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We are at New Japan’s The New Beginning in Osaka from the Edion Arena
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi
Both men start methodical and with grappling and chain wrestling. Takagi uses his power to take early control. Takagi goes to the top rope but Okada knocks him to the floor. Okada wrenched Takagi’s neck against the guardrail and kicked him in the neck. Okada was getting some boos. Back in the ring, Okada hits a dropkick and attacks Takagi’s neck.
Takagi fights back with strikes. Takagi hits a lariat and back suplex. Takagi with quick punches and a DDT. Okada is hit with a lariat that sends him to the floor. Takagi whips him into the guardrail. Takagi with a Hotshot on the apron and then a Death Valley Driver on the floor. Okada is bleeding on his back. Okada gets back in the ring and gets a lariat. Takagi hits a Superplex. Takagi with a Sliding Lariat. Two count. Takagi hits a vicious chop. Okada hits a neck breaker. Takagi is selling pain in his arm. They go to the floor. Okada hits a Tombstone on the floor.
Back in the ring, Okada applies the Money Clip. Rope break. Okada hits an elbow from the top rope. Okada goes for a Rainmaker but misses. Okada with a dropkick. Takagi with a Pumping Bomber. They exchange elbows and strikes. Takagi hits a headbutt and a kneedrop to the back of the head. Takagi with a GTR and Made in Japan. Okada kicks out. Okada throws a lariat but Takagi absorbs it. They exchange reversals. Okada hit the Rainmaker but could not follow up. Both men are exhausted.
More reversals. Okada with a Landslide. Takagi hits Last of the Dragon. Two count. They get to their feet and exchange more strikes and reversals. Okada hits a Pumping Bomber, follows with an Emerald Flosion and finally a Rainmaker.
Okada pins Takagi.
Kazuchika Okada retains the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
Okada takes the mic and puts over Takagi. He says he was happy to fight him in front of a cheering crowd.
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