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Elimination Match
Bullet Club (Kenta, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) def. Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi)
Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Sho & Yoh)
Los Ingobernables (Shingo Takagi & Evil) def. Hirooki Goto & Toa Henare
Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles) def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Douki)
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Homna) def. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Ryusuke Taguchi def. Yota Tsuji
Yuya Uemura def. Gabriel Kidd
Yuya Uemura vs. Gabriel Kidd
The match begins with some chain wrestling between Kidd and Uemura, Uemura and Kidd take turns working over each others arms. Kidd gets Uemura down while wrenching away on his arm, Uemura gets up and he gets to work on Kidd’s arm. Uemura gets Kidd in a headlock and Kidd eventually gets Uemura in one of his own, Kidd then gets Uemura in a head scissors and Uemura gets free a short time later. Kidd drops Uemura before snapping his arm and stomping away on him, Uemura fights back and he nails Kidd with a slam. Uemura then stomps away on a downed Kidd before landing a hip toss for a near fall, Uemura also nails Kidd with an elbow strike before applying a cravat. Uemura gets Kidd down while applying a chin lock, Kidd gets free and Uemura nails him with some forearm strikes. Kidd recovers and he nails a charging Uemura with a drop kick, Kidd follows that up by hitting Uemura with a shoulder tackle.
Uemura goes for a Boston crab and he transitions to a single leg crab, Uemura eventually gets to the ropes to break the hold. Kidd goes for a suplex and Uemura counters with a small package for a near fall, Uemura and Kidd then exchange some strikes. Uemura ends the exchange by nailing a charging Kidd with a drop kick, Uemura then hits Kidd with a double underhook suplex for a near fall, Uemura follows up by getting Kidd in a Boston crab and a tap out follows.
Winner: Yuya Uemura
Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yota Tsuji
The match begins with Tsuji backing Taguchi into the ropes before landing a chop, Taguchi and Tsuji immediately get into a striking exchange. Tsuji then nails Taguchi with a few shoulder tackles and a slam, Taguchi fights back and he nails Tsuji with a hip attack. Taguchi keeps Tsuji down while wrenching away on his arm, Tsuji gets free and Taguchi corners him before landing a kick. Taguchi drags Tsuji out of the corner before wrenching away on his leg, Taguchi applies a leg lock before transitioning to an ankle lock and Tsuji gets to the ropes. Tsuji fights back and Taguchi attacks his injured leg while looking for another ankle lock, Taguchi then hits Tsuji with a series of suplexes. Tsuji fights back and he nails Taguchi with a suplex of his own, Tsuji then hits a charging Taguchi with a drop kick. Tsuji gets Taguchi in the Boston crab and Taguchi gets to the ropes, Taguchi trips up a swinging Tsuji and he goes for the ankle lock until Tsuji gets to the ropes.
Taguchi keeps Tsuji in the ropes while landing multiple hip attacks, Tsuji recovers and he nails Taguchi with a spear for a near fall. Tsuji then gets Taguchi in another Boston crab and Taguchi gets to the ropes, Taguchi recovers and he nails Tsuji with an enziguri. Taguchi goes for a running hip attack and Tsuji rolls him up for a near fall, Taguchi goes for the ankle lock again and Tsuji taps out after a long struggle.
Winner: Ryusuke Taguchi
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Homna) vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
The match begins with Homna and Nakanishi exchanging some strikes, Homna attacks Nakanishi with shoulder tackles before failing at a slam attempt. Nakanishi winds up slamming Homna and landing an elbow drop, Tenzan hits the ring and he double teams Homna with Nakanishi. Nakanishi then hits a downed Homna with a splash for a near fall, Nakanishi goes for a knee drop and Homna gets out of the way. Makabe tags in and he stomps away on a downed Nakanishi before wrenching away on his leg, Homna tags back in and he double teams Nakanishi with Makabe. Homna traps the leg of Nakanishi in the ropes before landing multiple butt drops on the leg, Nakanishi fights back and Homna attacks the injured leg. Homna then hits Nakanishi with a slam before missing a kokeshi, Tenzan tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Tenzan attacks Homna with a bunch of Mongolian chops, Tenzan then hits Homna with a corner clothesline and a suplex for a near fall.
Homna fights back and Tenzan nails him with a spin kick to the head, Tenzan goes for a kokeshi and Homna avoids it before landing one of his own. Makabe tags in and he nails Tenzan with a bunch of strikes in the corner, Makabe looks for a northern lights suplex before landing some Mongolian chops on Tenzan. Tenzan recovers and he nails a charging Makabe with a Samoan drop, Nakanishi tags in and he attacks Makabe with some strikes. Homna interferes and he gets attacked with some strikes as well, Nakanishi then drops Makabe with a clothesline before landing a double clothesline on both opponents. Nakanishi gets Makabe in the Argentine Back Breaker and Homna breaks it up, Makabe recovers and he double teams Nakanishi with Homna. Homna nails Nakanishi with a diving kokeshi for a near fall, Makabe then hits Nakanishi with a King Kong Knee Drop for a three count.
Winners: Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Homna)
Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Douki)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun jumping Chaos and the brawl spills all over the place, Ospreay leaps off the barricade to hit Sabre Jr with a forearm strike. Suzuki and Ishii have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Suzuki looks for a guillotine choke on Ishii and Eagles nails him with a springboard drop kick. Douki hits the ring and he nails Eagles with a hip toss, Ospreay comes in and he nails Douki with a handspring elbow strike. Sabre Jr hits the ring to get double teamed by Ospreay and Eagles, Ospreay and Eagles clear the ring before hitting Sabre Jr and Douki with dives. Ishii and Suzuki continue their battle in the ring, Suzuki gets Ishii out of the ring and another brawl spills all over the place between both teams. Suzuki grabs a steel chair and he attacks Ishii with it, Douki grabs his steel pipe and he attacks Eagles with it. Suzuki waits for Ishii to get back in the ring before tagging Douki in, Douki drops Ishii before landing a basement drop kick for a near fall.
Suzuki tags in and he nails Ishii with some more strikes, Sabre Jr hits the ring to work over Ishii’s arm with Suzuki. Suzuki holds Ishii down while wrenching away on his arm, Ishii fights back and he exchanges some strikes with Suzuki. Suzuki goes for a sleeper hold and Ishii defends by nailing him with a suplex, Sabre Jr and Ospreay are tagged in by their respective partners, Ospreay quickly starts cleaning house against the opposition. Ospreay quickly nails Sabre Jr with a handspring enziguri for a near fall, Sabre Jr fights back and Ospreay drops him with a leg kick. Ospreay goes for a standing shooting star press and Sabre Jr catches him in an arm bar followed by a triangle choke, Ospreay gets free and Sabre Jr gets him in a modified abdominal stretch. Douki tags in and he nails Ospreay with a clothesline for a near fall, Ospreay fights back and he nails Douki with a hook kick. Eagles tags in and he nails Douki with a springboard drop kick to the knee.
Eagles attacks Douki with a bunch of kicks before getting triple teamed by Suzuki-Gun, Douki then hits Eagles with a springboard double stomp for a near fall. Douki then hits Eagles with Daybreak for a near fall, everybody from both teams hit the ring and they all take each other out. Eagles catches Douki in a roll up for a near fall, Eagles then nails Douki with a series of head kicks followed by a sliced bread. Eagles then hits Douki with a 450 splash to the leg, Eagles gets Douki in the Ron Miller Special and a tap out follows.
Winners: Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles)
Hirooki Goto & Toa Henare vs. Los Ingobernables (Shingo Takagi & Evil)
The match begins with Goto getting Takagi in a headlock, Takagi gets free and immediately gets into a striking exchange with Goto. Goto ends the exchange by dropping Takagi with a shoulder tackle, Henare tags in and Takagi tags Evil in. Takagi distracts Henare so Evil can get the upper hand on him, Henare fights back and Evil nails him with a shoulder tackle. Evil traps Henare in the ropes while attacking him with some chops, Henare fights back and he nails Evil with a shoulder tackle. Henare then attacks Evil with a plethora of strikes, Takagi interferes and Evil uses a clothesline to knock Takagi to the arena floor. Takagi grabs Henare and he throws him into the barricade a few times as a brawl breaks out between both teams, Takagi also throws Henare into the wall. Evil grabs Goto and he throws him into the ring post, Evil gets Henare back in the ring before landing a slam for a near fall. Takagi tags in and he works with Evil to hit Henare with a double shoulder tackle, Takagi then hits Henare with a knee drop for a near fall.
Takagi holds Henare down while keeping him in a chin lock, Takagi keeps Henare down while also landing elbow strikes and a senton. Evil tags in and he nails Henare with a senton of his own for a near fall, Henare fights back and Evil quickly drops him for a near fall. Henare recovers and he nails Evil with a diving shoulder tackle, Goto tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Takagi hits the ring and Goto drops him with a spinning clothesline, Goto then suplexes Evil onto a downed Takagi. Goto then hits Evil with a spin kick followed by a belly to belly suplex for a near fall, Evil fights back and he uses a ref distraction to hit Goto with a thrust kick. Evil then nails Goto with a clothesline before tagging Takagi in, Takagi nails Goto with a corner clothesline. Goto recovers and he nails Takagi with a clothesline of his own, Henare tags in and he nails Takagi with a ton of strikes. Henare then hits Takagi with a Samoan drop for a near fall, Henare exchanges a few strikes with Takagi before landing a suplex.
Henare goes for Rampage and Takagi avoids it before double teaming him with Evil for a near fall, Goto hits the ring and he nails Evil with a ushigoroshi. Takagi goes for a lariat on Henare and a striking exchange breaks out, Henare drops Takagi with a headbutt for a near fall. Takagi recovers and he drops Henare with a lariat, Takagi then hits Henare with a sliding lariat and noshigami for a near fall. Takagi then nails Henare with a lariat for a three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Shingo Takagi & Evil)
Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Sho & Yoh) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun jumping their opponents before the bell and the brawl between both teams spills all over the arena, Taichi smashes the face of Okada into the ring apron. Desperado gets in the ring with a steel chair and Sho drop kicks it into his face, Sho then stomps away on a downed Desperado before kicking him in the corner. Yoh tags in and he attacks a cornered Desperado with a plethora of strikes, Yoh nails Desperado with a slam before tagging Okada in. Okada quickly applies the octopus stretch to Desperado, Sho tags in and he keeps Desperado down while attacking him with kicks. Desperado fights back and he exchanges some strikes with Sho, Kanemaru attacks Sho from behind and that starts another brawl between both teams that spills all over the arena. Kanemari drags Sho into the crown before throwing him into the barricade, Desperado gets Sho back in the ring and he kicks him right in the back.
Kanemaru tags in and he stomps away on a downed Sho before landing a drop kick to his knee, Taichi tags in and he attacks the injured knee of Sho. Desperado tags back in and he lands an atomic drop to the injured knee of Sho, Desperado then hits Sho with a splash to the injured knee for a near fall. Kanemaru tags in and he goes to work on the injured knee of Sho, Sho misses a drop kick and then he still manages to hit Kanemaru with a suplex. Yoh tags in and he starts cleaning house against the opposing team, Yoh clears the ring and kanemaru rolls him up a short time later for a few near falls. Yoh then hits Kanemaru with a super kick, Kanemaru quickly recovers and he nails Yoh with a tornado DDT. Okada and Taichi are tagged in by their respective partners, Okada quickly drops Taichi with a back elbow strike followed by a DDT. Taichi fights back and he corners Okada before landing a head kick, Okada recovers and he gets into a striking exchange with Taichi.
Taichi ends the exchange by nailing Okada with a clothesline, Okada recovers and he nails a charging Taichi with a drop kick. Sho tags in and he nails Taichi with a corner clothesline, Taichi fights back and he attacks the injured knee of Sho. Taichi quickly gets Sho in a single leg crab and Yoh breaks it up, Taichi sets up for a power bomb and Sho defends against it to land a back body drop. Sho then hits Taichi with a spear before getting attacked from behind by Kanemaru, Yoh returns to help Sho against Kanemaru before landing a dive to the arena floor. Sho then drops a charging Taichi with a clothesline, Desperado interferes behind the ref’s back to hit Sho in the injured knee with a steel chair. Taichi nails Sho with a head kick and power bomb for a three count.
Winners: Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Elimination Match
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Bullet Club (Kenta, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)
The match begins with Bullet Club jumping their opponents before the bell sounds and a huge brawl spills all over the arena, White and Sana battle near the crowd. Phantasmo and Kenta double team a downed Naito on the arena floor, Phantasmo and Ishimori then go after Takahashi in the ring. Takahashi fights back against both Ishimori and Phantasmo, Takahashi attacks Ishimori with a bunch of strikes. Kenta interferes and he attacks Takahashi before going after Naito again, Kenta throws Naito into some tables near the crowd. Phantasmo tags in and he rakes the back of Takahashi before choking him in the ring, Ishimori tags in and he attacks the injured back of Takahashi. Ishimori then throws Takahashi back first into the exposed corner, White tags in and he nails Takahashi with a few strikes. White then throws Takahashi into the exposed corner before tagging Kenta into the match, Ishimori comes in the ring and he goes after Takahashi as Kenta attacks Naito again.
White tags in and he gets a downed Takahashi in a chin lock, Phantasmo tags in and he traps Takahashi in the corner while standing on his balls with Ishimori. Ishimori stands over Takahashi while stomping away on him, Ishimori tries eliminating Takahashi and Takahashi defends. Kenta tags in and he kicks a downed Takahashi in the back, Takahashi fights back and he drops Kenta before tagging Naito in. Naito instantly starts cleaning house against the opposing team, Naito nails Kenta with a series of drop kicks to the knee. Kenta traps Naito in the corner while landing a running boot to the head followed by a drop kick, Kenta then hits Naito with a top rope double stomp for a near fall. Naito recovers and he nails Kenta with a tornado DDT, Sanada and White are tagged in by their respective partners. Sanada quickly gets Phantasmo and ishimori in Paradise Locks, White tries eliminating Sanada and Sanada nails him with a dragon screw leg whip.
White fights back and he nails Sanada with a DDT, White follows up by nailing Sanada with a Blade Buster for a near fall. White tries eliminating Sanada and Sanada defends against it, Sanada goes to eliminate White and he White defends. White gets Sanada to the ring apron and Sanada goes for Skull End, Sanada then drags White to the ring apron. Sanada goes for Skull End again and White falls to the arena floor as the ref is distracted. White gets Sanada to the arena floor and the ref says they are both out (Eliminated: Sanada & Jay White), the match resumes with Bushi nailing Ishimori with a missile drop kick. Ishimori recovers and he nails Bushi with a handspring enziguri, Bushi then hits Ishimori with a rewind kick. Ishimori catches a leaping Bushi and he gets him to the ring apron before knocking him to the arena floor (Eliminated: Bushi), the match resumes with Takahashi attacking Ishimori. Ishimori fights back and he briefly gets Takahashi in a Yes Lock, Takahashi gets Ishimori to the ring apron and Phantasmo helps prevent the elimination.
Takahashi still finds a way to eliminate Ishimori a short time later (Eliminated: Taiji Ishimori), the match resumes with a brawl between Takahashi and Phantasmo. Phantasmo and Takahashi exchange a few roll ups for a few near falls, Phantasmo goes for CR2 and Takahashi blocks it. Phantasmo then nails Takahashi with a series of kicks to the head, Takahashi goes for an elimination and Phantasmo also gets him to the ring apron. Takahashi and Phantasmo exchange strikes until Takahashi knocks Phantasmo to the barricade, Phantasmo gets back in the ring and Takahashi rolls him up for a three count (Eliminated: El Phantasmo). The match resumes with Kenta immediately dumping Takahashi out of the ring for an elimination (Eliminated: Hiromu Takahashi), the match resumes with Naito attacking Kenta. Naito goes for Destino and Kenta blocks it before getting Naito on the ring apron, Kenta misses a double stomp attempt.
Kenta continues attempting to eliminate Naito by throwing a lot of kicks, Kenta eventually lands a flying knee strike to knock Naito to the arena floor for the elimination (Eliminated: Tetsuya Naito).
Winners: Bullet Club (Kenta, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)
Sole Survivor: Kenta
