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NJPW Kizuna Road Results (6/17) Who Is The NEVER Openweight Champion?

FOURTH MATCH: Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDAToa Henare, Jeff Cobb & Togi Makabe) vs. CHAOS (SHO, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Toru Yano)

KUSHIDA and SHO start the match. A chain wrestling series sees KUSHIDA gain the upperhand. SHO fights back and drops KUSHIDA with a shoulder tackle. KUSHIDA goes for an armbar but SHO counters with an armbar attempt of his own. KUSHIDA counters with a side headlock, but SHO rolls him up to break.

YOH tags in. Taguchi tags in. YOH and Taguchi trade…dance moves? Taguchi hits a hip attack, sending YOH to the outside. YOH gets back in the ring and eats a back elbow. Taguchi gets bounced off the ropes repeatedly while SHO and Rocky clear the apron. SHO and YOH signal for 3K but Taguchi feints before they can hit it. YOH covers for two. YOSHI-HASHI tags in.

Taguchi Japan clears the apron. Everyone beats up YOSHI-HASHI. Jeff Cobb gets KUSHIDA on his back and they hit a double clothesline. Henare tags in.

Henare bodyslams YOSHI-HASHI. Henare hits a falling chop. Henare covers for two.

YOSHI-HASHI pulls Henare out of the ring. Everyone Brawls On The Outside™

Back in the ring, YOSHI-HASHI dominates Henare and tags in Rocky Romero. Romero stomps away on Henare’s hand. Yano tags in. Yano exposes the turnbuckle post and sends Henare into it. Henare hits a Brainbuster. Makabe tags in.

Makabe drops Yano and clears the apron. Makabe hits repeated corner lariats on Yano and YOSHI-HASHI. Taguchi mounts YOSHI-HASHI and Makabe mounts Yano. Stereo 10-count punch. Yano gets hit with repeated hip attacks. Yano fights back but eats a corner lariat from Makabe and an enziguri from KUSHIDA.

Yano hits an inverted atomic drop. Romero tags in. Cobb tags in.

Romero chops away at Cobb’s chest. Cobb takes out his man bun. Cobb counters a springboard Hurricanrana but can’t get the powerbomb. Romero hits Forever Lariats on Cobb. Cobb hits a Belly To Belly Suplex. Cobb hits a Moonsault. A wild brawl erupts. Everyone clears the ring. Romero hits a rebound enziguri. Cobb hits Tour of The Islands for the pinfall.

WINNERS: Taguchi Japan

FIFTH MATCH: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Takashi Iizuka)

Suzuki-gun attack LIJ before the bell. EVIL fights off a double team from TAKA and Yoshinobu. EVIL hits a double senton. Naito and BUSHI hits a Sunset Flip/Penalty Kick combo on Kanemaru. Naito gets distracted by TAKA. Taichi hits Naito with a microphone stand. Everyone Brawls On The Outside™.

Naito beats the count but Taichi stands on his head. Iizuka tags in and chews on Naito’s forehead. BUSHI breaks it up and gets his mask chewed for the trouble. Iizuka goes back to chewing on Naito. Iizuka corners Naito. Taichi tags in.

All of Suzuki-gun work over Naito in the corner. Naito tries to fight back but Taichi maintains dominance. Naito hits an enziguri. SANADA tags in and fights off all of Suzuki-gun. SANADA locks Kanemaru in Paradise Lock. SANADA hits Taichi with a dropkick. SANADA breaks Kanemaru out of Paradise Lock. Taichi hits SANADA with a corner enziguri. Taichi hits a lariat for two.

Taichi rips off his pants. Taichi misses the Buzzsaw Kick. SANADA flips out of a back suplex and goes for Skull End but Iizuka chews on SANADA’s head to break it up. Hiromy tags in. Desperado tags in.

Both men exchange furious forearms. After a series of counters Desperado hits a Spear. Desperado hits a corner lariat. Hiromu hits a corner lariat. Hiromu hits an overhead belly to belly suplex into the corner. BUSHI tags in. TAKA tags in.

TAKA hits a bicycle kick. Suzuki-gun beats up BUSHI. TAKA hits a Penalty Kick for two. TAKA gets another nearfall.  Naito runs in and hits a springboard dropkick. BUSHI hits a Codebreaker for two. BUSHI hits MX on Taka for the pinfall.

WINNERS: Los Ingobernables de Japon.

SIXTH MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Jay White)

Robinson and White start the match. They trade headlocks. White gets Robinson on the ropes. White breaks and goes for a punch but Juice ducks.White floors Juice with a strike. Juice hits a back body drop. Finlay tags in. Double Bulldog dazes White.

White fights back and tags in Okada. Finlay ducks a corner elbow. Tanahashi tags in.

Okada and Tanahashi exchange strikes. Tanahashi bodyslams Okada. Okada fights back and hits a flapjack. Okada hits a slingshot senton. Ishii tags in.

Ishii chops away on Tanahashi. Tanahashi chops away on Ishii. Ishii drops Tanahashi with a chest chop. They exchange headbutts. Ishii hits a brainbuster for two.

White tags in. White locks in a Muta Lock. Juice breaks it up. White locks Muta Lock back in. White breaks the hold and clears Juice off the apron. Okada tags in.

Okada hits a neckbreaker. Okada locks in a chinlock. Tanahashi fights back. Tanahashi hits Dragon Screw. Ishii clears the apron and goes after Tanahashi but Tanahashi hit a Dragon Screw. Juice tags in. White tags in.

Juice drops Jay with a shoulder tackle and a dropkick. Juice hits a lariat. Juice hits Dusty Punches. Juice chops White’s chest. Juice hits a corner lariat. White gets thrown to the apron but hits a rope-assisted stunner on White. White ducks a Flying Crossbody. White hits a Saito Suplex. Ishii tags in. Juice takes out White and Ishii with a crossbody.

Finlay tags in and dominates Ishii. Finlay hits a Saito Suplex. Okada attempts a double team but Tanahashi breaks it up. Tanahashi hits Twist And Shout. Finlay hits a Uranage Backbreaker on Ishii for two.

Juice hits a cannonball on White. Ishii hits a headbutt on Finlay. Finlay rolls up Ishii for two. Finlay rolls up Ishii for two. Finlay counters a brainbuster. Ishii counters Prima Nocte. Ishii hits a German Suplex. Ishii hits a lariat for two. Ishii hits a Vertical Drop Brainbuster for the pinfall.

WINNERS: CHAOS

After the match, Jay White beat up Juice Robinson.

MAIN EVENT: NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Michael Elgin (c) vs. Hirooki Goto

Chain wrestling sees neither man get an advantage. They begin pummeling each other with forearms. Goto ducks a lariat and hits a series of shoulder blocks. Elgin hits a Saito Suplex. Goto rolls to the floor. Elgin hits an apron run double stomp to Goto’s back. Elgin rolls Goto back in the ring. Elgin hits a springboard attack. Elgin hits a Buckle Bomb. Goto hits Ushiguroshi. Both men are down.

Goto is first to his feet and hits a series of body kicks. Elgin counters a sleeper hold with a German Suplex. Elgin hits an Exploder Suplex. Elgin covers for two.

Elgin hits a chop. Goto hits a chop. Chop battle ensues. Elgin hits a shoulder tackle for two.

Elgin floors Goto with a chop. Elgin hits a stalling suplex. Elgin covers for two.

Elgin hits a corner lariat. Elgin hits a top rope senton. Elgin covers for two.

Elgin hacks away at Goto with kicks. Goto fights back and hits a Lariat. Goto hits a corner lariat. Goro hits a spinning heel kick. Goto gets a nearfall.

Elgin pummels Goto in the corner. Elgin gets a nearfall. Elgin hits repeated lariats. Goto counters with Ushiguroshi. Elgin corners Goto, squashing the referee in the process. Elgin hits a Falcon Arrow. Taichi runs in and hits Elgin with the microphone stand. Taichi hits Goto with the microphone stand. Taichi beatsdown both men. Jeff Cobb runs in and hits a German Suplex on Taichi. Cobb chases Taichi to the back.

Elgin and Goto exchange forearms. Goto hits a German Suplex. Elgin hits an enziguri. Elgin climbs to the top rope but Goto knocks him off. Elgin and Goto brawl on the apron. Goto counters a Death Valley Driver attempt and knocks Elgin off the apron. Elgin counters a PK with a Fisherman Buster to the floor.

Back in the ring, Elgin climbs to the top rope. Elgin hits a huge splash for two. Goto counters a powerbomb with a back drop. Double clotheslines ends in Elgin dominating Goto with forearms. Elgin hits a Discus Forearm. Elgin hits a Spinebuster for two.

Elgin puts Goto on the top rope. Elgin goes for Burning Hammer but Goto fights out. Elgin lariats Goto off the top rope. Elgin puts Goto on the top rope and goes for a Splash Mountain Powerbomb but Goto fights out. Elgin hits an enziguri. Elgin chops Goto. Elgin goes for a superplex but Goto fights out. Goto hits an Avalanche Kaiten for two.

Goto goes for GTR but Elgin rolls him up for two. Goto counters a lariat and hits a headbutt. Goto hits Shouten for two.

Elgin counters a PK with a lariat. Goto locks in a sleeper. Elgin powers out. Elgin hits a lariat. Elgin hits another lariat. Elgin hits a Sitout Crucifix Powerbomb for two.

Elgin hits a Buckle Bomb but Goto hits a lariat and a headbutt. Goto hits a lariat for two.

Goto goes for Ushiguroshi but Elgin counters with a Burning Hammer, but Goto flips out and hits a Penalty Kick. Goto hits Inverted GTR. Goto hits GTR for the pinfall.

WINNER AND NEW CHAMPION: Hirooki Goto

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