Does Chaos have what it takes to #GetBackUp?

NJPW walks down Kizuna Road and has paved it with gold! Will Bullet Club’s King of Darkness take away titles from Ishii, Goto & Yoshi-Hashi?

NOTE: NJPW no longer wants to feed AXS TV now that it is with Anthem and Impact Wrestling. But never fear, I will cover NJPW in the spirit of AXS in providing the most important matches of the show.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• 8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan; Ibushi, Nagata, Kojima & Tenzan win.
• NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Championships: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii VS EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi; Hashi, Goto & Ishii win and retain the titles.

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8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan!

The Dragon and NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Champion is set to take on the Golden Star at the Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo, July 25th! But to see if he is ready, he joins Tetsuya Naito, Bushi and Sanada against Ibushi, Blue Justice, the King of Cozy Style and Ikari no Mogyu! Will Shingo Takagi show the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion what it’ll take to become champion again?

The teams sort out while LIJ put away their entrance gear. Naito’s is again the most elaborate and takes the most time, but Ibushi’s team keeps calm. Ibushi steps up and the veterans accept. LIJ does the group fist bump, and it is Takagi stepping up! Fans cheer as we get an appetizer for the title match! Takagi and Ibushi circle, feel things out, and Ibushi tries a kick. Takagi walks that off, ties up collar ‘n’ elbow, but Ibushi pushes Takagi to ropes. The ref calls for the ropebreak, Ibushi lets off with a pat on the shoulder. Fans cheer as they reset but Takagi comes right back to put Ibushi on ropes. Ibushi turns it around but Takagi turns it back.

The ref again calls for a ropebreak, Takagi lets off and pats Ibushi on the shoulder. Ibushi ducks the chop and kicks low to headlock! Takagi powers out, Ibushi rams him with a shoulder but Takagi doesn’t budge! Ibushi throws forearms so Takagi gives them back! We have a brawl already and the fans fire up! Takagi fires off boxing elbows, Ibushi fires off a strike fest! Sobat and whip but Takagi reverses. Takagi runs in but Ibushi goes up and over to RANA! Fans fire up as Takagi gets to a corner, and comes back to run Ibushi over! Headlock takeover but Ibushi headscissors! Takagi gets free and fans cheer as the two stand off!

Fans clap, “TA-KA-GI!” “I-BU-SHI!” as the two circle again. Takagi considers his options, and tags out to Naito. Fans cheer as Ibushi tags in Tenzan! Tenzan fires up while Naito takes his time entering. Naito teases tagging to Bushi but decides to circle with Tenzan after all. They approach, and Naito dodges the grapple. Tenzan gets annoyed, but Naito gets serious and they tie up. Tenzan powers Naito to ropes but lets off, only for Naito to turn things around. The ref calls for the ropebreak, Naito lets off and pats Tenzan on the shoulders. Because BUSHI grabs Tenzan’s hair! Naito kicks Tenzan down then clubs him on the back!

Tenzan fights up as Naito keeps throwing forearms. Naito whips, Tenzan reverses and Tenzan runs Naito over! Fans fire up as Tenzan circles and stomps Naito. Tenzan gets Naito up for Mongolian Chops! Naito goes down and Tenzan has Kojima join in. They throw forearm sand Mongolian Chops back and forth on Naito! Nagata gets in and he adds his own Mongolian Chops! #JusticeMongolian! Tenzan puts Naito in a corner, stomps him then whips him corner to corner to corner SPLASH! Tenzan fires up and calls his shot, for the BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Tenzan keeps focus as he stomps Naito and gives him a headbutt! Naito is on the ropes, Tenzan back hand CHOPS!

Tenzan whips, Naito holds ropes and BOOTS Tenzan! Naito runs into a low headbutt! Tenzan runs but into Bushi’s cheap shot! And then staggers into an atomic drop! Sanada gets in to dropkick Tenzan down! Bushi hits Nagata and Kojima while Takagi drags Ibushi off the apron! LIJ keeps on Ibushi, Nagata and Kojima while Naito stomps Tenzan’s leg. Naito drops an elbow on the knee and pulls on the toehold. Tenzan endures, sits up and grabs at Naito, but Naito just changes legs for the toehold! Tenzan endures, Naito drags him over and tags in Sanada. Sanada stomps Tenzan, drags him to ropes, and puts the leg on the ropes to SIT DOWN on!

Sanada stomps away on Tenzan’s leg as fans rally up. Sanada drags Tenzan to then drop an elbow on the leg. Tag to Bushi and he stomps the leg, too. Bushi gets Tenzan up to bump him off buckles, then he wraps the bad leg around ropes! Tenzan shoves him away but Bushi dropkicks the leg! Bushi stomps Tenzan more, pushes Tenzan down then stomps him again. Tag to Naito and fans rally up. Naito drags Tenzan up to kick the bad leg. Naito whips Tenzan to a corner, runs in and rocket kicks! Sweep the legs, Combinacion Cabron to the leg! LIJ again blasts Ibushi and team again while Naito ties Tenzan’s legs up in a Figure Four!

Sanada plays defense while Takagi clubs away on Ibushi on the outside! Sanada gets Kojima for his own FIGURE FOUR! Dual submissions but the legends endure! They both work to turn the pressure but Naito flails to keep it in his favor. Tenzan still gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Naito lets Tenzan free, but Sanada drags Kojima out to throw him into railing. Sanada returns to the LIJ corner and tags in. Sanada brings Tenzan up to a headlock, and throws a headlock punch. Tenzan shakes that off so Sanada kicks low and headlock punches again. Tenzan’s head is hurting Sanada’s hand! Sanada keeps trying and Tenzan CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And CHOPS!

Sanada blocks the Mongolian Chops, but runs into a TENZAN BOMB Samoan Drop! Both men are down but Tenzan crawls, hot tag to Nagata! Blue Justice BOOTS Sanada, BOOTS Takagi, and fires up his KICKS! Nagata KICKS Sanada into the corner, whips Sanada corner to corner then runs in to BOOT Sanada again! Sanada blocks the exploder but Nagata ROCKS him with a forearm! BUTTERFLY SUPLEX! Cover, but Naito breaks it! Naito fires off on Nagata, whips him but Nagata reverses to back drop him! Sanada gets up, deflects the boot and hits a BIG Atomic Drop! Sanada gets Nagata’s legs and fans fire up as he goes for Paradise! But Nagata boots him away!

Nagata kicks, whips but Sanada tumbles up and out and springboard missile dropkicks him down! Fans rally up as Sanada crawls, hot tag to Takagi! The Dragon fires off on Nagata at the ropes. Takagi whips and KNEES, then runs, but into an EXPLODER! Even Blue Justice can get the world champion with something! Tag to Ibushi and he fires off KICKS on Takagi! Takagi goes down and fans fire up with Ibushi! Ibushi runs corner to corner at Takagi but is put on the apron. Ibushi counter punches then hits a missile dropkick of his own! Ibushi hits a STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Takagi grits his teeth but Ibushi just fires up more.

Ibushi gets Takagi up, reels him in, but Takagi blocks the bomb lift. Ibushi keeps trying but Takagi back drops him away. Takagi has the fans rallying behind him and he gets Ibushi up to whip to a corner. Takagi runs in, blocks the boot and CLOTHESLINES in the corner! But Ibushi fires up and fires off forearms! Takagi returns it with JABS and CHOPS on repeat! JAB JAB JAB! Takagi says more’s to come, and he builds speed! Ibushi boots the lariat away, but Takagi blocks the kick to elbow the leg! Both men fire off, it’s hard to tell if Takagi’s clotheslines are blocking the kicks or the other way around! Ibushi runs, but into the elbow, JAB and YUKON LARIAT!

Fans fire up more as both men are down! Takagi sees his corner, and tags in Bushi! Bushi stomps Ibushi, Takagi gets Ibushi up, and LIJ together whip Ibushi to ropes. Ibushi ducks the double clotheslines to DOUBLE PELE! Fans fire up as Ibushi crawls, hot tag to Kojima! Kojima grins as he stomps and MACHINE GUN CHOPS Bushi! Naito goes after him but gets added to it! Kojima Machine Gun CHOPS Naito, then tops it off on Bushi! Kojima whips corner to corner, forearms Bushi down and fires up as he goes up top! But Sanada stops Kojima and ROCKET LAUNCHES him to the mat! Bushi stomps Kojima and CHOPS him in return.

Bushi whips corner to corner, runs in but Kojima dodges. Kojima comes back but into a boot! Bushi goes up for a missile dropkick and Bushirooni! Bushi drags Kojima up, fisherman but Kojima escapes, COZY CUTTER! Nagata, Tenzan and Ibushi get in and they get Bushi up. They whip Bushi corner to corner and then Nagata BOOTS, feeds to Ibushi’s sobat and Tenzan’s Mongolian Chops! They whip Bushi again, but Bushi fights off the Ten-Cozy combo with a SMACK to Kojima’s face! Naito gets in and dropkicks Tenzan’s legs out! Kojima goes after Bushi with stomps in a corner, then whips corner to corner. Bushi dodges Kojima, Sanada and Takagi hit corner attacks!

Dropkick to LARIAT to KICK! BACKSTABBER! Cover, Nagata just gets in to break it! LIJ gets Nagata and Ibushi back out, Takagi clotheslines Ibushi against ropes! Bushi wants Kojima for Terrible, but Kojima powers out. Bushi dodges the lariat to ENZIGURI! Bushi runs, but into the COZY LARIAT!! Cover, Kojima and team win!!

Winners: Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima, by pinfall

Ibushi and Takagi let off their brawl at ringside, the fight being over for now. They each tell each other this isn’t even the half of it, who will get that win at Grand Slam? As for Ibushi’s teammates, is this the sign of a resurgence for #TenKoji and Blue Justice?

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Championships: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii VS EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi!

Something about this has been a long time coming! The Head Hunter took 12 YEARS to finally get a belt, and he’s fought hard to keep it! Will he, the Fierce Warrior and Stone Pitbull hold ever tighter to the titles? Or will this be the beginning of a Too Sweet Summer where all the gold goes to Bullet Club?

Well, well, well! Pieter is back and commentary is very excited to see that! Will Tokyo Pimp’s naughty little rabbit be up to no good at ringside?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see if Chaos still reigns on Kizuna Road!

Speaking of the belts, Evil snatches those belts from Red Shoes as if Bullet Club already owns them. Each man takes a belt, and then they CLOBBER Chaos with them! Now the bell rings as Bullet Club kicks Chaos out of the ring. Evil is after Hashi, Dick is after Ishii and Yujiro is after Goto. Dick whips Ishii into railing hard! Goto hits back on Yujiro but Yujiro knees low. Evil RAMS Hashi into railing, Yujiro POSTS Goto, and then Evil stomps Goto because he’s nearby. Yujiro takes care of Hashi now and Dick puts Ishii back in the ring. Dick stomps Ishii down and then taunts him. Dick pushes Ishii around, but Ishii gets mad. Dick throws haymakers but Ishii grits his teeth.

Ishii swings on Dick but Dick dodges to kick low! Dick clamps onto Ishii with a chinlock and cranks back. Fans rally up for “I-SHI-I!” but Dick stomps him down again. Tag to Yujiro and he drops a leg, an elbow, and a headbutt on Ishii. By the way, Evil undoes the blue corner buckle pad. Yujiro covers Ishii, TWO! Yujiro gets Ishii up and whips him to the bare corner! Ishii hits steel and drops to his knees. Pieter can be seen mocking Ishii’s pain as Evil drags him to ropes. Evil gets Ishi up and throws Ishii out, then Dick blasts Hashi and Goto! Evil brings Ishii around to RAM him into the timekeeper’s area! Abe-san, nooo~!

Young Lions hurry to help Abe while Evil drags Ishii up. Yujiro stomps Goto, Evil stomps Ishii, and Dick keeps Hashi down. Evil puts Ishii in the ring and taunts him. Ishii tells him to shut up but Evil still kicks at him. The fans rally up as Evil slaps Ishii around, but Ishii rams into Evil. Ishii’s low headbutts don’t seem to hurt and Evil keeps slapping him. Ishii CHOPS and CHOPS but Evil just ignores those. Evil keeps slapping, Ishii keeps giving CHOPS! Evil choke grips Ishii but Ishii CHOPS again! Evil rakes Ishii’s eyes and throws him out again. Dick and Goto argue while Evil and Yujiro RAM Ishii into railing!

Evil gets chairs out! We’ve all seen what he does here, and he does it again! A chair around Ishii’s head, and the other chair to HOMERUN!! Evil mocks the fans applauding, then toys with Ishii more. Fans rally back up, “I-SHI-I!” but Evil scuffs his boot on Ishii’s head. Evil tells Red Shoes to check on Ishii, then he stomps Ishii’s legs. Evil drags Ishii up, puts him in, then drags him to a cover. Red Shoes won’t, he knows about the shenanigans! Evil is annoyed but Ishii sits up. Evil toys with him again, but Ishii throws forearms on the Bullet Club corner! Evil rakes Ishii’s eyes again! Tag to Dick and he brings Ishii around for haymakers!

Ishii growls but Dick snapmares him down for a JUMPING FIST DROP! Cover, TWO! Ishii checks his eyes but Yujiro tags in. Yujiro gets Ishii up to snapmare and run, basement dropkick! Ishii stays up?! Yujiro basement dropkicks again but still Ishii sits up! Yujiro gets Ishii up for knees, then reels him in to fisherman, but Ishii fights off the suplex! Ishii suplexes but Yujiro fights out, wrenches and whips him to a corner! HELLUVA KICK! Yujiro talks trash as he drags Ishii up again. Yujiro throws more knees, then eggs Ishii on as he drops to the mat. Fans still rally but Yujiro whips Ishii to a corner. Ishii comes back, gets through the boot and GERMAN SUPLEXES!

Fans fire up as both men are down on the mat! Ishii crawls over, hot tag to Goto! Goto rallies on Yujiro with shoulders and a hip toss! Goto BLASTS Evil and Dick down, and Pieter panics as Goto runs at Yujiro. Yujiro dodges, kicks but Hashi joins in. Yujiro whips, Goto reverses and runs Yujiro over! Hashi runs, hip toss senton combo! Goto drops an elbow, covers, TWO! Fans fire up as Goto gets Yujiro up to a fireman’s carry. Yujiro BITES Goto’s hand!! Goto kicks, but Yujiro blocks to throw Goto down and hit a basement dropkick! Yujiro drags Goto back up, fisherman BUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Goto survives and shocks Yujiro!

Fans fire up for Goto but Yuijro kicks him around. Yujiro slaps Goto around, pie faces him, but Goto CHOPS and CHOPS! Yujiro knees low, has Goto on ropes, and runs in to BOOT! Yujiro runs but Goto blocks this boot to turn Yujiro around! Yujiro fights the waistlock, runs but Goto follows, DOUBLE CLOTHESLINES hit! Goto stays up on anger alone, runs again but this time Yujiro follows! DOUBLE CLOTHESLINES hit again, but still no one falls! Goto fires up, as does Yujiro, DOUBLE CLOTHESLINES! Both men fall this time and fans fire up! Evil and Hashi reach out, Goto and Yujiro crawl, hot tags to both!

The Head Hunter dodges Evil to fire off and CHOP! Hashi runs but into a low kick! Evil runs, Hashi dodges and comes back, HEADBUSTER! Hashi DECKS Dick and fires up! Hashi runs at Evil to CHOP in the corner! Hashi whips, CHOPS Evil again, then kicks to turn for the NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up for “YO-SHI-HASH!” as he gets Evil back up. Hashi suplexes but Evil pulls hair! Hashi breaks free, Evil blocks his kick and gives it to Red Shoes to mule kick Hashi down! Fans still rally for Hashi and Evil is annoyed by that. Evil gets Hashi up to throw him out, but Ishii hurries over to help! Dick and Evil kick Hashi and Ishii low, then RAM them both into railing!

Evil gets Hashi up and whips him to railing at the corner! Hashi goes down in a heap while Dick grinds Ishii into the bare floor. Evil scuffs Hashi with his boot then drags him up. Evil toys with Hashi and taunts him but fans rally up again. Evil puts Hashi in the ring, Dick throws Ishii into more railing, and Evil stands Hashi up. Evil scoops Hashi for a BACKBREAKER! Then he steps through the legs for the SHARPSHOOTER! Hashi endures the Scorpion Death Lock but Ishii gets past Dick to fire off forearms on Evil! Evil lets Hashi go to go after Ishii. Ishii throws more forearms, but Evil rakes eyes! Evil runs but into Ishii’s BRAINBUSTER!

Yujiro whips Ishii but Ishii reverses! Yujiro stops from hitting bare buckles, and then dodges to send Ishii into them! Yujiro whips Hashi but Hashi reverses and now Yujiro gets bare buckles! Evil goes after Hashi with a rake of the eyes! Red Shoes reprimands and counts but Evil lets off. Evil runs, into Goto’s fireman’s carry! Evil slips off, but Goto dodges and Hashi SUPERKICKS! Fireman’s carry, SUPERKICK to USHIGOROSHI! Goto sits Evil up for Hashi’s METEORA! Cover, TWO!! BUTTERFLY LOCK!! Evil endures as Hashi pulls back, and fans are thunderous! Evil fights up, Hashi pulls back on the hold even harder!

Evil scoots, reaches, grabs at Hashi but Hashi won’t let go! Dick is there to help Evil get a little closer to ropes, but Hashi turns Evil away! Hashi leans hard on Evil, Evil grabs at hair but Hashi gets the arm! Kimura-Fly is almost complete and Evil is fading! Ishii keeps Dick out of things but Dick headlock punches him away! Hashi has Evil almost to the mat, and shifts to a SLEEPER! Evil fights up but he’s turning purple! Evil grabs Red Shoes’ shirt and Dick SMACKS Hashi with a chair!! Yujiro throws Goto into railing and Dick gets the Spoiler Choker! Dick is after Hashi but Ishii trips Dick up! Fans cheer as they both hit the floor!

Hashi crawls, Evil stirs, and Ishii goes after Dick. Evil sits up while Hashi gets to a corner. Hashi uses the ropes to stand while Evil staggers up. Evil runs in and clotheslines! Fireman’s carry, DARKNESS FALLS!! Cover, TWO?!? Hashi spasms more than kicks out but he is still in this! Evil gets mad and gets back up. Evil says it’s over and he gets Hashi up! Spin and EVER- NO! Hashi fights free, half nelson to pump handle, but Evil fights off Karma! SUPERKICK! Hashi swings, avoids Everything and hits a BACKSTABBER! Both men are down again but Dick is on the corner! Dick reaches out, but Ishii is on the other corner! Hot tag to Ishii!

Ishii runs but Red Shoes is used as a shield! Evil kicks low, gets Ishii up but Red Shoes wants no part of Magic Killer! Ishii ROCKS Evil, runs, but Yujiro trips him up! Hot tag to Dick and he stomps Ishii. Dick DECKS Goto, Yujiro stomps Ishii, and the two get Ishii up to double whip. They double shoulder Ishii down, then drop a leg and a BIG Back Senton! Cover, TWO!! Ishii is still in this and Dick grows annoyed. Dick stomps Ishii, taunts him, and gets Ishii up. Ishii goes to hit dick but Dick pokes him in the eyes! Ishii ROCKS Dick, runs and Dick lariats?! Cover, TWO! But into a CROSSFACE!! Dick’s grip keeps Ishii blind but Ishii still pushes himself forward!

Ishii reaches, turns, but Dick pulls way back on the hold! Ishii still gets a ROPEBREAK! Dick lets go fast and fans cheer! Dick gets Ishii up, reels him in, underhooks, but Ishii holds off the Pedigree! Ishii powers up and back drops Dick away! Goto DECKS Yujiro and gets Dick up! Goto whips Dick to the corner, runs in and MURAMASA! Ishii gets up and puts Dick on the top rope. Goto makes sure Yujiro stays out while Ishii climbs. Dick resists but Ishii gets him up, SUPERPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Dick is still in this but he looks dazed as Ishii stands back up. Fans rally and Ishii gets Dick back up. Ishii reels Dick in, lifts, but Dick fights the bomb!

Dick gets around, half nelson, but Ishii spins that to a nelson! Dick fights the suplex, but swings into a BACK SUPLEX! Both men are down and fans fire up again! Ishii gets Dick up, runs, but Dick ducks the sliding lariat to ghost pin! TWO, into the CROSSFACE! Ishii endures, Pieter cheers Dick on, but Ishii keeps moving! Dick rolls Ishii away from ropes to pull the crossface way back!! Ishii reaches out, but Hashi gets in to stomp Dick down! Hashi dodges Yujiro to sobat, and Goto gets Yujiro! Hashi runs but Yujiro sends Red Shoes into him! Yujiro kicks everyone low, and Evil uses the chair! Chaos goes down from the chair shots!

Yujiro gets his pimp cane, Evil gets Goto up, CANE SHOT! Evil gets Hashi up, Yujiro gives Hashi a CANE SHOT! Ishii is all alone again but fans still have hope! Evil drags Ishii up and Yujiro takes aim, CANE SHOT!! The hat trick is complete! Evil has the chair, and JAMS Ishii in the ribs! And SMACKS away on Ishii’s back! Ishii finally falls over, and Evil puts the chair down, Dick gets Ishii up and reels him in, to underhook the arms! FULL METAL PEDIGREE!!! Yujiro shoves Red Shoes back into the ring and he counts the cover, TWO?!?! Ishii survives all that?!? Bullet club can’t believe it but the fans are thunderous for the Stone Pitbull!

Evil says he’ll end this and he gets Ishii back up. Evil and Dick give Ishii MAGIC KILLER! Dick covers now, TWO?!?!? How is Ishii doing this?! Dick drags Ishii up one more time, reels him back in to underhook the arms, PEDIGREE! Dick goes up top to add on more! But Goto punches Dick in the gut, then ROCKET LAUNCHES him off! Yuiro runs into Goto’s dragon sleeper, then facelock, REVERSE GTR! Evil LARIATS Goto, whips Hashi into bare buckles, but Hashi comes back to LARIAT!! All six men are down and the fans are electric! Dick rises first and goes after Ishii with haymakers. Dick runs, Ishii swats his lariat away, but Dick DECKS him with the uppercut!

Dick gets Ishii back up, runs, but Ishii LARIATS first! Ishii fires himself up and the fans are with him! Ishii gets Dick back up, reels him in, POWERBOMB! High stack cover, but Yujiro breaks it! Goto DECKS Yujiro! Hashi gets in, he and Goto get Dick up for G Y W!! They shout to Ishii to finish this off, and Ishii gets Dick to sit up. Ishii runs, for a SLIDING LARIAT!! Cover, TWO?!?! Now Dick is showing his fortitude and Ishii is furious! Ishii roars again and drags Dick back up. Ishii suplexes, but Dick slips out! Dick shoves Ishii at Red Shoes, but Ishii blocks the low blow! UPPERCUT, EVERYTHING- NO! Ishii waistlocks, Hashi gets in, but Evil dodges! Ishii gets the SUPERKICK!!

Dick rolls Ishii up in the schoolboy, TWO?! Yujiro gets in and sits Ishii up, but no Pimp Juice as Goto gets him for a sleeper! Yujiro fights out, fireman’s carries, but no Miami Shine! SLEEPER! Goto has Yujiro, Hashi has Evil, but both Evil and Yujiro grab at Red Shoes. Red Shoes covers up but he misses the DOUBLE MULE KICK LOW BLOWS!! Bullet Club shoves Chaos down, Pieter gets the Spoiler Choker back to Dick! Dick uses it to CHOKE Ishii! Ishii fights the leash off! And HEADBUTTS Dick down! LARIAT for Yujiro, LARIAT for Evil! Ishii builds up speed to LARIAT Dick!! Ishii gets Dick back up, for the BRAINBUSTER!!! Cover, CHAOS WINS!!

Winners: Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii, by pinfall (still NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Champions)

If there were an MVP in this match, it’d be Ishii! The Stone Pitbull gave as good as he took and in the end, finished this off for the team! Will there be no stopping Chaos’ golden trio? Ishii and Evil stare down forehead to forehead, is their own war far from over?

But wait! Kojima, Tenzan and Nagata return! They did win earlier tonight as a team, are they looking for the logical next step? Nagata gets the mic and fans clap along. “Word is you guys in Chaos are calling us NJPW Hontai guys ‘cowards?’ Wanna test us?” Nagata asks Ishii directly for an answer. Ishii says hell yeah, then throws a forearm on Nagata! Nagata DECKS Ishii for it, but that’s a bit easier after the war he just went through. The other members of the trios stand off and talk some trash. Commentary’s definitely excited at the prospect of Hashi VS Tenzan.

After Nagata, Tenzan and Kojima leave, Hashi gets the mic to respond, “Oi! Naturally, we’re doing this!” But since Ishii will need time to recover, Hashi will end tonight with this: “All of us in Chaos, us defending these titles is NEVER gonna change, EVER!” When and where will #ThirdGen go after the Hunter, the Warrior and the Pitbull?

My Thoughts:

I know I skipped a lot for this event, but honestly, the bulk of the quality was in that main event. The LIJ 8 Man match was a good one, but it was clear that Ibushi and Takagi would not be in the finish so that the two will go into Wrestling Grand Slam in Tokyo evenly. Also Bushi being the guy to take the finish makes sense, he isn’t doing anything. Naito and Sanada aren’t going that strongly towards the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match with Dangerous Tekkers, but they weren’t hurt that bad because they weren’t involved in the finish, either. And then with Kojima getting the win on behalf of his trio, it makes sense they go out to challenge the NEVER Openweight trios champs.

That trios main event was pretty wild for just the NEVER Openweight Six Man titles, but I like that NJPW is giving those belts and the champions some shine. Hell, Dick Togo got some shine because he got to survive Ishii’s sliding lariat. Chaos VS #ThirdGen is going to be another strong trios match like this one today, and if it’s on a bigger show like Summer Struggle or Wrestling Grand Slam, I could see a title change happening.

My Score: 8.2/10