IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
Naito slowly takes his entrance gear off and dodges Ibushi’s attempts to lock him up. Naito takes him down with an arm drag but Ibushi pops right back up. The challenger drops the champion with a hurricanrana. Naito dropkicks Ibushi to the floor and uses the barricade to hurt him even more. Ibushi gets sent into the front row. Naito hits a slingshot kick in the corner and follows it up with a neckbreaker.
Ibushi plants the champion with a dropkick and hits a series of strikes, too. Naito drops Ibushi onto the turnbuckle and hits him with a single-leg dropkick. Two neckbreakers on Ibushi allow Naito to keep the momentum. Ibushi hits a kick to Naito, who’s on the top rope. Both men battle on the apron until Ibushi hits an incredible hurricanrana to the floor below. They’re both down for several seconds.
A springboard double-stomp gets Ibushi a near fall. Naito springs off the ropes and hits a hard DDT for another near fall. A super hurricanrana and another slam aren’t enough to put Ibushi away. The challenger hits a hard clothesline on Naito and both men are down again. Ibushi hits a deadweight German suplex from the second rope and Naito barely kicks out. Another German isn’t enough to put the champion away. The two competitors exchange pin attempts before Naito drops Ibushi on his head.
They exchange strikes before Naito spits in Ibushi’s face. A hurricanrana and another spinning slam aren’t enough to pin Ibushi, who drops the champion with a kick to the head. The challenger hits two running knees to the head but Naito kicks out. A powerbomb doesn’t put Naito down but another knee to the head does.
Winner and new IWGP Intercontinental Champion: Kota Ibushi
Preparing for the biggest Title defense in his career, @TheLethalJay battles @MartyScurll and @MattTaven in a Triple Threat Ladder Match for the ROH World Championship, NEXT at #G1Supercard
-The Garden-#ROHApp – #FITE – #PPV#WatchROH #ROH #NJPW#Wrestling #HonorClub pic.twitter.com/OoaO9ATJnI
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) April 7, 2019
Ladder Match for the ROH World Championship: Jay Lethal (c) vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven
A video package shows all three participants discussing what this match means to them. NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis joins the commentators for this match.
Lethal dropkicks a ladder into Scurll. Taven dives over the top and lands on the ladder the two men were holding. A stiff boot to the face drops Scurll and the champion is dominating early on. He gets two chairs out and hits Scurll. The Villain slams Lethal’s head into a ladder and plants Taven with a DDT. Lethal hits Taven with a ladder and drops it on him, too. Scurll slams Lethal onto a ladder and hits him with a chair.
With Lethal hung upside down in a ladder, Scurll climbs a ladder before Taven drops him with a superkick. Lethal stops Taven from climbing and throws him into the ladder, Scurll gets taken out by Taven, who knees Lethal in the head. The Villain hits Taven with some chops and sends him outside. Lethal locks Scurll in a grapevine through the ladder and tosses Taven outside. Lethal plants Scurll with a cutter on the apron but Lethal took the worst of it.
Taven powerbombs Lethal onto a ladder at ringside. Scurll hits a 619 on Taven but the Villain gets dropped with a DDT. Taven hits a rolling neckbreaker onto a ladder. The Villain hits a superplex off the ladder and both men are down. Lethal crawls back into the ring and Scurll hits him with the umbrella.
The champion counters a Chickenwing submission by backing Scurll into a ladder. Taven and Lethal battle on a ladder but Scurll puts him in a headlock. Scurll and Taven fight on top of the ladder before both men fall off. Taven’s fingers are hurt, so he can’t grab the title. Lethal hits a Lethal Combination on Taven into a ladder. Scurll suplexes Taven onto two intersecting ladders. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection on the Villain. Scurll plants the champion with a brainbuster on the floor. The Villain sets up a table but Taven drives him through it with a spear. Lethal lays Taven out on a table and climbs a ladder. The champion dives off the top of it and hits an elbow drop on Taven.
Scurll crawls into the ring and Lethal follows him. Taven throws a purple ladder into the ring. The Villain hits both his opponents with a ladder. Lethal and Scurll try to climb the ladder but Taven stops them both. Taven and Lethal battle atop the ladder again and Lethal falls 15 feet down onto another ladder. Taven unhooks the title to win.
Winner and new ROH World Champion: Matt Taven
After a breathtaking Triple Threat Ladder Match, @MattTaven is the NEW Ring of Honor World Champion!
#G1Supercard -The Garden-#ROHApp – #FITE – #PPV#WatchROH #ROH #NJPW#Wrestling #HonorClub pic.twitter.com/XgeeyT2yEI
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) April 7, 2019
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
The two men lock up before White capitalizes on a distraction from Gedo to seize the momentum. White grounds Okada with a headlock. Okada drops the champion with a boot and follows it up with a neckbreaker. The fight spills to the outside, where another distraction from Gedo allows White to toss Okada into the barricade. A chinlock grounds Okada again before White drops Okada with a back suplex. The champion puts the Muta Lock on Okada but Okada gets a rope break.
Okada plants White with a flapjack. The challenger hits a few elbows and slams White. A dropkick sends White back to the outside. Okada attacks Gedo and dives over the barricade and into the crowd to take down the duo. White drops Okada with a suplex. A twisting brainbuster nearly gets White the win. Both men are down after Okada hits White with a neckbreaker. The challenger hits a hard dropkick in the corner and another off the top rope for a near fall.
Okada nails an elbow drop off the top rope but White drops him with a flatliner and a German suplex. White dumps Okada to the outside but rolls him back into the ring. Okada plants White with a Tombstone but he can’t make the cover. The two men exchange strikes but White gets the upper hand with some chops. Gedo stops Okada from hitting the Rain Maker and White nails a sleeper suplex. The two men exchange counters until Okada hits two Rain Makers for a near fall. White slips out of a Tombstone and hits a Bladerunner.
Okada floors White a series of forearms. White hits a low blow on Okada, thanks to a distraction from Gedo. Okada counters a Bladerunner into a German Suplex before the two men exchange counters. Another Tombstone and Rainmaker earn Okada the victory.
Winner and new IWGP Heavyweight Champion: Kazuchika Okada
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