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Chris Sabin & Flip Gordon vs. Shota Umino & Tiger Mask: Tiger & Gordon to begin. They lock up and Gordon does his wacky kip up spot, and then his handstand spot. Tiger attacks and they work into a stand off. Sabin and Umino tag in and Umino takes control for a bit but Sabin cuts him off and hits the dropkick. Gordon tags back in as they isolate Umino. Gordon hits the dropkick and follows with a standing moonsault for 2. Sabin tags in and hits a splash for 2. He then grounds the action, but Umino fires back and hits a desperation dropkick. Tiger tags in and hits a high cross and fights off Gordon and hits a back breaker on Sabin for 2. Sabin cuts him off and follows with a missile dropkick and fisherman’s suplex for 2. They trade strikes now, but Tiger hits the tiger driver and tags in Umino. Gordon in as well and Unimo gets to run wild. Gordon hits the knee strike and Samoan pop; the running shooting star press and moonsault connect for 2. Sabin takes out Tiger as Gordon hits kinder surprise and a springboard 450 for the win. Chris Sabin & Flip Gordon vs. Shota Umino & Tiger Mask @ 6:40 via pin

Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taka Michinoku, Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki: In a shocking turn of events, Suzuki-gun attacks before the bell and they brawl to the floor. Back in and HASHI works over Iizuka and Suzuki cuts him off with the hanging arm bar. Back to the floor and Suzuki beats on HASHI with chair shots and attacks the arm again. Suzuki-gun has taken control as HASHI struggles to get back into the ring. Iizuka starts to bite him, and tags in Suzuki who lays in strikes on HASHI. Suzuki rips off his arm tape and hits the PK for 2. Taka tags in and Suzuki looks for the Gotch, HASHI fights, and gets knee strikes for his troubles. Taka lays the boots to him, and Iizuka bites him again, but HASHI fights off Taka and then Iizuka. Tag to Ishii and he works over Iizuka. Iizuka bites him and cuts him off. Ishii now bites him back and hits a suplex. Suzuki cuts him off and they brawl. Ishii takes him down with a shoulder block and lays in chops on Iizuka. The powerslam follows by Ishii, and Yano tags in, goes after the buckle pad and removes it. Suzuki & Iizuka cut him off and Suzuki-gun works him over. Taka hits the knee for 2 as it breaks down. Iizuka gets the iron fingers and ends up hitting Taka. Yano low blows Taka and cradles him for the win. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taka Michinoku, Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki @ 9:45 via pin

Sho, Yoh, & Hirooki Goto vs. Desperado, Kanemaru, & Taichi: This is here to set up Saturday’s NEVER Openweight title bout as well as the likely juniors tag title match. In a shocking turn of events, Suzuki-gun DO NOT attack before the bell and they DO NOT brawl to the floor. Sho and Desperado start us off. Yoh tags in and 3K work double teams and work over Taichi as Goto joins in for triple teams. Sho dumps Desperado to the floor and takes out Oka with a dive as Kanemaru & Desperado pulled him in the way and we now get our Suzuki-gun floor brawl. They brawl all over and Desperado tosses Sho into some chairs and then attacks with chair shots. Sho just barely beats the count and Kanemaru lays the boots to him. Taichi tags in and Suzuki-gun maintains control and work over Sho in the corner. Sho tries to fire back, but Taichi lays him out with kicks. Sho hits a desperation spear and tags in Goto. Goto runs wild, suplexing desperado onto Taichi and then hits a Saito suplex on Taichi for 2. Taichi fights off ushigoroshi, hits an enziguri and head kick for 2. Kanemaru takes out Yoh as Suzuki-gun isolates Goto and works him over. The pants are off for Taichi. Goto catches the superkick and hits ushigoroshi and both are down. Yoh & Kanemaru tag in and Yoh gets pulled to the floor. He battles back, taking out Desperado and heads up to and hits a senton onto a standing Kanemaru for 2. Desperado and Kanemaru cut off Yoh, working double teams and covering for 2 as it completely breaks down. Taichi takes out Goto with the mic stand. Sho hits the dropkick on Desperado, Yoh is in and Kanemaru hits the whiskey mist to block 3k. Yoh counters deep impact and gets the cradle for the win. Sho, Yoh, & Hirooki Goto defeated Desperado, Kanemaru, & Taichi @ 11:40 via pin

Toa Henare & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Marty Scurll & Yujiro Takahashi: Tanahashi and Scurll start us off. They lock up and work into come counters until they make the ropes. Scurll now attacks the arm of Tanahashi, and they work into a stand off. Scurll now wants a handshake, but then tags in Yujiro. Henare is in as well and Yujiro lays in kicks, but Henare then runs him over with a shoulder tackle. Scurll distracts him allowing Yujiro to knock him to the floor. Scurll hits the apron superkick and Bullet Club takes control as Scurll works over Henare, telling everyone at ringside to fuck themselves. Back in and Yujiro takes control, slamming Henare for 2. Quick tags from Bullet Club, and Scurll starts attacking the arm on Henare. Tanahashi in and saves Henare until Yujiro cuts him off. Scurll now works an abdominal stretch; Yujiro helps out to add some leverage. The ref finally sees it, breaks it up and Henare escapes. Tag to Tanahashi and he runs wild on Bullet Club, and even mocks Scurll. Tanahashi follows with dragon screws and the cloverleaf on Scurll, but Scurll makes the ropes. Scurll fights off the dragon suplex and gets the chicken wing for a moment, but Tanahashi escapes and slaps Scurll. Wholesale changes to Henare & Yujiro, as Henare hits a big shoulder tackle, and covers for 2. Yujiro fights but Henare gets the suplex for 2. Scurll in and does the finger break spot on Henare. Tanahashi back in and its sling blade and twist and shout. Henare follows with the top rope shoulder tackle for 2. Scurll and Tanahashi fight to the floor, Yujiro hits a superkick and fisherman’s buster on Henare for 2. The DDT follows and Henare is done. Marty Scurll & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Toa Henare & Hiroshi Tanahashi @ 13:20 via pin

– Post match, Bullet Club attacks and Scurll hits Tanahashi with the umbrella and locks on the chicken wing. Liger runs from commentary and makes the save. Scurll yells at them and says give me Tanahashi and give me Mysterio and I’ll kill all the legends. Liger runs down Scurll for his actions during the tournament, and sets up Liger, Tanahashi, & Scurll for a three-way match. There is some confusion on commentary, as it may be Liger, Tanahashi, & Mysterio vs. Marty and two partners at Dominion.

You can tell by the look on Tiger Hattori's face that Liger's whips his shirt off at every available opportunity pic.twitter.com/e40YIJwGSK

— Arn (@ArnoldFurious) June 4, 2018

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BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito vs. ACH, Dragon Lee, Ryusuke Taguchi, & KUSHIDA: Lee & BUSHI to begin. They immediately work into some counters, Lee then beats down BUSHI in the corner and cuts off Naito as he tries to attack. EVIL cuts off Lee, and BUSHI hits a suicide dive. It breaks down into floor brawling. BUSHI chokes out Lee with his shirt, Naito in and he and BUSHI work double teams. Naito works him over with strikes and tags in EVIL. EVIL grounds the action and LIJ clears the faces to the floor. Lee fires up and makes the comeback, hitting a Spanish fly on Naito. Taguchi tags in and it’s as attacks for all. He runs wild and hits an enziguri on EVIL. KUSHIDA tags in and he and Taguchi double team EVIL; the cover gets 2. EVIL cuts off KUSHIDA, BUSHI tags in and KUSHIDA cuts him off and hits the cartwheel dropkick and tags in ACH. He runs wild on BUSHI, knocks Naito to the floor and the dead lift German gets 2 on BUSHI. BUSHI cuts him off with a DDT, SANADA tags in and EVIL joins him as they work double teams on ACH. It breaks down, SANADA gets skull end on ACH, but ACH gets a cradle for 2. ACH lays in chops but SANADA gets skull end again and ACH taps. BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito defeated ACH, Dragon Lee, Ryusuke Taguchi, & KUSHIDA @ 8:20 via pin

– Chris Jericho is here in a pre-taped promo. He claims that he was the main event at WrestleKingdom 12, the real main event, not Naito vs. Okada. Naito has to live with the fact that he was booted from another main event. Jericho is going after him because Naito is the best. Jericho promises to take him to the promise land and make him a real star.

“You shouldn’t be losing to Okada, you should be IWGP Heavyweight Champion! But you’re not…so that’s where I come in. I’m going to help you get there, you fuckin’ moron! Don’t you understand? Chris Jericho’s going to take you to the promise land!”

At Dominion, after Jericho wins, Naito will finally realize who Jericho really is. Naito made the mistake of pissing Jericho off, and will pay at Dominion. “See you at Dominion, fuck face.” Naito was taking a nap in the ring during this. He says Jericho talked too long, and says to shorten things up. If Jericho is such a star, why is he taking his own selfie videos?

Will Ospreay & Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens & Kota Ibushi: Owens and Ospreay to begin. They work some nice back and forth, Owens follows with rights, but Ospreay cuts him off and hits a RANA. Owens counters the oscutter into a backslide and then teases the package piledriver, but Ospreay escapes. Okada & Ibushi tag in. Thy work to the ropes and we get a clean break. Okada now works a side headlock, but Ibushi escapes and hits a dropkick as Opens takes Ospreay to the floor. Ibushi follows with kicks to Okada, and Owens tags in. He works over Okada, tags in Ibushi and they double team Okada. Okada finally cuts him off with the flapjack. Ospreay tag in and works over Owens, hits the head kick and 619. The springboard forearm follows for 2. Owens fights off storm breaker, and hits a superkick. Ospreay fires back with strikes and Owens hits a slingshot DVD for 2. Owens takes him up top, but Ospreay counters out into Cheeky Nandos. Okada tags in and DDTs Owens and that gets 2. The neck breaker follows and Okada heads up top and hits the elbow drop. Ibushi flies in with a missile dropkick to save Owens from the rainmaker. It breaks down as Ospreay & Ibushi hit stereo PELEs, and they come face to face. They trade strikes now, and then go crazy fists. They pick up the pace, lighting each other up and Ibushi finally ends it with a big lariat and hits the big moonsault onto Ospreay on the floor. Owens works over Okada, teases the package piledriver, but Okada escapes and hits the dropkick. Okada hits V trigger and the rainmaker for the win. Will Ospreay & Kazuchika Okada defeated Chase Owens & Kota Ibushi @ 13:03 via pin

NJPW BOTSJ Finals: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori: This is a first time match. They work a tentative start, circling and finally locking up. They pick up the pace and Takahashi hits John Woooooooooo, but Ishimori battles right back. Takahashi teases the sunset bomb to he floor, Ishimori backflips out and they brawl on the floor and into the crowd and up into the higher levels like in Takahashi vs. Desperado. Takahashi backs off and looks for John Wooooooo, and hits it, shooting Ishimori back to the wall. Takahashi teases a powerbomb, but Ishimori hits a RANA and Takahashi tumbles down the steps. Takahashi just barely beats the count back in. Ishimori now works a cravat, and then attacks the neck of Takahashi, who rolls to the floor. Ishimori follows and posts Takahashi. He then works him over with a chair, choking him out. Back in they go and Ishimori hits the sliding German for 2. Ishimori now grounds the action, Takahashi fights out, but Ishimori immediately takes him back down. Ishimori now lays in chops but Takahashi cuts him off and knocks him to the apron and hits the sunset bomb to he floor. Takahashi rolls back in and Ishimori follows. Takahashi follows with a clothesline and sliding dropkick for 2. Takahashi works the tarantula and follows with the wheelbarrow slam to the floor. The apron John Woooooooo follows by Takahashi, and he’s fired up. Back in and Takahashi hits the top rope senton attack and covers for 2. Ishimori counters dynamite plunger, but Takahashi cuts off the back handspring kick with a lariat. Ishimori counters dynamite plunger into a cross face. He has Takahashi trapped center ring, cranking back on the hold, but Takahashi keeps fighting and Takahashi makes the ropes. Great crowd here as they rally for Takahashi. They trade strikes, lighting each other up. Takahashi takes control but Ishimori hits la mistica into the crossface. He really cranks back on the hold, Takahashi fights but Ishimori rolls him back center and Takahashi has to fight again, he teases tapping, and Ishimori transitions and traps both arms, but Takahashi makes the ropes. Ishimori misses the double knee strike and Takahashi suplexes him to he buckles! The big lariat turns Ishimori inside out and dynamite plunger connects for a great near fall. They struggle to their feet; Takahashi takes him up top and hits the wheelbarrow roll into a near fall for 2. Takahashi hits the Blu-ray and looks for time bomb, but Ishimori escapes and Ishimori hits a Reverse RANA and Takahashi fires up and hits one of his own! Sweet Christ. Both men are down. They slowly start to trade from their knees, digging deep to throw with all they have left and Takahashi smiles at Ishimori ads they trade. They continue trading to their feet, Takahashi drops and Ishimori continues to throw. Takahashi now fires back, but Ishimori hits a knee strike and decapitates him with a lariat for 1! Ishimori goes John Woooooo and hits the running knee strikes. The lung blower follows and that gets a great near fall, the crowd is on fire here. Ishimori pulls Takahashi to his feet and hits a powerbomb, but Takahashi grabs the triangle. Ishimori tries to roll, but Takahashi keeps the hold. Great fight by Ishimori here, he struggles as Takahashi tries to crank the hold tighter, but Ishimori buckle bombs his way out! The clothesline and uranage follows, Ishimori heads up top and the 450 eats knees! RANA by Takahashi and into the triangle, Ishimori escapes and Takahashi KILLS him with a piledriver, just like he did to KUSHIDA yesterday. Back to the triangle by Takahashi, Ishimori keeps fighting, but he’s fading and just barely makes the ropes. Takahashi drags him back up and Takahashi hits the Blu-ray and the time bomb connects and we have a winner! Hiromu Takahashi defeated Taiji Ishimori @ 34:02 via pin