It's a pretty underwhelming WK in some ways, but Okada vs. Danielson should be remarkable. The outcome of the Global Title will also be interesting as you have Finlay as the obvious winner, but could do either Mox or Ospreay for it to be a double-promotion title. Apple TV has issues and when they come back, the GREAT O-KHAN IS HEADING TO THE RING with Chase Owens in for the Ranbo for a KOPW Title match tomorrow. Chase stomps for a bit before Gabe Kidd hosses down. Then Coughlin before Cobb gets beaten up a bit before chucking dudes.
Henare's out and eats some Kidd chops and Coughlin gets tossed out. ISHII IS OUT TO BE A UNIT! EVERYONE ATTACKS ISHII AND HE FALLS LIKE A TREE! Nicholls is out and then Haste. There's no flow to anything because of how little time there is to do anything. Yujiro hasn't had PIETER with him forever - did she and the Underboss break up? Also, WHY IS YUJIRO STILL AROUND WITHOUT HER!? Cobb is eliminated and now Master Wato is here to eat chops from Khan. Kanemaru's out and Khan chokes Nicholls.
TAICHI IS HERE! IZUKA IRON FINGERS FOLKS! Taichi asks Izuka if he wants to come back and Izuka bites him and they get tossed out. O-KHAN, Ishimori, Yoh, and Yano will vie for the KOPW tomorrow. Great stuff from Charlton. Charlton - Get your Nokia N-Gage. Talk sideways like a taco! TJP and Akira start the card off against Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors for the Jr Tag straps. Big hype video for the show with HEY GUYS being the highlight.
Walker Stewart, Chris Charlton, and Rocky Romero are here for English! TJP is out as a Phillipino spectre and the War Dogs are out in their new belts. TJP in the Aswang getup is so powerful is froze the stream. Or maybe it's just the War Dogs' stripper getup.
MASSIVE destroyer by Akira to Drilla! Awang is also chained outside apparently. TJP hits the tree of woe stomp for 2. 2/2 set up but Drilla hits a spinebuster and Connors lands a powerslam to avoid it! TJP grabs the ref's hand to avoid a pin and does the Taker situp alongside a choke! Aswang hits red mist and a straightjacket DDT! The faces win it! Okay, that was fun! Time for Tana vs. ZSJ!
ZSJ outworks him a bit before ACES HIGH HITS but the high fly flow doesn't and knees and the bridge get 2 for ZSJ! Triangle by ZSJ, but Tana turns it into a cloverleaf! ZSJ turns it into an armbar and then a double armbar and they go over how if a move doesn't get a win in 6 seconds, move on. COBRA TWIST BY ZSJ! Back and forth uppercuts! Euro clutch gets 2 for ZSJ! Tana gets a clutch for 2.
ZSJ avoids a dragon screw and screws the neck on the mat! MASSIVE PK BY ZSJ! Zack Driver meets a victory roll for 2. Back and forth cradles and TANA GETS IT! ZSJ grabs the belt and sadly doesn't smash it, but hands it over and bows! He says that he is President and he wants support from the fans for all of NJPW. Tsuji vs. Uemura is up and they get an epic staredown. Tsuji avoids a backdrop, but he grabs the wrist and finally lands it!
Tsuji avoids a crossbody and rolls out before eating a tilt a whirl backbreaker. SOARING STINGER SPLASH BY TSUJI! SUPERKICK COUNTER OFF an Uemura dive! Armdrag counter off the spear gets 2 for Uemura. Stomp misses and a short German hits for Yuya! BRIDGING DRAGON GETS 2 FOR YUYA! UEMURA HITS A DOUBLE OVERHOOK CRADLE SUPLEX AND WINS IT...kinda awkwardly and yet definitively. This should be a nice part of a story later but wow.
Kaito Kiyamiya is out to team with Shooter Shota to face face EVIL and Narita. Umino's out on a motorcycle riding better than the Aces and Eights. Kiyamiya locks on a figure four while Umino does an STF. HOT bullshit on the outside before Shota just single-leg dropkicks them down. HoT-shirt choking. NARITA GETS AN IRS CHINLOCK! Pushup bar to the jaw of Umino and the double cross ends it! NEVER Title is up with Tama Tonga against Shingo Takagi.
This may be the best-framed shot of the night so far - I love the usage of a circle tron to showcase the mainplates of the belts too. They go back and forth on rope-bound lariats before Tama wants an exploder, but Shingo blocks BUT GETS AN EXPLODER AFTER AVOID THE LARIAT. FLIP DIVE BY SHINGO! BASEMENT BOMBER HITS! Shingo goes for a pop-up DVD, but Tama turns it into a deathdrop. Nasty basement forearm shiver by Shingo before a PUMPING BOMBAHHHH! STUNDOG VARIANT OF THE GUNSTUN BY TAMA! GUNSTUN, PUMPING BOMBER AND MADE IN JAPAN HIT FOR SHINGO FOR 2.999! WHAT!? Tonga hits a Styles Clash! GUNSTUN HITS FOR THE...2.9!! Bloody Sunday got 2.9 and now the DSD HITS FOR THE WIN!
THE NEMETH BROTHERS ARE RINGSIDE before the Strong and IWGP Heavyweight Tag Title match!? GoD vs. Bishamon! Goto always gets themes that feel like they should go to guys higher up on the card. Bishamon struggles to get a double suplex but finally lands it! Ushiguroshi and a cradle get 2 on Hikuleo. ELP hits a crazy moonsault on the floor and then a sorta-rocket launcher off the rope for 2.9. Variant of a frog splash version of it gets the win for Hikuleo! GOD now holds double gold and they're now the third team to hold these titles in double-gold format...so why not just unify them?
Junior title is up with Takahashi vs. Desperado! Charlton talks about Despie wrestling on dirt floors in Mexico before coming to NJPW a decade ago. Charlton putting Despie over huge here and makes him a real character babyface. Hiromu is in the most insane getup ever while Despie gets a Melina entrance. Despie dives to start.
Hiromu lands a corner lariat and a strong basement dropkick. Pinche Loco is countered into an Omori driver by Hiromu! Wheelbarrow flatliner by Hiromu! Stretch muffler with punches and a rollthrough by Despie! They fight on their knees to try and get any kind of edge on the other. Stream goes onky and DESPY WINS IT! Charlton puts over that he isn't the face of the division - but he is the best and tonight, maybe he is the face of the division now. Hiromu loses - GREAT GET HIM INTO THE GLOBAL/WORLD TITLE MIX!
Finlay vs. Mox vs. Ospreay is up and Finlay is out first and boy is he a person on a wrestling card. MOX! He's in Red Hood-inspired gear here and looks great. Epic God-tier intro for Ospreay! He's Jack the Ripper with his shattered UK Title before doing the Rey ramp pop as the Aerial Assassin!
They beat up Finlay and then he tries to run and gets darted at. GUARDRAIL LARIAT BY MOX! "A lot of people are coming into this match underwhelmed by the thought of David Finlay as the first anything..." - Well he isn't WRONG but DAMN! Double spinebuster to Finlay through a table on the floor! Back and forth backdrop drivers! OSCUTTER MEETS A SLEEPER SUPLEX BY MOX! Spanish fly by WIll but it meets an armbar! Cutter to Finlay by Mox! Mox avoids a Finlay lariat and dives onto Ospreay on the floor.
Bulldog choke mid-ring to Ospreay before Finlay powerbombs Mox onto Ospreay. Finlay hits forearms for everyone and spits on Ospreay before they team up to forearm him to death! WAR DOGS RUN IN TO ATTACK OSPREAY AND MOX! GOONS EAT A BEATING! Coughlin and Kidd are stacked up and Ospreay swantons on them to get IAM THE TABLE'D! HIDDEN BLADE GETS 1 and a stormbreaker hits but FINLAY RUNS IN FOR THE TRASH PANDA FOR 2.9 TO OSPREAY! Arm-trap curb stomp hits Will! FINLAY WINS IT! Finlay talks shit to Nick Nemeth and they brawl for a bit - now that's a good first program for him.
We hear there's a brawl between them in the back but don't see it. Okada vs. Danielson is up! Okada gets killer color-change gear with UV light and new white and silver shorts too. Danielson is out in cool white and maroon leather gear. AND PYRO. EVENTUALLY! It's his first pyro and it goes off with a hitch - thus explaining why he should never have pyro!
Massive knee to the ribs of Okada on the floor. Danielson massacres the arm and the back with nasty kicks leaving a big welt on the ribs. Avalanche butterfly and the LeBell lock but OKADA GETS THE ROPE. TOMBSTONE ON THE APRON FOR OKADA! Diving elbow drop hits and didn't break the arm again, but a rainmaker attempt leads to a crucifix for 2! ARM TRAP ELBOWS FOR DANIELSON! Busaiku hits and gets 2 and the LeBell lock is on again! Cradle counter gets 2 and he gets the double armbar from Forbidden Door again!
Rings of Saturn-style LeBell lock is on but Okada gets the rope! ORBITAL BONE ARM-GRABBED STOMPS BY DANIELSON! ARMBAR BUT OKADA GETS A DESPERATION RAINMAKER! Danielson gets another Busaiku knee! FLOWSION HITS BUT THE DROPKICK CAN'T STOP HIM! MASSIVE RAINMAKER HITS FOR THE WIN! THIS RULED.
They bow to one another and wow was that epic. Naito vs. SANADA is up. NAITO is MASSIVELY over and gets a huge NAITO NAITO chant alongside a killer gear fit. They hype up Naito putting off eye surgery until he gets THIS MOMENT - the win in the Tokyo Dome! SANADA's out in slick red and gold gear.
Back and forth dive attempts lead to a flip in with SANADA holding the position for a bit. Springboard flatback dropkick by SANADA leads to a TKO for 2. Slingshot plancha hits for SANADA before the bodyscissors dragon sleeper. Front slam and the rounding press, but Naito avoids it. Naito sweeps the leg and hits the corner dropkick. Super rana by Naito. Poison rana hits for Sanada before the shining wizard hits! Rounding press but Naito gets the knees up! HEAD-SPIKING DIAMOND DUST FOR NAITO!
Rounding press to the back of NAITO! ANOTHER TO THE STOMACH GET 2.9! Spinebuster by Naito before a trio of elbows to the neck! DESTINO! But he can't cover! Botched Destino hits for 2.9! DEADFALL HITS! ASAI DDT FROM SANADA! Backlund bridge hits and gets 2.9 for SANADA. SHINING WIZARD. DEADFALL IS MET WITH A COUNTER AND A DEADFALL FROM NAITO! VALENCIA! DESTINO AND NAITO WINS IT!
Naito goes to cut a promo and IT'S EVIL!? Sanada helps him out and they fight off HOT. Naito tells him that I'm holding the mic now because of you. Everyone came here for the biggest roll call of all time and HE GETS HIS MOMENT! They set up that SANADA got the respect of everyone for this match.
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