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Match Number One: Peter Avalon versus Keita
Before the match starts, Avalon has the mic and he hands it to Keita. Avalon with an enzuigiri. The referee checks on Keita and starts the match.
Avalon with a running forearm and a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Avalon tries for a single leg crab but Keita kicks him away. Avalon with an elbow but Keita with a clothesline to send him over the top rope to the floor. Keita with a suicide dive. They return to the rign and Keita with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Avalon with a kick and chop. Keita chops Avalon and Avalon chops back. They continue the exchange. Keita with forearms and a reverse atomic drop. Keita with a hot shot and a flying boot for a near fall.
Keita with a forearm across the chest and another forearm. Keita with a chop in the corner. Avalon with a chop and Keita with a kick. Avalon pulls Keita off the turnbuckles to the mat. Avalon with a back elbow for a near fall. Avalon with a chin lock into a reverse chin lock. Keita with elbows and Avalon with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Keita lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt and Avalon with an elbow. Avalon misses punches and Ketia with a rollup for a near fall. Keita with thrust kicks and a uranage back breaker for a near fall.
Keita is sent to the apron and Avalon with a springboar drop kick that sends Keita to the floor. Avalon with a suicide dive and a slingshot senton for a near fall. Avalon sets for a superplex and Keita with forearms to send Avalon to the mat. Keita comes off the turnbuckles and hits a tornado suplex for a near fall. Keita with a clothesline and a back elbow. Keita with a sit out jaw breaker and a kick to the chest. Keita with a reverse gutwrench suplex for a near fall. Avalon with kicks to the back of the leg and then Avalon with a single leg crab. Keita gets to the ropes to force a break.
Keita goes to the apron and Keita with a shoulder and a sunset flip for a near fall. Keita with a Tiger Driver for a near fall and then he applies a Boston Crab. Avalon with a rollup for a near fall. Avalon with an enzuigiri and a single leg crab that forces Keita to tap out.
Winner: Peter Avalon
Match Number Two: Blake Christian and Mascara Dorada versus Chris Bey and El Phantasmo
Blake and Bey start things off. They lock up and Bey with a side head lock. Bey with a shoulder tackle and Blake gets up. Blake with a kick to the shin but he misses a drop kick. Blake with a leg sweep and cover. Blake with a round kick but he lands on his feet on a moonsault. Bey with a kick to the midsection. Bey with an Irish whip and Blake floats over and kicks Bey. Blake with a rolling ick for a near fall. Dorada tags in and he drop kicks Bey for a near fall. Phantasmo tags in and Dorada with a side head lock. Dorada with a springboard cross body. Phantasmo with an Irish whip and Dorada with a kick and a wraparound bulldog. Dorada with a springboard drop kick for a near fall. Dorada with a chop.
Phantasmo with a chop and Dorada chops back. They exchange more chops and then Blake and Bey come in and Phantasmo with a wrist lock on Blake as he goes to the ropes while Dorada does the same with Bey. They both walk the ropes and chop each other. Phantasmo falls to the apron while Dorada hits a wrist lock take down. Bey almost knocks his partner off the apron but stops short. Blake propels Dorada in the air for a drop kick and he hits Bey and Bey knocks Phantasmo off the apron.
Blake sends Dorada to the floor for a double plancha. Blake with an Arabian press to the floor and then he hits a double reverse DDT. Dorada gets a near fall when eveyrone returns to the ring. Phantasmo pulls Dorada to the mat and then he connects with a forearm and tags Bey in. They put Dorada in the tree of woe. Bey kicks Blake off the apron. Bey and Phantasmo charge into the corner and stop short to get on the ropes and stand on Dorada’s groin. Bey with a slam and he tags Phantasmo in. Bey with a boot to the chest. Phantasmo walks the apron and then he slingshots in and gently kicks Dorada in the head. Phantasmo with an Irish whip and a forearm into the corner. Phantasmo runs into a boot and Dorada with a DDT into the turnbuckles.
Bey and Blake tag in and Blake with a clothesline and a handspring round kick. Blake with a clothesline into he corner and he sends Phantasmo to the floor. Blake with a kick to Bey on the turnbuckles and a drop kick through the ropes. Blake skins the cat and then hits a Spanish Fly for a near fall. Dorada tags in and he misses a double stomp. Bey goes to the apron and hits a springboard flatliner for a near fall. Bey misses an elbow into the corner and Dorada is sent to the apron. Dorada with a springboard elbow drop for a near fall. Blake sends Phantasmo to the floor and tags in. Dorada goes up top but Phantasmo crotches Dorada. Blake gets Bey on his shoulders and hits an airplane spin into a Death Valley Driver.
Blake goes up top and he has water thrown on him by Juice Robinson from the stage. Bey with a kick and Blake sends Bey to the mat. The referee checks on Bey and Juice pushes Blake off the turnbuckles into a cutter from Bey for the three count.
Winners: Chris Bey and El Phantasmo
We go to Fred Rosser in the back with Emily Mae. She asks him about his match next week against Jay White. Fred says no one comes to Hollywood to sit down. I am looking to shake things up on Strong. I said it to your face and I said it privately, no one does it better than you, Jay White. I am going to show that I am the face of New Japan Strong. You have held many titles, but this is my first. It is champion versus champion. I need to know if I still have what it takes. I normally tell my opponents if you aren’t ready to get ready. I know you are ready.
Match Number Three: Homicide versus Tom Lawlor
They lock up and Tom with a take down but Homicide holds on to the lock up. They lock up and Lawlor with a waist lock take down. Homicide gets to the ropes. Lawlor with kicks to the leg and he slaps Homicide. Homicide slaps back. They go back and forth. Homicide with a front face lock and Lawlor with a bow and arrow and he hyper-extends the arm and leg. Homicide is backed into the corner. Tom with a forearm and shoulders in the corner. Homicide bites Lawlor and he tries for a suplex but Lawlor blocks it. Tom with a hammer lock and a wrist lock.
Homicide gets to the ropes to force a break. Lawlor with a forearm and Homicide with a kick. Lawlor with a dragon screw into a kneeDT. Tom tries for a figure four leg lock but Homicide blocks it. Homicide goes for an STF but Lawlor blocks it and applies a sleeper. They roll to the floor. Homicide with a pile driver on the floor. Homicide returns to the ring and then goes to the floor and tries for another pile driver but Tom blocks it.
They both barely beat the count into the ring. They exchange slaps in the ring. Homicide rakes the eyes. Homicide gets his fork and the referee stops him. Homicide stabs the fork into the turnbuckles and he wants to send Lawlor into it but Tom blocks it. Homicide avoids being sent into the turnbuckles. Lawlor with a wrist lock take down and punches. Tom with a uranage for a near fall. Lawlor with Rings of Saturn into a rollup but Homicide gets to the ropes.
Lawlor with forearms and kicks but he misses an enzuigiri. Homicide with a cutter for a near fall. Homicide sets for a Tiger Driver but Lawlor counters into a guillotine. Homicide gets to the ropes and he puts Lawlor on the turnbuckles and connects with punches. Homicide sets for a cutter off the turnbuckles but Lawlor counters and applies a sleeper and adds a body scissors. Homicide with elbows but he cannot escape the sleeper. Homicide bites the hand to get outo f the hold. Homicide sets for the Cop Killer and Lawlor escapes for a sleeper. Homicide with a snap mare and clothesline for the three count.
Winner: Homicide
After the match, Homicide takes his fork out of the turnbuckle pad and he moves to Lawlor. The ringside security get in the way and Danny Limelight is able to pull Tom to safety.
Danny Limelight says he saw Homicide and Tom Lawlor slug it out. He says he has history with both of you because you are family. Instead of taking your victory like a man, you tried to take a fork to Tom Lawlor. Tom has won titles all over the world and dominated UFC. You used to be that way Homicide. You have more days behind you than in front of you. I am a loyal dude. Before, it was LAX and 5150, I was part of Team Filthy. Tom has had my back for more than two years. If you have a problem, we can settle it with our fists. I am not afraid of you, but you are insecure because people are talking about me and not you. Stay out of Tom’s way on his road to get the title back. If not, we can do it in the ring.
We go to credits.
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