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Match Number One: Clark Connors versus Lio Rush in a First Round Match in the New Japan Cup USA
Rush offers his hand but Connors swats it away. They lock up and Rush with a waist lock and Connors with a standing switch and side head lock. Connors with a shoulder tackle and Rush kips up. Rush avoids Connors and Rush with a side head lock. Rush with a shoulder tackle and Connors stays on his feet, but Rush with a drop kick.
Connors with a European uppercut and punches. Connors kicks Rush in the corner and chokes him. Connors goes to the turnbuckles and connects with a double sledge to the back. Connors with an Irish whip and Rush floats over. Connors with a waist lock and Rush escapes. Rush with a head butt to the midsection.
Rush gets a near fall. Rush with an uppercut to the back followed by a suplex for a near fall. Rush kicks Connors in the chest and Connors wants more. Rush with more kicks and Connors wants more. Connors blocks a kick and Rush with a head butt to the midsection and a scissors kick for a near fall. Rush with punches. Connors with a POUNCE to Rush.
Connors with chops in the corner and the referee warns Connors. Connors with another chop. Connors with an Irish whip and shoulder in the corner followed by a suplex for a near fall. Connors misses a spear and Rush with a spinning heel kick. Rush with a clothesline into the corner followed by more clotheslines that send Connors over the top rope to the floor.
Rush with a cross body for a near fall. Rush goes for a rebound cutter but Connors blocks it. Connors charges at Rush but Rush with a kick. Connors with a spear for a near fall. Connors goes for a Boston Crab but Rush rolls through and sends Connors to the apron. Rush goes for a handspring kick but Connors blocks it and he applies a Boston Crab in the ropes.
Connors goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Rush lands on his feet. Rush with a rebound cutter for the three count.
Winner: Lio Rush (Advances to face winner of Chris Dickinson versus Brody King)
Match Number Two: Ren Narita versus Tom Lawlor in a First Round Match in the New Japan Cup USA
They lock up and Narita with a wrist lock. Lawlor gets to the ropes and forces a break. Lawlor with a wrist lock but Narita with an arm bar. Lawlor with an arm bar. Narita with a single leg trip and Lawlor with a guillotine. They lock up and Lawlor wit a knee and forearm to the temple. Narita with kicks and European uppercuts. Narita with a snap mare.
Lawlor with an arm bar into a hammer lock and guillotine. Lawlor has a kick blocked and Narita with a single leg take down. Narita with a front face lock and Lawlor with a waist lock into a rollup for a near fall. Lawlor returns to the guillotine but Narita with a front face lock. Narita with forearms but Lawlor with a forearm and chop. Narita with a rear chin lock.
Lawlor with a kneeDT and Narita gets to the ropes to force a break. Lawlor with a kick to the leg. Lawlor with forearms, punches, and chops in the corner. Lawlor with an elbow and a head and arm choke. Narita with elbows and Lawlor with a waist lock. Lawlor with a suplex and he gets a near fall. Lawlor with a head and arm choke on Narita. Narita tries to get to the ropes but lawlor keeps him in the center of the ring. Narita with elbows to escape the hold. Lawlor wit forearms and an exploder.
Lawlor misses a kick and Narita with a rollup into a cloverleaf attempt but Lawlor with a triangle. Narita with an abdominal stretch but Lawlor with a heel hook. Narita escapes and applies a Cloverleaf. Lawlor rolls through and applies a figure four leg lock but Narita fights it off for a moment before Lawlor chops Narita and locks in the hold. Narita slaps Lawlor but Lawlor adds more pressure to the knee in the figure four.
Narita tries to reverse the hold but Lawlor holds on. Narita gets to the ropes to force a break. Lawlor with a front face lock but Narita powers out and hits a suplex and an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Narita with a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Narita with a reverse chin lock and Lawlor backs Narita into the corner. Lawlor with a double wrist lock but Narita gets to the ropes. Lawlor with uppercuts to the arm followed by a judo throw. Lawlor with another judo throw. Lawlor with a third throw but Narita holds on and applies a rear naked choke. Lawlor with an Olympic Slam to escape. Lawlor with a rear naked choke and then Lawlor with a running kick to the chest and he puts the rear naked choke back on Narita and Narita passes out.
Winner: Tom Lawlor (Advances to face winner of Hikuleo versus Fred Rosser)
We go to the Cleaning and Disinfection Break.
Match Number Three: Fred Rosser versus Hikuleo in a First Round Match in the New Japan Cup USA
As Rosser enters the ring, Hikuleo kicks him and they both go to the floor. They exchange punches and Rosser with chops and clotheslines against the ring post. Rosser with forearms to the back but Hikuleo Irish whips Rosser over the ringside barrier. Hikuleo kicks Rosser and pushes the referee down. Hikuleo punches Rosser.
Hikuleo with a chop against the apron. Hikuleo hot shots Rosser on the ringside barrier. Hikuleo sends Rosser into the ring and he covers Rosser, but the match has not started. The referee checks on Rosser and the match starts.
Hikuleo with a splash into the corner and a power slam for a near fall. Hikuleo chokes Rosser. Hikuleo with a forearm to the back and he kicks Rosser in the head. Hikuleo with a chop to the chest. Hikuleo with a shoulder tackle and he does it again. Hikuleo works on the shoulder and then gets a near fall with a Jericho cover. Hikuleo with a kick to the midsection and he chokes Rosser. Hikuleo with a suplex for a near fall. Hikuleo chokes Rosser and the referee tries to pull Hikuleo off Rosser but Rosser grabs Hikuleo’s hair. Rosser goes to the floor and Hikuleo follows.
Rosser sends Hikuleo into the apron but Rosser is sent into the ring post. They go to the apron and Hikuleo with an elbow but Rosser with a back drop driver onto the apron. Rosser pulls down his knee pad and hits a series of running knees to Hikuleo. Rosser with punches. Hikuleo with a chop and Rosser with double sledges. Hikuleo with a power slam and Michinoku Driver for the three count.
Winner: Hikuleo (Advances to face Tom Lawlor)
Match Number Four: Chris Dickinson versus Brody King in a First Round Match in the New Japan Cup USA
Dickinson goes for the leg and he almost gets King to the mat but King with forearms. King with a chop in the corner. King misses a chop and Dickinson with kick and chops. King with a forearm that staggers Dickinson and King follows with a slam and back senton for a near fall. King with a splash into the corner followed by a chop. King runs into boots in the corner and Dickinson kicks King in the hamstring and connects with a dragon screw leg whip.
Dickinson with a single leg crab and King gets to the ropes to force a break. Dickinson wraps the leg in the ropes. Dickinson stomps on the knee. King kicks Dickinson away and Dickinson with a figure four leg lock. King tries to roll over to reverse the hold but Dickinson releases the hold. Dickinson returns to the figure four leg lock. King is able to get to the ropes to force a break. Dickinson with kicks and King wants more. King blocks a kick and connects with a forearm to the leg. Dickinson with a drop kick to the knee and a dragon screw leg whip.
King kicks Dickinson in the corner but Dickinson with kicks of his own. King with forearms but Dickinson with a forearm to the leg. Dickinson goes for an Irish whip but King reverses it and hits a splash and clothesline into the corner. King with a cannonball and he gets a near fall. King with a piledriver for a near fall. Dickinson with a boot to the head and he kicks King and goes ot the corner and comes off with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Dickinson with an STF. King tries to get to the ropes and Dickinson with a rear naked choke. King gets to the ropes.
Dickinson tries for a deadlift German suplex and hits it and gets a near fall. Dickinson with a front face lock but King with punches. They exchange chops. Dickinson with kicks to the leg and he misses an enzuigiri. King with a German suplex. Dickinson with a forearm and King with a clothesline for the three count.
Winner: Brody King (Advances to face Lio Rush)
Next week, in the semifinals we will see Tom Lawlor versus Hikuleo and Brody King versus Lio Rush. We will also have an eight man tag match.
We go to credits.
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