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NEVER Openweight Title Match
Hirooki Goto def. Juice Robinson to retain the title
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kushida def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay)
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada, Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi) def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
David Finlay, Togi Makabe, Toa Henare & Michael Elgin def. Chaos (Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi)
Suzuki-Gun (Takashi Iizuka, Taka Michinoku & Taichi) def. Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh)
Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Yuji Nagata, Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino
Ren Narita def. Yuya Uemura
Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura
The match begins with Uemura and Narita doing some chain wrestling, the competitors then have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Narita traps Uemura in the corner while landing some more blows, Narita then slams Uemura for a pin attempt. Narita continues the attack by stomping away on a downed Uemura, Narita follows that up by dropping Uemura with a back elbow strike for another near fall, Uemura recovers and catches a charging Narita with a drop kick. Uemura would then attack Narita with a plethora of chops before eating a drop kick, Narita applies the Boston crab and Uemura gets to the ropes.
Narita gets angry and he stomps away on a downed Uemura before landing a back body drop, Narita reapplies the Boston crab and a tap out follows.
Winner: Ren Narita
Yuji Nagata, Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi
The match begins with Mask IV attacking Oka with a few kicks, Mask IV and Oka get into a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Oka then drops a charging Mask IV with a shoulder block, Oka follows that up with a suplex on Mask IV for a near fall. Mask IV recovers and catches Oka with some more kicks, Liger tags in and he throws Oka out of the ring before nailing him with a baseball slide drop kick. Liger gets Oka back in the ring and Nagata attacks him from behind, Liger recovers and he nails Oka with a palm strike. Taguchi tags in and he catches Oka with a bunch of palm strikes, Taguchi goes to the middle rope and Oka catches him before landing an overhead release suplex.
Nagata tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Nagata catches Mask IV with a drop kick to the knee. Nagata then drops Liger with a kick before nailing Taguchi with an exploder suplex, Umino tags in and he nails Taguchi with a running back elbow strike. Umino also nails Taguchi with a series of forearm strikes, Umino and teammates would then triple team a cornered Taguchi. Umino then catches Taguchi with a missile drop kick for a near fall, Umino applies the Boston crab to Taguchi and Mask IV breaks it up. Taguchi misses a drop kick and Umino rolls him up for a near fall, Taguchi recovers and drops Umino with a hip attack. Taguchi nails Umino with an enzaguri followed by a double underhook slam for the three count.
Winners: Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi
Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Takashi Iizuka, Taka Michinoku & Taichi)
The match begins with an all out brawl between both teams that starts before the bell sounded, Romero quickly throws Iizuka into the barricade. Taichi and Michinoku double team Yoh after throwing Sho out of the ring, Yoh fights back and drops both opponents with drop kicks. Romero tags in to catch Taichi and Michinoku with Forever Clotheslines, Romero eventually knocks Michinoku out of the ring before catching Taichi with a hurricarana. Iizuka interferes and he bites Romero in the head, another brawl breaks out between both teams and it spills into the crowd. Iizuka grabs a steel chair and he attacks Romero with it, Romero makes it back in the ring and Taichi stomps away on him.
Iizuka tags in before biting the arm and head of Romero, Yoh hits the ring and Iizuka bites him in the arm as well. Taichi tags in and he nails Romero with a spin kick to the midsection, Michinoku tags in and he pokes Romero right in the eyes. Romero recovers and he catches Michinoku with a mule kick to the head, Sho tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Sho then catches a charging v with a drop kick, Sho follows that up with a series of German suplexes against Michinoku. Iizuka hits the ring and he gets attacked by Yoh, a brawl between both teams breaks out again as Romero gets sent into the barricade. Iizuka grabs the iron glove and Sho kicks it out of his hand before eating a clothesline from Taichi, Michinoku nails Sho with a super kick for a near fall.
Iizuka puts the iron glove back on and he gets drop kicked by the opposing team, Yoh and Romero then hit Michinoku with a double knee strike. Taichi gets knocked out of the ring and Romero takes him out with a suicide dive, Sho and Yoh then hit Iizuka with some double team moves. Sho puts on the iron glove and he hits Iizuka with it, Sho and Yoh hit Michinoku with 3K for the three count.
Winners: Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh)
David Finlay, Togi Makabe, Toa Henare & Michael Elgin vs. Chaos (Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi)
The match begins with Yano immediately removing a turnbuckle pad, Makabe then drops Yano with a shoulder tackle followed by a suplex. Henare tags in and he nails Yano with a series of strikes, Ishii hits the ring and Henare takes care of him. Henare then hits Yano with a flying shoulder tackle, White interferes and he throws Henare into the exposed corner a few times. Yoshi-Hashi tags in and he places Henare on the top rope before landing a drop kick, Ishii tags in and he has a striking exchange with Henare. Ishii eventually drops Henare with a Saito suplex, Henare recovers and he catches a charging Ishii with a clothesline. White tags in and Henare nails him with a spine buster, Finlay tags in and he nails White with a leaping European uppercut.
White quickly recovers and drops Finaly with a belly to back suplex, Finlay recovers and he catches White with a uranage back breaker. Elgin and Yoshi-Hashi get tagged in by their respective partners, Yoshi-Hashi quickly catches Elgin with a mule kick and a rolling neck breaker. Chaos hits the ring and they quadruple team a cornered Elgin, Yoshi-Hashi catches Elgin with a Western Lariat for a near fall. Members of both teams start a huge brawl on the arena floor, Elgin gets Yoshi-Hashi to the ring apron before diving onto all the men brawling on the arena floor. Elgin catches a leaping Yoshi-Hashi before power bombing him on the edge of the ring, Elgin gets Yoshi-Hashi back in the ring before landing a lariat for a near fall. Elgin then hits Yoshi-Hashi with a buckle bomb followed by an Elgin Bomb for the three count.
Winners: David Finlay, Togi Makabe, Toa Henare & Michael Elgin
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada, Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The match begins with a massive brawl breaking out between both teams and it quickly spills all over the place, Naito throws an attacking Suzuki into the barricade. Bushi takes Desparado and Kanemaru down with a double hurricarana inside of the ring, Takahashi tags in and he nails Desparado with a shotgun drop kick. Takahashi nails Desparado with a running clothesline before Kanemaru drags him out of the ring, another brawl breaks out and everybody spills all over the place again. Suzuki throws Naito through the barricade before attacking him with pieces of the barricade, Suzuki traps Naito’s leg in the barricade while wrenching away on it. Desparado and Kanemaru double team a cornered Takahashi in the ring, Kanemaru stays in the ring and stomps away on Takahashi.
Archer tags in and he destroys Takahashi with The Pounce, Smith Jr tags in and he nails Takahashi with a dead lift gut wrench suplex. Smith Jr gets Takahashi up again before propelling him across the ring for a near fall, Suzuki tags in and he attacks Takahashi with a series of kicks. Suzuki applies the kimura to Takahashi before transitioning to a single leg crab, Desparado tags in as Suzuki and Naito brawl again on the arena floor. Takahashi recovers and he drops a charging Desparado, Archer and Smith Jr hit the ring and Takahashi drops them both. Evil tags in and he goes right after Smith Jr, Evil drops Smith Jr before landing a senton bomb for a near fall. Archer hits the ring and Evil lays him out before tagging Sanada into the match, Smith Jr hits Sanada and Evil with a double northern lights suplex.
Archer returns to help Smith Jr double team Evil, Archer and Smith Jr then hit Sanada with a Hart Attack for a near fall. Sanada recovers to catch Archer with a springboard drop kick, Naito and Suzuki get tagged into the match. Naito and Suzuki immediately start going after each other, Suzuki nails Naito with a penalty kick for a near fall. Naito drops Suzuki in the corner and Suzuki quickly recovers to apply the knee bar, Naito eventually makes it to the ropes to break the submission hold. Naito and Suzuki have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Naito ends the exchange by nailing Suzuki with a tornado DDT. Suzuki recovers and he attacks the injured knee of Naito, Suzuk-Gun hits the ring and they all work over Naito. Kanemaru then hits Naito with a leaping DDT after tagging into the match for a near fall, Kanemaru then hits Naito with a boot to the face.
Evil hits the ring and members of Los Ingobernables triple team Kanemaru, Naito nails Kanemaru with Destino for the three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada, Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi)
NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Juice Robinson
The match begins with Robinson working over Goto with a headlock, Goto and Robinson then exchange some blows in the corner. Robinson throws Goto out of the ring before taking him out with a dive, Robinson mounts Goto on the arena floor while nailing him with strikes. Robinson would then throw Goto into the barricade, Goto recovers and he propels a charging Robinson into the crowd. Goto then hits Robinson with a barricade assisted neck breaker, Goto gets Robinson back in the ring before nailing him with a rope assisted neck breaker. Robinson rolls out of the ring and Goto throws him back in before twisting away on his head, Goto applies the head scissors to a downed Robinson.
Goto releases the hold after Robinson gets to the ropes, Goto then hits Robinson with a clothesline followed by a top rope elbow drop for a near fall. Goto then lands a traditional elbow drop for another near fall, Goto slows things down further by holding Robinson in a chin lock. Robinson gets out of the hold before dropping Goto, Robinson waits for Goto to get up before catching him with his patented jabs. Robinson and Goto exchange clotheslines until Goto goes down, Robinson then hits a cornered Goto with another clothesline and Goto does the same to him. Goto misses a spin kick in the corner and Robinson capitalizes by landing a cannonball for a near fall, Robinson goes to the top rope and Goto rolls out of the ring.
Robinson still leaps off the top rope and he crashes onto Goto, Robinson gets Goto in the ring before landing a top rope high cross body for a near fall. Robinson looks for Pulp Friction and he nails Goto with a German suplex instead, Goto gets up and he nails Robinson with a clothesline followed by a modified neck breaker. Robinson and Goto have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Robinson catches Goto with a drop kick before eating a few kicks from him. Goto then catches Robinson with a spin kick in the corner followed by a belly to back suplex, Goto nails Robinson with a second modified neck breaker for a near fall. Goto then places Robinson on the top rope and he follows him up there, Goto goes for a super modified neck breaker and Robinson escapes.
Robinson gets Goto off the top rope and he lands an inverted GTS, Robinson crushes Goto with a lariat for a near fall. Robinson then hits Goto with a brain buster/gut buster combination for a near fall, Robinson goes for Pulp Friction and Goto escapes to apply a sleeper hold. Goto releases to hold and Robinson catches him with a snap mare, Goto then hits Robinson with a pair of headbutts. Goto follows that up with an inverted GTR on Robinson, Robinson escapes a second GTR to roll Goto up for a near fall. Robinson then crushes Goto with a headbutt followed by a series of lefts, Robinson misses Pulp Friction and Goto nails him with a suplex into a Side Effect for a near fall. Goto lays out Robinson with a kick before landing another GTR for the three count.
Winner: Hirooki Goto, still the NEVER Openweight Champion
After the match, Michael Elgin comes out and Taichi both come out to challenge Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Title. Taichi attacks Goto with his microphone stand and Elgin chases him off.
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kushida vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay)
The match begins with Kushida dropping Ospreay before wrenching away on his arm, Ospreay tries getting free and Kushida still works over his arm. Ospreay eventually gets free and he twists away on the leg of Kushida, Kushida gets free to apply a head scissors to Ospreay. Ospreay gets free and he drop kicks Kushida out of the ring, Tanahashi and Okada get tagged into the match by their respective partners. Tanahashi and Okada get into a striking exchange until Okada catches him with a DDT, a brawl breaks out between both teams and it spills to the arena floor. Okada drags Tanahashi into the crowd before throwing him at some chairs, Ospreay battles Kushida into the crowd and he puts Kushida through a white board.
Okada gets back in the ring and he attacks Tanahashi when he gets back in the ring, Ospreay tags in and he attacks Tanahashi with strikes in the corner. Ospreay drops Tanahashi before nailing him with a basement drop kick, Ospreay traps the arm of Tanahashi before leaning backwards on it. Okada tags in and he nails Tanahashi with a slam, Okada also smashes the injured arm of Tanahashi on the mat. Ospreay tags in and he catches Tanahashi in the injured arm with a top rope axe handle smash, Okada tags back in and he catches a charging Tanahashi with a tombstone pile driver. Ospreay then takes out Kushida with a suicide dive, Okada quickly applies the cobra clutch to Tanahashi. Kushida hits the ring to break up the submission and hit both Chaos members with a double handspring elbow strike.
Kushida tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Kushida drops Okada before landing a basement drop kick. Kushida then hits Okada with a tornado DDT before attempting an arm bar, Kushida eventually applies the arm bar and Okada gets to the ropes. Okada fights back and he catches a charging Kushida with a flapjack, Ospreay tags in and he traps Kushida in the corner before landing a drop kick. Ospreay tries trapping Kushida in the ropes and Kushida kicks him in the face, Kushida then hits Ospreay with an overhead kick followed by a DDT. Okada hits the ring as Tanahashi tags in and Tanahashi catches him with a dragon screw leg whip, Tanahashi then hits Ospreay with a spinning neck breaker followed by a Sling Blade.
Okada returns and he nails Tanahashi with a drop kick, Kushida hits the ring and Okada nails him with a drop kick as well. Tanahashi goes to the arena floor and he quickly lays a charging Okada out, Ospreay nails Tanahashi with a super kick followed by a Robinson Special in the ring. Ospreay goes for the Os Cutter and Kushida takes him out with a drop kick, Kushida then applies the Hoverboard Lock to Ospreay. Tanahashi then hits Ospreay with a High Fly Flow for the three count.
Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kushida
