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Pre-Show: Shoma Kato def Daiki Nagai — (8:43, Boston crab)
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Jakob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan def Gedo, Natural Classics (Tome Filip & Stevie Filip) — (8:04, Ultima)
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DOUKI, TAKATaichi (TAKA Michinoku & Taichi) def Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls — (7:47, Heavy Killer No.1)
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Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano def Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi — (11:11, Kamikaze)
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BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito def Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL — (11:01, Maximum the Holding Third Form [Named by Daisuke Han])
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Typical House start of match, but not quite your typical House match overall since LIJ can somewhat match their tomfoolery.
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WTL A Block: Chase Owens & KENTA def Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino — (5:24, Package Piledriver)
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BC jump Shota & Honma during their entrance. They begin targeting Shota’s ankle, which is being described as a minor injury.
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Shota & Honma are eliminated from the League.
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WTL A Block: SANADA & Gabe Kidd def Funky Sauce (Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne) — (13:09, Deadfall [after a dick shot])
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It’s a War Dogs match, you know how those go by now.
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Funky Sauce are out of contention.
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Gabe is very slowly continuing to warm up to SANADA.
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WTL A Block: Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) def Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb — (12:16, Shoto)
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United Empire, Owens/KENTA, and TMDK are now essentially out (exact scenarios in block standings).
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WTL A Block: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi def Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. — (24:18, Pumping Blaster)
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TMDK are completely out now.
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In his backstage comments, Tsuji has some interesting words for 1/2 of the team they’ll face on the final night: “Shota, the Dome is calling. I have to acknowledge, you’re the only person right now who can challenge for the IWGP. I respect that. I wonder if you will show me respect in return. You understand?”
——Standings (w/key results)——
A Block:
- War Dogs— 8 points (4-2) (lost to LIJ)
- Bishamon— 8 points (4-2) (beat LIJ)
- LIJ (T&T)— 8 points (4-2) (beat WD; lost to Bishamon)
——— 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, LIJ lose final, 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:
- EVIL/Ren— 8 points (4-1) (lost to H/O)
- HENARE/O-Khan— 6 points (3-1) (beat HoT, O/Y)
- Oleg/Yano— 6 points (3-2) (beat LIJ; lost to H/O, HoT)
- LIJ (N&H)— 6 points (3-2) (lost to O/Y)
——— Eliminated ———
- Tana/Jado— 4 points (2-3) (beat LIJ; lost to TMDK, H/O) possibly alive if they win out plus LIJ beats H/O, plus LIJ vs HoT ends in 0 points
- TMDK (S&M)— 4 points (2-3) (beat T/J; lost to LIJ, HoT, H/O) possibly alive if they win out, plus LIJ beats H/O, plus LIJ vs HoT ends in 0 points, plus T/J or O/Y get to 8
- Natural Classics— 2 points (1-4)
- TAKATaichi— 2 points (1-4)
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