1 - Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa and El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi
Kanemaru forces Kato to tap out to a Boston Crab.
2 - Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima and Taichi vs. Gedo, Gabe Kidd and Yota Tsuji
Taichi pins Gedo after he and Kojima hit a double lariat.
After the match, Kidd and Tsuji tease more dissension between them.
3 - Zane Jay, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg and Toru Yano vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Don Fale and EVIL
Both SHO and Kanemaru came out dressed as Dick Togo.
Yano tries to pull out his tricks but all of House of Torture comes to the ring. Yano and Oleg get hand cuffed to the guardrails.
Fale hit the Hand Grenade on Jay. EVIL traps Murashima in the Darkness Scorpion.
4 - Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney and Shingo Takagi
Moloney hits a Razor's Edge into a Takagi neckbreaker on Matsumoto. Moloney pins Matsumoto
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5 - El Phantasmo and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Callum Newman and Great O-Khan
Newman pins ELP with a cradle and handful of tights.
United Empire have 8 points.
El Phantasmo and Hiroshi Tanahashi have 4 points and are eliminated from the tournament.
Tanahashi gives the fans in Ehime one last thank you in this arena.
6 - OSKAR and Yuto-Ice vs. Lance Archer and Alex Zayne
Archer and Zayne come out first and they rush to attack the Knockout Brothers.
Both teams batle into the crowd. Good match. Archer hits a Black Out on Yuto with Zayne. OSKAR breaks the two count. Archer and OSKAR battle into the turnbuckle, Archer put OSKAR on the top rope. Zayne ran and tried to hit a Frankensteiner off the top rope. OSKAR blocked it and tossed Zayne over the top rope to the floor. Zayne took a scary bump on the floor. Archer then hit a Black Out on OSKAR on top of Yuto.
Archer pins Yuto.
Monster Sauce have 6 points.
Knockout Brothers have 6 points.
Archer immediately grabbed the belts and he and Zayne posed with them. Archer takes the mic and says the Knockout Brothers are tough. But they deserve a title shot for the IWGP Tag Team Belts.
7 - Hiromu Takahashi and David Finlay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa
ZSJ pins Hiromu with cradle and a bridge.
TMDK have 6 points.
Hiromu Takahashi and David Finlay have 4 points and are eliminated.
Hiromu and Finlay continue to argue after the match.
8 - Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino vs. SANADA and Ren Narita
SANADA tries to hit Uemura with the guitar, but he hits Narita instead. Uemura avoids a Shining Wizard and hits a step up elbow drop on SANADA. Uemura hits the Deadbolt Suplex and gets the pin.
Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura have 8 points and share the lead with United Empire.
SANADA and Ren Narita have 6 points.
|
A Block |
Points |
|
Hirooki Goto / YOSHI-HASHI |
8 |
|
Toru Yano / Boltin Oleg |
6 |
|
Yota Tsuji / Gabe Kidd |
8 |
|
EVIL / Don Fale |
8 |
|
Taichi / Satoshi Kojima |
2* |
|
El Desperado / Shuji Ishikawa |
6 |
|
Shingo Takagi / Drilla Moloney |
8 |
|
Yujiro Takahashi / Chase Owens |
2* |
|
B Block |
Points |
|
Yuto-Ice / OSKAR |
6 |
|
Zack Sabre Jr. / Royhei Oiwa |
6 |
|
Lance Archer / Alex Zayne |
6 |
|
Hiroshi Tanahashi / El Phantasmo |
4* |
|
Shota Umino / Yuya Uemura |
8 |
|
David Finlay / Hiromu Takahashi |
4* |
|
Great O-Khan / Callum Newman |
8 |
|
Ren Narita / SANADA |
6 |
*eliminated from the tournament
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