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We are at Dominion 2022!
KOPW 2022 Championship Match (10 Minute Unlimited Pinfall Scramble): Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi, with Miho Abe
With a ten minute time limit, one, two or three counts will add to a cumulative total and the most pin counts win.
Both men exchange strikes. They trade near falls. Takagi leads with 7 to 2 with 5 minutes left. Taichi stuns Takagi with a high kick. Taichi hits several kicks to the chest and plants Takagi with a Dangerous Backdrop. Takagi leads 7 to 6. Takagi with a Ground Cobra. Takagi leads 11 to 6. Takagi with elbow strikes. Taichi gets a Gedo Clutch. Takagi leads with 11 to 10.
Time runs out and Takagi wins.
Shingo Takagi retains the KOPW 2022 Trophy.
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tama Tonga vs. “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson
Doc Gallows comes to the ring with Anderson. Jado comes with Tama. Tama dropkicks Anderson to the floor. They battle up the entryway. Anderson gets thrown into the guardrails. Gallows distracts Tama and Anderson drops Tama on his neck over the top rope. Gallows choke slams Tama on the ring apron. Tama is almost counted out. Anderson punches Tama in the head and hits a senton. Tama goes to the floor. Gallows picks up Tama but Tama and Jado throw him into the ring post.
Tama and Anderson trade elbows and punches. Tama hits a Stinger Splash. They battle on the top rope. Anderson with a Spinebuster. Tama hits a Villano. Two count. Anderson with a sit down powerbomb. Anderson goes for a Bernard Driver but Tama reverses into a Tonga Twist. They exchange elbows and uppercuts. They both go for Gun Stuns but reverse out. Anderson hits a Bernard Driver. Two count. Tama hits a Supreme Flow. Two count. Anderson distracts the referee. Tama hits a Gun Stun on Gallows. Anderson hits a Gun Stun on Tama.
Anderson pins Tama.
Karl Anderson wins the NEVER Openweight Title.
Another solid match. Anderson and Tama know each other well so they told a good story in the ring.
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