Can the Ungovernable overcome Chaos?

Before settling things with the Dangerous Tekkers, Chaos and Los Ingobernables will battle each other, and for NJPW’s NEVER Openweight Six Man titles!

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

• Shingo Takagi VS Yujiro Takahashi; Takagi wins, by disqualification.
• NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championships: Chaos VS Los Ingobernables de Japon; Chaos wins and retains the titles.

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Shingo Takagi VS Yujiro Takahashi!

The Dragon is still rolling towards Wrestle Grand Slam MetLife and his battle of revenge with EVIL! Will the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion send a message to the King of Darkness through the Tokyo Pimp?

Yujiro doesn’t even wait for Takagi to put his jacket away before he attacks! The bell rings to get this on record as Yujiro drags Takagi up. Yujiro knees low, throws forearms and has Takagi on the ropes. The ref reprimands, Yujiro CHOPS then kicks low. Yujiro whips Takagi to ropes, Takagi holds the ropes, then Takagi boots back. Takagi swings but Yujiro dodges and rams. Takagi comes back to run Yujiro over! Fans fire up as Takagi KICKS Yujiro in the back! Takagi gets Yujiro up, bumps him o off buckles and throws forearms over and over and over! Takagi then throws in headbutts over and over! The ref counts, Takagi lets off, and fans cheer,

Takagi stands on Yujiro, the ref counts and Takagi lets off. Takagi gets Yujiro on his feet and whips him to ropes to KNEE him right down! Fans cheer as Takagi drags Yujiro back up, scoops him and SLAMS him! Takagi flexes then drops the elbow! And another! And then a BACK SENTON! Cover, TWO! Takagi keeps cool and encourages the fans to rally. Takagi drives elbow after elbow into Yujiro’s shoulder, then lets him down. Takagi gives toying kicks to Yujiro’s legs before he gets him back up. Takagi whips Yujiro but Yujiro falls over! Takagi doesn’t take this seriously and he drags Yujiro up again. Yujiro is dead weight so Takagi lets him go.

Yujiro crawls, drags himself up at ropes, and Takagi runs in! Yujiro dumps Takagi out, proving he was playing possum! But Takagi still ROCKS Yujiro, and wants to suplex him out of the ring?! Fans fire up as Takagi lifts, but Yujiro holds ropes for dear life. And he BITES Takagi’s hand! The ref counts, Yujiro stops biting to BOOT Takagi down! Yujiro goes out to fetch Takagi and whips him hard into railing! Then whip him hard into more railing! REVERSE DDT to the floor! Yujiro grins and goes back to the ring while the ref checks on Takagi. Fans rally up, “TA KA GI! TA KA GI!” but a ring count begins. Takagi stirs at 6 of 20, sits up at 8, and pushes himself up at 10.

Takagi gets to his feet at 12, takes a moment and gets in at 14. Yujiro snapmares Takagi, knocks him back down with haymakers, then rains down forearms! Yujiro sits Takagi up, runs and BASEMENT BOOTS! Cover, ONE!! Takagi is getting mad but Yujiro is annoyed. Fans rally more as Yujiro scoops Takagi and SLAMS him. Yujiro drops a leg, drops an elbow, and drops a headbutt! Cover, TWO! Yujiro is further annoyed but he drags Takagi up for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Takagi grits his teeth but Yujiro taunts him. Yujiro gives toying kicks in return now, but Takagi stands up. Yujiro pie faces then pulls hair, so Takagi fires off forearms!

Yujiro kicks low, whips Takagi to a corner and runs in, but Takagi blocks the boot to SHOVE Yujiro away! Fans fire up as Takagi steadies himself. Takagi gets Yujiro up, suplexes, but Yujiro resists! Yujiro fisherman’s, but Takagi resists, and now Takagi is biting Yujiro’s hand! Yujiro complains but this is what he gets! The ref counts, Takagi does let Yujiro go, but Takagi points out he has a mouth guard, how could his bite hurt? Not the point! Yujiro thumbs Takagi in the eye then runs, but Takagi follows to LARIAT Yujiro against ropes! Takagi keeps moving and he runs Yujiro right over! Fans fire up and Takagi encourages them to keep going.

Takagi flexes, runs, but blocks another boot to clothesline! Takagi whips corner to corner, runs in to corner clothesline, then hits a BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Takagi says there’s more to come, and he drags Yujiro up as fans clap “TA KA GI! TA KA GI!” Yujiro resists the Gory Especial but Takagi elbows and whips him. Yujiro holds ropes, Takagi blocks a kick but so does Yujiro! Yujiro throws Takagi down to basement boot! Yujiro drags Takagi back up, reels him in, fisherman BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Yujiro grows frustrated but he gets Takagi up. Takagi blocks the Incolle Slam, throws hands, but Yujiro ROCKS him with a forearm!

Both men drop to a knee but both get up. Takagi storms over but Yujiro throws the first forearm. They go back and forth, faster and faster, but then Takagi staggers! Yujiro throws more forearms but Takagi fires up! Takagi unleashes boxing elbows! Takagi runs, but Yujiro boots! Takagi spins, Yujiro dodges and then comes back to LARIAT! Yujiro fires up and gets Takagi for a fireman’s carry! MIAMI SHINE!! Cover, TWO!! Takagi is not done and Yujiro can’t believe it! Fans are thunderous for “TA KA GI! TA KA GI!” but Yujiro sits Takagi up and reels him in. NO Pimp Juice as Takagi shoves Yujiro away, but Yujiro comes back to SUPERKICK!

Yujiro sits Takagi up again, reels him back in, but Takaki turns that into a fireman’s carry! Yujiro slips off and waistlocks, Takagi switches and shoves, Yujiro runs into buckles! Yujiro staggers back into the Gory Especial, NOSHIGAMI! Takagi doesn’t cover, but he drags Yujiro into a wheelbarrow GERMAN! Takagi roars, fans fire up again, Takagi runs to SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! Yujiro survives but Takagi shakes his head, looking right into the camera! “OI! OI! OI!” Fans clap along, Takagi says this is over! Takagi drags Yujiro up and into the wrist clutch torture rack. YUJIRO BITES HIS HAND AGAIN!

The ref reprimands, Yujiro refuses to stop, so the ref has to get in between them! He gets Yujiro to let go, but Yujiro shoves him down at the same time! Yujiro kicks Takagi, runs, but into the ELBOW! JAB! YUKON LARIAT! Takagi powers up, runs, but Yujiro ducks the lariat to shove Takagi at the ref! Takagi stops short, turns around, and Yujiro shoves him again! Takagi falls into the ref! And here come EVIL and Dick Togo! They swarm the ring and stomp Takagi down! They get Takagi up and set him up for Yujiro, who has his pimp cane! Yujiro aims, but Takagi BOOTS him! Dick and Evil whip but Takagi DOUBLE PUMPING BOMBERS! Yujiro BOOTS Takagi, but he rebounds to PUMPING BOMBER!!

The fans are thunderous again as Takagi gets Yujiro up into the torture rack. LAST OF THE DRAGON!! Cover, Evil attacks the ref!! So Takagi fires off Boxing Elbows and a #GoodPunch Jab! Takagi fireman’s carries Evil, but Dick sneaks up to LOW BLOW Takagi! The bell rings because Evil and Dick forgot about the ref!

Winner: Shingo Takagi, by disqualification

The King of Darkness doesn’t care that Takagi “won,” he still snatches the title and takes aim! Is he going to do more damage to it like he did before?! Takagi staggers and turns around, into a BELT SHOT!! Evil stands on Takagi’s neck and holds the title up over his head. Will Darkness Fall and Evil reign once the King slays the Dragon in Saitama?

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championships: Chaos VS Los Ingobernables de Japon!

Before meeting the Dangerous Tekkers at the MetLife Dome in the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Triple Threat, Goto-Hashi and Naito-Sanada clash over different titles! Will the Fierce Warrior and Headhunter once again be triumphant alongside the Stone Pitbull? Or will the NEVER Openweight Division once again be tranquilo?

The introductions are made, and Naito takes his time with his elaborate entrance gear, as is his prerogative. The trio of belts is raised, and this prelude to Wrestle Grand Slam begins!

And it starts with Bushi giving Ishii a SHOTGUN DROPKICK! Sanada goes after Hashi and Naito goes after Goto, and now the bell rings! Red Shoes reprimands but Bushi builds speed, to fake out Ishii. Then he baseball slide dropkicks Ishii anyway! Bushi builds speed again but gets run over by Goto and Hashi! Sanada and Naito get in to knock Goto-Hashi down, then see Ishii coming. Sanada drop toeholds, Naito holds Ishii’s head up, and Bushi hits a basement dropkick! Fans cheer as Sanada has Hashi in one corner, Naito has Goto in the other. They both whip but Goto-Hashi reverse to send Sanada & Naito into each other! Then Goto-Hashi run them both over with shoulders!

Goto stomps Naito, drags him up and snapmares him down to KICK him in the back! Cover, ONE, but Goto keeps on Naito with stomps. Goto drags Naito up, bumps him off buckles, then tags in Hashi. Goto-Hashi double whip Naito to ropes and double shoulder him down. Hashi runs, hip toss senton! Hashi swings on LIJ but they get away, so he goes back to Naito. Fans rally up, Hashi suplexes Naito and hangs him out to dry. Goto holds Naito in place, Hashi runs and dropkicks Naito down! Cover, TWO! Hashi keeps cool while Naito writhes. Hashi stomps Naito, tags in Ishii, and now Ishii stomps Naito. Ishii stands Naito up to CHOP him!

Naito doesn’t react but Ishii CHOPS again, and again, and again! Naitothrows forearms but he doesn’t get Ishii to budge. Ishii CHOPS, and CHOPS, and CHOPS again! Ishii whips, Naito reverses and BUshi gets a cheap shot in! BUt Ishii just DECKS Bushi! Naito kicks, whips, and drop toeholds Ishii! Bushi gets back in to basemetn dropkick again! Sanada goes after Goto and Hashi, then Bushi backs him up, while Naito bends Ishii back in a partial camel clutch. Ishii endures being bent back, so Naito shifts things around to focus on the chinlock. Goto and Hashi are sent into railing while Naito squeezes tight on Ishii’s head. Ishii fights up, but Naito brings him over and Bushi tags in.

LIJ mugs Ishii with clubbing forearms and elbows while Naito holds the headlock. Red Shoes counts, Naito lets off, and Bushi brings Ishii around for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Bushi gets annoyed but takes his shirt off, to choke Ishii with! LIJ act as walls so Red Shoes can’t see that right away, but Red Shoes knows LIJ better. He counts, Bushi lets go with one hand. Red Shoes reprimands and Bushi lets go completely. Bushi stomps Ishii while Naito puts away the shirt. Sanada tags in, but Ishii CHOPS Naito! Sanada kicks Ishii and- Wait, Naito still has the shirt! He’s choking Ishii on he ropes! Red Shoes again doesn’t notice!

Hashi runs in and hits Bushi but Sanada kicks Hashi right back out. Now Red Shoes sees what Naito is doing and hurries over to stop! Naito lets but Ishii flops down in the corner. Fans rally “I-SHI-I!” “L I J!” Sanada covers Ishii, but Red Shoes refuses because of the T-shirt shenanigans! Red Shoes finally puts the shirt somewhere out of reach, then checks on Ishii. Naito mockingly checks on Ishii, too, but Ishii does stir. Sanada gets Ishii to his feet as fans still rally, and Sanada whips Ishii to ropes. Sanad elbows Ishii down, STNADING MOONSAULTS, cover, TWO!! A close one but Naito tags in, and takes his time walking over to Ishii.

Naito gets Ishii up by his nose, then dragon sleepers for a BACKBREAKER! PLUMA BLANCA! Bushi and Sanada intercept Goto and Hashi as Ishii endures the leg-hook full nelson! Goto gets past Bushi to stomp Naito but Sanada throws Goto and Hashi out! Naito thrashes Ishii around in the hold but Ishii reaches for ropes with a leg! He’s so close and yet so far, but he kicks and kicks and kicks o get the ropebreak! Naito claims he needs help, so Red Shoes undoes Pluma Blanca for him. Fans rally up, “I-SHI-I!” “NA-I-TO!” as Naito drags Ishii back up. Naito gets Ishii to the LIJ corner and Bushi tags in. Bushi mockingly says Red Shoes should check Ishii, but then Ishii CHOPS Naito!

Bushi DECKS Ishii with a right then kicks him around. Ishii gets mad and eggs Bushi on. Bushi has Ishii in a corner but Ishii hits back with low headbutts! Bushi DOUBLE CHOPS Ishii, and again, then fires off forearm after forearm! Both men talk trash, Bushi throws more forearms, and Ishii slumps down. Bushi taunts Ishii, whips him corner to corner, but Ishii comes right back to run Bushi over! Fans fire up as both men are down! Ishii hot tags to Goto! Goto BLASTS Naito, but Bushi kicks and runs. Goto runs Bushi over! Sanada gets in, Goto kicks him to- No, Sanada won’t let himself be suplex’d onto Bushi! Sanada suplexes, Goto slips out, but Sanada elbows him away.

Goto is in a corner, Sanada runs in but Goto dodges! Goto runs to clothesline Bushi, Sanada runs corner to corner but Goto dodges again! Sanada runs into Bushi, Goto throws Sanada down by his hair! Goto then headlocks Bushi, to BULLDOG Bushi down! Cover, TWO! Bushi is still in this, as is LIJ, but Goto drags Bushi up. Goto fireman’s carries but Bushi fights free. Goto kicks, runs, but Bushi dropkicks back! Both men are down and fans fire up again! They both crawl, hot tag to Naito! Naito stomps Goto down, throws forearms and elbows, then whips Goto corner to corner. Got reverses, runs in, but Naito boots him away! Goto tries again but gets more boots!

Naito runs, blocks a kick, CLUBS the leg and dropkicks it out! Then Naito runs, but into Goto’s back elbow! Fans rally as Goto crawls, hot tag to Hashi! Hashi rallies with shoulder tackles and back elbows! Hashi whips, Naito reverse but Hashi comes back to CHOP! Mule kick and NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Fans rally and Hashi gets Naito back up. Hashi suplexes but Naito blocks! Hashi hits a body shot, a CHOP, but Naito knees free of the suplex. Hashi runs, Naito dodges and Sanada elbows! Feed to elbow, dropkick, and atomic drop! Naito uses the ropes for the TORNADO DDT! Naito takes a moment to catch his breath before he stalks Hashi to a corner.

Naito hauls Hashi to the top rope then climbs up to join him. But Hashi slips out below! Naito throws hands but Hashi still brings him out, only for Naito to RANA the powerbomb away! Naito runs in but Hashi boots him! Hashi runs to RANA Naito! Fans fire up with Hashi as Goto joins in. Goto runs to corner clothesline, Hashi adds his own! Feed to kick, Goto hooks Naito up, BLOCKBUSTER RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Goto DECKS Sanada and Hashi gets Naito up, RUNNING SIT-OUT BOMB! Cover, BUSHI breaks it! Ishii gets Bushi, ducks an enziguri and DEAD LIFT GERMANS Bushi out! Hashi fires up as he and Naito rise! Hashi runs, and LARIATS! Cover, TWO!!

Fans are thunderous as this continues! Hashi gets Naito back up, fisherman’s, but Naito fights Kumagoroshi to a DDT! Everyone is down, even the four on the outside, as fans rally up again! Hashi rises, Naito follows, and the two stare down as they stand back up. Naito throws the first forearm! But Hashi gives it back! Naito smiles as he throws another forearm, and as Hashi gives it back! They go back and forth, building up speed, and fans rally with them! Hashi CHOPS, but Naito still throws a forearm! Hashi CHOPS, Naito forearms, repeat! Hashi CHOPS again, so Naito gets an arm to throw back elbow after back elbow! Hashi staggers to a corner and fans rally even harder!

Naito goes to the corner, hops up, reels Hashi in, ESPERANZA! Naito aims as Hashi rises up, but Hashi elbows Destino away! ENZIGURI! Naito whips, Hashi reverses, FLYING FOREARMS! Naito gets Hashi up, wrenches, tilt-o-whirls, DESTI- NO!! Hashi shoves Naito away, but Naito blocks the superkick and fires off more back elbows! Naito scoops Hashi, but Hashi slips free to SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Naito staggers up, into a SUPERKICK! Is Naito smiling?! He rebounds and forearms Hashi again, but Hashi CHOPS! And BACKSTABBERS!! Both men are down and fans are electric after that exchange!

Red Shoes checks on both men but they’re still stirring. Naito and Hashi start to stir, and we can see Ishii return to the Chaos corner. Ishii shouts to Hashi, Hashi heads his way. Naito heads for the LIJ corner, hot tags to Ishii and Sanada! Sanada dodges Ishii, Ishii dodges Sanada, repeat! Ishii blocks, waistlocks, Sanada switches and shoves, they continue to dodge and dodge! Sanada BOOTS but Ishii rebounds, into another BOOT! Ishii stays up, Sanada runs, but Ishii runs Sanada over! Ishii grits his teeth and hobbles over to Sanada. Ishii gets Sanada up and reels him in, but Sanada blocks the back suplex. Sanada throws elbows, Ishii shoves, but Sanad elbow shim away

SANADA QUWBRADA but Ishii avoids t! GERMAN but Sanada lands on his feet to dropkick Ishii out! Fans fire up again, Sanada aims and PLANCHAS! Direct hit and down goes Ishii! Sanada encourages the fans to get louder and they do get louder! Sanada gets Ishii back up and into the ring, takes aim from the apron as Ishii rises, and springboards in! Ishii gets under, Sanada rolls through, but into Goto’s SLEEPER! Red Shoes reprimands but Goto squeezes Sanada tight! Sanada endures, Goto whips him to a corner, and then Goto whips Ishii. Sanada dodges Ishii to dropkick Goto down, Bushi uppercuts Ishii! Feed to BOOT, ENZIGURI and BIG BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!!

Sanad keeps cool, fireman’s carries Ishii, and swings, but Ishii turns that into a dragon sleeper! But Sanada turns that around to his own, then O’Conner Rolls, to the dragon sleeper! SKULL END!! And so much faster than he usually locks it in! Ishii endures, fans rally up, but Sanada has the body scissors in tight! Ishii is fading, Red Shoes checks on him, the arm drops once. Ishii wakes up but fades out again. Sanada lets him be to go up top! ROUND BODY- Ishii moves but Sanada lands on his feet! Hashi SUPERKICKS him down! Hashi also DECKS Naito off the apron and calls to Goto.

Goto-Hashi gets Sanada up, double whips, but Sanada ducks the double clothesline to double dropkick them! Sanada swings on Hashi but Hashi dodges. Hashi turns Sanada and Goto joins in, NECK BUSTER!! Goto DECKS Naito, Hashi DECKS Bushi, then DOUBLE PLANCHAS?! Goto-Hashi do planchas now?! Ishii growls and gets back to his feet in the corner. Ishii fires up, dares Sanada to stand, and then runs. Sanada catches the lariat to Sliced Bread to a dragon sleeper! Ishii pops out to PELE Sanada down! Ishii gets back up as fans rally, “I-SHI-I!” “SA-NA-DA!” Ishii POWERBOMBS Sanada, high stacks, TWO!! Sanada survives and LIJ is still in this!

Ishii gets back up and wants Sanada to rise again. Ishii runs, to LARIAT Sanada down! High stack again, Naito breaks it! Goto gets in to drag Naito up and throw him out. Ishii roars and gets Sanada up again. Ishii suplexes, but Sanada slips out to waistlock! O’Conner Roll BRIDGE, but Hashi breaks it! Sanada hurries and tags in Bushi. Bushi stomps Ishii, gets him up, but catches Ishii’s clothesline for a DDT! Cover, TWO!! Bushi is annoyed but he drags Ishii back up. Fans rally harder, Hashi clubs Bushi. Hashi whips Bushi to a corner, Bushi dodges the chop. Ishii runs in but into Bushi’s BOOT! BULLDOG DROPKICK COMBO!

Bushi nods as he fires back up. Bushi gets Ishii up again, fisherman but no screw! Ishii POUNCES Bushi point-blank! Fans rally hard as ever, Ishii- NO! Naito trips Goto up to stop the hot tag! Naito drags Ishii up, he and Bushi double whip. Kick, susnet fip and rewind to basement dropkick! Bushi calls to Sanada and now they double whip Ishii to a corner. Bushi back elbows, Sanada back elbows, feed to Naito’s ENZIGURI! Bushi hits a RUNNIGN CODE BREAKER! Cover, TWO!! Sanada and Naito go after Hashi and Goto on the outside while Bushi vows to end this! Bushi goes up a corner and takes aim, but GOto shoves Naito away! Goto gets in to attack Bushi!

Firemsan’s carry, but Bushi slips off to kick. BUshi runs, Goto follows and LARIATS! Sanada dropkicks Goto’s legs! Hashi dropkic’ks Sanada’s legs, then avoids Naito to basement dropkick! Hashi gets Bushi up to CHOP and whip! Bushi dodges and DIVES to take out GOto! Naito dropkicks Hashi’s legs out! Fans return to that thunderous level as Naito spots Ishii. Naito grins wildly as he drags Ishii up. Red Shoes reprimands but Naito throws elbow after elbow. Naito swings again but into a SAIDO! Ishii and Naito are down but Bushi returns! Bushi drags himself up the corner as Ishii rises. Bushi aims, leaps,m missile dropkick! Bushirooni, but Ishii rises!

Bushi blocks a clothesline to ARM CODE BREAKER! But Ishii LARIATS with the left! Both men are down again as fans continue to rally. In fact, they probably never stopped! Ishii drags himself over to Bushi, brings him back up, but Bushi forearms! Ishii doesn’t flinch, and he ROCKS Bushi in return! Ishii demands Bushi get back up, and Bushi SLAPS him! And fires off SLAPPING strikes! Ishii HEADBUTTS, then HEADBUTTS again! Bushi is down but Ishii isn’t done with him! Ishii slaps himself to focus on his target. Bushi flounders to his feet, Ishii builds speed, but Bushi ducks the lariat! Bushi shoves Ishii at Red Shoes, Ishii stops short!

Ishii turns around, Bushi GREEN MIST- missed?! Bushi hasn’t used that in so long, but Ishii still ducked in time! And HEADBUTTS, to a LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! Fans are electric again as Ishii gets to his feet. Ishii staggers about, covered in mist on the back of his neck, but he gets Bushi up to suplex and- No, Bushi knees free! Ishii comes back, Bushi gets around but Ishii is sturdy! Sanada dropkicks Ishii into the GHOST PIN! TWO!?!? Is Red Shoes sure?! Sanada doesn’t care, he dragon sleepers Ishii! Feed to Naito but Ishii ROCKS Naito first! But Sanada SOBATS, and Naito CORRIENDOSHIKI!! Fans might be moving past electric now as Bushi crawls to a corner!

Bushi drags himself up the corner while Sanada keeps Hashi out. Ishii slowly stirs, finally stands, and Bushi leaps for MX!!! Cover, but GOTO BREAKS IT?! Goto got there in time and this is still going! Naito throws Goto out, Sanada still has Hashi, and fans are volcanic for this match! Bushi gets Ishii up as Naito and Goto crash into railing! Bushi gets Ishii up, wrenches, reels him in, TERRIBLÉ!! Cover, TWO!?!? WHAT?!! Bushi drags himself over to another corner, not letting frustration top him. Fans rally up again as Bushi climbs. Bushi aims at Ishii, leaps again, MX- NO! Ishii ducks under, Goto returns to fireman’s carry! Bushi slips out, enziguri miss but HEEL KICK HITS!

Bushi has the fans fired up as he gets Goto up. But Goto fireman’s carries, Hashi gets in, SUPERKICK USHIGOROSHI!! Goto-Hashi get Bushi up, dragon sleeper and lift, but Bushi fights out of GYW! Sanada has Hashi, Bushi feeds Goto to Naito for an elbow. But Goto comes back to LARIAT! Goto CLOBBERS Sanada, then fireman’s carries Bushi! Hashi is there but Bushi slips off. Goto dodges, Hashi SUPERKICKS! They get Bushi up, G Y R!!! SLIDING LARIAT from Ishii!! Cover, TWO?!?!?! Maybe even 2.99, but still! Ishii fires up while Hashi keeps Naito down with a BUTTERFLY LOCK! Ishii suplexes Bushi for the BRAINBUSTER!!! Cover, Chaos wins!!!

Winners: Chaos, by pinfall (still NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions)

Goto-Hashi-Ishii are feeling MUCH more than fine after defense number nine! At the same time, this took so much out of all of them! Medics get Bushi to the back quickly to be sure his neck is alright, but Naito and Sanada stay to stare down with Goto and Hashi. They all know that there’s a different kind of six man tag match on the horizon, and each side wants to make sure the other remembers that. Goto and Hashi help Ishii up and the trio has their hands raised in victory. Ishii also gives Naito a nod as he and Sanada go catch up to Bushi.

Once the champions have the belts back on their shoulders, Hashi asks for the mic. “We defended for the ninth time! I might have said some stuff about LIJ wanting a rematch, but they were great.” Bushi, even through your mask, Hashi could see your passion! But Chaos still won, and now they go after the IWGP Heavyweight Tag titles at MetLife Dome! “It only takes an instant for us to take those belts. But when it comes to taking these NEVER titles off us, it’ll take FOREVER!” Mic drop from the Headhunter as he, the Fierce Warrior and the Stone Pitbull kept their word. But will the Dangerous Tekkers make sure Hashi eats his words when it comes to the IWGP tag titles?

My Thoughts:

Another great event, and some good progress in the Takagi VS Evil build. Takagi was certain to win against Yujiro anyway, so Evil attacking with no regard doesn’t ruin things, kayfabe or shoot. And with plenty of time still, Takagi can easily return the favor in a singles match where Evil would be considered the surefire winner.

Don’t you just love it when a wrestling company makes every division feel awesome and important? The NEVER Openweight Six Man titles started off with an aura of little importance. There were some fairly strong trios that had them (Young Bucks & Hangman Page, aka Hung Bucks, stick out to me), but for whatever reason, there just wasn’t a lot of buzz. Even when Goto-Hashi-Ishii won them to start, it felt like this was NJPW rewarding Hashi for sticking it out. And perhaps it was, but looking at this streak of incredibly wild matches Hashi and his team have put together against some great trio combinations, Hashi and the titles are on a new level.

Tonight’s match was no different. It again went longer than I expected, with more false finishes than expected, and yet I wasn’t upset by any of that. Both trios are high level combinations of high level wrestlers, this is just the mathematical result of all that combined talent. They also did a great job making it look like LIJ was going to take these titles, but in the end it was Ishii finishing Bushi so that Chaos could win while the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Triple Threat math is left alone. That Triple Threat will be on par with this trios match tonight, but I would think Chaos keeping the NEVER titles means they now take the loss for one of the other teams. But again, as I have said myself, NJPW doesn’t always use “go-home math” in their decision making, so it’s still anyone’s game at MetLife.

My Score: 9.4/10