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OKADA VS. SABRE JR. - NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ON AXS TV REPORT

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IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:   Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

They started carefully, both not wanting to make a mistake.   ZSJ used his speed to grab Okada in an arm bar.  Okada reverses out and went for ZSJ’s leg.  ZSJ countered with a leg submission of his own.   Okada gets a break and goes to the floor.   ZSJ trapped Okada in the ropes went for a cross arm breaker on Okada’s right arm.   They rolled to the floor.   ZSJ stomped on Okada’s arm.   Okada gets back in the ring and ZSJ continue to attack the right arm.   Okada hits a flapjack.  ZSJ is holding his ribs.   ZSJ wrenches Okada’s arm with a hammerlock twist.  Okada picks up ZSJ for a neck breaker, but ZSJ tries to lock in an arm submission.  Okada is able to hit the neck breaker but his right arm is hurting.  

ZSJ traps Okada in a Cobra Twist.  Okada reverses out and applies his own Cobra Twist.  ZSJ gets a rope break.   Okada misses a shotgun dropkick and ZSJ traps Okada with a running Shining Triangle submission.   Okada keeps moving to get out of the hold.  ZSJ transitions to a cross arm breaker, but Okada stomps on his head.   ZSJ returns with a dropkick to the head.   

ZSJ takes down Okada and traps both arms in a submission.  Okada gets to the ropes and roll to the floor.   ZSJ throws two punt kicks to the chest.   Okada fires up and hits a tombstone on the floor.   Back in the ring, Okada hits a top rope dropkick.   He follows with a lariat.  Okada goes for a Rainmaker, but ZSJ counters with a Zack Driver.   Okada kicks out at two.   Both men get to their feet and hammer each other with stiff shots.   Okada’s shots are hurting him as much as ZSJ.

ZSJ goes for a Fujiwara arm bar. Okada fights to ropes.  They exchange near falls.   Okada hits a dropkick and goes for another Rainmaker.  ZSJ reverses into a sleeper.  They exchange reversals.   Okada reverses out of a Zack Driver and hits a Landslide.   Okada hits a Rainmaker.

Okada pins Zack Sabre Jr.

Kazuchika Okada retains  the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Okada gets the mic and he thanks the crowd.   He praises Zack Sabre Jr. and his efforts.   He thinks that his next challenger should be Tetsuya Naito.  Naito comes to the ring and accepts the challenge.

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