During the Show, there will be a tally between the 3 stables and the New Japan roster, which will show the various teams' record throughout the night.
1)New Japan Rumble
Entrant 1 Michael Elgin
Entrant 2 Billy Gunn
-test of strength so far
Entrant 3 Bone Soldier (Formerly Captain New Japan...WHO SUCKS)
-immediately gets his ass kicked for a good while.
Entrant 4 CHEESEBURGER! (YES!)
-Bone Soldier eliminated by Cheeseburger! (YES! BECAUSE BONE SOLDIER SUCKS!)
Entrant 5 Jyushin Thunder Lyger
-Billy Gunn eliminated by Michael Elgin (SUCK IT)
Entrant 6 Kuniaki Kobayashi
-Kobayashi tried to take the mask.
Entrant 7 Tiger Mask IV
-Kobayashi eliminated by Tiger Mask....with help of Lyger and Cheeseburger
Entrant 8 Manabu Nakanishi
Entrant 9 Ryusuke Taguchi
-Nakanishi eliminated by Elgin, Cheeseburger, Tiger Mask, Lyger, and Taguchi
Entrant 10 Yoshi Tatsu
-Tiger Mask eliminated by Lyger and Taguchi
Entrant 11 Yuji Nagata
Entrant 12 Hiroyoshi Tenzan
-Yoshi Tatsu eliminated by Nagata, Taguchi and Cheeseburger
Entrant 13 Hiro Saito
-Nagata eliminated by Tenzan and Saito
Entrant 14 Scott FLASH Norton!
-Taguchi eliminated by Norton
-Saito eliminated by Elgin
-Norton eliminated by Elgin
-Tenzan eliminated by Elgin
Final 2: Michael Elgin and CHEESEBURGER!!!!!!!!!!
-Cheeseburger elminated by Elgin via Elgin Bomb
Winner of the New Japan Rumble: Big Mike: Unbreakable Michael Elgin
NJPW:1 Bullet Club: 0
Opening Contest: Tiger Mask W Anime Matchup
Tiger Mask W vs. Tiger the Dark
-Tiger the Dark hit a Fosbury Flop that well....looked very similar to ACH's Dive (also had a decent Tombstone).
-Tiger Mask W hit a Golden Triangle Moonsault, as well as transitioning a Tiger Bomb into a Last Ride Powerbomb. A lot like Kota Ibushi
Slow match, but a good showcase of both "characters" moves.
5.5 out of 10
First Title match of the night: Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
Rocky Romero and Berretta (Roppongi Vice) vs. Matt and Nick Jackson (c) (The Young Bucks)
-Roppongi Vice earned the title shot by winning the Jr. Tag League
-Rocky Romero going for title reign no. 7
-Both Jacksons were coming in with a crapton of gold and a custom "SUPERKICK PARTY" Tag Team Championship
-During this match: Rocky Romero hit 5 out of 8 possible forever clotheslines. The Young Bucks hit 9 Superkicks on Roppongi Vice....and 1 on a Young Boy.
-Countered the Finlay Roll into a crucifix.
TITLE CHANGE! Roppongi Vice def. The Young Bucks to Win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (Rocky Romero's 7th reign).
NJPW:1 Chaos 1 Bullet Club 0
6.75 out of 10
Title Match No. 2 NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6 Man Tag Team Championships
Team New Japan (C) (Ricochet, David Finlay, Satoshi Kojima) vs. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, Hangman Adam Page) vs. CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI, Will Ospreay, and Jado) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI)
Bullet Club and CHAOS lead off the gauntlet
-Ospreay died his hair blond...similar to YASHI
-Bullet Club Eliminates CHAOS. Yujiro def. Jado via Short DDT.
Team 2 Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI)
-Sanada def. Yujiro via Dragon Sleeper
-LIJ eliminates Bullet Club
Final Team: David Finlay, Ricochet, Satoshi Kojima
-Kojima is sprayed by BUSHI, followed by an STO by EVIL
TITLE CHANGE! Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI) def. Team New Japan (Satoshi Kojima, Ricochet, David Finlay), Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Faces, Hangman Page), and CHAOS (Jado, YOSHI-HASHI, and Will Ospreay).
Los Ingobernables de Japon: 1, NJPW: 1, CHAOS: 1, Bullet Club: 0
6 out of 10
Match 5: The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes vs. Juice Robinson
-Robinson's leg buckled in the early going.
-Rhodes was a fantastic heel
Rhodes def. Robinson via Cross Rhodes
LIJ:1, NJPW:1, CHAOS:1, Bullet Club :1
5 out of 10
Title Match 3: Ring of Honor World Championship
Kyle O'Reilly (c) vs. Adam Cole (BAY BAY)
-This was the final culmination of a longtime rivalry dating back to beginning of the decade.
-Kyle O'Reilly had not re-signed with ROH.
-O'Reilly's Shoulder was hit with a chair in the early going and it affected him the entire match.
-Cole hits 3 straight Superkicks, followed by a Last Shot Brainbuster to win a record 3rd ROH Championship Reign.
TITLE CHANGE! Adam Cole (BAY BAY!) def. Kyle O'Reilly via Last Shot to become the 1st 3-time Ring of Honor World Champion!
LIJ: 1 for 1, NJPW: 1 for 3, CHAOS: 1 for 2, Bullet Club: 2 for 4
6.7 out of 10
Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Great Bash Heel (NEW JAPAN): Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma vs. CHAOS:Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Roa and Tama Tonga)(c) (Bullet Club)
-The most cursing in a single title match I've heard in a very long time. At least 20 Fuck Bombs, 5 Shit references, a few damns, and hopefully a few other details.
-The Guerrillas were the defending champions, GBH were the Tag League Winners, Ishii was a last second replacement for a tag team partner...and Yano stole the Tag League Trophies and Tag Titles
-This was probably the first time since Wrestle Kingdom 10 that I had any sort of good will towards Togi Makabe.
-Yano is a brilliant Bastard. He turned the referee around simply so he could low blow Bullet Club, leading to the Double Lariat by Ishii and his own rollup. Based off of all that...
TITLE CHANGE! CHAOS def. Great Bash Heel and The Guerrillas of Destiny to win the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
CHAOS:2 for 3, New Japan 1 for 4, LIJ 1 for 1, Bullet Club 2 for 5
7.25 out of 10 just off of entertainment alone.
Jr. Heavyweight Championship
KUSHIDA (New Japan)(c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Los Ingobernables de Japon)
-That was an amazing Sunset Flip Bomb that nearly ended it early for Kushida
-For a slower Jr. Heavyweight matchup, this was a much more compelling matching, complete with danger and hope spots. The Time bomb senton, the Sunset Bomb, a counter from another dive into a cross arm breaker, fantastic stuff.
-KUSHIDA was VICIOUS in this match...dear god never seen him with such a killer instinct in tact.
-Even though the Ingobernables dudes are supposed to be heels, man Takahashi came off as such a face in the hover board lock.
-I like the fact that all of Takahashi's moves have his gimmick in it...."The Ticking Time Bomb"
-Like Last year, the Jr. Heavyweight Championship match was Main Event Quality! Worth Watching definitely, had the same type of drama as the Dolph Ziggler/The Miz IC Title match at No Mercy. Fantastic stuff!
TITLE CHANGE! The Ticking Time Bomb Hiromu Takahashi def. Time Splitter KUSHIDA to win the Jr. Heavyweight Championship!
LIJ 2 for 2, CHAOS 2 for 3, New Japan 1 for 5 (0 for 4 on the Main Card), Bullet Club 2 for 5
8 out of 10
NEVER Openweight Championship
Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan)(c) vs. Hirooki Goto (CHAOS)
The series so far is 2 wins for Shibata, 2 wins for Goto, and 2 double knockouts.
-Admittedly the match I thought would steal the show...because Shibata-san. I Don'T Need Another Reason!!!!!
-Meiyu Tag reunion rematch from Wrestle Kingdom 8 as well as the last day of G1 2015. The former tag team champions from Wrestle Kingdom 9 have an even more storied history than O'Reilly and Cole.
-Hirooki Goto tends to be a choker in big events and in big title matches...similar to how Shibata was last year going into Wrestle Kingdom 10 against Tomohiro Ishii. That being said.....Shibata has a boatload of injuries and is essentially being held together by medical tape.
-DEAR GOD that first chop by Shibata!
-As a personal comment: as much as I love Shibata, he's such a dick when it comes to selling. You'll hit him with a spinning heel kick....and then he'll immediately double stomp the back of your head. That's just screwed up.
-Goto with some Whiplash inducing Lariats....this is cringeworthy.
-I don't know which one is more fun to watch....a Goto/Shibata match or a Steen-Owens/Generico-Zayn match.
-Shibata kicked out of Goto's pre-Chaos finisher!!!!!! (the Helluvator looking move)
-This match psychologically was much better than last year's NEVER title match, and I thought that match was on the same level as the Styles/Nakamura AND the Okada/Tanahashi match.
-GTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOTO DIDN'T CHOKE!!!!!!!
TITLE CHANGE! Hirooki Goto def. Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Championship
-Ken Yasuda is introduced as a special ring announcer for the IC Championship Match
Intercontinental Championship
Tetsuya Naito (C) (Los Ingobernables de Japon) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan)
-What a fantastic match!
-Naito and Tanahashi both worked on the legs, to attempt to take out the Stardust Press and the High Fly Flow.
-Especially impressed that Naito had no interference from LIJ
-Tanahashi is so good at selling....until it's time for the High Fly Flow attempts.
-I think it's cool that Tanahashi has to use three or four variations of the High Fly Flow in order to win. Rather than one big move that trumps all, he hits his big move multiple occasions BEFORE he tries a pin attempt. It's like he compounds the storyline impact of his finisher.
-Naito's finisher is SO COOL. Throwback to a running version of the Ultimo Dragon's Asai DDT in WWE.
TITLE DEFENSE: Tetsuya Naito def. Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (Chaos) (C) vs. Kenny Omega (Bullet Club)
-I'm numb.
-This match was Over 9000 out of 10.
-Don't bother with waiting for a result or a summary of this match. GO WATCH IT NOW DAMMIT. Legally, Illegally, through a stream, through New Japan World, swim your way through every site that is full of potential viruses (unless you have a PC...then think about it a bit...then do it)
Watch out for a couple of the major spots, amongst them probably the most majestic hardcore spot I've seen....ever.
Result:GO WATCH IT YOURSELF
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