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AEW Interim Championship: Hirooki Goto vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
The winner of this match will face Jon Moxley for the AEW Interim Championship at the Forbidden Door on June 26.
Tanahashi hits Aces High and a HIgh Fly Flow.
Tanahashi pins Goto.
Solid match. Both men had a stiff snug match. However, they telegraphed the winner when CM Punk confronted Tanahashi on AEW television. Tanahashi was the only winner that made sense
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White, with Gedo
They exchange chops. White hits a DDT and throws Okada against the guardrails. White is talking trash. Okada hulks up and chops White to the chest. Okada hits a flapjack. Okada takes the match to the floor and bounces White against the guardrails. White suplexes Okada into the guardrails. Ouch!
Okada is almost counted out. White with a running uppercut and a Bladebuster. Two count. White with a Complete Shot and a deadlift German suplex. White hits a Saito suplex over the top rope. Okada bumps hard. White hits a urinagi. Two count. White goes for Super Urinagi, but Okada hits a top rope dropkick. Okada slams White and a top rope elbow. White applies a reverse figure four. White applies a Texas Cloverhold and taunts Tanahashi at ringside commentary.
White hits Okada with chops. Okada hits a dropkick to the face. Okada applies the Money Clip. White hits a low blow, while Gedo distracts the referee. They fight to their feet and they exchange elbows. Okada hammers with elbows. White with a Sleeper suplex. White goes for a Regal Plex. Two count. White with a Bloody Sunday. Two count. Okada hits a lariat. Okada with a tombstone. Okada hits a Landslide. Okada goes for a Rainmaker. White ducks and hits a Bladerunner.
White pins Okada.
Jay White wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship!
Huge win for Jay White. The Bullet Club is clicking on all cylinders now.
Bullet Club hits the ring to celebrate with their leader. No House of Torture. Jay White takes the mic and calls out Hangman Page. He says his last match as a young lion was in Osaka. He asks if they still loves him. He lists all his achievements. He tells Tanahashi that he is the true belt collector and the Grand Slam winner in New Japan. He concludes that this is the Switchblade Era.
They all drink beer in the ring to celebrate.
In the interview area, Jay recites his titles won. He says AEW would not exist without him, since he beat Kenny Omega for the U.S. Title and sent him running from Japan. Karl Anderson says no one in AEW is on the Bullet Club level. White tells Okada, when he gets his senses back, he will be waiting.
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