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We are at Dominion 2023!
1 - IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Number One Contender: Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer
Ospreay has his injured shoulder taped up.
Archer immediately attacked and sends Ospreay to the floor. Ospreay hits a flying elbow and twisting moonsault off the top rope. Ospreay hits an Oscutter. Two count. Archer counters a Hidden Blade with lariat. They exchange strikes. Archer with a running cannonball off the apron to the floor.
Archer goes for a Black Out but Ospreay punches his way out and hits a Spanish Fly. Ospreay goes to the top rope but Archer hits a high knee strike and follows with a Black Out. Ospreay kicks out.
Archer goes for a moonsault but Ospreay hits a super kick. Ospreay tried lift Archer but his shoulder was hurting. Archer with a choke slam. Two count. Ospreay hits two quick kicks and a Hidden Blade. Archer kicks out at one. Ospreay follows with two Hidden Blades to the face. Ospreay hits a 4th Hidden Blade.
Ospreay pins Archer.
Will Ospreay is the Number One Contender to the IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Title.
Ospreay takes the mic and thanks Lance Archer. Crowd pops for Archer. Ospreay challenges Kenny Omega for the belt at Forbidden Door in Canada.
NEVER Openweight 6-man Tag Team Championship: Shota Umino, Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada
This match should have been earlier in the card but Claudio Castagnoli had travel issues.
Crowd pops for Claudio and Tanahashi starting the match. Good wrestling between these wrestlers. The match quickly got out of hand as every one fights in all around ringside. Umino and Okada paired off and destroyed the guardrails. Crowd pops for everything that Claudio did in the ring. Barely any tags so the action was quick. Moxley and Ishii paired off and traded strikes. Ishii hit a head butt which busted Moxley open. Moxley hit a curb stomp on Ishii. Okada breaks it up. Action is everywhere. Moxley shows a double middle finger to the crowd and goes for Ishii. Tanahashi hits a Slingblade on Moxley and Ishii follows with a sliding lariat. Two count. Moxley hits a Cutter on Ishii but Ishii hits a lariat. Both make a tag finally to Okada and Umino. Okada locks the Money Clip on. Umino gets to the ropes and Okada starts slapping like he was child.
Claudio attacks Okada and puts him in the big swing. They hit a triple power bomb on Okada (just like the Shield used to). Ishii breaks it up. Moxley with a tope suicida to Ishii on. the floor. Umino with a running spinning neck breaker on Okada. Umino goes for Death Rider, but Okada escapes and hits a dropkick. Okada goes for the Rainmaker but Umino reverses and hits Death Rider II. Okada kicks out.
Everyone hits their moves in the ring. Okada hits an elevated DDT on Umino. Two count. Okada hits the Landslide and follows with the Rainmaker.
Okada pins Umino.
Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii retain the NEVER Openweight 6-man Tag Titles.
Moxley takes the mic and says the Blackpool Combat Club brings a message. A video plays of Bryan Danielson who challenges
Okada to a match. The Osaka crowd starts chanting “Yes Yes Yes”.
Okada accepts the challenge and he will make it rain at Forbidden Door.
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