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Tiger Hattori Retirement Match #2
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada & Shingo Takagi) def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto)
Tiger Hattori Retirement Match #1
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Toru Yano & Colt Cabana def. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
Manabu Nakanishi Final In Korakuen Hall #1
Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Yoshi-Hashi def. Los Ingobernables (Evil, Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi)
Chaos (Will Ospreay, Sho & Yoh) def. Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask IV
Toa Henare & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Homna) def. Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura & Gabriel Kidd
- The show starts with a video package highlighting the career of Tiger Hattori.
Toa Henare & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Homna) vs. Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura & Gabriel Kidd
The match begins with Kidd going to work on the arm of Henare, Henare gets free and he nails Kidd with a few strikes. Kidd fights back and he attacks Henare with strikes of his own, Henare catches a leaping Kidd to land a slam. Makabe and Tsuji are tagged in and they immediately exchange shoulder tackles until Makabe goes down, Tsuji follows up by hitting Makabe with a drop kick. Makabe recovers and he nails Tsuji with a slam followed by some strikes, Homna tags in and he kicks away at a cornered Tsuji. Homna follows up by hitting Tsuji with an elbow drop before tagging Henare back in, Henare attacks Tsuji with some more chops before tagging Homna back in. Tsuji fights back and Homna quickly stops that by dropping Tsuji with a chop, Tsuji fights back again and Homna drops him again for a near fall. Tsuji recovers and he drops Homna before tagging Uemura in, Uemura quickly starts cleaning house against the opposing team.
Uemura then drops Homna with a shoulder tackle before slamming Makabe, Uemura follows up by hitting Homna with a suplex for a near fall. Homna fights back and Uemura nails him with a drop kick, Henare and Kidd are tagged in by their respective partners. Kidd quickly drops Henare with a shoulder tackle after a brief exchange, Kidd then hits Henare with a slam for a near fall. Kidd’s teammates hit the ring and they triple team Henare, Kidd then gets Henare in a single leg crab until Makabe breaks it up. Henare gets up and he crushes Kidd with a lariat for a near fall, Henare then hits Kidd with a uranage for a three count.
Winners: Toa Henare & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Homna)
Chaos (Will Ospreay, Sho & Yoh) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask IV
The match begins with Romero rolling up Sho for a near fall, Taguchi and Yoh are tagged in and Yoh rolls up Taguchi for a near fall. Taguchi also catches Yoh in a few roll ups for a few near falls, Taguchi and Yoh continue going for small packages for even more near falls. Roppongi 3K work together and they double team Taguchi, Ospreay tags in and he cracks Taguchi with a few strikes before landing a back breaker. Ospreay nails Taguchi with knee strikes to the back before applying a chin lock, Sho tags in and he chokes a downed Taguchi in the corner. Sho lets Taguchi go free before landing a knee strike to the midsection, Yoh tags back in and he attacks Taguchi with some strikes before landing a suplex for a near fall. Sho tags in and he attacks the arm of Taguchi before kicking his behind, Taguchi fights back and Sho nails him with multiple atomic drops. Taguchi then hits a charging Sho with an enziguri, Romero tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team.
Romero corners Sho before landing some Forever Clotheslines, Sho fights back and Romero nails him with a knee strike. Sho recovers and he nails a charging Romero with a clothesline, Ospreay and Mask IV are tagged in. Mask IV quickly attacks Ospreay with a top rope high cross body followed by a tilt-a-whirl back breaker for a near fall, Ospreay responds by nailing Mask IV with a handspring enziguri. Ospreay goes to the top rope and Mask IV meets him up there after landing a kick, Mask IV hits Ospreay with a super butterfly suplex for a near fall. Mask IV looks for a tiger suplex and Ospreay fights back to land an enziguri, Mask IV escapes Storm Breaker to roll up Ospreay for a near fall. Ospreay traps a charging Mask IV in the corner before landing a super kick, Ospreay hits Mask IV with a second super kick and Storm Breaker for a three count.
Winners: Chaos (Will Ospreay, Sho & Yoh)
After the match, Rocky Romero and Ryusuke Taguchi attack Sho and Yoh until Will Ospreay breaks it all up.
Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Los Ingobernables (Evil, Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi)
The match begins with Takahashi jumping Robinson from behind so Evil can gain control, Robinson fights back to take out Evil and Takahashi. Finlay tags in and he nails the arm of Evil with a top rope axe handle smash, Finlay and Robinson double team members of LIJ. Finlay corners Evil before landing a running back elbow strike, Evil fights back and he drops Finlay with a shoulder tackle. A brawl breaks out between both teams and it spills to the arena floor, Evil starts working over the arm of Finlay before tagging Bushi in. Bushi then hits Finlay with a neck breaker for a near fall, Takahashi tags in and he cracks Finlay with a few strikes. Takahashi corners Finlay before landing even more strikes, Takahashi drops Finlay before landing a basement drop kick for a near fall. Evil tags back in and he attacks Finlay with more strikes, Finlay fights back and he drops Evil with a back suplex. Yoshi-Hashi tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Yoshi-Hashi then hits Evil with a Headhunter.
Takahashi hits the ring and Yoshi-Hashi places him on the top rope before landing a drop kick, Yoshi-Hashi follows up by nailing Evil with a neck breaker for a near fall. Evil fights back and he uses a ref distraction to hit Yoshi-Hashi with a thrust kick, Evil then hits Yoshi-Hashi with a fisherman buster suplex for a near fall. Bushi tags in and he eats a drop kick to the knee from Yoshi-Hashi, Robinson tags in and he nails Bushi with a corner clothesline. Bushi fights back and he nails Robinson with a missile drop kick, LIJ triple team Robinson afterwards so Bushi can get a near fall on him. Bushi then hits Robinson with a rewind kick as the ring gets cleared, Finlay returns and he works with Robinson to hit Bushi with a double flapjack. Robinson then hits Bushi with Pulp Friction for a three count.
Winners: Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Yoshi-Hashi
Manabu Nakanishi Final In Korakuen Hall #1
Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun jumping their opponents before the bell sounds and the brawl spills all over the arena, Taichi stays in the ring to work over Tenzan. Nakanishi throws both Suzuki and Taichi into the barricade, Kanemaru attacks Nakanishi and he gets thrown into the barricade as well. Taichi and Tenzan attack each other with Mongolian chops, Nakanishi tags in and he double teams Taichi with Tenzan. Nakanishi nails a downed Taichi with a splash for a near fall, Suzuki interferes and a ref distraction allows Taichi to attack Nakanishi with a steel chair. Members of both teams brawl on the arena floor again as Taichi works over Nakanishi, Taichi dumps Nakanishi out of the ring and both teams continue brawling. Taichi chokes Nakanishi on the barricade before getting back in the ring, Desperado tags in and he works with Kanemaru to double team Nakanishi.
Suzuki interferes and he attacks Nakanishi with a rope assisted arm bar, all members of Suzuki-Gun hit the ring to quadruple team Nakanishi. Suzuki tags in and he attacks Nakanishi with some strikes, Nakanishi and Suzuki quickly get into a striking exchange. Nakanishi ends the exchange by nailing Suzuki with a spear, Nagata tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Nagata and Suzuki have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Kanemaru tags in and he nails Nagata with a drop kick to the knee. Nagata recovers and he nails Kanemaru with an exploder suplex, Kojima tags in and he nails Kanemaru with machine gun chops. Kojima quickly gets jumped by Suzuki-Gun before getting quadruple teamed, Nakanishi hits the ring and he quickly gets worked over. Nakanishi nails Desperado and Kanemaru with a double suplex, Kojima nails a charging Kanemaru with a lariat for a three count.
Winners: Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata
Tiger Hattori Retirement Match #1
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Toru Yano & Colt Cabana vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
The match begins with Bullet Club jumping Cabana and Yano, Cabana and Yano tag out to Tanahashi and Ibushi. Tonga and Loa hit the bring to brawl with Tanahashi and Ibushi, Tanahashi and Ibushi nail Tonga with a double standing moonsault for a two count. Tanahashi stays in the ring and he attacks an interfering White, Jado interferes and he attacks Tanahashi with a kendo stick. A brawl breaks out between both teams and it spills all over the arena, Tonga then chokes Tanahashi on the middle rope. Loa tags in before double teaming Tanahashi with Tonga for a near fall, White tags in and he attacks a cornered Tanahashi. Tanahashi fights back and White trips him up before landing a dragon screw leg whip, White keeps Tanahashi down while applying a single leg crab. Fale tags in and he works over the injured leg of Tanahashi, Fale keeps Tanahashi down while standing on his injured leg.
White tags back in and he rips away at the face of Tanahashi before choking him on the middle rope, Loa tags in and he nails Tanahashi with elbow drops. Tonga tags in and he nails a cornered Tanahashi with some strikes, Tanahashi fights back and Tonga tries dumping him out of the ring. Tanahashi recovers and he knocks Tonga out of the ring, Ibushi tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Ibushi hits Tonga with a middle rope moonsault for a near fall, Tonga recovers and he drops Ibushi with a rope assisted DDT. Ibushi fights back and he drops Tonga with a head kick, Ibushi sets up for a knee strike and Loa nails him with a release German suplex. Ibushi fights back to drop Tonga and Loa with a double overhead kick, Cabana and White are tagged in by their respective partners. Cabana nails White with a head scissors takedown followed by a few strikes, Cabana then hits White with a Flying Apple and a top rope splash for a near fall.
White recovers and he nails Cabana with a DDT before tagging Fale in, Fale hits Cabana with a few strikes and Cabana responds with some of his own. Yana is tagged in and Fale immediately attacks him, Fale corners Yano while landing clothesline smashes. Fale misses a charge in the corner and Yano slaps him, Fale gets angry and he nails Yano with a shoulder tackle. Bullet Club hits the ring and Yano is quadruple teamed for a near fall, both teams brawl all over the building. Yano hits Fale with a low blow before rolling him up for a three count.
Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Toru Yano & Colt Cabana
After the match, Gedo and Jado try attacking Tiger Hattori and he nails them both with low blows.
Tiger Hattori Retirement Match #2
Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto) vs. Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada & Shingo Takagi)
The match begins with Ishii backing Takagi into the ropes before a striking exchange breaks out, Ishii eventually drops Takagi with a shoulder tackle. Ishii corners Takagi before attacking him with more strikes, Okada tags in and he also attacks Takagi with some strikes. Okada slams Takagi before landing a slingshot swanton bomb for a near fall, Goto tags in and he attacks Takagi with strikes to the back. Goto drops Takagi with a back elbow strike for a near fall, LIJ interfere and a brawl breaks out between both teams. Takagi gets control on Goto and he goes after his knee, Takagi attacks Ishii and another striking exchange breaks out. LIJ hits the ring to triple team Goto after Naito tags in, Naito nails Goto with a neck breaker for a near fall. Sanada tags in and he attacks the back of Goto with strikes, Goto fights back and he drops Sanada with a spinning clothesline. Naito tags in and he misses a charge in the corner before Goto nails him with a modified neck breaker, Okada tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team.
Okada drops Naito with a DDT for a near fall, Naito fights back and he drops Okada with a running hurricarana. Naito traps Okada in the ropes before landing a modified back breaker, Naito goes to the top and Okada gets him down before eating an enziguri. Naito goes for a tornado DDT and Okada blocks it before landing a neck breaker, Takagi and Ishii tag into the match and they exchange some clotheslines. Ishii ends the exchange by nailing Takagi with a back drop driver, Takagi fights back and he nails Ishii with a suplex. Takagi and Ishii have another striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Ishii ends that by nailing Takagi with a power slam. Takagi and Ishii exchange more clotheslines until Ishii goes down, Sanada tags in and Ishii quickly drops him with a suplex. Goto tags in and he drops Sanada with a shoulder tackle followed by a hip toss, Goto corners Sanada before landing a spin kick and back suplex for a near fall.
Sanada fights back and he drop kicks Goto in the knee before eating a clothesline, LIJ hit the ring and Goto is triple teamed for a near fall. Naito and Okada start brawling on the arena floor, everybody from both teams hit the ring and they all take each other out. Goto then hits Sanada with a ushigoroshi, Goto looks for a GTR and Sanada rolls him up for a near fall. Goto catches Sanada with a roll up of his own for a near fall, Sanada finally catches Goto in another roll up for a three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada & Shingo Takagi)
- The Tiger Hattori Retirement Ceremony is up next, all the members of Chaos come to the ring first to congratulate Hattori and present him with some flowers. Jushin “Thunder” Liger comes to the ring next with Hiroshi Tanahashi and the majority of the NJPW locker room, they all congratulate Hattori before presenting him with flowers and taking some pictures. The NJPW referees come to the ring and they present Hattori with an autographed referee shirt, members of the NJPW front office come to the ring and present Hattori with some flowers. The Great Kabuki comes to the ring next and he congratulates Hattori, Kabuki says a few things on the microphone before presenting flowers to Hattori. Hiroshi Hase comes to the ring next and he congratulates Hattori, Hase says a few words to the crowd before presenting flowers to Hattori.
Keiji Muto comes out next and he says a few words before presenting flowers to Hattori, Riki Chosu comes out next to embrace Hattori. Chosu says a few words on the microphone before presenting some flowers to Hattori, Hattori then poses for pictures with all of the wrestling legends. A video plays featuring several wrestling legends paying tribute to Hattori, Hattori gets the microphone and he addresses the crowd for a final time. Hattori thanks everybody for all the great moments they have given him throughout his career, a ten count takes place next before Hattori takes his final bows in the ring. All of the wrestlers get back in the ring and they have one final celebration with Hattori, everybody poses for one final photo as the retirement ceremony comes to a close.
