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TAKAHASHI VS. DESPERADO: NEW JAPAN ON AXS TV REPORT

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Best of Super Junior Final: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado 

Desperado comes to the ring with his black mask with golden trim, which he pulls out for big matches.  

They exchange arm locks and head locks.  Desperado rolls to the floor to regroup.   Desperado gets in the ring and Hiromu goes for a hurricanrana but Desperado counters and goes for a Stetch Muffler. Hiromu goes for the ropes.  They fight to the outside.  Desperado is thrown into the post.  Back in the ring, Desperado hits a knee breaker and hyperextends the knee.   Desperado attacks the left knee by dropping a knee and a splash.   They are slow and methodical.  They may go 45 minutes.

Desperado traps Hiromu in an Indian Death Lock.  Hiromu with a hurricanrana and a running dropkick.  Hiromu with a Falcon Arrow.  Two count.   Desperado goes for a spear, and Hiromu traps him in a triangle choke.  Desperado gets to the ropes.  Desperado chop blocks the left knee.  Hiromu goes for a sunset bomb but Hiromu’s knee stops him.  Desperado hits a tope suicida.   Desperado hits a frog splash.  Two count.  Desperado with an Olympic slam and a dragon screw.  Desperado with a Stretch Muffler and a Numero Dos.   Desperado tries for Pinche Loco.   Hiromu takes him down with a hurricanrana and applies a triangle choke.   Desperado gets to the ropes.  They trade chops and elbows.  

Hiromu with a lariat and a two count.  Hiromu hits a Victory Royal.  Two count.  Hiromu goes for Time Bomb II but Desperado reverses into El Es Culero.  Two count.  Desperado with a Spinebuster and follows with Guitarra de Angel.   Two count.   Desperado hits a right hand.  Desperado hits two Pinche Locos.  Hiromu kicks out at two.  Desperado traps Hiromu in Numero Dos.   Hiromu wiggles out and hits a Destroyer.   Desperado does not  go down.   Hiromu surprises Desperado with a jackknife pin.  Two count.  Hiromu applies the Hiromu Roll.  Two count.   Hiromu hits two thrust kicks and a lariat.   Two count.   Hiromu hits Time Bomb II.  Two count.   Hiromu hits Desperado in the face with a punch.  Desperado hits two hard punches to the face.  Desperado goes for another Pinche Loco.  Hiromu reverses out and hits two Stunners.   Hiromu hits Time Bomb.  Hiromu picks up Desperado and hits Time Bomb II.

Hiromu pins Desperado.

Hiromu Takahashi wins the Best of Super Juniors 29.  He was won three tournaments in a row which is a record.  He is the first to win four tournaments which is also a record.  

He will move on to face Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship at Dominion on June 12.

Tatsumi Fujinami presents the BOSJ 29 Trophy to Hiromu Takahashi.   

Hiromu takes the mic and thanks Desperado for the match.  He thanks Fujinami for paving the way for Jr. Heavyweights.   

They blast confetti in the air.

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