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COMPLETE 4/16 NJPW EL DESPERADO PRESENTS DEATH VEGAS INTERNACIONAL FROM LAS VEGAS

Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of New Japan Pro Wrestling's presentation of El Desperado Presents: Death Vegas Internacional live from Las Vegas at The Horseshoe!

The show will be streaming live on TrillerTV with Jordan Castle and Veda Scott handling the call.

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. mystery opponent

It was Fuminore Abe, which the crowd went nuts for,

They had some really nice grappling early with Zack tying up Abe's legs and trying to force a submission.  Abe almost maneuevered Zack into a pinning combination early.  They faced off and Sabre began working over the arm, taking Abe to the mat.  Abe reversed the hammerlock and controlled Sabre.  They battled back and forth.  Abe knocked Sabre off the apron with a stiff forearm.  They battled on the floor, where Sabre struck back.  

Abe sat Sabre in the front row and drilled him hard.  Sabre kicked him off, sending Abe into the crowd.  Abe wandered deeper into the crowd but Sabre pulled him back.  Abe took him down with a hard strike.  He charged and nailed a hard kick to the small of the back on the floor.   He nailed another, which the live crowd loved.  Sabre fought back and caught him, using his feet for a neck crank on the apron.  

Zack tied him up on the mat and nailed several hard kicks.  Abe fought back but was taken down and drilled with another neck crank.  They slapped and battled each other, striking the other down at the same time.  They continue to battle as they exchanged submission attempts.  They battle back and forth with slaps while on their knees.   Sabre went for a suplex but Abe escaped and struck him.  They exchanged strikes and Abe fired up with a big punch to take down Zack.  The crowd chanted, "Both these guys!"

They continued to battle with lots of intensity.  Abe locked on a abdominal stretch but Sabre slipped out and locked in an anklelock.  Abe made it to the ropes and pulled himto the floor.  He returned and Sabre caught him with The Backlund rollup for a two count.  They went back and forth with pinfall combinations.  Sabre finally drove Abe to the mat with a Blue Thunder Bomb inversion and scored the pin.

Your winner, Zack Sabre Jr.!

Fun little grappling match.

They sat on the mat together talking before hugging and showing each other respect.  

The crowd chanted, "Both these guys."

Cute? Sexy? Hardcore 3-Way Match: Effy vs. Jimmy Lloyd vs. ISHIN.

They all battled,  Effy nailed them with a chair, then sat in it and said it was "Sexy Time" as if they were going to lapdance him.   Lloyd was hit with an atomic drop and then ISHIN was hit with an inverted one, both on the chair.  They were hurt but then attacked Effy.    ISHIN nailed LLoyd and then hit a big suplex on Effy.  LLoyd had enough of that and struck ISHIN with a chair from the floor.  He brought the chair in and set it up sideways in the ring, then laid another flat atop of it.  He tried to powerbomb ISHIN on it but ISHIN escaped and nailed a back suplex on Lloyd onto the chairs.

ISHIN and Lloyd double-teamed Effy.  Effy made a comeback and nailed a TKO on Lloyd.  He cinched in a Dragon Sleeper.  He went to the floor and pulled a door out from under the ring. COULD THIS BE A FORBIDDEN DOOR?  He charged with it, smashing into Lloyd in the corner, then dropped it on him. ISHIN and Lloyd battled.  ISHIN hit a back suplex and piles chairs atop of LLoyd.  He went to the top, where Effy met him.  They battled and ISHIN superplexed him atop of Lloyd and the chairs.  Ouch.  ISHIN hit a frog splash onto them and scored the pin on LLoyd!

Your winner, ISHIN!

Runway Rush & Crash: A Drop-Dead Gorgeous 3-Way Tag: Alec Price & Jordan Oliver vs. KUSHIDA & YAMATO vs. MxM Collection's Mansoor & Mason Madden

Lots of action here.  Mansoor and Madden got big reactions.   KUSHIDA locked Mansoor in a figure four leglock.  Oliver dropped down and put KUSHIDA in a head scissor,  The submissions kept getting added.  Man, we are a long way from Terry Funk, Shane Douglas and Sabu doing a triple sleeper.  They finally broke the chain and the crowd chanted, "This is awesome."  Everyone battled in the center of the ring.  KUSHIDA and YAMATO drilled Price and Jordan.  They went to do double suplexes but were speared by Madden and Mansoor.  Price went to do a headscissors on Mason but was caught and powerbombed.  Mansoor came off the ropes and they did a powerbomb/Blockbuster combination that looked great for a two count.  KUSHIDA locked the Hoverboard lock on Mansoor but it was broken up.  Oliver and Price shined with some nice double-team moves and a Price dive to the floor.  Mason nailed a double chokeslam on them.  Mansoor and KUSHIDA battled.  He nailed a fisherman's buster on KUSHIDA for a two count but it was broken up.   KUSHIDA hit a dive to the floor.  KUSHIDA hit a package driver and scored the pin.

Your winners, KUSHIDA and YAMATO!

Fun match.  Everyone looked good.

“Deadly” Air-Time & Cutie Crime – High-Stakes Heartbreak Jackpot Match: Dragon Kid & Starlight Kid vs. El Phantasmo & TBA (replacing Maki Itoh)

Maika from STARDOM was the replacement!

Some nice action between Dragon Kid (how is this man as old as he is?) and Phantasmo.  They tagged out to Maika and Starlight. Dragon sneaked in and attacked.  This brought Phantasmo back and they rained down punches in the corner over and over.    Phantasmo was left in the ring with Starlight and just kicked her in the head.  Such class!  Maika slammed her several times.  Phantasmo tagged in.  Starlight went to back off but he kicked her and tied her to the tree of woe.  Phantasmo and Maika double-teamed her.  Starlight fought back and grabbed Phantasmo's nipples.  Ouch.  He came back to slam her.  Maika went to his an headbutt but missed.  Phantasmo slammed Starlight again but again Maika moved.    Starlight came back to hit a bodypress off the ropes.  Dragon Kid finally got the tag and everyone battled.    Starlight kicked Phantasmo and attemted a suplex.  He reversed it but she pulled him into a pinning combination.  Phantasmo rolled through and nailed a suplex for a two count.    He and Maika double-teamed her but Starlight still kicked out.    They built to Starlight hitting a flying bodypress off the top on Phantasmo but Maika broke it up.  Phantasmo hit an airplane spin into a neckbreaker for a two count.  He set up Dragon Kid for a powerbomb but Kid turned itinto a rana.  Maika superkicked Dragon Kid and Phantasmo scored the pin.

Your winners, El Phantasmo and Maika!

They all shook hands after the match.

Rigged Roulette: House Rules Hardcore: Gedo & Daisuke Sasaki vs. Joey Janela & Gringo Loco

Gringo and Sasaki start out.  Gringo and Janela pull chairs out from under the ring.  Here we go.  They start beating Sasaki.  Janela flings chair in his face after he dodges Gringo and sends him to the floor.  Sasaki is sat in a chair.  Janela came off the ropes but missed, crashing and burning through the chair.  Gedo pulled out a spike and used it on Janela.  Gringo entered the fray but Gedo spiked him as well in different parts of his body.  Sasaki held Joey for Gedo, who went to town.  Janela chopped back but the spike was dug into his head.   Gedo dug into Janela's mouth.

Janela got hod of a chair and defended himself.  He flung one at Sasaki and then sent Gedo into Sasaki in the corner.  There was a Sabu chant.  Gringo hit a big flip dive to the outside on Gedo and Sasaki.  Gringo was bleeding as well.  He sent Sasaki into the corner but ate an elbow as he charged.  Gringo nailed a sit-out powerbomb for a two count.  Janela pulled a door out from under the ring.  Sasaki hit a Cactus Clothesline to the floor on Gringo.  Janela nailed Gedo into the ring post on the floor and brought in the door.   He set it up in the corner and tried to put Gedo through it but missed, stopping himself short.  Gedo went to hit him with the spike but Janela moved and it stuck in the door.  Janela charged but was caught and DDT'd into the door, which looked insane.  Gedo then jabbed him in the groin with the spike.  No babies tonight!

Gringo gained control of the spike so Gedo backed off.  He tried to kick Gringo but it didn't work.  Gringo naied him and set up a door, laying it across two chairs.   He laid Sasaki on it but Sasaki moved, flung a chair at Gringo on the top and battled with him there.  Gringo nailed a Spanish Fly off the ropes through the door, which the crowd loved and chanted, "Holy sh**."  Gringo covered him but Sasaki kicked up at the last second.   The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."

Gringo smashed him with the remnants of the door but Sasaki caught him and locked in a crossface.  Gedo returned with the spike and drove it into Gringo's head.  Sasaki covered him but Gringo kicked out.  Janela returned and used a chair as weapons, then set them up across from each other.  He battled Sasaki on the ropes but was pulled into a superplex through the chairs.    Everyone battled with chairs.  Carnage! Sasaki hit a diving bomb with a chair onto Gringo.  He covered him but Janela broke up the pinfall.  Doors used.  Gedo was nailed with a chair and table and covered but he kicked up,  Janela nailed a driver through the remnants of the door and scored the pin.

Your winners, Joey Janela & Gringo Loco!

The ring attendants began bringing out TONS of light tubes.  I wonder what Antonio Inoki would say?

They have endless lighttubes set up in the ropes and tons of other weapons around the ring.

Love & Pieces 3-Way Deathmatch – At Journey’s End: Nick Gage & Matt Tremont vs. El Desperado & Jun Kasai vs. Masashi Takeda & Rina Yamashita

They started beating each other with light tubes immediately.  Who is shocked?  Gage drilled Takeda with one, then nailed a DDT.  He battled with Kasai and drove him backwards into the tubes.  Desperado and Kasai sent him into the tubes.  Rina and Takeda suplexed him through a glass pane in the corner.  Tremont ate several tubes like it was nothing and laid everyone out, scoring a two count.

He pulled out a fork but Takeda got it and stuck it in his forehead, where it...stuck.  Takeda then used scissors on his forehead.  Desperado got involved but was slammed down for his troubles.  Takeda started ripping at his mask.  Rina ripped at Tremont and Desperado's foreheads with the scissors.  They went for a double suplex on Tremont but he blocked it and said, "F*** you" and reversed it, suplexing them both.  Gage smashed tubes over Rina's head.  He ripped at Rina's forehead with the shard of one.  Tremont went to the ropes for a splash but Rina blocked him and fought with him on the top.  She attempted a rana but was caught and powerbombed down onto Takeda, who had tubes stacked atop of him.

The skewers were pulled out and stuck into Gage and Tremont's heads.  Lots of carnage followed.  Takeda and Rina had tubes piled atop of their body.  Desperado and Kasai came off and hit splashes in stereo for a two count.  Gage began ripping everyone apart with light tube shards.  He nailed Bootscrapes on Kasai and Rina.  Tremont hit a driver on Rina but she kicked out. Gage worked over Rina. who kicked out and exploded with offense against Gage and Tremont.   More breaking of tubes.  Kasai went for a powerbomb on Rina but she turned it into a Kryptonite Krunch.  Gage was hit with a back suplex through tubes but kicked out.  Tremont grabbed Desperado and slammed him through a glass pane, which got a big GCW chant.

Gage nailed him with a chokeslam over the knee, but Desperado kicked out.  Gage hit a piledriver and pulled him up for a powerbomb, scoring the pin.

Your winners, Nick Gage and Matt Tremont!

Gage took the mic and said that he's the greatest death match wrestler on the planet.  He said he and GCW put the style back on the map.  He told Jun Kasai he's not afraid of him and will fight him one on one and put him the f*** down.  Kasai called him a c*** sucker and walked off.  Gage said he backs his words up, so he will find Kasai and he will mess him up.    He said he does it because he wants to do this and led the crowd in screaming MDK ALL F***ING DAY.

That's it from NJPW tonight!

 

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