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Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens vs. Flip Gordon & Tomoyuki Oka: Ishimori and Flip begin. They trade shoulder tackles and Flip gets a head scissors and Ishimori powders. Oka and Owens tag in, and Oka attacks with strikes and a shoulder tackle. Owens slaps him and runs, allowing Ishimori to cut off Oka. Flip misses a plancha and Owens takes control, laying the boots to Oka. Ishimori in and they work double teams, grounding Oka. Ishimori covers for 2 as Bullet Club works quick tags, and Owens sends Flip to the floor. More double teams on Oka follow. Oka then hits a desperation belly to belly on Ishimori and Flip gets the hot tag and runs wild, laying in kicks. Ishimori cuts him off, and we get wholesale changes to Oka and Owens. Oka takes control and works him over, and hits a suplex for 2. The STF follows, Owens fights but Oka locks in the camel clutch. It breaks down as Flip wipes out Ishimori on the floor. Owens hits the jewel heist for 2. The package piledriver finishes it. Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens defeated Flip Gordon & Tomoyuki Oka @ 7:30 via pin

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. ACH & Shota Umino: In a shocking turn of events, Suzuki-gun attacks in an unsporting like manner and they brawl on the floor. Suzuki targets Umino as Kanemaru posts ACH. Suzuki beats on Umino with a chair and rolls him backing to continue the punishment as Kanemaru drags ACH into he crowd. Suzuki tries to rip off Umino’s arm, and then transitions to a crossface but Umino makes the ropes. Kanemaru tags in and hits a backdrop. Umino tries to fight them both off as ACH gets knocked back to he floor. Suzuki lays in forearms and just punishes poor Umino. Kanemaru back in and they stomp the shit out of Umino. Umino manages to hit a desperation dropkick, and tags in ACH. He attacks Suzuki, ABORT MISSION YOUNG MAN! ACH then picks up the pace, attacking Kanemaru and Suzuki is in. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Suzuki lights him up with chops and when ACH answers, he laughs him off. Suzuki beats ACH down and Umino tags in. he also mistakenly attacks Suzuki, so Suzuki beats the hell out of him. Umino keeps firing up, but Suzuki beats on him. Umino manages to knock him to the floor and hits a missile dropkick for 2 on Kanemaru. Kanemaru cuts him off, but ACH makes the save. He knocks Suzuki to the floor, but he returns and gets the sleeper as Kanemaru locks in the crab on Umino. Suzuki holds off ACH with an ankle lock and Umino has to tap. Kanemaru lays out ACH post match and works over his taped up shoulder. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated ACH & Shota Umino @ 9:15 via submission

YOSHI-HASHI & Yoh vs. Will Ospreay & Gedo: It’s a CHAOS family battle here. They all shake hands and we’re friends to begin. Ospreay and Yoh to begin. They lock up and work to the ropes for the clean break. They work into some slick back and forth, with Osprey getting the better of things. Ospreay continues to control and they work into a stand off. Ospreay teases attacking and just smiles at Yoh. Gedo and HASHI tag in, and Gedo gets an eye poke. They trade shoulder tackles and Ospreay flies in and takes out HASHI. Ospreay & Yoh brawl into he crowd as Gedo beats down HASHI on the floor. Ospreay tags back in and works over HASHI. They trade chops and strikes, and HASHI hits a spin kick and Yoh tags back in, works over Ospreay and knocks Gedo to he floor. The dropkick and superkick connect on Ospreay. He follows with rights, and then an enziguri. Ospreay cuts him off with Cheeky Nando, and then hits a stunner. Yoh rebounds with a lariat and both are down. Wholesale changes to HASHI & Gedo, with HASHI controlling. The neck breaker connects for 2. Ospreay cuts off HASHI and then dropkicks Yoh. Yoh cuts him off with an apron back breaker as Gedo rolls up HASHI for 2. HASHI counters back and finishes things with the butterfly lock on Gedo. YOSHI-HASHI & Yoh defeated Will Ospreay & Gedo @ 8:50 via submission

Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Tiger Mask & Toa Henare: Henare has moves on from Ishii for now, getting to work with Suzuki & Naito. BUSHI &Tiger start things off. Tiger attacks, and looks to go after the mask, but BUSHI powders. Tiger chases him but that allows BUSHI to cut him off and attack the mask. He starts to untie it as Naito takes the ref. Tiger fights him off and lays in kicks. He starts ripping at BUSHI’s mask, and tags in Henare. Naito tags in as well. They lock up, Henare lays in strikes but Naito spits at him. Henare then hits a suplex, and covers for 2. BUSHI distracts Henare, allowing Naito to attack and send him to the floor. BUSHI attacks Tiger as Naito works over Henare. BUSHI now chokes out Henare with his shirt. Henare fights him off and tags in Tiger. Tiger takes control, and hits the tiger diver for 2 as Naito makes the save. BUSHI up top and Tiger cuts him off with an arm drag and tags Henare back in. He lays in strike on Naito, and hits a shoulder tackle. The Samoan drop gets 2. Henare up top and BUSHI distracts him allowing Naito to cut him off. Naito and BUSHI work double teams and BUSHI takes out tiger to the floor. Tiger fights him off, and Henare hits a spear. Naito has enough of that, code breaker by BUSHI and Naito cradles Henare for 2. Destino finishes it. LIJ betas down Tiger post match and rips off his mask. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI defeated Tiger Mask & Toa Henare @ 9:58 via pin

– We get a video message from Chris Jericho. “You’re going to known as the man that Chris Jericho made famous, ’cause I’m gonna make you famous Naito, when I beat your fuckin’ ass at Dominion, take the IC title away from you and away from those filthy animals in Japan. I’m not tranquilo, I’m fucking crazy and I’m gonna show you how crazy I can be! See you June 9th, fuck face.”

Sho vs. Chris Sabin: They lock up and work into some grappling, nice back and forth stuff as both men look for control and end up in a stand off. Sho now attacks the arm, Sabin with a slick escape and they trade shoulder tackles. They pick up the pace with Sabin hitting a basement dropkick and cradle for 2. Sabin now works the stomp of the legs, after teasing a Romero special. They work to the apron and Sho teases a package piledriver, but Sabin fights him off only for Sho to attack the arm and dropkick him to the floor. Sho follows, and lays the boots to Sabin. He then works the arm in the turnbuckle, and then rolls Sabin back in. Sho keeps things grounded, working the arm and focusing on submissions. He looks for an arm bar, and then transitions to a knee bar and Sabin makes the ropes. Sabin fires up and hits an apron PK and cannonball to the floor. Back in and Sabin heads up top and hits the missile dropkick. The corner boot follows and he takes Sho up top. Sabin follows, Sho fights him off but eats an enziguri. Sabin back up top and looks or a superplex, Sho fights and Sabin finally hits the superplex and both men are down; Sabin covers for 2. Sho catches and cuts off the tornado DDT, leading to a double down. They trade strikes, lighting each other up. They fire up and go crazy chops and trade kicks, and then clotheslines and Sabin levels him with a lariat. Another follows for 2. Sho then fires up and hits rolling Germans, which gets 2. He transitions to an arm bar, but Sabin counters into a cradle for 2. Sabin lays in a few superkick, but Sho hits the back stabber and locks on another arm bar. Sabin stomps his way out, but Sho cuts off a RANA into a backstabber and that gets 2. Sho fires up and the package piledriver finishes it. Sho defeated Chris Sabin @ 15:12 via pin

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Dragon Lee: Taguchi plays mind games with Lee early on, but Lee cuts him off and they work into a test of strength. Lee takes control and Taguchi finally escapes, but keeps rolling as if he’s countering out. Lee offers a fist bump. Lee picks up the pace and then tires out Taguchi, making him repeatedly run the ropes. Taguchi calls for a timeout, but lee dumps him and follows with a tope. Back in and Lee hits a rolling dropkick, and then a corner dropkick for 2. Lee takes time to celebrate, and they then trade strikes. Taguchi fires up, Lee lays in kicks, and Taguchi finally hits a dropkick and plancha to he floor. Back in they go and Taguchi hits a springboard ass attack for 2. Taguchi follows with repeated ass attacks, but Lee cuts off bum a ye with a dropkick to the ass. Lee then counters dodon into a cradle for 2. They work into a series of counters and both pickup near falls. Enziguri by Lee, but Taguchi crotches him up top. He follows him up, and Lee gets him into the tree of WHOA. The double stomp misses, and Taguchi gets the ankle lock. Lee fights, but Taguchi hangs on; Lee makes the ropes. The ass attack is countered, and Lee hits German for 2. Knee strike by Lee and he does the deal with a falcon arrow for the win. Dragon Lee defeated Ryusuke Taguchi @ 11:20 via pin

Marty Scurll vs. KUSHIDA: Both men need a win here as they are 0-1. Marty is 0-2 against KUSHIDA. KUSHIDA chases Marty into the crowd and then back into the ring. And here we go. They lock up and work into some counters right away. Marty looks to go world of sport, and they work into a stand off. KUSHIDA looks to ground things, but Marty takes control, starting to work the hands. KUSHIDA escapes and hits a head scissors. Marty escapes and locks on an abdominal stretch into a cradle for 2. KUSHIDA works the grounded head scissors, Marty escapes but KUSHIDA counters out and works an ankle lock variation. He then transitions to the bow and arrow, and Marty escapes. They work into some counters, and both go for pins and work into a stand off. KUSHIDA hits the cartwheel dropkick, but Marty attacks the arm in the ropes and hits an enziguri. The apron superkick follows. Back in and Marty mocks Liger and teases a Romero special. He then starts to target the arm. Marty grounds things but KUSHIDA scurries for and makes the ropes. He sets KUSHIDA up top, follows him up but KUSHIDA catches him with a divorce court off the ropes. He fires up with kicks, and then locks on a flying arm bar only for Marty to quickly make the ropes. Marty fights off the hover board lock and gets the rolling Romero special. KUSHIDA counters out, but Marty lays in uppercuts. The superkick follows and then turns KUSHIDA inside out with a lariat. The ghost buster follows for 2. Marty look to finish off KUSHIDA with knee strikes, and then hits an inverted suplex for 2. KUSHIDA manages to cut him off with the flatliner to the buckles, but Marty counters back to the future with a roll up. They work up top and Marty hits the reverse superplex for 2. KUSHIDA counters out of the chicken wing and hits an air raid crash and both men are down. They trade strikes now, working from their knees and to their feet. KUSHIDA then plants him with a DDT and looks for the hover board lock, but Marty counters and get a cradle for 2. KUSHIDA cuts him off up top and follows him up, but Marty does the finger break spot. KUSHIDA rebounds with a DDT, but can’t follow up due to his hands being too hurt. He digs deep and hits back to the future to pick up the hard fought win. Marty Scurll defeated KUSHIDA @ 19:40 via pin

Hiromu Takahashi vs. Desperado: This is the first time in 7 years the two have faced of in singles action, Desperado owned Takahashi when he was a young lion. Desperado is wearing his old pre-Suzuki-gun mask here. Takahashi turns things around on Desperado and attacks before the bell, kicking his ass and taking the fight to the floor. Takahashi tosses him into some chairs and chokes him out, working out years of frustration on his old dojo nemesis. They brawl up into the crowd and Takahashi stomps the shit out of him. Takahashi then goes John Woooooooooo and wipes out Desperado. Takahashi is fired the fuck up here, dragging Desperado back to the ring. Takahashi then rips at his mask, that fires up Desperado and they brawl on the ground. Desperado dumps Takahashi and follows with a suicide dive. Desperado gets chairs out of the way and whips Takahashi into the wall. He then whips him into a bunch of chairs. Desperado then lays in repeated chair shots, and heads back into he ring and undoes the buckle pad. Thee boys hate each other. Takahashi makes it back in and gets whipped to the exposed buckle. Desperado now works a camel clutch, focusing on the back, which was worked over by the chair shots and exposed buckle. Takahashi tries to fire back, but gets dumped to the floor. Desperado hits an inverted DDT on the floor. Back in and Takahashi tries to fire up, but Desperado keeps cutting him off. Takahashi finally picks up the pace and hits a sliding dropkick for 2. Takahashi now works a tarantula, and then pulls Desperado to the floor and hits a wheelbarrow facebuster. The apron dropkick follows. Back in and Takahashi hits the top rope senton for 2. Desperado fights back with the spinebuster for 2. The crab follows, as he looks to humiliate Takahashi. Takahashi makes the ropes; Desperado rakes the eyes, and hits the brainbuster for 2. Takahashi counters the vertebreaker, but Desperado hits the spear. Takahashi fights back with a reverse RANA and both men are down. They trade strikes, Takahashi smiles and fires up as they continue to trade. Desperado lays in head butts, and then drops Takahashi with a forearm. Takahashi fights off pinche loco and hits the overhead suplex to the buckles. The dynamite plunger get 2. Takahashi is completely frustrated now. Hee looks for another, but Desperado escapes but Takahashi avoids the low blow and hits the blu-ray! Desperado counters the time bomb, but Takahashi hits a German for a good near fall. Desperado uses the ref to counter the time bomb, grabs his junior title and Takahashi superkicks it into his face and that gets 2. Desperado still has the belt, the ref takes it and he low blows Takahashi. El Guitarra de Angel connects but only get 2! Pinche loco connects and Takahashi is finally done. Desperado defeated Hiromu Takahashi @ 23:08 via pin