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OKADA VS. DANIELSON: NEW JAPAN ON AXS TV REPORT

Welcome to the New Japan on AXS TV report!

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

Good wrestling match.  Both men put on a nice showcase of their skills.

Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson

Danielson comes out wearing an eye patch.

Match goes to the floor.   Okada hits a DDT on the floor.   Danielson hits a high knee into Okada's face.  Danielson goes after Okada's arm.  Danielson goes for the Labell Lock.  Okada breaks the hold and Okada hits a tombstone on the apron.   Okada rips off the eye patch and stomps him in the face. Okada hits a dropkick and signals for the Rainmaker.  Danielson hits a kick to the face.   He hammers Okada with elbow strikes.  Okada screams and powers out.  Danielson hits a Psycho Knee and a Yes Lock.   Okada goes for the ropes.   Danielson rolls him into a pin.  Okada kicks out and applies an arm submission.  Okada reverses out and hits a lariat.  They trade strikes.    Danielson stuns Okada with a Psycho Knee.  Danielson starts a "Yes" Chant and misses another knee.  Okada hits a Landslide and hits a Rainmaker.

Okada pins Danielson.

Okada pats Danielson on the back, and gets to his knees and bows to Danielson, which is the ultimate form of respect.   Danielson gets to his knees and bows to Okada.    Classy act by both men.   Crowd pops for this.

Good match.  Crowd was into this and familiar with Danielson.  The eye patch seemed odd, especially since in promotional posters Danielson was not wearing a patch.  However, it was a storyline point in the match so it did add to the drama.

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