NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 1-5-20 Night 2 Live Coverage

NEVER 6 Man tag title gauntlet and NO PIETER WITH YUJIRO! They bury Gino for getting coffee on his shirt, when they should be burying him for his jacket. Chase calls Fale's shot, which fails and he eats lariats and superkicks. Rewind mule kick from YOSHI-HASHI leads to an Ishii lariat and a brainbuster takes out the BC. Great bit with Kevin and Gino. "FALE JUST TOOK OUT A YOUNG LION! HE'S CONVULSING!" "THAT'S WHAT YOUNG LIONS DO - THEY CONVULSE!" Taichi takes off his stripper pants and superkicks Ishii. Robbie beats Taichi, leading to EVIL. More greatness with Kevin and Gino. "EVERYTHING IS EVIL!?" "Not everything - some things are bullshit!" Bushi and Shingo are with him.

Shingo wins a lariat battle with Yoshi-Hashi! Darkness Falls to Ishii for a 2.9...maybe 3. 3. Well that was botched up a bit. Yano eats the exposed buckle and a suplex gets 2.Bumaye meets a dropkick before mist and a pumping bomber lands and Made in Japan gives LIJ the win and the titles! Titles could be on the line tomorrow, but nothing is known beyond the Liger retirement ceremony.

 

 

The show-opening video showcases Liger alongside double gold. Liger's final match is coming up in mere moments - unreal. Ryu Lee, formerly Dragon Lee is out to team with Hiromu Takahashi against Liger and Sano. Fujiwara is out to "Flight of the Valkyries" as his replacement theme, which is still absolutely perfect for him. YES! '80s Japanese porno jazz music is here! Sano's out and now it's Liger's final entrance. Wow. Since April, we've known it's the end for him - and it's here.

 

 

Liger and Hiromu tie-up to start. Modified Romero Special to Hiromu! Bow and arrow leads to the Romero Special. Kevin talks about Pillman vs. Liger and how Liger and Pillman Jr. had a tag match before Ryu and Hiromu double team Liger! Hiromu does a Fujiwara armbar to Liger before both run into tilt-a-whirls.

Sano comes in and takes out Hiromu! Ryu and Sano go at it with forearms before a knee knocks Sano down. Hiromu's gear has a nice mirror image Liger homage on it. Snap powerbomb out of the corner by Liger! Big slaps on the ground from Liger before Ryu takes Sano down with a shotgun dropkick. Liger and Sano avoid a Ryu flip dive and Hiromu takes the shot. Shotai leads to a brainbuster before Ryu Lee gets 2 and Kevin calls him Dragon accidentally.

Falcon arrow to Liger by Hiromu gets 2! Pumping knee by Ryu leads to a corner DVD by Hiromu. Liger cradles him off of Time Bomb for 2.9! - showing that Liger COULD still beat the Jr champ. Time Bomb hits and as it should be, Liger loses his final match to the current Junior Heavyweight champion. Stream went wonky on me right as they're standing over Liger.

 

Feed is still down in English, but up in Japanese on the NJPWWorld site. Jr. tag is up as Ishimori and ELP face Roppongi 3K. ELP's backflip into a backrake seems like the kind of trolling bullshit that RVD should've used in ECW in '98. ELP gets a Clash for 2. ELP goes for a low blow, but a GOLDEN NUT CUP! saves him! Package driver into a dragon suplex leads to a 3K win.

ZSJ vs. SANADA hype video airs. SANADA is so fucking great. TNA was oh so close with him being a top-ish guy. They actually did a billion times better with him than Okada. Gorgeous running abdominal stretch by ZSJ before a wicked dragon screw leads to a knee collapsing sell by ZSJ. KAIJU UPPERCUT BATTEL! Stream had some issues and when it came back, Juice is coming out. Apparently, ZSJ beat Sanada. JUICE SPENT MONEY TO LOOK THIS SHITTY.

Juice jumps him to start, but Mox brawls better and wins that battle before getting a figure four. RINGPOST FIGURE FOUR BY MOXLEY! Mox puts a chair on Juice, but Juice hits the Left Hand of God to a charging Moxley with a chair! Juice hits a superplex and then a jackhammer for 2. Pulp Friction countered into a German by Mox. Death Rider into a rolling ELEVATED DEATH RIDER wins it! Moxley wants anyone and MINORU SUZUKI COMES DOWN! HE DROPS HIM WITH THE GOTCH PILEDRIVER! HOT DAMN IS THIS GOING TO RULE.

Goto's out like a man possessed and jumps KENTA right away. GORGEOUS ushigoroshi from Goto hits and lands right on the back hard. Umaplata crossface is on by KENTA before a stiff slap battle. GTR off the DVD gets 2.9 before a regular GTR ENDS IT! GOTO WINS THE NEVER TITLE! No post-match Shibata involvement of any kind... well that's a bit anti-climatic.

 

New Japan 2020 big event rundown - G1 is moved to October due to the Olympics. White vs. Ibushi is up. Ibushi necks himself again before White stalls a bunch. CRADLE TOMBSTONE BY IBUSHI! Ibushi fires up and beats the fuck out of him! Ibushi avoids the sleeper suplex, but eats a snap Saito suplex! SUPER SAMBO SUPLEX BY WHITE GETS 2! Blade Runner meets a V TRIGGER! Ref bump leads to Geto getting a chair and hitting him, BUT IBUSHI IS IN EVIL RYU MODE! Big knee and a sitout last ride, but there's no ref.

Ibushi picks up Marty Asami and throws him in for a Kamigoye, but Jay flattens out. Ibushi gets an arm and lands a series of buzzsaw kicks before a kamigoye hits BUT GEDO TAKES THE REF OUT. Jay hits a vile chair shot and then Gedo hits him with knuckle dusters! Straightjacket Bloody Sunday hits and he winds up for the Blade Runner and gets it! So Ibushi's story gets even better as he has to fight from underneath to get into the title picture again in 2020. And hey, Gedo actually proves that he's an effective manager by doing something meaningful! Ibushi wakes up and wants to kick more ass - so he looks on pissed at the seconds.

Tanahashi, air guitar God,  mocking Jericho for being a fake rockstar is next-level great. Jericho the rockstar should at least be able to afford a windscreen for a camera mic. GO ACE remix! It's so weird that I love GO ACE more than High Energy. Neon yellow also works shockingly well for Tana too. Jericho's out with no belt and a replacement theme.

 

 

 

Ah, he had the belt hidden! AND HE FLEXES. Oh my Jesus. Slapfight after a bird flip. Crossbody by Tana gets 2. Traditional floor brawling with bird flip at the camera. Jericho calling Gino a fatass is just tremendous. DDT through the ringside table. Jericho goes up for an air guitar frog splash and fails at both things. Jericho eats a crosschop and avoids a corner splash by pulling the ref in. Jericho eats a low blow! STANDING HIGH FLY FLOW TO THE FLOOR!

 

Dragon screw in the rope and then a dropkick to the knee! Dragon screw again and then a basement dragon screw! Reverse dragon screw! Knees up on the High Fly Flow and the lionsault hits, but he jams his knee! Long Walls of Jericho leads to Tana escaping and hitting a slingblade! Nightmare on Helms Street hits for Tana. Standing high fly flow leads to a PERFECT Codebreaker! Tana avoids the elbow and lands his own codebreaker! Jericho gets cradled off the Walls for 2. TWIST AND SHOUT TO JERICHO! Slingblade hits! Crossbody leads to a rollthrough and Jericho wants the Walls and gets it! HIGH ANGLE LIONTAMER GETS THE TAP! Kevin puts the move over as something rooted in the Boston crab that Young Lions have to learn and master.

Double Gold Rush is up! Chris Charlston hypes up Naito's entire history with pro wrestling - and damn is he incredible. Chris just told us Naito's entire journey with pro wrestling to such an extent that if Naito wins, he's an all-time great and if he loses and goes out, he's a legend who went out on his shield doing it his way. Incredible. One little thing that I love here is that beyond just looking cool, Okada's entrance gear also matches the IC Title perfectly.

 

 

It's physical from the get-go with neither man wasting any time. Naito eats some big shots but lands a series of quick, sharp elbows in the corner. Okada out-finesses him and hits the dropkick to Naito up top. Naito crashes on his knee on the floor, so Okada lands a kneebreaker on the table over the barricade! Naito gets a high angle Gloria! POISON RANA OFF THE TOP FOR NAITO GETS 2.9! DESTINO GETS 2.999999! Back and forth forearms lead to a Rainmaker, but Naito slaps him off! Spinning Rainmaker hits! Spinning tombstone and a rainmaker gets 2.9999999!

Okada wants a sitout tombstone, but Naito fights out! DESTINO, BUT HE JAMS THE KNEE AND ONLY GETS 2! Naito goes up and HITS THE STARDUST PRESS FOR 2.9! Emerald Flowsion hits and then DESTINO GETS THE WIN! Okada gets helped out and Naito says that winning in the main event of the Tokyo Dome feels great. He wants another one with Okada and he puts a fist up to agree to that.

He closes the show off leading the crowd in a cheer before KENTA jumps him! MAIN EVENT KENTA! So now if KENTA wins either of those belts and Shibata came come back, maybe we'll get an IC Title battle. GTS! Love Kevin, Chris, AND Rocky cussing him out for this. SHIBATA POSE ON HIM WITH THE BELTS!