FIFTH MATCH: CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens
Yoshi & Kota start with chain wrestling. Yoshi-Hashi hits Ibushi with numerous attacks, but Ibushi either dodges them or jumps right back up. Owens tags in. Okada tags in. They lock up. Okada hits a hiptoss for one.
They lock up. Owens teases a clean break but attacks Okada and Yoshi-Hashi. Ibushi tags back in. Ibushi dominates Okada and tags in Owens. Owens shows similar dominance over the champion and gets a nearfall. Ibushi tags in and chops away on Okada but Okada fights back. Okada hits a Flapjack.
Yoshi-Hashi tags in and hits a back elbow. Yoshi-Hashi hits a Headhunter. Yoshi Hashi chops Ibushi in the corner. Ibushi fights out of a neckbreaker and hits a dropkick. Owens tags in and stomps Yoshi. Owens keeps Yoshi-Hashi on the defensive. The two exchange strikes.
Owens hits a Snapmare Knee Strike, and a clothesline for two. Ibushi tags in. Ibushi grounds Yoshi. Ibushi works Yoshi’s shoulder and tags in Owens. Owens hits a backbreaker for two. Owens knocks Okada off the apron. Ibushi tags in and exchanges strikes with Yoshi-Hashi.
Yoshi-Hashi goes for a Hurricanrana, Ibushi counters. Ibushi goes for a PK, but it’s reversed. Western Lariat from Hashi is reversed. Owens tags in. Okada tags in.
Okada hits a Back Elbow. Okada hits another. Okada hits a DDT for two. Okada hits a Bodyslam. Okada climbs to the top. Owens rolls away but eats a flying crossbody for two.
Tombstone is reversed. Owens hits Jewel Heist Lariat for two. Package Piledriver is reversed. Yoshi-Hashi hits Western Lariat on Ibushi. Okada hits a Dropkick and then locks in the Cobra Clutch. Owens submits.
WINNERS: CHAOS
SIXTH MATCH: New Japan Cup First Round: Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro kicks Juice in the face to start. Juice responds with Dusty Punches. Yujiro rakes Juice’s eyes. Juice floors Takahashi. Juice hits a combination of punches and chops in the corner. Juice hits a running shoulder. Juice misses Cannonball.
Takahashi hits a Yakuza Kick. Takahashi hits a Lariat. Takahashi mounts Juice and pummels him. Yujiro hits a snapmare and a legdrop for one.
Yujiro rakes the eyes. Yujiro hits a Yakuza Kick. Juice fights back and goes for Pulp Friction but Yujiro rakes the eyes. Takahashi throws Juice from the ring and into the ringside barricade. Yujiro attacks with his cane. Yujiro rolls Juice into the ring for two.
Takahashi hits a running dropkick to Juice. Yujiro keeps Robinson grounded. Juice fights out with a Saito Suplex. Juice hits a Spinebuster. Juice lariats Yujiro out of the ring. Juice hits a springboard plancha. Juice rolls Takahashi back in the ring. Juice hits a slingshot spear. Juice hits Dusty punches but gets thrown to the floor. Yujiro attempts a Fisherman Buster but instead chews on Juice’s thumb. Juice gets backdropped over the guardrail and into the crowd. Yujiro hits a Fisherman Buster on the chairs. Juice’s back is bleeding. Juice beats the countout at 19.
Yujiro hits a Fisherman Buster for two. Yujiro puts Juice on the top rope. Juice throws Yujiro to the canvas. Yujiro strikes Juice and hits an Avalanche Fisherman Buster for two.
Juice slides out of a powerbomb attempt and collapses. Yujiro hits two thrust kicks but Juice powers up. Third thrust kick. Juice hits a Western Lariat. Both men are down. Juice hits Cannonball. Juice hits a Gut Check for two.
Juice tries Pulp Friction, but Yujiro reverses with a low blow. Yujiro rolls up Juice for two. Yujiro hits Miami Shine for two.
Juice counters a low-angle DDT. Juice counters the Powerbomb. Yujiro hits Tokyo Pimps for two. Juice fights off the DDT. Juice hits a Powerbomb for two. Juice hits Pulp Friction for the pinfall.
WINNER: Juice Robinson
MAIN EVENT: New Japan Cup First Round: Michael Elgin vs. Tomohiro Ishii
They lock up. Clean break on the ropes. They lock up. Elgin throws Ishii into the ropes and neither man can drop the other. They exchange every kind of strike, but don’t injure each other, merely enrage each other. Elgin catches Ishii with a stiff forearm but they go back to being unable to drop each other. Ishii gets wobbled by a shoulder tackle, but drops Elgin with a shoulder block.
Elgin hits a Powerslam. Elgin staggers Ishii with knife-edge chops. Clubs to the back enrage Ishii. Ishii asks for more chops. Elgin chops away, to no effect. Elgin drops Ishii with an exposed elbow.
Elgin tries a body tackle but it doesn’t work. Ishii and Elgin chop away at each other. Ishii gets Elgin on the ropes and dominates him with chops to the throat.
Elgin chops away on Ishii. Elgin hits an exposed elbow. Ishii hits a Powerslam. Ishii slaps Elgin repeatedly. Slap fight turns into a forearm brawl. Ishii slaps the hell out of Elgin. Elgin drops. Ishii headbutts Elgin. Elgin locks in a headlock. Elgin clubs at Ishii’s back. Ishii ducks an Enziguri. Elgin attempts a Half and Hald Suplex but Ishii fights out. Elgin hits an Enziguri.
Elgin hits a body slam. Elgin hits a slingshot press. Elgin goes for a German Suplex, but Ishii fights out. Elgin hits a Northern Lights Suplex. Elgin hits a running splash. Elgin hits a Missile Dropkick. Elgin hits a Falcon Arrow for two.
Elgin continues to win strike battles with Ishii. Elgin chops away on Ishii in the corner, but Ishii asks for more. Ishii turns the tables and chops the ever loving hell out of Elgin. Elgin pounds away on Ishii. Ishii pounds away on Elgin. Elgin goes down.
Ishii hits a Belly To Back Suplex.Elgin hits a Deadlift German Suplex but Ishii rebounds. Ishii hits a stalling suplex but Elgin rebounds. Forearm battle ensues. Elgin clotheslines Ishii into the ropes. Elgin hits a running slam into the turnbuckle. Double clotheslines but neither man falls. Elgin drops Ishii. Ishii gets up. Elgin hits a huge Lariat. Ishii rolls to the corner.
Elgin hits a corner clothesline. Ishii goes for a Belly To Back Suplex but Elgin powers out and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for two.
Ishii gets in Elgin’s face. Elgin can’t fight Ishii off. Elgin gets in Ishii’s face. Ishii can’t fight Elgin off. Elgin floors Ishii. Ishii counters a moonsault with a powerbomb for two.
Elgin hits a Death Valley Driver into the turnbuckle. Elgin climbs to the top rope and hits a flying splash for two. Elgin hits a Deadlift Avalanche Falcon Arrow for two.
Elgin can’t hit a powerbomb, Ishii backdrops him. Ishii hits a Snap German Suplex. Ishii hits a Leg Lariat. Both men are down.
Elgin counters a splash with a Uranage. Elgin attempts an Avalanche Elgin Bomb but Ishii fights out. Ishii hits a Superplex for two.
Ishii counters a powerslam with a DDT and a lariat. Ishii hits another lariat for two. Ishii goes for a Brainbuster but Elgin powers out. Ishii headbutts Elgin. Elgin hits an Enziguri.
Both men exchange forearms. Ishii is dropped by a forearm. Elgin hits a Deadlift German Suplex for two, then rolls through and hits two more. Elgin hits a lariat for one. Elgin hits a Lariat. Elgin hits an Oklahoma Stampede for two. Elgin puts Ishii on the top rope and hits an Avalanche Splash Mountain Powerbomb, DROPPING ISHII ON HIS HEAD!!!! FOR TWO!?
Elgin hits a Buckle Bomb. Ishii fights back and hits an Enziguri. Ishii hits a headbutt and a slide lariat for two. Elgin hits a Brainbuster. Elgin hits a half and half suplex. Buckle Bomb, but Ishii hits a Lariat. Elgin hits a Pop-Up Powerbomb for two. Elgin hits the Burning Hammer for the pinfall.
WINNER: Michael Elgin
