him. Ozawa chops Kotoge down then suplexes him for 2. Ozawa top rope dropkicks Kotoge for 2. Kotoge hits a headbutt and rolls out of a sunset flip with a knee. Kotoge schwein's Ozawa for 2. Ozawa is popped up into a knee then Kotoge moonsaults him for the win.

This was fun. It could have been a total nothing but Yone and Saito were fired up here and the young lions enjoyed getting some offense in on the senior members. I almost skipped this one but I really enjoyed it. These kind of matches are why you do multi-man tags.

Hajime Ohara, Kaito Kiyomiya & Super Crazy vs. Stinger (Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa) & El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.

Ogawa shoulders over Kaito. Kaito and Ogawa fight over a wristlock. Ogawa armdrags him but Kaito holds on twice. Ogawa monkey flips Kaito and Kaito rolls to armlock him. Kaito hammerlocks Ogawa then misses an elbow. They then stare down.

Ogawa eye pokes him then avoids Kaito's move off the buckles. Kaito crossbodies Ogawa for 2 then dropkicks him. Daga and Ohara go at it. Ohara takes him down and shoulders him over. Ohara rolls him into a side headlock then they mess up an armdrag spot. Ohara dropkicks him.

Daga slides out when Crazy gets in. Doc is tagged in. Doc boots Crazy and eye pokes him. Crazy armdrags Doc and dropkicks him. Daga pounds on Crazy and Doc pulls him off. Doc carries Daga and places him in the corner.

Daga begs Doc to let him in. Crazy pops up Daga and Daga messed it up. Ohara hits forearms on Daga then Ohara ends up doing a spinning headscissors on Doc. Daga tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Daga then john woos him in the corner. Ohara backbreakers Daga. Daga spinning double chops him and back kicks him.

Ohara rolls Daga into a submission. Ogawa back body drops Kaito over the top. Daga back breakers Ohara with his knees. Crazy armdrags and dropkicks Doc. Crazy puts him in la magistral for 2. Doc superkicks him and sunset flips Crazy. Crazy rolls through it and basement dropkicks him. Crazy is rolled up for 2 then Doc hits a nasty michinoku driver for 2. Doc ties up Crazy's legs then kimura's him to win it.

It was rushed. Daga blew a bunch of stuff and the finish wasn't any good.

Ohara challenges Daga after for his junior title.

Titus Alexander & Vinnie Massaro vs. GLG (Jack Morris & LJ Cleary)

Jack and LJ rush out to the ring, pull out their opponents and beat them up outside. LJ walks the rail with help from Jack and kicks Vinnie. LJ misses a flying knee then is chopped by Vinnie. Vinnie running suplexes him then slams him. Vinnie elbow drops LJ twice then steps on LJ.

Vinnie uppercuts LJ then goes out of the ring when the ropes are pulled up. Vinnie's head is banged off the apron. Jack slams Vinnie and poses. Vinnie fights his way out of the corner and LJ climbs Vinnie's back. Vinnie side slams LJ and goes for the tag but Titus is pulled out. LJ elbow drops Vinnie and mocks his Italian taunt.

Jack front face locks Vinnie. Titus is tagged in but the ref doesn't see it. LJ poses then kicks Vinnie in the leg. LJ kicks vinnie in the chest then eye rakes him. LJ comes off the 2nd rope and takes an atomic drop. Jack stops Vinnie's tag then Vinnie dropkicks him.

LJ tries to stop Titus from getting the tag but fails. Titus gets offense in on Jack then flying forearms him. Titus goes up and over then upkicks Jack. Titus dropkicks LJ then side steps, making Jack dropkick LJ. Titus package backbreakers Jack for 2.

Jack spinebusters Titus then cobra twists him. LJ comes off the top and is suplexed into the cobra twist hold by Vinnie. Jack jumping knees Vinnie then Titus chaos theory german's Jack. LJ breaks it up. LJ springboards and takes a dropkick from Titus. LJ hits a springboard canadian destroyer on Titus for 2 then Titus does a fireman's carry into a reverse ddt for 2. Titus hits a chaos theory german on LJ and wins it.

They had an easy storyline with Vinnie being worked on and being the underdog. Then Titus got in and it just turned into indy wrestling with springboard canadian destroyers that didn't mean anything and other cool moves.

Titus and Jack stare down after.

Manabu Soya vs. Ryohei Oiwa

Soya side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Soya headlocks him again then Oiwa side headlocks him. They shoulder battle and Oiwa knocks him over. They shoulder battle again and Oiwa goes out. Oiwa is sent into the rails outside. Soya knee drops him inside.

Oiwa hits chops then Soya shoulders him over. Soya elbow drops him then hits double knee drops. Soya forearms him over then Oiwa dropkicks him. Oiwa gutwrench suplexes him then splashes him. Soya hits a knee in the air then spears him.

Soya bulldogs him. They back elbow each other on the ropes then Oiwa germans him. They hit running corner moves on each other. Soya 2nd rope superplexes him. Oiwa pops right up and forearms him. Oiwa 2nd rope superplexes him and Soya no sells it. Oiwa suplexes him and backdrops him. Oiwa does a spinning shoulder for 2.

Soya lariats him then death valley drivers him for 2. Soya lariats him and wins it.

It was your usual Japanese vet vs rookie upstart match. The two matched up well and this match will probably be better in a few years when Oiwa is allowed to do his full offense. The outcome was never in doubt here. We got some stiff shots and they did what they could with the match type.

Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki, Masa Kitamiya & Shuji Kondo vs. GLG (Anthony Greene, Jake Lee, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

Jake and Masa start us off. Jake backs him up on the ropes and clean breaks him. Masa blocks a snapmare. They wrestle on the mat. Masa runs AG into the corner. Inaba and Masa double shoulder AG. AG goes up and over in the corner and they stand off.

Yo and Kondo get in. Kondo side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Yo back elbows him then is popped up and blocks a slam. Yo flying headscissors him then poses. Kondo is in the middle of Yo and Junta, then he ducks down and Junta crossbodies Yo in a cool spot. Junta dropkicks Yo. Junta is tripped into the 2nd rope and basement dropkicked. Junta takes corner attacks then basement dropkicks.

Junta is thrown into the corner by AG then is rammed into Tada's boot. Tada teases a top rope move but drops down and slaps Junta. Tada sliding legdrops Junta then Jake crabs Junta. Jake misses a corner kick on him.

Masa makes Jake hit AG on the apron then Masa samoan drops him. Masa sentons him then clips him. Jake back body drops him then AG walks the top rope with a twisting crossbody on Masa. AG chops Masa then Masa drops him on his knees. Masa facebusters him then does a jumping cutter. Masa hulks up then spears him.

Inaba boots AG and corner lariats him. Inaba blue thunders AG for 2 then puts him in an octopus. AG hits chops and forearms then hits a nice punch. Inaba hits forearms and is superkicked. AG does a nice flip off of a lariat at 15 minutes.

Junta and Tada go at it. Junta hits forearms then is lariated over. Junta takes a corner double team then a fireman's carry + double stomp. Tada powerbombs Junta then Yo dropkicks Kondo. Tada lariats Junta for 2. Junta rolls up Tada then does a reverse roll-up to win.

It was fine but not truly semi-main material. They didn't go for a classic here we saw little of Jake and Masa. It was still entertaining and I liked the story of Junta getting beaten up then getting the upset, but it could have been great with enough time. We saw a little of everyone here but it could have gone double the time it went. The finish was nice and unexpected.

GHC Heavyweight Title Match - Kenoh (c) vs. Go Shiozaki

 

 

Go wristlocks him then Ken reverses it into a hammerlock. They duck shots and end up doing a stand off. Go lariats him. They fight outside and Go is german'd on the floor. Ken 2nd rope double footstomps him on the floor.

Ken hits kicks while Go is down. Ken face kicks him then Go flying forearms him. Go suplexes him then hits machine gun chops. Go ridge hand running chops him then fisherman's busters him for 2. Ken leg sweeps him into a double stomp then flying double knees him in the back. Ken then does it from the 2nd rope.

They trade chops for kicks. Ken spin kicks him. Go blocks a kick with a lariat and clips him. Go ties Ken's legs up while Ken is on his stomach. Ken rolls and ankle locks Go. Go lariats Ken's kick away then Go drops Ken on his knees. Go inverted texas cloverleafs him again then yanks him from the ropes and slams him down. Go puts the hold on again.

Go does a wrist clutch backdrop on Ken for 2. Ken germans him, Go no sells it then Ken dragon suplexes him. Ken face kicks him then they trade kicks for chops. Go hits forearms then Ken slap flurries him down and nearly out of the ring. Go blocks a kick and lariats him.

Ken spinning heel kicks him then PK's him for 2. Ken misses a top rope double stomp then takes a running lariat. Go hits a go flasher for 2. They go up top and Ken hits headbutts on Go. Ken top rope release dragon suplexes him then top rope double stomps him...and of course only gets 2. Ken top rope moonsault double knees him and wins it.

Great match but with two issues - the leg work didn't go anywhere and the top rope release dragon suplex kickout spot is undefendable. Subtract those two things and it would be an easy match of the year candidate for me. They were stiff with each other, the match ended at the right time and the two matched up real well. It was everything you'd really hope for with these guys, just they had to screw up at the end. It was like watching someone be right near the finish line then going down and finishing second place. I still think it's one of the better matches of the year and do recommend it though.

Overall thoughts: The main was one of the better matches of the year and is worth a look. The 6-man tag with Yone/Sugi/Kotoge looked like nothing on paper but was very fun. Daga had a bad night and Oiwa/Soya was sadly forced to be a vet vs young lion type of match.