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IWGP Heavyweight champiom Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs. Rhino & Charlie Haas
All four faced off before the bell. Tanahashi received a huge chant as the match began. Haas and Tanahashi started off. Haas grabbed a side headlock and cinched it in hard. He was sent off into the ropes and shoulderblocked Tanahashi down. Tanahashi came back with a series of deep armdrags. He and Haas went and forth and faced off.
Makabe tagged in. He and Haas went back and forth, controlling the other. They are building well. Haas was shoved into his corner and tagged in Rhino. Makabe played games with Rhino's head by tagging back out to Tanahashi.
Rhino used his power to control him but Tanahashi came back with a bodypress for a near fall. Rhino drilled him with a series of stiff chops. He whipped the champion into the corner and sent him to the floor. Rhino tossed him back in and went for a powerbomb but Tanahashi escaped and drilled him with a cutter. Rhino cut him off and tagged back out to Haas.
Haas rode Tanahashi to the mat. Tanahashi fired back but was flapjacked down for a two count. Rhino and Haas took turns working over Tanahashi, tagging in and out. Tanahashi finally made the tag to Makabe. He and Rhino brawled to the floor, including Rhin being whipped into a guard rail and nearly taking out a lighting tower in the process.
Makabe and Tanahashi took turns working over Rhino. Rhino made a comeback on Tanahashi, nailing a spinebuster. He made the hot tag to Haas, who drilled Tanahashi with a series of clotheslines and strikes. Haas caught Tanahashi with a big overhead suplex, then an Olympic Slam.
Haas faced off with Makabe, then nailed another slam on Tanahashi. Makabe interfered. He and Rhino slugged it out with Rhino getting the better of the exchange. He was cut off and whipped into the corner. Makabe clotheslined him into the corner and rained down upon him with punches in the corner.
Rhino came back with a belly to belly suplex for a two count. Haas and Tanahashi began brawling on the floor. Rhino gored Makabe and scored the pin.
Your winners, Rhino and Charlie Haas!
That's all from NJPW in Rahway, NJ. We'll be back tomorrow with coverage from the NYC event, featuring:
Saturday 5/14/11 in New York at Basketball City
*IWGP Heavyweight champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Charlie Haas
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Prince Devitt vs. Low Ki
*IWGP Intercontinental championship tournament Semi-Finals:
- MVP vs. Toru Yano
-Yujiro Takahashi vs, Tetsuyo Naito.
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