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Pre-Show: Match canceled due to Yasuda’s injury, back on tomorrow. They do a ceremony to commemorate this being the final event of their 2024 collaboration with the city of Karatsu.
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Main show kicks off with Liger, one of the main Karatsu promotion guys, coming out to give a short rah-rah speech. Karatsu Castle mascot Karawan-kun is in the back row of the balcony watching the show.
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Chase Owens & KENTA def Katsuya Murashima, Alex Zayne (w/Ryusuke Taguchi) — (8:13, Game Over)
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Post-match, Chase and KENTA attempt to recruit Liger, who is on Japanese commentary, into BC. Liger just waves them off.
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Gedo, SANADA & Gabe Kidd def Shoma Kato, Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) — (10:23, Drill a Hole Piledriver)
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During his entrance, Gabe stops to stare down and taunt Liger. He also asks what the fuck Karawan-kun is (a dog in a samurai helmet) and gives the mascot the double bird. No respect for his fellow canine.
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Gabe takes a break during his beatdown of Kato to do a brief a capella rendition of the Karatsu promotional theme song.
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Post-match, Gabe tells SANADA to join him to get their hands raised. Still not BFFs but Kidd has definitely warmed up to him.
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BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi def Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino — (6:18, Gene Blaster)
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Shota works the open of the match, with all three LIJ members taking turns targeting his bad leg. Once he tags out, he is not a factor for the rest of the match.
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Post-match, Shingo gestures that he’s going to break Shota’s leg, and Tsuji mocks his injury.
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Not saying anything for certain, but there were a couple points here where I think Shota appeared to have briefly forgotten which leg he’s meant to be selling.
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Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Zack Sabre Jr. def Jakob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb — (11:11, The Grip)
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WTL A Block: TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) def TAKATaichi (TAKA Michinoku & Taichi) — (11:12, Electric Blue)
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WTL B Block: HENARE & Great-O-Khan def Natural Classics (Tome Filip & Stevie Filip) — (10:02, Imperial Drop)
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Karawan-kun is fucking hyped to see friend of Karatsu O-Khan.
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Natural Classics lean heavy into the heel BC tactics.
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WTL B Block: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano def Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi — (11:25, flash pin)
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Oleg & Yano are technically still in with a multi-way tie scenario if LIJ win the main.
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WTL B Block: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito (full suit w/t shirt accessory version) def Ren Narita & EVIL (w/Dick Togo) — (19:23, Destino)
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A scramble leaves Red Shoes catching Hiromu holding Ren’s push up bar. After a moment of contemplation Hiromu tosses the bar out… and then superkicks Naito.
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HoT don’t know what to make of it, but eventually hit the smoke, Hiromu joins in.
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They go to attack Naito, but Hiromu hits EVIL and then Ren with EVIL. He apologizes to Naito.
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Post-match promo. Hiromu apologizes to Naito again, gives him the mic. First ever LIJ roll call in Karatsu.
——Standings (w/key results)——
A Block:
- Bishamon— 8 points (4-2) (beat LIJ) win Block if win
- War Dogs— 8 points (4-2) (lost to LIJ) win Block if win and LIJ lose
- LIJ (T&T)— 8 points (4-2) (beat WD; lost to Bishamon) win Block if win and BSH lose
——— Eliminated ———
- BC— 6 points (3-3) (beat LIJ; lost to Bishamon, WD, C/N) possibly alive in multi-way tie if win final, plus LIJ lose final, plus WD vs Bishamon ends in zero points
- Cobb/Newman— 6 points (3-3) (beat BC; lost to WD, LIJ, Bishamon) possibly alive in multi-way tie if win final, BC get to 8, plus WD vs Bishamon ends in zero points
- TMDK (Z&O)— 4 points (2-4)
- Zayne/Taguchi— 4 points (2-4)
- Shota/Honma— 4 points (2-4)
B Block:
- HENARE/O-Khan— 10 points (5-1) (beat HoT, O/Y) win Block if win
- LIJ (N&H)— 8 points (4-2) (beat HoT, lost to O/Y) win Block if win, plus O/Y lose
- Oleg/Yano— 8 points (4-2) (beat LIJ; lost to H/O, HoT) alive in multi-way tie if win final, plus LIJ beats UE
- EVIL/Ren— 8 points (4-2) (beat O/Y, lost to H/O, LIJ) alive in multi-way tie if win final, O/Y win, plus LIJ beat UE
——— Eliminated ———
- TMDK (S&M)— 6 points (3-3) (beat T/J; lost to LIJ, HoT, H/O)
- Tana/Jado— 4 points (2-4)
- Natural Classics— 2 points (1-5)
- TAKATaichi— 2 points (1-5)
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