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February 27, 2017 | Posted by Larry Csonka

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-Young cuts his generic “real man” promo.

David Finlay & KUSHIDA vs. Jado & Silas Young: He and Jado attacked before the bell. This was originally due to Henare’s Achilles’ injury, David Finlay & KUSHIDA vs. Jado, Gedo & Silas Young; we got David Finlay & KUSHIDA vs. Gedo & Silas Young, a downgrade for sure. Young and Jado controlled early, beating down KUSHIDA; KUSHIDA got the boot up on the big splash, Jado teased a Flair flop but fought it off. KUSHIDA and Jado continued to work over KUSHIDA until he hit the double backhand spring elbows. Finlay then ran wild hitting corner clotheslines and scoring a near fall on KUSHIDA. Uranage into the back breaker scored another near fall, it broke down with KUSHIDA hitting a back breaker clothesline combo. KUSHIDA then hit the Finlay roll, hot the hand stand into a moonsault for 2. Jado took KUSHIDA to the floor, KUSHIDA hits misery on Finlay and picks up the win. Jado & Silas Young defeated David Finlay & KUSHIDA @ 8:05 via pin

– The crowd looks really light with a lot of empties on camera. According to rhe fine folks on Twitter, Honor Rising tickets were as expensive as G1 Korakuen tickets, not normal Korakuen prices; this was poor planning.

Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Dalton Castle & Delirious vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito: Taguchi does the full Dalton Castle entrance. Some of the young boys (Oka is one of them) dressed as the Boys tonight. This will serve as more build to Taguchi vs. Takahashi. Delirious ran around early, babbling and tagging out. Castle and SANADA went back and forth, SANADA tied him in a knot and then posed like Castle. Tiger Mask and BUSHI in now, Liger and Tiger Mask work some quick tags and we get the typical LIJ breakdown; floor brawl, crowd brawling, some shenanigans, and then BUSHI uses his shirt to choke out someone (Tiger Mask here). LIJ took the heat on Tiger Mask for a while, but he hit the tiger driver on Takahashi and tagged in Taguchi who ran wild with ass attacks, and kept teasing the ankle lock. Great fight spots from Takahashi, selling his fear pf the ankle lock. Takahashi finally hit an overhead belly to belly on Taguchi, sending him to the corner. Castle got the hot tag, went one on one with EVIL, hitting some suplexes, and then Delirious shoved Liger so that he could tag in. Delirious ran wild until it broke down, we got another floor brawl as Delirious grabbed a chair, looking for revenge from yesterday. Delirious went for several pinning combos, but got double teamed by EVIL and Naito; STO by EVIL and that is that. Los Ingobernables de Japon defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Dalton Castle & Delirious @ 10:40 via pin

War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga): The Guerrillas wanted no part in this handshake bullshit. These two teams faced off in the WTL with the Guerrillas winning; War Machine were the highlight of that tournament War Machine controlled early, working over Tonga. Loa then got a hot tag, worked over Rowe in the ropes and then with chops and some rapid fire paced double teams. Hanson tagged in, hit the corner clotheslines and broncobuster on both Guerrillas. The guerrillas battled back, hitting the powerbomb/neck breaker combo for the near fall. Rowe hit a pop up powerslam as Hanson hit a suicide dive. Tonga fought off fallout; the Guerrillas then hit top rope head butts and a frog splash for the near fall. War Machine fought off Guerrilla warfare, it broke down into a hoss battle back and forth, Tonga ate a lariat and Rowe took out Loa. Rowe fought off the gun stun, and herc0s Tonga up for fallout and War Machine picked up the big win. War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga) @ 13:30 via pin

NEVER Openweight Championship: Champion Hirooki Goto vs. Punisher Martinez: Martinez played B-movie monster early, laughing like a movie villain and stomping around clumsily like a mummy. After some back and forth, Martinez took Goto to the floor for some brawling. Back in and Martinez slowly controlled. And then popped up with a jumping spin kick. Goto finally fired up and traded strikes with his larger opponent, throwing bombs and channeling Frye vs. Takiyama; Goto then hit Ushogoroshi and they continued to trade strikes center ring. Martinez took out Goto with the bog boot, hit another spin kick and then corner elbows. Falcon arrow (HE DID THE DEAL) by Martinez got 2. Goto retreated to the floor, and Martinez followed with a big dive. Back in, Martinez up top and he hits the big spin kick off the ropes and covers again for 2. Martinez keeps fighting back, snags Goto for a choke slam, but Goto counters into the GRT and retains. Champion Hirooki Goto defeated Punisher Martinez @ 10:57 via pin

ROH World Championship: Champion Adam Cole vs. YOSHI-HASHI: Adam Cole and his giant lump on his forehead take control early, but HASHI fought back and mockingly poses and screamed out YOSHI-HASHI BAY BAY! HASHI looked to keep control, but Cole dropkicked him to the floor and HASHI sold the knee. Good control by Cole here as they went back to the ring, until HASHI hit the desperation spin kick. HASHI fought off the last shot, countered into a neck breaker and they did a double down. HASHI fired up, hit the rolling neck breaker and chops; the dropkick followed for 2. Cole fought off the powerbomb, hit the enziguri followed by a shining wizard for 2. Cole drops the kneepad, but HASHI counters the shining wizard into a roll up for 2. The shoulder breaker follows, and HASHI covers for 2. HASHI hits the powerbomb and jackknife cover for the near fall. HASHI goes for the senton, but eats knees on the way down. Cole takes the time to monologue, but HASHI locks in the butterfly lock. Long fight by Cole here, they tease him passing out but he gets a foot on the ropes. HASHI fought off the superkick, locked in the sleeper and Cole started to fade; HASHI then hit the back stabber, headed up top. Hits the swanton and that got another near fall. Cole fights off karma, slamming HASHI to the corner and then hitting a pair of superkicks. Cole hits the destroyer, but HASHI kicks out. Cole is pissed, looks to finish him off but HASHI counters the last shot into the roll up for 2. Cole again hits a pair of superkicks, the shining wizard but HASHI kicks out again. Cole finally hits the last shot and retains. ROH Champion Adam Cole defeated YOSHI-HASHI @ 16:35 via pin

CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe & Jay Briscoe) vs. Bullet Cub (Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Cody & Kenny Omega): Omega and Okada to begin, but Okada is completely dismissing of Omega, wanting Cody in the ring. So now we get mark and Cody to being things, Mark is fired up early, taking control and tagging in Jay. Cody quickly tags out to Nick, so we get some very familiar territory with the Bucks and Briscoes for a bit. Ospreay in, he and Matt do a few fun passes and he then arm drags both Bucks and does the superhero pose. The Bucks catch him on s dive, but he escapes the indie taker and then gets sent to the floor. Bullet Club cackles and celebrates; they then isolate Ospreay in their corner with Cody and Omega working him over. Bullet Club keeps the heat on Ospreay, the crowd loves it as Ospreay counters and sends Nick into his partners and as Ospreay dives for the tag, his partners are pulled to the floor. Superkicks to Ospreay, Omega and Coy keep catching him and setting him up for more as the punishment will continue until morale improves; double teams by the Bucks but Ospreay survives. Omega in now; he continues the heat. Ospreay finally fires up, hitting a stunner and crawls for the tag and then hits the satellite DDT and we get tags to Cody and Okada. The Bucks are in to cut off Okada, Okada fires up and tells then to suck it but Cody hits the disaster kick. Okada counters cross Rhodes into the neck breaker. It breaks down, red neck kung fu by Mark as the Briscoes run wild, we get dives and the cactus Jack elbow follows. Ospreay and Omega go back and forth, Sasuke special from Ospreay and then Cody and Okada fight up top, Ospreay saves Okada and is suplexed to the floor onto the pile. Omega and Okada are alone in the ring, V trigger by Omega connects and looks for the one winged angel, but Okada escapes, superkicks by the Bucks and then Omega hits the snapdragon suplex. TRIPLE Superkicks to Okada, Ospreay in to make the save but Cody cuts him off as it totally breaks down. Dropkick to Omega by Okada, Jay takes Omega up top, superplex, elbow drop by Okada, froggy bow! Rainmaker pose! Omega counters the rainmaker, knee strike follows but Ospreay catches him with the Spanish fly! Falcon arrow by Ospreay (HE DID THE DEAL) on Cody, heads up top, but Cody rolls out of the way of the shooting star press. Spin kick by Ospreay on Cody, but Cody catches the cutter, hits cross Rhodes and Bullet Club wins. Bullet Club defeated CHAOS @ 20:30 via pin

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