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FIRST MATCH: NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Gauntlet: Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yuji Nagata, Jeff Cobb & David Finlay vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Chuckie T & Beretta) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) vs. The Elite (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi & Marty Scurll)
The Elite are the first team out. They are followed by Nagata, Cobb & Finlay.
Scurll and Nagata trade holds to start the match. Neither man gets the advantage. They break.
Scurll pummels Nagata with forearms. Nagata responds with elbows of his own. Scurll ducks a Yakuza Kick. Scurll hits a low dropkick. Nagata drops Scurll. Scurll goes for the fingers. Nagata fights out. Nagata takes down Scurll and locks in a Figure Four Deathlock. Scurll gets to the ropes.
Cobb tags in. Page tags in. Cobb fights off a triple team. Yujiro hits a drop toe hold. Scurll hits a sliding dropkick. Page hits a running shooting star press. Cobb slides out of the ring. Page hits an apron run shooting star press.
Cobb gets back in the ring. Page hits a Buckshot Lariat. Page covers for two.
Cobb hits a Fallaway Slam. Finlay tags in. Takahashi tags in.They trade elbows.
Takahashi hits a sweep. Takahashi hits a low dropkick. Takahashi hits a Fisherman Buster. Takahashi covers. Nagata breaks up the pin.
Finlay hits a Uranage backbreaker. Finlay attacks Chase Owens but Owens gets the upperhand. Page accidentally takes out Owens. Finlay rolls up Takahashi for the pin.
The Elite are eliminated.
Beretta, Chuckie T & Goto come out next. They attack right away. Everyone brawls. Nagata and Goto come to blows in the ring. Nagata counters Shoten Kai with a Fujiwara Armbar. The Besties break up the submission.
Beretta hits Finlay with Gobstopper. Cobb and Beretta struggle, Chuckie hits a huge dive. Beretta hits an Asai Moonsault to the floor.
Nagata punishes Goto with kicks in the ring. Goto hits Ushiguroshi for two. Chuckie T tags in.
Chuckie pummels Nagata in the corner. Chuckie T hits a dropkick to the back of a seated Nagata. Chuckie covers for two.
Beretta tags in. Chuckie and Beretta hit a double back elbow. They hug. They hit a double elbow drop. Beretta chops away on Nagata. Nagata locks in a Fujiwara Armbar. Chuckie breaks up the submission. Beretta and CHuckie double team Nagata. Nagata hits Chuckie T with an Exploder Suplex. Nagata hits Beretta with an Overhead Belly To Belly. Jeff Cobb tags in. Goto tags in.
Cobb hits a spinning Saito Suplex. Cobb hits a Standing Moonsault. Cobb covers. Chuckie breaks up the pinfall.
Goto fights out of an Olympic Slam. Goto rolls up Cobb. Nagata breaks the pin.
Goto and Cobb trade lariats. Goto drops Cobb. Chuckie T tags in.
Chuckie corners Cobb. Cobb fights out. Beretta hits a corner back elbow on Cobb. Cobb hits a double back suplex on Beretta and Chuckie. Finlay tags in.
Chuckie T hits a High Knee. Chuckie hits a Piledriver. Chuckie covers. Nagata breaks up the pinfall.
Chuckie misses a Moonsault. Finlay rolls up Chuckie T for the pinfall.
CHAOS is eliminated.
Suzuki-gun is out next. Nagata and Suzuki brawl in the ring, trading fists, and slaps, and kicks. Suzuki counters an Exploder with an Octopus Hold attempt. Nagata counters with an Exploder Suplex for two.
Suzuki locks in a rear naked choke. Davey Boy tags in. Cobb tags in.
Smith fights off an Olympic Slam. Cobb hits an Olympic Slam. Smith dodges a Standing Moonsault. Smith hits a Backdrop Driver for two.
Suzuki and Nagata brawl on the outside. Finlay tags in. Archer tags in. KES hit Killer Bomb on Finlay for the pinfall.
Cobb, Nagata & Finlay are eliminated.
MVP & Taguchi are next. Suzuki-gun attack in the aisle. Everyone Brawls On The Outside™.
Suzuki gets Taguchi in the ring and beats the snot out of him. Smith tags in. Smith hits a leg drop. Smith covers for two.
Archer tags in. Archer and Smith hit a double high angle bodyslam. Archer does the undertaker rope walk chop. Suzuki tags in.
Taguchi fights back but gets rocked by a forearm from Suzuki. Taguchi misses a hip attack. Tagcuhi drop Suzuki with a hip attack. Makabe tags in.
Makabe hits a corner lariat. Makabe hits another corner lariat. Makabe mounts Suzuki and rains punches down on him.
Suzuki fights back. Suzuki hits a Penalty Kick. Suzuki covers for two.
Suzuki and Makabe trade blows. Makabe hits a lariat. Yano tags in. Smith tags in.
Yano rakes the eyes. Taguchi calls a play. Yano uncovers the turnbuckle. Smith hits a big boot. Archer clears the apron. KES hits a Hart Attack on Yano for two. KES hits a chop block/lariat on Yano for two. KES hit a backbreaker/splash but Taguchi breaks the pinfall.
Everyone brawls. Taguchi hits a hip attack on Suzuki. Yano fights off Killer Bomb. KES block a low blow. Makabe hits a double lariat. Yano hits a low blow and a roll up on Smith for the pinfall.
WINNERS & NEW NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS: MOST VIOLENT PLAYERS & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI
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