NINTH MATCH: A Block Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (4 pts) vs. Hangman Page (2 pts)
They lock up and trade waistlocks. Chain wrestling sees Tanahashi lock in a wristlock. Page counters but a series of reversals ensues. They break.
Tanahashi plays air guitar. Tanahashi throws Page the air guitar. Page breaks the air guitar across his knee. Page attacks Tanahashi. Page pulls Tanahashi to the apron and slams Tanahashi’s knee into the edge. Page hits a Pumphandle Fallaway Suplex for two.
Page attacks Tanahashi’s knee. Page corners Tanahashi and wraps Tanahashi’s knee on the second rope. Page breaks.
Tanahashi fights back. Tanahashi hits a Crossbody but Page rolls through and locks in a Stretch Muffler. Tanahashi fights to the ropes.
Page locks in a toehold. Tanahashi fights out. Page attacks Tanahashi’s leg. Both men catch each other’s leg. Tanahashi hits a Dragon Screw. Tanahashi hits a series of cross chops. Tanahashi hits a flying forearm. Tanahashi hits a Rolling Senton for two.
Page throws Tanahashi over the top rope. Tanahashi skins the cat but Page throws him to the floor. Page hits an Apron Run Shooting Star Press.
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Back in the ring, Page hits a Shotgun Dropkick. Page hits a Top Rope Neckbreaker for two. Page locks in a Figure Four Leglock. Tanahashi reverses the leverage. Page fights to the ropes.
Page gets to the apron and takes off his elbow pad. Tanahashi hits a low dropkick. Tanahashi hits a rope-assisted Dragon Screw. Page hits a Buckshot Lariat. Page goes for Rite of Passage but Tanahashi fights out and hits a Dragon Screw. Both men exchange strikes. Page hits a Superkick. Tanahashi hits Ripcord Slingblade for two.
Tanahashi hits High Fly Flow Crossbody. Tanahashi hits High Fly Flow for the pinfall in 12:08.
WINNER: Hiroshi Tanahashi (6 pts)
