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Bullet Club's Young Bucks vs. LIJ's EVIL and SANADA is next.
Barnett points out Nick and Matt Jackson are smaller than EVIL and SANADA as the challengers walk out. EVIL is wearing a snake-looking skull mask with the reaper hood and robe.
Nick and Matt Jackson come out with JR and Barnett mentioning they're only the second tag team to win both the Jr. Heavyweight and Heavyweight Tag Titles. JR believes Bucks have to dictate the pace to win.
All four men end up in Scorpion Deathlock centipede. Nick and Matt hit tandem offense and preen to the very favorable crowd. SANADA hits a dropkick on Nick, then EVIL nails Matt in the glut with a kick. SANADA has control over Nick Jackson and gets him into a Paradise Lock. EVIL is tagged in and hits a senton on Nick Jackson, but only for a two.
The Bucks' resilience is pointed out as EVIL has Nick Jackson cornered, but he's able to get out. He goes for a tag to Matt but SANADA pulls his legs out from under him to stop the tag. Nick is able to tag in Matt but SANADA and EVIL take control for a moment. Matt works over EVIL, nails a cutter on SANADA, and then locks in a Scorpion Deathlock on EVIL. Barnett and JR mention Matt's back is bugging him because he couldn't lock it in all the way.
Superkick Party on EVIL, but SANADA hits a dropkick. SANADA and Matt trade shots in the ring, then locks in the ring. DDT on the apron on SANADA and Nick nails a 450. Matt with the cover for only a two. JR, "The Bucks of Youth are on fire" as they just do nutty flying spots and SANADA fights his way to the ropes for force a break from the Scorpion Deathlock.
Bucks go for More Bang For Your Buck, but SANADA avoids them and tags in EVIL. EVIL nails multiple suplexes and Darkness Falls, but Nick kicks out. Magic Killer by EVIL and SANADA, but Matt Jackson breaks it up. Young Bucks give the ref a Superkick Party accidentally, and EVIL grabs a chair. Superkick Party on EVIL as the holds the chair. Bucks try to hit Meltzer Driver on the chair, but it's reversed with LIJ nailing their own Meltzer Driver. Nick Jackson breaks it up at two!
A bunch of fighting in the ring, including another Magic Killer by LIJ, but it all breaks down. The Bucks end up hitting a Meltzer Driver for the win
Winner and STILL IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks.
INTERMISSION:
During the intermission they show videos promoting Jay White vs. Juice Robinson and Kenny Omega vs. Cody (who is back to the dark hair). They're still playing up the tension within Bullet Club comparing him to AJ Styles as a "troublemaker." Cody says he needs the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Barnett predicts nefarious means might lead to the Cody getting the title.
First match out of Intermission is Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI vs. Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada.
JR suggests Okada and Naito could end up being in the finals of the G1. JR also compares Naito to Steve Austin because of his anti-hero persona.
Okada is tossing out balloons to the crowd while Ospreay's Assassin's Creed robe is awesome looking.
Okada and Naito will start things out and JR points out both men don't like each other. Naito plays tranquilo to start the match and preens to the crowd a bit. Barnett says LIJ needs to get its morale back up. Okada gets knocked out of the ring and Naito does more preening to the crowd (JR compares him to The Rock with his ability to get the crowd going with almost anything).
Naito tags out to BUSHI before the two can lock up again and Okada goes to Ospreay. Ospreay does an homage to Richochet with the flip and superhero pose, then nails Naito and BUSHI with kicks and cops. LIJ takes control and BUSHI starts working on Ospreay's nose in the ropes.
Naito tags in and starts beating on Ospreay in the corner. Naito also throws mucus into the crowd after cleaning his nose, then tags in BUSHI. BUSHI uses a shirt to choke Opsreay, but the ref makes him stop. Naito back in and they exchange offense. Ospreay with a great step up kick to the side of the head and tags in Okada. BUSHI interferes with Okada, but the latter takes control. He wipes out BUSHI and gets a near fall on Naito. Naito hits a low dropkick then takes out Ospreay too. Okada tries to hit a Tombstone Piledriver but Naito counters. Okada eventually hits a neckbreaker
BUSHI and Ospreay tag in and start working over each other. Okada breaks up a pinning attempt and BUSHI hits a running Codebreaker. All four men starts fighting - Okada missed a Rainmaker and he and Naito end up outside - then Ospreay does a high impact flipping takedown on BUSHI. Ospreay with a great spinning neckbreaker for the win.
Winner: Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada
Josh Barnett mentions Ospreay wasn't in the air too much. JR says there's "something special going on with a rivalry between Okada and Naito."
Up next it's the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship between Dragon Lee and Hiromu Takahashi.
Lee is representing CMLL and has tape near his hip. Takahashi has his Best of Super Juniors trophy and his pet Darryl Jr. (who is apparently the son of Darryl and his wife Carol). JR says Takahashi is special, while Barnett says he can be a little inconsistent due to his wild streak.
The match starts off almost immediately with Dragon Lee taking out Takahashi, then doing a fearless tope suicida on the outside. Very fast movement by Lee who then mocked Naito (and WWE's Andrade 'Cien' Almas) with the Tranquilo pose. Big dropkick in the corner with the hanging dropkick. Lee then does a chinlock and grabs at Takahashi's nose. Takahashi takes control and nails a dropkick off the apron. Real impressive.
Takahashi hits a jump where his legs land on Lee's left shoulder basically and both men are down. Both wrestlers fight on the ring apron, but Lee gets up on the top rope with Takahashi following. Lee does a double stomp onto Takahashi's chest as they fall onto the outside and they're down on the fall. Ow.
Takahashi does a sunset flip/power bomb on the outside and both men somehow beat the 20 count back into the ring at 19. The two start trading suplexes which eventually ends with Lee landing on his head before nailing another suplex. Lee and Takahashi trade offense which included a reverse Frankensteiner and a clothesline which leave them down in the ring. They trade chest slaps which Lee appears to get the better of but Takahashi hits a really hard on and yells, "Come on!" They're just killing each other with palm strikes which ends when Lee eventually hits a knee, but Takahashi throws him into the corner.
Takahashi with a scary, crazy look on his face and gets a two count. Takahashi with a superkick, then Lee with a flip slam for a two count. Lee goes for a vertical suplex powerbomb, but Takahashi counters into a triangle which Lee then counters into a powerbomb. Takahashi gets the choke back in and Lee does a release dragon driver which KILLS Takahashi. Lee hits the vertical suplex powerbomb but Takahashi kicks out.
Takahashi gets a nearfall after reversing another vertical suplex powerbomb, then hits the Time Bomb for the win.
Winner and STILL IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Chamption: Hiromu Takahashi.
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