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NJPW Power Struggle Results: New Champion Crowned, Former WWE Champion Challenges Omega & More

SIXTH MATCH: NEVER Openweight Championship Bullrope Deathmatch: Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Toru Yano.

Yano assaults Suzuki but gets quickly locked in an arm stretch, where Suzuki tortures Yano as the ref ties the bullrope to Yano’s wrist. Suzuki then drags Yano around the arena, viciously assaulting him at every centimeter of the ringside area. Yano lays outside the ring, while Suzuki distracts the referee. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado assault Yano, but Goto makes the save for his CHAOS teammate.

Yano gets the best of Suzuki, but then Takashi Iizuka comes down to the ring to help. Yano gets the best of both Suzuki-gun members, but after a flurry of offense that saw Suzuki use the bullrope as a literal ripcord, Yano gets choked out by Suzuki. Suzuki wraps the bullrope around Yano’s neck and hits the Gotch Piledriver for the pinfall and the victory to end a felony assault that was called a “wrestling match.”

WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION: Minoru Suzuki.

After the match, Suzuki-gun assault two referees.

SEVENTH MATCH: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Marty Scurll.

The champion Will Ospreay spent this match using his athletics to escape Scurll. The parkour defense eventually frustrated Scurll and the two men had a vicious slap fight. They then entered into a battle of chops, a number of which landed on the throat. This led to a gagging fit from Ospreay.

After breaking Ospreay’s fingers, Scurll began tearing down the champion. Stomping him, hitting him, stretching him into fits of stomach churning pain. After a series of thrilling top rope maneuvers, Ospreay counters the Chickenwing, and goes for the Oscutter, but Scurll counters with the Chickenwing. Ospreay tries to get a rollup, but Scurll reverses for a surprise three count.

WINNER AND NEW CHAMPION: MARTY SCURLL

After the match, Ospreay disputed the 3 count, KUSHIDA challenged Scurll, Hiromu Takahashi put on a helmet, codpiece and boxing gloves to challenge Scurll, and Scurll challenged all three men to a Four Way Match at Wrestle Kingdom.

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