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Katsuya Kitamura, Hirai Kawato, Henare, David Finlay, & Togi Makabe vs. Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan: Tenzan and Kitamura start things off, and they hoss around to begin. Kitamura finally takes him down with a shoulder block, but Tenzan fires back with the Mongolian chops. Nakanishi in and he takes Kitamura down, and Henare tags in and fires up with chops, but Nakanishi answers back. He takes Henare down and hits the splash for 2. Liger in and tosses Henare to the floor Kojima beats on him and rolls him back in. The shotei connects, and Kawato makes the save. Nagata tags in, attacking the injured leg of Henare. He then lays in kicks, but Henare hits a shoulder tackle and tags in Makabe. He cleans house, but Nagata cuts him off with an XPLODER. Kojima tags in, lights him up with chops and hits the corner forearm, but Makabe slams him off the top and hits a lariat. Hot tag to Kawato, he runs wild and it breaks down as his team works over Kojima. Kawato up top and the missile dropkick gets 2. The dads rush the ring and Kojima kills poor Kawato with a lariat for the win. Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Katsuya Kitamura, Hirai Kawato, Henare, David Finlay, & Togi Makabe @ 7:05 via pin

War Machine, Jeff Cobb, & Michael Elgin vs. Leo Tonga, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, & Hangman Page: Cobb and Elgin broke war Machine protocol, and didn’t paint up. Page and Elgin start things off. Elgin look to over power Page, lays in strikes and hits a slingshot splash. Page fights back, Yujiro in and takes the eyes but Elgin picks them both up and hits a double powerslam. Hanson in and works over Owens, and then takes out Leo, but Bullet Club rushes in and clears the ring. Page and Leo work over Hanson, Yujiro tags in and continues to work over Hanson, isolating him and tagging Leo back in. Quick tag to Owens, he tries a head butt, which fails. Hanson cuts him off, and Cobb tags in and starts tossing dudes around. BIG JEFFREY runs wild, hitting a standing moonsault for 2. Page rakes the eyes, Leo tags in and Bullet Club clears the ring and they work over Cobb. Leo and Owens hit a double stomp/Samoan drop combo. Leo lays in clotheslines to the fasces, Cobb cuts him off and Rowe tags in and hits shotgun knees and a uranage. Page hits the dropsault, but Hanson hits a lariat. Elgin in and Germans Yujiro on his head. Leo and Cobb in, another suplex by Cobb. Owens hits a superkick, Rowe cuts him off and hits knee strikes and rights. Thor’s hammer and the suicide dive follows. Rowe hits the knee strike on Leo and Fallout puts him away. War Machine, Jeff Cobb, & Michael Elgin defeated Leo Tonga, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, & Hangman Page @ 8:30 via pin

Bad Luck Fale vs. BUSHI: There is speculation that if BUSHI wins he’ll get into the junior title match at WrestleKingdom 12. BUSHI hits dropkicks, rakes the eyes and bails to the floor. He tries to pull Fale out, but Fale pulls him to the apron and hits a clothesline. Fale follow shim to he floor, rolls him back in and rips off BUSHI’s shirt. He then tries to rip off his mask, Fale covers but pulls up BUSHI at 2. Fale hits a clothesline and again pulls him up at 2. The corner splash and elbow drop follow and Fale pulls him up again. Fale looks for the grenade, but BUSHI mists him. Low blow by BUSHI and that’s a DQ. BUSHI hits the MX post match. Bad Luck Fale defeated BUSHI @ 4:05 via DQ

Sami Callihan & Juice Robinson vs. Best Friends: Trent and Juice to begin. They work some solid back and forth, and end up in a standoff. Chuckie T tags in and works an octopus, and follows with a dropkick. Sami in and heats a dropkick. He tosses Chuckie T and then Trent. The suicide dive follows, and Juice then wipes out the Best Friends with a high cross on the floor. Back in and Sami takes the heat on Trent. Juice tags in, they work double teams and Juice hits a suplex for 2. Death Juice work quick tags, with Sami working a standing chinlock and then laying in forearms. Trent hits a jawbreaker, and then hits a tornado DDT. Wholesale changes to Juice and Chuckie T. Chuckie T runs wild, hits the second rope dropkick. Sami cheap shots him, allowing Juice to comeback with jabs. Trent in and he gets lit up as well. He runs them together, and follows with a spinebuster on Chuckie T. The clotheslines in the corner follow, Sami tags in and they double team Trent, and the cannonball follows. Chuckie T back in and suplexes Sami into Juice. Chuckie T follows with a tope, wiping out both. They have Sami back in, but Sami runs them together and hits a neck breaker on Chuckie T. Juice back in but Chuckie T fights them off, tags in Trent and they hit a 3D variation for 2. Juice cuts off strong zero and the shoulder breaker/pulp friction combo is broken up by Chuckie T. Soul food into a German follows. Sami makes a comeback and hits the sitout tombstone for 2. Sami follows with a sitout powerbomb into the stretch muffler. Chuckie T piledrives Juice on the apron and Trent escapes with a roll up. Strong zero finishes Sami. Best Friends defeated Sami Callihan & Juice Robinson @ 11:58 via pin

CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hirooki Goto) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Desperado, & KES): Archer chased Callis with the water bottle, Callis ran but fell over the barricade as he tried to escape. This will likely continue the set up for Suzuki vs. Goto for the Never title at WrestleKingdom 12. Yano and Archer to begin. Yano goes to rip off the buckle pad, Archer stops him and Yano runs and tags in HASHI. HASHI and Goto get ran together, Archer charges but instead get double-teamed. HASHI lays in rights to Archer, Smith sneaks in and KES double-teams him. It breaks down into a floor brawl as Suzuki attacks Goto with a chair and barricade shots. In the ring, Archer hits a uranage for 2 on HASHI. Smith tags in, hits the powerslam and that gets 2. Callis is still not on commentary as he apparently ran all the way to the back. Suzuki tags in, as they continue to work over HASHI. Suzuki works the arm bar in the ropes and back in, continues to torture the arm. Goto rushes in and makes the save, but Suzuki takes him out. HASHI tries to fire up, but Smith lights him up with uppercuts as Suzuki attacks Goto on the floor with a chair. HASHI again tries to fight for a tag, hits a spin kick and tags in Ishii. Ishii and Smith trade, but Smith hits a reverse DDT for 2. Smith and Archer work double teams, Yano makes the save and undoes the buckle pad, he and Ishii work over KES and Yano attacks Archer with the pad and Ishii hits a suplex on Archer. Goto gets the tag, Suzuki in as well and they trade back and froth. Goto hits a spin kick and Saito suplex for 2. Suzuki lays in knee strikes and a running boot. He follows with strikes but Goto blocks the PK. He counters the Gotch piledriver and it breaks down. Desperado is legal as they all work over Goto. The Hart attack and PK connect for 2. HASHI spears Goto for 2. Suzuki back in and locks on the sleeper, but HASHI makes the save. He gets tossed; Goto hits the ushigoroshi on Desperado. Goto locks on a sleeper, and hits the GRT and that’s that. CHAOS defeated Suzuki-gun @ 11:57 via pin

– Post match, Goto cuts a promo about Suzuki avoiding his challenge, angering Suzuki. Suzuki returns and cuts a promo, and it seems that Goto will put his hair on the line for a shot at the Never title at WrestleKingdom.

KUSHIDA & Kota Ibushi vs. Cody & Marty Scurll: Callis has returned to commentary. Ibushi and Cody to begin. Cody does his kiss the ring gimmick, Ibushi tells him to fuck off so Cody kisses his hand. Ibushi attacks with leg kicks, and Cody bails. Back in and they lock up. Cody hit a kick and uppercut; they then work back and forth into a standoff. Marty tags in and so does KUSHIDA. KUSHIDA grounds the action, Marty then works into a click escape and they then both go for repeated pins. Marty does his bird posing, KUSHIDA then mocks him and looks for a hover board lock, but Marty makes the ropes. KUSHIDA continues to go after the arm, but KUSHIDA cuts him off, sends KUSHIDA to the floor and hits an apron superkick. Back in and Marty continues to control, attacking the arm of KUSHIDA and tagging Cody back in. He hits a delayed suplex and covers for 2. KUSHIDA fires up, Cody accidentally hits Marty with a disaster kick and KUSHIDA gets the tag to Ibushi. Ibushi runs wild with strikes on Cody, hits the dropkick and snap slam, the lionsault follows for 2. Cody fights off the powerbomb, hitting an Alabama slam. Marty tags in, and so does KUSHIDA. KUSHIDA hits the arm drag,cartwheel and dropkick, The back handspring elbow takes out Cody. KUSHIDA hits the flatliner to he buckles on Marty. Marty cuts off back to the future, but KUSHIDA hits a forearm and PELE. Marty cuts off KUSHIDA, suplexing him to the buckles and Cody then hits a doomsday dropkick and then a dive onto Ibushi. Marty hits the last shot on KUSHIDA for 2. KUSHIDA fights off the chicken wing, hits the rolling kick and then heads up top with Marty. KUSHIDA hits the rolling arm bar of the top and Cody makes the save, it breaks down and Ibushi hits the golden triangle to the floor. He and Cody brawl up to the stage, and Cody kills him with cross Rhodes on the stage. Back in the ring and Marty throws powder in KUSHIDA’s face and that leads to the pin. Cody & Marty Scurll defeated KUSHIDA & Kota Ibushi @ 12:30 via pin

Rocky Romero, Sho, & Yoh vs. The Elite: Two years ago Sho & Yoh were opening the WTL finals one month before going on excursion. Now they are back as champions, working third from the top and about to work the Dome in the biggest match of their careers. Matt and Yoh to begin, Matt teases the sharpshooter early but Yoh escapes. Everyone on and they argue and brawl. Roppongi cuts off the Elite with knees and clear the ring. Romero hits a flying knee to the floor on Omega, and we get floor brawling. Back in and Shoe and Yoh double team Matt, Omega makes the save and that leads to double teams by the Bucks. Nick in now and sends Yoh to the floor but Matt and Omega keep putting him back on the apron for more punishment. Romero makes the save and he eats superkicks and Nick hits the assisted senton to the floor. Back in and the Elite triple team Yoh, picking up a near fall. They keep him isolated, working over Yoh in their corner. Matt tries for a powerbomb, takes out Sho and Yoh counters and lays in rights, Omega cuts him off but Yoh runs them together and gets the hot tag. He hits a RANA, takes Nick to the floor and lays in kicks to Matt, covering for 2. Nick in to make the save, but Yoh is in and so is Omega. Romero returns and Roppongi takes control. Romero tags in, forever clotheslines follow. Omega in and hits snapdragons on everyone. Triple superkicks take out Romero, but Sho and Yoh make the save. V trigger by Omega on Sho, and another. One winged angel try, Sho escapes and it breaks down into a superkick party. Sho and Yoh hit stereo topes and brawl with the Bucks up the ramp, Romero hits sliced bread on Omega for 2. Omega cuts him off, one winged angel and Romero is done. The Elite defeated Rocky Romero, Sho, & Yoh @ 11:10 via pin

– We get another Chris Jericho video, clapping for Omega and asking if he’s ready for WrestleKingdom 12. Jericho says he will beat the hell out of Omega. JERICHO IS HERE AND HITS THE CODE BREAKER on Omega and he beats down Omega. Jericho grabs the US title and lays out Omega! He then takes out the ref and a young lion. Omega is busted open and Jericho continues to beat on Omega. Another code breaker by Jericho and he stands tall. Callis tries to check on Omega and Jericho takes him out and continues to beat on a bloody Kenny Omega and poses with the US Title. The Young Bucks return and make the save. Don Callis is stretchered out.

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Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & Himoru Takahashi: Naito and Okada start off. They stall a bit to begin. Naito sends him to the floor, but Okada back in and cuts him off. Ospreay tags in and he and Okada work double teams until Naito runs them together and sends them to the floor, and poses; traquilo. Takahashi tags in and he and Ospreay trade strikes. They then work a fast-paced series of counters, Ospreay hits a RANA and then a dropkick sends Takahashi to the floor. LIJ works double teams and everyone brawls to the floor. Naito slams Okada on the ramp as Ospreay and Takahashi brawl into he crowd; Naito takes out Gedo. Takahashi sends Ospreay back into the ring, and Ospreay is left alone as LIJ work quick tags. Naito hits the corner dropkick combo as Takahashi tags back in, grounding the action. Naito takes out Okada, Ospreay tries to fire up, but double teams follow. Ospreay hits a back handspring kick and enziguri. Okada tags in, and works over Naito, hitting a DDT for 2. Naito trips up Okada on the apron and hits an apron neck breaker. Back in they go, Naito up top and hits the missile dropkick. Naito sets Okada up top, but Okada slips out and hits a dropkick and locks on the cobra clutch, but Takahashi makes the save. Naito fights off a tombstone, and hits a tornado DDT. Wholesale changes to Takahashi and Ospreay. Ospreay lays in kicks, and then Takahashi cuts off a 619. Ospreay sends him to he floor and follows with the Sasuke special. Ospreay now hits the springboard forearm and running shooting star press for 2. They battle back and forth, and Takahashi hits a pop up powerbomb. Takahashi hits the overhead suplex to the buckles, and the timebomb connects, but Okada makes the save. Naito back in and they work back and forth, Okada hits the flapjack and dropkick on Takahashi. Ospreay hits the cyclone kick on Takahashi. Takahashi counters the oscutter into a German, follows with a superkick and Naito hits Destino; the timebomb finishes Ospreay. Tetsuya Naito & Himoru Takahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay @ 14:35 via pin

– Post match, Naito looks for Destino, but Okada locks in the cobra clutch as a counter and Takahashi has to make the save. Pkada locks him in the hold and leaves LIJ laid out. They have setup a great counter to destino, which will make for a great dynamic on January 4th.

World Tag League Finals: EVIL & SANADA vs. The Guerrillas of Destiny: SANADA and Tonga to begin. They lock up and work a slow paced beginning. Tonga grounds the action. SANADA fights to his feet, takes out the knee and picks up the pace as they work into a standoff. Things get serious as they drop the shirts, Tonga talks shit and Loa gets in a cheap shot, EVIL returns the favor and LIJ now works double-teams, taking control. Loa in and they brawl to he floor. SANADA gets posted, as the Guerrillas take control. Back in and Tonga works over EVIL, hitting uppercuts and Loa tags in, hits a head butt and covers for 2. The belly to back suplex follows for 2. The Guerrillas keep EVIL isolated in their corner, Tonga tags back in, hitting a suplex for 2. Tonga now grounds the action, EVIL slowly works to his feet but Loa back in and double teams follow and Loa covers for 2. EVIL counters a slam, and hits a side slam. SANADA tags back in and hits dropkicks. The plancha follows, taking out Loa. Back in they go, and SANADA gets the paradise lock and dropkick to the ass is cut off as Tonga takes out SANADA. Tonga tries for a paradise lock, gets frustrated and lays the boots to SANADA as Loa is still trapped. Tonga is confused, and SANADA takes him to the floor. SANADA looks for a crucifix, but Loa counters with a slam. Tonga back in and they trade strikes, Tonga takes control, talking shit, which allows SANADA to hit a RANA. EVIL tags back in, hits a clothesline and bulldog combo on the Guerrillas for 2. EVIL hits the superkick, but we get a ref bump and Loa hits EVIL with a chair. Spear from Tonga and more chair shots follow. Loa sets up a table on the floor. BUSHI arrives and mists Loa and Tonga. Fale arrives and takes out BUSHI, and then EVIL and SANADA. The grenade hits on EVIL and Fale chases away BUSHI. The Guerrillas get water, clear thier eyes and start working over LIJ. They hit Guerrilla warfare for 2 on EVIL. Loa up top now, hits the head butt and Tonga hits a frog splash for 2 again. EVIL runs the Guerrilla together, SANADA flies in with a missile dropkick to make the save. LIJ runs wild, and EVIL hits a lariat on Tonga for 2. SANADA takes out Loa, and Tonga counters the magic killer into s gun stun. SANADA counters a German, hits a Saito suplex and Loa takes him out with a lariat. The blue thunder bomb follows, and everyone is down. Loa takes SANADA to the apron, but SANADA counters into skull end. Loa powers him up and looks t put him through the table, but EVIL arrives and they hit the magic killer from the apron through the table. Back in and Tonga fights, but takes darkness falls for a good near fall. The magic killer follows and Tonga kicks out. EVIL hits everything is EVIL for the win. EVIL & SANADA defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny @ 21:57 via pin to win the 2017 NJPW World Tag League