New Japan Rumble: Mashito Kakihara(an NJPW/UWF legend who battled and defeated cancer) def. Bushi, Chase Owens, Cheeseburger, David Finlay, Delirious, El Desperado, Gino Gambino, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jyushin "Thunder" Liger, Katsuya Kitamura, Leo Tonga, Manubu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima, Taka Michinoku, Tiger Mask, Toa Henare, Yoshi-Hashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yuji Ngata and Yujiro Takahashi
1. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks defeated Roppongi 3K (c). Nick Jackson tapped out Yoh in a Sharpshooter to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
2. Gauntlet Match for the NEVER Openweight 6-man Tag Team Championship: Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c), Michael Elgin and War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe), Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Takashi Iizuka and Zack Sabre Jr.) (with El Desperado, Taka Michinoku and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe). Beretta pinned Tonga in the final fall with a Dudebuster cradle back-to-belly piledriver to win the match and the 6-man championship.
3. Kota Ibushi defeated Cody. Ibushi pinned Cody with a Phoenix Splash.
4. IWGP Tag Team Championship: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada) defeated Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (c). Sanada pinned Smith with a moonsault to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
"That actually made me happy! Kenny Omega, Tokyo Latina and this."
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YOUR BACK ASPLODE.
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Moonsault... right into a @Tama_Tonga GUN STUN! #njwk12👑
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.@CodyRhodes delivers a nightmarish CROSS RHODES! #njwk12👑
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.@LanceHoyt and @DBSmithjr are on an absolute rampage right now.
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Hirooki Goto def. Minoru Suzuki for the NEVER Openweight Championship in a Hair vs Hair match
A deal is a deal. #njwk12👑
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: Will Ospreay defeated Marty Scurll (c), KUSHIDA, and Hiromu Takahashi to become the new Jr. Heavyweight Champion
Look, if you give @WillOspreay tall things to climb on, he's just going to jump off them. #njwk12👑
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Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated ‘Switchblade’ Jay White to retain
Welcome to the show. #njwk12👑
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No Disqualification Match for the IWGP United States Championship: Kenny Omega (c) defeated Chris Jericho to retain
"We're seeing a different @KennyOmegamanX! We're seeing a brutal @KennyOmegamanX!"
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IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain
DESTIIIIIII-no! #njwk12👑
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