SEVENTH MATCH: New Japan Cup Semi-Final Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii
They lock up. Okada gets Ishii on the ropes. Okada smashes Ishii with a forearm. They trade blows. Okada locks in a side headlock. Ishii staggers Okada with a shoulder tackle. After a series of shoulder tackles, Okada drops Ishii. Okada elbows Ishii in the back of the head repeatedly. Okada hits a snapmare. Okada teases a sliding dropkick. Okada teasingly kicks at Ishii’s head. Ishii fights back. Okada hits a series of ineffective elbow strikes. Ishii hits a shoulder tackle.
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Ishii rolls Okada back into the ring. Ishii chops away on Okada. Ishii corners and dominates Okada with stiff chops, until Okada’s chest is red. Ishii tauntingly kicks at Okada’s head. Ishii chops away on Okada more. Okada fights back with stiff elbow strikes. Ishii drops Okada with a chest chop. Okada blocks a Brainbuster. Okada hits a DDT. Okada hits a series of back elbows. Ishii rolls to the floor. Okada hits a Pescado.
Okada rolls Ishii back into the ring. Okada bodyslams Ishii. Okada climbs to the top rope. Ishii dodges a dive. Okada hits a corner back elbow. Okada and Ishii utterly batter each other with elbows and uppercuts. Okada hits Air Raid Crash Neckbreaker. Okada bodyslams Ishii. Okada climbs to the top rope. Okada hits an elbow drop. Okada hits a flapjack. Okada climbs to the top rope. Okada hits a Missile Dropkick. Okada covers for two.
Ishii counters Air Raid Crash Neckbreaker with a Powerbomb. Ishii covers for two. They trade blows. Ishii hits a German Suplex. Ishii hits a lariat. Ishii covers for two.
Okada hits a dropkick. Ishii counters Tombstone Piledriver. Okada counters a Tombstone Piledriver. Okada hits a Tombstone Piledriver. Ishii counters Rainmaker with a Headbutt. Ishii hits a short-arm lariat. Ishii hits a corner lariat. Ishii puts Okada on the top rope. Ishii hits an Avalance Brainbuster. Ishii covers for two.
Okada counters a Brainbuster. Okada hits a dropkick. Ishii counters Rainmaker with a series of headbutts. Okada hits a German Suplex. Ishii counters Rainmaker with an Armbar. Okada fights to the ropes.
Ishii attack Okada’s arm. Ishii blocks Rolling Rainmaker. Okada hits a Dropkick to Ishii’s back. Okada hits a Shotgun Dropkick. Ishii hits a lariat. Ishii hits a second lariat. Ishii covers for two.
Okada counters a Vertical Drop Brainbuster. Ishii counters Rainmaker. Okada hits a dropkick. Ishii counters Rainmaker. Okada counters a Brainbuster with a Spinning Tombstone Piledriver. Okada hits Rainmaker for the pinfall in 21:10.
WINNER: Kazuchika Okada
