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NJPW World Tag League 2017 Finals
Los Ingobernables (Evil & Sanada) def. Guerillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa)
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay)
Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) def. Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh)
Bullet Club (Cody & Marty Scurll) def. Kushida & Kota Ibushi
Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desparado)
Best Friends (Chuckie T & Berretta) def. Death Juice (Sami Callihan & Juice Robinson)
Bad Luck Fale def. Bushi by DQ
Jeff Cobb, Michael Elgin & War Machine (Raymond Rowe & Hanson) def. Bullet Club (Leo Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Hangman Page)
Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan def. Togi Makabe, David Finlay, Hirai Kawato, Katsuya Kitamura & Henare
Togi Makabe, David Finlay, Hirai Kawato, Katsuya Kitamura & Henare vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
The match begins with Tenzan kicking Kitamura in the midsection before landing a series of headbutts, Kitamura then drops a charging Tenzan with a shoulder block. Tenzan recovers and attacks Kitamura with Mongolian chops, Nakanishi tags in and he works with Tenzan to hit Kitamura with a shoulder shoulder tackle. Henare tags in and he attacks Nakanishi with some chops, Nakanishi drops Henare with a double chop to the upper body. Nakanishi follows up by nailing Henare with a splash for a near fall, Henrae is dragged out of the ring before Liger nails him with a baseball slide drop kick.
Liger gets Henare back in the ring before landing a running palm strike, Nagata tags in and he stomps away on a downed Henare. Nagata waits for Henare to stand up before attacking him with more kicks, Henare then drops a charging Nagata with a drop kick. Makabe tags in and he cleans house on the opposing team, Makabae catches a cornered Nagata with a running clothesline and some punches. Makabe then drops Nagata with a clothesline for a near fall, Nagata recovers and he catches Makabe with an exploder suplex. Kojima tags in and he attacks Makabe with machine gun chops, Kojima goes to the top rope and Makabe throws him off before landing a lariat.
Kawato tags in and he nails Kojima with a spinning heel kick, Kojima is then quadruple teamed by the opposition. Kawato then hits Kojima with a springboard drop kick for a near fall, Kawato then attacks Kojima with a series of kicks. Kojima crushes Kawato with a Kozy Lariat from out of nowhere for the three count.
Winners: Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Jeff Cobb, Michael Elgin & War Machine (Raymond Rowe & Hanson) vs. Bullet Club (Leo Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Hangman Page)
The match begins with Elgin clobbering Page with a forearm strike, Elgin then hits Page with a slingshot splash. Page fights back and Takahashi hits the ring as well, Elgin recovers to hit Page and Takahashi with a double power slam. Hanson tags in and he attacks Owens with a series of strikes, Page interferes to drop Hanson with a slingshot clothesline. Page then catches Hanson with a drop kick to the back of the head, Tonga tags in and he slams Hanson for a near fall. Takahashi tags in and he nails Hanson with a running leg drop, Tonga tags back in and he nails Hanson with a few strikes.
Owens tags in and he tries attacking Hanson with headbutts, Hanson then crushes Owens with a whoopie cushion before tagging Cobb in. Cobb quickly cleans house on the opposing team, Cobb catches all the members of Bullet Club with suplexes. Cobb catches Page with a gut wrench suplex followed by a standing moonsault for a near fall, Tonga tags in as Bullet Club works over Cobb. Owens catches Cobb with a double stomp before Tonga nails him with a Samoan drop for a near fall, Rowe tags in and he nails Tonga with a running double knee strike. Page hits the ring to lay out War Machine with a drop kick into a moonsault, everybody hits the ring to take everybody else out.
Owens then cracks Rowe with an enzaguri before attempting the Tongan Death Grip, War Machine then hits Owens with Thor’s Hammer. Tonga hits the ring and Rowe levels him with multiple knee strikes, War Machine hits Tonga with Fallout for the three count.
Winners: Jeff Cobb, Michael Elgin & War Machine (Raymond Rowe & Hanson)
Bad Luck Fale vs. Bushi
The match begins with Bushi nailing Fale with some drop kicks, Bushi rolls out of the ring and he tries getting Fale out there. Fale gets Bushi to the ring apron before nailing him with a clothesline, Fale gets Bushi back in the ring and he rips the shirt off of him. Fale also attempts to rip the mask off of the face of Bushi, Fale drops Bushi again with a short arm clothesline for a near fall. Fale again levels Bushi with a short arm clothesline, Fale then crushes Bushi with an avalanche in the corner followed by an elbow drop for a near fall. Fale goes for the Grenade and Bushi spits mist into his eyes, Bushi then kicks Fale in the balls to cause a DQ.
Winner: Bad Luck Fale, by DQ
After the match, Bushi nails Fale with the MX.
Death Juice (Sami Callihan & Juice Robinson) vs. Best Friends (Chuckie T & Berretta)
The match begins with Berretta working over Robinson with a headlock, Berretta and Robinson do a little chain wrestling as well. T tags in and he locks Robinson in the octopus stretch, Robinson escapes the hold and T nails him with a drop kick. Callihan hits the ring and T nails him with a drop kick as well, Berretta hits the ring and Callihan knocks him to the ring apron before leveling him with a clothesline. Callihan follows that up by taking Berretta out with a suicide dive, Robinson also takes out the opposition with a dive. Robinson follows that up by throwing Berretta into the barricade, Callihan gets Berretta in the ring before landing a series of strikes.
Robinson tags in and he catches Berretta with a suplex for a near fall, Callihan tags in and he applies a modified abdominal stretch to Berretta. Berretta then hits Callihan with a jaw breaker, Callihan misses a charge in the corner before Berretta nails him with a tornado DDT. T and Robinson get the tags from their respective partners, T nails Robinson with several clotheslines and a drop kick. Callihan attacks T and T knocks him to the arena floor, Robinson then hits the Best Friends with his patented jabs. Robinson then drops Berretta with a leg lariat before nailing T with a spine buster, Robinson follows that up by nailing Berretta with a clothesline in the corner.
Callihan hits the ring to work with Robinson and hit Berretta with a double running clothesline, Robinson then hits Berretta with a cannonball. T returns and he propels Robinson into a cornered Callihan, Death Juice goes out of the ring and T takes them out with a suicide dive. Best Friends get Callihan in the ring and Callihan takes them both out, Robinson goes for Pulp Friction and T breaks it up before tagging Berretta in. Best Friends hit Callihan with a 3-D for a near fall, Best Friends go for Strong Zero and Robinson breaks it up. Robinson again goes for Pulp Friction and T breaks it up, Callihan then hits Berretta with a bicycle kick and a tombstone pile driver for a near fall.
Callihan then catches Berretta with a sit out power bomb into a stretch muffler, Berretta breaks the hold by catching Callihan with a roll up for a near fall. Callihan then hits a kneeling Berretta with a running forearm strike, Best Friends catch Callihan with a Strong Zero from out of nowhere for a three count.
Winners: Best Friends (Chuckie T & Berretta)
Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desparado)
The match begins with Yano playing his tricks against Archer, Archer gets angry and he propels Yano off the ropes. Yano pulls the hair of Archer before tagging Yoshi-Hashi into the match, Goto hits the ring as well to work with Yoshi-Hashi and double team Archer. Yoshi-Hashi attacks Archer with some forearm strikes, Smith Jr hits the ring to double team Yoshi-Hashi with Archer. A brawl then breaks out on the arena floor between everybody in the match, Archer stays in the ring and he works over Yoshi-Hashi. Archer catches Yoshi-Hashi with a uranage for a near fall, Smith Jr tags in and he nails the back of Yoshi-Hashi with a few strikes followed by a delayed verticle suplex.
Smith Jr slows things down further by holding Yoshi-Hashi in a chin lock, Suzuki tags in and he traps the arm of Yoshi-Hashi in the ropes while twisting away at it. Suzuki then catches Yoshi-Hashi in a rope assisted triangle choke, Suzuki drops Yoshi-Hashi while wrenching away on his arm. Goto hits the ring to get into a striking exchange with Suzuki, Smith Jr tags in and he nails Yoshi-Hashi with a few strikes. Suzuki finds a chair and he attacks Goto with it, Yoshi-Hashi tries fighting back and he eventually drops Smith Jr with a mule kick. Ishii tags in and Smith Jr nails him with a reverse DDT, Archer hits the ring to double team Ishii for a near fall.
Archer misses a splash and Yano hits the ring to remove a turnbuckle pad, Ishii returns and he levels Smith Jr with a lariat. Archer looks to suplex Ishii and Yano nails him with a turnbuckle pad, Yano then catches Archer with a suplex. Goto and Suzuki get the tags from their respective partners, Goto traps Suzuki in the corner before landing a spin kick. Suzuki recovers and he nails a cornered Goto with a running kick to the face, Suzuki goes for the Gotch Style Pile Driver and Goto blocks it with a back body drop. Suzuki-Gun then quadruple teams Goto in the ring, Suzuki nails Goto with a penalty kick so Desparado can get the near fall.
Desparado then connects with a spear on Goto for another near fall, Suzuki gets back in the ring and Yoshi-Hashi attacks him to help Goto. Suzuki goes out of the ring with Yoshi-Hashi, Goto then hits Desparado with a modified back breaker. Goto locks Desparado in a sleeper hold before landing a GTR for the three count.
Winners: Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
Kushida & Kota Ibushi vs. Bullet Club (Cody & Marty Scurll)
The match begins with Ibushi attacking Cody with a series of kicks, Cody then drops Ibushi with a shoulder tackle. Kushida and Scurll get the tags from their respective partners, Kushida and Scurll then do a little chain wrestling. Kushida and Scurll then go through some pinning combinations for a few near falls, Cody interferes and that allows Scurll to knock Kushida out of the ring with a drop kick. Scurll then hits Kushida with a super kick from the ring apron, Scurll gets Kushida back in the ring before stomping on his bent arm. Cody tags in and he nails Kushida with a delayed verticle suplex, Scurll tags in and Cody accidentally nails him with a Beautiful Disaster.
Cody then tags back in and Kushida nails him with an enzaguri, Ibushi tags in and he levels Cody with a series of strikes. Cody fights back and Ibushi nails him with a drop kick, Ibushi then hits Cody with a power slam followed by a moonsault for a near fall. Cody recovers and he plants Ibushi with an Alabama Slam, Scurll and Kushida get the tags from their partners. Kushida nails Scurll with a hip toss followed by a drop kick, Kushida follows that up by nailing Scurll with a handspring back elbow strike. Kushida goes for Back To The Future and Scurll smashes his shoulder on the mat below, Kushida recovers and drops Scurll with a pele kick.
Scurll recovers and he nails Kushida with a suplex into the turnbuckle, Bullet Club catches Kushida with a Doomsday Drop Kick. Scurll then hits Kushida with a modified back breaker for a near fall, Scurll goes for a chicken wing and Kushida escapes. Scurll goes to the top rope and Kushida nails him with a rolling kick, Kushida catches Scurll in an arm bar from the top rope. Cody interferes to break up the hold and Ibushi takes him out, Ibushi and Cody fight up the entrance ramp until Cody nails Ibushi with a Cross Rhodes. Scurll throws powder in the eyes of Kushida before rolling him up for the three count.
Winners: Bullet Club (Cody & Marty Scurll)
Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh) vs. Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson)
The match begins with Matt taking Yoh down and attempting to get him into the sharp shooter, a brawl breaks out between everybody inside of the ring. Chaos takes out Bullet Club with knee strikes, Bullet Club rolls out of the ring and Chaos takes them out with more knee strikes. Sho and Yoh then attack Matt with some double team moves in the ring, Yoh then attacks Matt with some chops. Omega to distracts Yoh and that allows the Young Bucks to hit him with a head scissors into a drop kick, Nick then hits Yoh with a few super kicks.
Nick then hits both Yoh and Romero with some super kicks, Nick then takes out Romero and Yoh with a suicide dive. Omega gets Yoh back in the ring before landing a Kitaro Crusher, Matt then hits Yoh with a shining wizard for a near fall. Matt then attacks the back of Yoh with a plethora of strikes, Matt goes for a power bomb and Yoh escapes to tag Sho in. Sho hits the ring and he cleans house on the opposing team, Sho trips up Nick on the ring apron before nailing him with a drop kick. Sho and Yoh then catch the Bucks with some German suplexes, Romero tags in and he nails the opposition with Forever Clotheslines.
Omega recovers and he catches the whole opposing team with snap dragon suplexes, Bullet Club then hit Romero with a triple super kick for the near fall. Omega follows that up by clobbering Sho with a few V Triggers, Omega goes for a One Winged Angel and Romero breaks things up. Everybody comes in the ring to take each other out with super kicks, Sho and Yoh then take out the Young Bucks with suicide dives. Romero then hits Omega with a knee strike followed by sliced bread for a near fall, Romero goes for another sliced bread and Omega counters with a One Winged Angel for a three count.
Winners: Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson)
After the match, Chris Jericho appears on the big screen and he says that Kenny Omega better be ready for their match at Wrestle Kingdom. The video goes off and Chris Jericho appears in the ring to hit Omega with a Code Breaker, Jericho continues attacks Omega before clobbering him with the NJPW US Title belt. Jericho also attacks a referee and a young boy, Jericho chokes Omega with his scarf while punching him multiple times. Omega tries fighting back and Jericho quickly drops him, Jericho then hits Omega with another Code Breaker, Don Callis gets in the ring and Jericho lays him out with a Code Breaker.
Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay) vs. Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi)
The match begins with Okada dropping a charging Naito with a boot to the face, Ospreay hits the ring and Naito knocks both opponents to the arena floor. Takahashi tags in and he gets into a striking exchange with Ospreay, Ospreay eventually drops Takahashi with a hurricarana. Ospreay then knocks Takahashi to the arena floor with a drop kick, Naito hits the ring and he double teams Ospreay alongside Takahashi. A brawl between all four competitors on the arena floor, Naito throws Okada into the barricade before slamming him on the entrance ramp. Takahashi and Ospreay take their fight into the crowd, Takahashi eventually throws Ospreay back into the ring.
Naito tags in and he catches Ospreay with a slingshot drop kick, Takahashi tags back in and he holds Ospreay in a head scissors. Naito and Okada briefly brawl again in the ring, Naito tags in and Ospreay takes out both members of the opposing team. Okada tags in and he goes right to work on Naito, Okada traps Naito in the corner before landing a leaping back elbow strike followed by a DDT. Naito gets Okada to the ring apron before sweeping his legs, Naito then hits Okada with a neck breaker on the ring apron. Naito gets Okada back in the ring before landing a missile drop kick, Okada recovers to nail Naito with a drop kick before applying the cobra clutch.
Takahashi hits the ring and he attacks Okada to break up the cobra clutch, Naito follows up by nailing Okada with a tornado DDT. Ospreay and Takahashi get the tags from their respective partners, Takahashi goes for the sunset bomb and Ospreay blocks it. Ospreay then knocks Takahashi to the arena floor before landing a suicide dive, Ospreay gets Takahashi in the ring before landing a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Takahashi recovers and he nails Ospreay with a power bomb, Ospreay lands a few strikes before Takahashi propels him into the corner. Takahashi nails Ospreay with something and Okada breaks up the pin attempt, Naito hits the ring and Okada nails him with a flapjack.
Okada then hits an attacking Takahashi with a drop kick, Ospreay hits Takahashi with a Robinson Special. Ospreay goes for the Os Cutter and Takahashi counters with a German suplex, Takahashi then hits Ospreay with a super kick. Naito then hits Ospreay with Destino from out of nowhere, Takahashi then lands the Time Bomb on Ospreay for the three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi)
After the match, a brawl breaks out between everybody that ends with Kazuchika Okada locking Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi in cobra clutches.
NJPW World Tag League 2017 Finals
Los Ingobernables (Evil & Sanada) vs. Guerillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa)
The match begins with Tama doing a little work on the arm of Sanada, Tama then locks Sanada in the kravat. Sanada gets free and he does a little chain wrestling with Tama, Loa distracts Sanada and that allows Tama to attack Sanada. Evil distracts Tama and then Sanada attacks Tama from behind, Evil tags in and he quickly drops Tama. Loa hits the ring and then a brawl between all four competitors breaks out on the arena floor, Loa grabs Evil and he slams him on the entrance ramp. Tama grabs Sanada and he pushes him into the ring post, Tama then drops Evil with a clothesline.
Tama gets Evil back in the ring and he levels him with a back elbow strike, Loa tags in and he drops Evil with a headbutt for a near fall. Loa gets Evil up and he nails him with a back suplex for a near fall, Tama tags in and he mauls Evil with strikes in the corner. Tama then chokes Evil with his boot, Tama takes a small break before suplexing Evil for another near fall. Tama slows things down by holding Evil in a chin lock, Loa tags in and he works with Tama to double team Evil for a near fall. Evil recovers and he drops Loa with a side slam, Sanada tags in and he immediately cleans house on the opposing team. Sanada knocks Loa out of the ring before nailing him with a suicide dive, Sanada gets Loa back in the ring before applying the Paradise Lock.
Tama hits the ring and he attacks Sanada before stomping away on him, Sanada then sends a charging Tama out of the ring before drop kicking Loa. Loa recovers and he attacks Sanada with a few strikes followed by a Samoan drop, Tama tags in and he gets into a striking exchange with Sanada. Tama eventually drops a charging Sanada with a double chop, Sanada recovers and he takes Tama down with a head scissors. Evil tags in and he catches Tama with a spinning clothesline in the corner, Evil then hits Tama with a bulldog for a near fall. Evil charges at Tama and Tama gets the referee in the way, Loa appears with a chair and he attacks both opponents with it.
Tama keeps Evil in the ring with destroying him with a steel chair, Loa sets up a table on the arena floor and Evil is placed on it. Bushi interferes and he attacks the Guerillas Of Destiny with the mist, Bad Luck Fale comes out and he nails Evil with the Grenade. Fale then chases Bushi to the backstage area, Tama and Loa corner their opponents while mauling them with strikes. The Guerillas hit Evil with Guerilla Warfare for a near fall, Loa then catches Evil with a diving headbutt and Tama follows with a frog splash for a near fall. Evil fights back and the Guerillas lay him out, Sanada returns and he catches both opponents with a springboard drop kick.
Evil and Sanada nail Tama with a series of double team moves for a near fall, Sanada then knocks Loa out of the ring with a drop kick. Evil and Sanada go for the Magic Killer, but Tama counters by nailing Evil with a Stun Gun from out of nowhere. Sanada then takes out Tama with a Saito Suplex before Loa drops him with a clothesline followed by a blue thunder bomb, Loa tries power slamming Sanada through a table and Sanada locks him in the Cold Skull. Evil appears and he works with Sanada to hit Loa with a Magic Killer through the table, Evil then hits Tama with Darkness Falls for a near fall. Los Ingobernables hit Tama with a Magic Killer for another near fall, Evil then hits Tama with Everything is Evil for the three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Evil & Sanada)
