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Match Number One: Adrian Quest versus Peter Avalon

They push each other at the start of the match before they finally lock up. Avalon with a wrist lock into a hammer lock and side head lock. Quest with a hammer lock and side head lock take down. Avalon with a head scissors and Quest escapes and gets a near fall. They lock up and Peter with a side head lock. Peter with a shoulder tackle and he poses to show off his physique. Quest with a head scissors and a springboard twisting cross body and a back elbow for a near fall.

Adrian with a sleeper. Adrian with a forearm and arm drag into an arm bar. Quest gets a rollup for a near fall. Quest with a forearm to the back of the head. Quest with a suplex for a near fall. Peter with a kick to the leg followed by a forearm from Adrian. They exchange chops. Avalon puts Quest’s leg in the ropes and kicks the leg and drops the leg on the ropes. Avalon with a drop kick to the knee. Avalon kicks Quest in the back of the leg. Peter sends Adrian to the floor. Peter goes to the floor and he chops Quest against the guardrail. They return to the leg. Quest with forearms and chops. Avalon with kicks to the leg and atomic drop to the knee and a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall.

Avalon with a chop and he puts Quest on the turnbuckles. Avalon with palm strikes in the corner and he sets for a move off the turnbuckles but Quest stops him and hits a Frankensteiner. Quest with a punch and they exchange forearms. Avalon with a kick to the knee and Quest with a drop kick. Quest with a running European uppercut and a shooting star press for a near fall. Quest with a springboard cannonball onto Avalon on the floor. Quest gets Avalon up but Avalon with a sunset flip into a single leg crab. Quest gets to the ropes to force a break. Quest kicks Avalon in the chest to escape. Avalon with kicks but he misses an enzuigiri. Quest with a thrust kick but Avalon stops a tornado DDT and hits a double knee drop to the back for the three count.

Winner: Peter Avalon

Match Number Two: Jordan Cruz and Cody Chhun versus Tom Lawlor and JR Kratos

Lawlor and Cody start things off and they lock up. Lawlor with a waist lock and Cody with a standing switch. Tom with a take down and head scissors but Cody escapes. Tom with a single leg take down and Cody with a front face lock. Tom with a side head lock into a wrist lock. Cody wit a wrist lock and take down. Cody does some dance moves to impress Tom. They lock up and Lawlor with a take down into an ankle lock. Lawlor with a figure four to the legs and then he chops Cody in the back. Cody gets to the ropes to force a break.

Lawlor with a wrist lock and Kratos tags in. Kratos punches Cody in the midsection and followed with a slap to the face. Kratos with boots to the chest. Kratos with a front face lock and then Jordan tries to stop Lawlor from interfering but Lawlor hands Cruz to Kratos for a power bomb and power slam combination. Lawlor tags in and he kicks Cody in the ribs. Tom with a kick to the back. Tom with another kick to the back. Cody with chops and Tom with a forearm. Lawlor pushes Cruz and Cruz pushes back. Cody and Cruz alternate chops. Tom with a waist lock and Cody with an O’Connor Roll for a near fall. Cruz tags in and hits a shoulder tackle and a sunset flip for a near fall.

Cody with a super kick and Cruz with a jackknife cover for a near fall. Tom catches Cruz in the corner and hits a uranage for a near fall. Tom gets another near fall. Tom with a kick to the chest. Cruz with a punch and then he hits Kratos on the apron. Cruz with forearms and a European uppercut. Cruz and Cody with forearms to Lawlor followed by a double super kick to Kratos on the apron. Cody and Cruz move, sending Lawlor into Kratos and Kratos is knocked off the apron to the floor. Cody and Cruz with a belly-to-back suplex and neck breaker combination for a near fall. Cruz with a waist lock on Lawlor and Cody with a jumping hip strike into a German suplex by Cruz for a near fall. Cruz with a shot to the throat and a face lock take down. Lawlor with a guillotine into a kimura. Lawlor with a guillotine and then he kicks Cody off the apron. Lawlor with a power slam.

Kratos and Cody tag in and Kratos with an elbow and he goes for a TKO but Cody gets to his feet. Cody goes to the turnbuckles and Kratos with an enzuigiri and press slam. Kratos with a running shoulder into the corner. Lawlor with a chin lock suplex. Kratos with a uranage side slam for the three count.

Winners: Tom Lawler and JR Kratos

Match Number Three: KUSHIDA, Trent Baretta, Rocky Romero and Tyler Rust versus Jay White, Juice Robinson, Chase Owens, and Hikuleo

Rust and Owens start things off. Owens pie faces him and does a crotch chop. Rust with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Rust with a bridge for a near fall. Rust with a drop kick and he poses. Owens wants to make the tag and White does it. Trent tags in. They lock up and Trent backs White into the corner but White turns things around. White with shoulders in the corner followed by kicks. The referee warns White. White with a chop. Trent with chops and forearms. They go back and forth with forearms. Trent with the advantage but White with a forearm. Trent with a Dragon suplex. Juice with a knee to the back and Trent punches Juice. White gets Trent on his shoulders and then Romero and Trent hit a double jumping knee.

KUSHIDA and Rust send Juice and Owens to the floor. Then they knock Hikuleo off the apron and they high five each other. Romero with a suicide dive to Hikuleo and the other three with stereo pescados. Trent and Jay return to the ring and Trent with an elbow in the corner followed by a tornado DDT for a near fall. Owens grabs the leg to distract Trent. Trent runs into a boot from White and Hikuleo with a chop. Everyone fights on the floor and then White gets a near fall on Trent. Juice tags in.

Juice sends Trent into the turnbuckles and connects with shoulders. The referee and Juice have some words. Hikuleo tags in and he Irish whips Trent over the turnbuckles to the floor. Jay sends Trent back into the ring for Hikuleo. Hikuleo gets a near fall. Hikuleo with a front face lock and Owens tags in and punches Trent and follows with a back breaker. Juice tags in and he punches Trent. Juice with a belly-to-back suplex and a back senton. Juice with a sleeper and body scissors. Trent with elbows and Juice with an Irish whip. Trent with a knee to Juice and he fights out of the corner. Juice with a hot shot and Trent goes down in the corner.

Juice calls for a cannonball but Trent recovers and hits a flying boot and both men are down. KUSHIDA tags in and hits a chop off the turnbuckles followed by kicks. KUSHIDA with a cross body and a Pele Kick. Owens with a knee to KUSHIDA and Owens with a sunset flip but KUSHIDA rolls through and kicks Owens. KUSHIDA drop kicks White and Hikuleo. KUSHIDA works on Juice’s arm but misses a kick. Romero makes a tag and they hit a double hip toss followed by cartwheels and drop kicks. Trent and Rust knock everyone off the apron. Trent hangs Juice on the top rope and Romero with a double stomp to the back. Trent with a drop kick and Rocky gets a near fall. Romero with a head scissors to Juice followed by a double rana to Owens and White. Romero sends Hikuleo into the turnbuckles and then it is time for Infinity clotheslines to everyone. Romero thinks he made a mistake with Hikuleo and Hikuleo. Hikuleo sends Romero into the turnbuckles. White with an uppercut followed by a forearm from Owens, a clothesline from Juice, and a splash from Hikuleo.

White with a twisting brainbuster to Romero followed by a Shining Wizard from Owens. Juice with a frog splash for a near fall. Juice sets for Pulp Friction but KUSHIDA hits Juice from behind. White and Owens grab KUSHIDA and KUSHIDA with a handspring double back elbow to Owens and White. He kicks Hikuleo off the apron. Juice sends KUSHIDA to the apron. Juice sets for Pulp Friction on Romero but KUSHIDA with a palm strike. Trent gets Juice for a JignTonic. Rust goes up top and hits a swanton. They put Rocky on top for the cover, since he is the legal man, and he can only get a near fall. Hikuleo tags in and Trent slaps him. Hikuleo with an uppercut. Romero and Trent with double jumping knees but Hikuleo with a double clothesline. Rust with chops but Hikuleo grabs Rust by the throat. KUSHIDA with a chop off the turnbuckles to stop Hikuleo. White with a sleeper suplex to KUSHIDA. Trent with a punch to Juice. Trent with a piledriver to Juice. Owens with a back slide followed by a package piledriver. Rust with a flipping snap mare driver to Owens. Hikuleo blocks a kick. Hikuleo almost chops White when Rust moves. White pushes Hikuleo out of the way to take a boot to the head. Rust kicks Hikuleo but Hikuleo with a power slam. White with a sleeper suplex when Hikuleo sets for a choke slam. White tells Hikuleo to tag him in. White with Blade Runner for the three count.

Winners: Hikuleo, Chase Owens, Juice Robinson, and Jay White

After the match, Hikuleo and White have some words.

KUSHIDA fights with Ishimori but White goes after KUSHIDA and punches him. White sends KUSHIDA into the ring and Ishimori with Bloody Cross.

White gets the mic and he welcomes KUSHIDA back to New Japan and to his show. White says coming off the G1 Climax, it didn’t go quite as he planned or Bullet Club planned. He says he did not have to come back where people couldn’t do their job and then he had to come finish the job. People need to remember their place. They need to remember who the leader of Bullet Club is. If they need to be reminded again, so be it. He says he has no problem reminding anybody who he is and he has no problem reminding Tama Tonga of who he is.

White says he is the leader of Bullet Club.

We go to credits.

 

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