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#7 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa) and Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs Bullet Club (Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
Another relatively short, but fun tag team match, mostly emphasizing on the whole Bullet Club ‘Civil War’ storyline. The Young Bucks also played a significant part in the match as they refused to tag in and go head-to-head against both Kota Ibushi or Kenny Omega, whereas, Marty Scurll looked to bodyslam Bad Luck Fale, but failed miserably resulting in Fale picking up the win for his side after landing on top of ‘The Villain’.
After the match, Omega chased Cody out to the backstage area, as the rest of the Bullet Club members gathered around the ring with Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi also joining in
Tama Tonga threw up a Too Sweet and so did the rest of the BC, after hesitating for a bit both Hangman and Scurll also followed up including The Young Bucks as the entire Bullet Club—except Cody and Omega—finally seemed to be on the same side after months of dissension.
Result: Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Bad Luck Fale and Guerrillas of Destiny defeated Cody, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page and Marty Scurll
#8 Will Ospreay vs Kushida - (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship)
This was the co-main event of the evening and it certainly did live up to all its expectations, as both Kushida and Will Ospreay battled each other to a gruelling back-and-forth match, with Ospreay portraying the role of an underdog for most of the match.
Both men seemingly targeted each other’s bruised necks and Kushida came close to regaining the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title when he looked to hit Back to the Future on the top rope, only for Ospreay to counter it with an Oscutter from the top rope. The Champ then connected with his new move, the Stormbreaker and retained the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title.
As Ospreay was celebrating in the ring, lights went out and we witnessed another Bone Soldier vignette, which was then followed up by Tama Tonga walking down the aisle in order to confront Ospreay.
However, the sole reason why ‘The Bad Boy’ apparently came out was to introduce Bullet Club’s newest member Bone Soldier, who was revealed as former X-Division Champion and NOAH superstar Taiji Ishimori, who jumped Ospreay from behind and went on to share a Too Sweet with Tama Tonga.
Result: Will Ospreay defeated Kushida to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship
#9 Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
As expected, both Okada and Tanahashi tore the house down once again and thanks to an amazing crowd in Fukuoka, the match felt like it had greater significance to it.
Both Okada and Tanahashi proved why they have such amazing chemistry with each other, as both men started this contest in a slow pace but eventually picked up the pace during the closing stages of it when they countered almost every single move in their arsenals.
In the closing stages of the matches, Tanahashi went for a High Fly Flow but Okada caught him with a breathtaking dropkick in mid-air, as he attempted The Rainmaker only for ‘The Ace’ to counter it into a Rainmaker of his own.
However, shortly afterwards, Okada eventually connected with The Rainmaker and in doing so, retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and also broke Hiroshi Tanahashi’s record for most title defences with 12.
During Okada’s post-match promo, the champ decided to call out his next opponent, who turned out to be ‘The Best Bout Machine’ Kenny Omega, who is now set to go head-to-head against Okada for the fourth time at this year’s Dominion PPV in a 2 out of 3 falls match, with no time limit to the contest.
Result: Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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