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After some initial announcements, Mascara Kantansu Tomato storms the ring and cuts an energetic promo to open the Kantansu Tomato-sponsored show.
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Pre-Show: Chase Your ☆ Dream Match–* Hiromu Takahashi def Shoma Kato — (6:08, Boston Crab)
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The gimmick of Chase Your ☆ Dream Matches is that a Young Lion chooses anyone from the roster as their opponent.
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Boltin Oleg def Satoshi Kojima — (6:30, Kamikaze)
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This was originally supposed to be Oleg & Yano vs TenCozy, but Tenzan is under the weather.
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Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita def Jakob Austin Young, Jeff Cobb; Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa — (3:44, Double Cross)
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Narita and Yujiro jump Cobb and JAY during their entrance, then briefly get the better of Oiwa and Jackson.
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The finish sees Yujiro distract the ref so Ren can hit JAY with the reinforced push-up bar.
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Post-match, Ren’s two challengers squabble with each other. HoT take advantage and end up standing tall in the ring.
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Suddenly an instrumental of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” begins playing. Santa [Jado version] and his reindeer appear. Santa says he has a present for Narita, Ren begrudgingly accepts.
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Narita’s present is a pair of ELP shades. Lights go out, entrance music hits. ELP is here looking great, draped in a Canadian flag that Japanese fans had written well-wishes on. HoT bail from the ring to lurk at ringside.
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In Japanese, ELP says he has beaten cancer, and likes Korakuen a lot. Goes to ask Jado-San(ta) to help him translate, which gives HoT an opportunity to attack. ELP hits Ren with Sudden Death, Jado-San(ta) takes out Yuj with a clothesline.
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Jado-San(ta) says ELP will wrestle on tomorrow’s show, and is free at the Tokyo Dome. ELP picks up the TV title. Cobb and Oiwa reappear. ELP asks if they’re good, they say they are. The three-way TV title match at WK appears to now be a four-way.
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Master Wato, El Desperado def TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI — (8:35, Numero Dos)
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Robbie Eagles def Drilla Moloney; Francesco Akira; Kevin Knight — (9:15, roll up)
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Towards the end of the match the ref gets bumped, and Clark Connors comes out with a chair. Some of his interference is successful, but then he is negated by TJP.
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Post-match, KUSHIDA also comes out; and the three teams exchange words while Robbie celebrates (Fujita is busy getting ready for his match).
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BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji def Gedo, SANADA, David Finlay — (12:13, Gene Blaster)
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Post-pin, Finlay immediately starts attacking Tsuji. He goes for Overkill but Tsuji blocks it. A brief exchange ends with Tsuji hitting Finlay with a Gene Blaster.
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Kosei Fujita, Zack Sabre Jr. def Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino — (15:55, Zack Driver)
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Shota is warmly recieved by the Korakuen crowd. A pre-match popularity poll is inconclusive, but both he and Zack get cheered about the same during the course of the match.
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During an exchange with Zack, Shota appears to re-injure his left ankle. He recovers enough to hit Zack with a suplex and tag out, but Tanahashi works the rest of the match on his own. (It was a very similar spot as the original injury and Chris Charlton immediately started talking about it, which leads me to believe that this one is a work [and the original may have also been].)
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Post-match, a frustrated Shota manages to stand, and has a face to face with Zack. Zack and Fujita then go out into the crowd to celebrate their win.
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KOPW 2024 Title Match: Best of KOPW Lottery 2 out of 3 Falls– Great-O-Khan [c] vs Taichi [ruleset poll winner]
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Fall One: No Ropes, Sumo Rules– Taichi def Great-O-Khan — (Ring Out)
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Sumo rules are whoever can throw their opponent out of the ring.
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While the ring crew is putting the ropes back on, TAKA Michinoku comes out to second Taichi.
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Fall Two: Guest Referee Yoshinobu Kanemaru– Great-O-Khan def Taichi — (Referee Stoppage)
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Referee Nobu gets a full entrance.
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In the most recent post-house show Backstage Comments, O-Khan bribed Nobu to favor him in his refereeing. Nobu does so with comedic effect.
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Post-match, O-Khan delivers the second part of the bribe to Nobu.
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Fall Three: Last Man Standing
Lumberjack DeathFalls Count Anywhere Match– Taichi vs Great-O-Khan — (23:34 [full match time]; Draw– Double KO) -
Taichi asks for the final fall to be changed from a Lumberjack Death Match to Falls Count Anywhere, and O-Khan agrees. They immediately brawl out into the stands, where the majority of the match takes place.
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After a super Eliminator by O-Khan, both men fail to make the 10 Count.
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It is ruled that since the Falls were tied, the overall match is a draw. Great-O-Khan retains.
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Taichi accepts defeat and presents O-Khan with the KOPW trophy.
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O-Khan praises Taichi and says he should have the trophy.
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O-Khan says that on January 4th in the Tokyo Dome, instead of a KOPW Ranbo it should be a Ranbo to determine the #1 Contender to the IWGP WHC. Great-O-Khan declares he, as the King of Pro-Wrestling 2024, is the last KOPW Champion. It appears the title is being retired.
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