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IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship Match
The Young Bucks (c) vs. reDRagon

Result: ReDRagon defeats The Young Bucks via pinfall to win the IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship.

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Bobby Fish and Matt Jackson began this. Matt went for a superkick and the two traded counters but they stood up in the ring. Matt then spit on Fish and tagged in Nick. Kyle O’Reilly came in too.

Nick hit a shoulder tackle and O’Reilly hit an arm drag for a near-fall. Nick would go for a superkick but O’Reilly put him into a Sharpshooter that forced Nick to climb to the ropes.

Fish came back in and hit a flip for a near-fall. He tagged back in O’Reilly, who got attacked by both Young Bucks. O’Reilly would go back ahead when he tossed out Matt. Nick came back in the ring, tripped, and got kicked by both O’Reilly and Fish for a near-fall.

Fish would get pulled out of the ring by Matt, who locked him in a head-scissors. The brothers then hit a superkick on O’Reilly. Cody Hall would pick up O’Reilly and run with him out of the arena.

In the ring, the Jacksons dominated Fish until he locked in an Ankle Lock on Nck. Matt came in and knocked him down for a near-fall. Nick came in and helped set up a swinging neck-breaker for another near-fall.

Fish would kick down the Jacksons to get himself a brief break. However, they continued the double team with multiple kicks.

Fish would spear both men into a corner and as Matt went to attack him, he accidentally elbowed Matt.

O’Reilly then returned from the back and took out Nick with a dropkick. He then hit multiple kicks and locked in a cross-arm breaker until it was broken up.

O’Reilly climbed to the top rope, jumped off, and continued the attack on Matt with Fish. They went for their finisher but Nick took out both ReDRagon members. Matt powerbombed O’Reilly into the corner and Nick hit a 450 splash onto him for a near-fall.

Matt and O’Reilly then traded pins. Matt would get O’Reilly in position for a Tombstone but he countered and began to swing him around. Fish came in an assisted to get a near-fall.

Nick tagged back in and traded blows with O’Reilly. They continued to do so until O’Reilly hit a clothesline and brain buster. He locked in an arm-breaker again until Matt broke it up.

Nick would hit a big shot below the belt and smash the title belt in the face of Fish when the referee wasn’t looking. This set up a Tombstone combination for a near-fall.

With the referee down, Cody Hall tried interfering again. He held O’Reilly but Matt and Nick accidentally superkicked Hall. This led to O’Reilly getting in a kick but getting superkicked. Nick then caught him on the floor to attempted a Tombstone. O’Reilly countered and the two took out Nick.

They focused on Matt in the ring. Fish hit an inverted superplex off the top rope for a near-fall. They then hit their finisher for the win.

Next: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match