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This was your fun Ohtani showcase match with Sekimoto playing the subtle heel monster. I liked how Ohtani used the legwork to squash Sekimoto's big comeback attempts - I liked Sekimoto trying to stomp out of the leg hold with Ohtnai hanging on and slapping his chest. Sekimoto's best selling came when he was chopping away at Ohtani and then Ohtani smacks the shit out of him. But the legwork becomes more about the transitions, and less about the actual legwork. Plenty of classic Ohtani spots, typical Sekimoto control segments (although his Sharpshooter spot is still so dumb), and some bombs to build the finish. I liked Ohtani scrambling around the ring at the end in true underdog fashion before Sekimoto ends the dream. Fun old man Ohtani match but nothing classic.

The last thirty seconds of this match are worth the price of admission alone. Things are slow going initially, as they test the waters with kicks, which leads to some messy scrambling and some hesitancy on Inoue’s part, having never worked a “worked” match before. But after Egan takes a shot to the eye, he comes back into this match SUPER pissy and the chaos of the final strike exchanges is awesome. Tons of nasty knees and palm strikes, especially from Naruse, and then Egan gets himself disqualified by pounding a grounded Naruse with body shots. Fun stuff.

Yup, this one ruled, right from the opening. TK's initial counter to Han's armwhip takedown was the chef's kiss and then Han is like, okay, let me fuck with the leg now, to which TK works his way into control and we're presented this great sequence of them vying for control. Beautiful counter submission wrestling and if that's your thing, welcome. Han is just so good at adapting to his opponent's movements and escape attempts. He'll snap off an armbar but if there is too much squirming, he'll shift his attention to the leg. Love TK's rolling necklock and there's a great moment where Han tries his "step on the foot" extension leglock but gets caught off guard with a heel hook. They pretzel each other with hold, twisting and twerking limbs to try and gain the advantage. Han dragging TK down with the choke was great but then, of course, TK turns the tables with the leglock and sends Han scrambling for the ropes. Beautiful arm takedown into the hammerlock by Volk and he does such a good job of preventing the escape…although it happens, barely. The end was great - Han with the little cat slaps and again another armlock takedown but when TK counters with the kneecrusher, Han is like "shit, I just need to grab the arm and bend it to win." And he does it. Awesome match.

Sousserov is spin kicks and suplexes, which he quickly re-establishes within the first minute of this match. He comes off as this big Russian brute, strong right out of the gate, but as the match progresses, his offense usually falls apart with weak takedowns and plenty of whiffed spin kicks. It didn't necessarily happen here - although he whiffed earlier rather than later - and he gor some cool late game takedowns, including a dope German-style uranage. This definitely had more of the pro-wres feel to it, with Naruse playing the scrappy doo, hanging onto Sergei's neck with chokes as Sousserov continually tries to spin him off to no avail. At one point, Naruse hits a SHOOT DRAGON SCREW to set up the heel hook>single leg crab finish. Fun match,

Echoing a lot of the same sentiments here -- tons of compelling matwork, with each trying to pretzel the other and win out on the ground. But the strikes added something visceral to the match, especially that final catfight flurry from Han in the corner with the palm shots and knees that end up busting TK open and winning Han the match. We've already established that Han is a master of unique holds and transitions and reversals, as showcased in this match -- I mean, his hammerlocked necklock is so cool. But TK has answers for him and Han has to go to the ropes more times than he's usually used to. Neat rolling necklock from TK and toward the end, he keeps going back to the choke, since Han would turn any leg submission attempt against him. Great stuff.

This was Willie Peeters' best performance since 1992 (the '95 Nagai match was pretty good too) but basically, it's Peeters as his shitty best, throwing full rotation suplexes and being aggressive with the strikes. Tamura almost looks lost in there at times as he tries to get stuff going on the mat but Peeters is always near the ropes. Loved Willie's shit-eating grin when Tamura tells the referee to count him down on a missed kick attempt. Of coruse, Willie mocks Tamura's kicks and it becomes clear that Tamura really wants to submit him. Peeters wants none of ti, taps even after he manages an escape, and finally gives up the ghost to a triangle. Good stuff.

This was really pretty good. Ashino keeps getting better and I thought his selling of the arm was great here - especially the failed wraparound German suplex attempt. Nice touch. Tachibana's strikes looked pretty weak but then he blasts Ashino with a shoot headbutt and draws blood so he makes up for it. The early armwork was simple but effective, with Tachibana just slamming the arm on the mat and going for pins before switching into the armbar. Current NJPW has soured me on elaborate reversal spots but I though the trading of the arm/ankle submissions toward the end was done really well. They throw in some bombs to break up the submission battles with a cool wrist-clutch Olympic slam and rolling Germans but then bring it back home with the final submission exchange and Ashino winning out with the ankle hold. Perfectly solid pro-wrestling with a simple but effective storyline that never overstayed its welcome. Good stuff.

Second best match of the show behind Han/Nagai. The returning Naruse has got a hot crowd behind him and boy, do they both swing for the fences throughout this match-up. Tons of strikes, some great suplex takedowns, and good groundwork as Naruse tries to re-assert himself back in the landscape. Early on, Naruse snags the heel and doesn't let go as Todorov tries to squirm his way out of it and eventually has to roll over for a rope break. Some sweet takedowns, like the chickenwing from Todorov and the flying armbar from naruse. Todorov also delivers a pretty dope armtrap suplex. At one point, poor Todorov gets dick punched and then eats some nasty shoteis but he fires back with knees and kicks. But Naruse is relentless with his strikes and after Todorov seemingly expels his last energy with a semi-powerslam, Naruse takes him to the corner and pummels him until he gets the KO. Great stuff.

Tamura's RINGS debut is a short but violent affair, with big Dick landing a ton of kicks and knees and Tamura, more or less, playing it cool and awaiting for his opportunity. He manages to piss off Brig with a rear choke and when Vrij misses a spinning backhand, Tamura takes him down for the armbar but Vrij makes it to the ropes. Dick's knees are nasty and Tamura eats quite a few of them but eventually traps him in the middle of the ring and taps him with the rear choke for the big debut win. Not necessarily a great match but a great moment.

While not at the level of their 1993 match, I enjoyed this more than the 1994 match. Nagai delivers yet another top-notch underdog performance and nearly has you (the viewer) convinced that he can beat Han at his own game...or via strikes, which he stuns Han with on a number of occasions. Han goes from his standing leglock to the single leg crab but Nagai counters with the heel hook, albeit briefly, before Han regains control and slaps on a neat cross heel hook. Loved him pulling Nagai down with the rear choke...only for Nagai to fight his way and send Han reeling after the ropes with a modified leglock. Han utilizing the full nelson hold with the legs for added leverage is another key Volk Han characteristic. Great armbar transition out of Nagai's rear waistlock and the finish was great, where you've got Nagai trying to transition his hold into something fancy and Han turning around, looking at him, grabbing the choke and tapping him. Enough playtime. Terrific match.

An okay but sloppy power vs. technique dynamic, with Ramazi slamming and the fans eating it up, while Yamamoto is trying to get the job done on the mat. Shits breaks down when Ramazi tries to throw Yamamoto over the ropes but the finishing sleeper hold segment was the best part of the match.

Sadly, the worst match Han has been involved in but the post-match shenanigans was cool, I guess?

Probably the best match on an otherwise underwhelming show. Mikhail is wilding out with the kicks and airplane spins and single leg crabs and big open hand slaps, and the Russian crowd is loving every minute of it. He throws TK with a belly-to-belly into a neck crank and TK is trying to get something going, throwing knees, grabbing holds, but Mikhail blows right through them. At one point, he's clearly just showing off, trying to deadlift TK off the mat. Mikhail pummels TK with palm strikes for a knockdown but TK is quick to pop up and drops Mikhail with a pretty sick uranage. Good back-and-forth struggle toward the end, although Mikhail stays aggressive throughout with the strikes and straight armbar attempts. But TK ends up tapping him with the rear choke. Good stuff.

Sorry ya'll but this ruled. At this point, Yamamoto is positioned as the successor to Maeda and TK has been working his way up the ranks. The frantic, back-and-forth scramble and struggle on the mat early on was excellent, and then Yamamoto takes the advantage in terms of successfully grabbing holds and forcing TK to react. Or, you know, slapping the shit out of him. TK turns this around with a beautiful takedown into the calf slicer and then he turns the pressure on Yamamoto with the holds and knee strikes. Good peppering of stand-up strikes throughout to supplement the solid groundwork. The final couple of minutes are sluggish but Yamamoto's able to use the double leg takedown into the heelhook to tap TK. Great match.

Love this match-up. Han continues his more aggressive approach, coming out of the gate with knees to Zouev. But when it comes to the submissions, it's largely a stalemate and the struggle for position throughout is exactly what you'd expect from two submission masters. Zouev is quick to grab the ropes whenever Han snaps something off, and vice versa. At one point, Zouev turns up the heat and you don't see Han scramble often but he does here. Zoeuv's shoot snap suplex was cool and his leg scissors into the kneebar was a thing of beauty. Of course, Han pulls out the leg extension leglock, the single leg>STF>sleeper combo, the general octopus defense and offense. In the end, Zouev is able to block the hammerlock takedown and turn Han's attempt into a modified wakigatame for the big tap out. Great stuff as usual from these two.

The crowd loves Nagai. I love Nagai. He's scrappy as fuck and he's able to survive and squeeze out submission attempts between the random heavy strikes. Mikhail is a good submission aggressor and gets a few neat attempts, like the early shoot STF or stepover armbar. But Nagai is just a pain in the ass with his leg kicks and palm thrusts. Low kicks, mid kicks, high kicks - Nagai doesn't let up but Mikhail keeps trying to slam and submit. The slams are mostly fails and while the submissions look good, Nagai is too pesky. I just wanted a Mikhail powerbomb, which I thought was happening for a half second...but then nagai keeps popping him in the face with shoteis and finally busts his nose open for the KO. Best match of the card.

You know the deal with these two - it's kicks vs. submissions. Han is, of course, very quick to jump on Vrij with the attempt after a takedown but really, Vrij dominates with strikes, picking up a few knockdowns, until Han gets feisty with his own strikes and finally submits Dick with the cross arrmbar. Patience is a virtue. Quick and dirty and weakest of their match-ups but still pretty fun.

Perfectly solid opener and probably the second best match on the card. Ilioukhine looked very dominate throughout, grabbing neat holds with his legtrap waistlock and side STF. Wasn't the cleanest match-up -- Sakata isn't great and doesn't have much fan support but he's able to grab a few decent sleeper holds and has a top moment of the match with his shoot enziguri that drives Mikhail's headfirst into the mat. After Sakata whiffs big time on a spinning heel kick, Mikhail taps him with a sick calf crusher/choke combo.

Yeah, it seems like Yamamoto got the yellow card when he went for a kick/knee to the grounded Maeda. Nowhere near the level of the 12/16/94 match but still a lot of fun, with Yamamoto being the aggressor and Maeda going after the leg with less and less energy as the match progresses. Likewise, Yamamoto's able to keep escaping the holds but by the end of it, he's shot and Maeda just has to hold on long enough for the submission. Some nasty hands from Yamamoto to down Maeda but he couldn't quite finish him off on the mat. Good stuff.

A Futen match in ZERO1, which of course, rules. Abe is such a good feisty underdog, Sato no sells as always and dishes things out twice as hard as anybody else. Them just taking turns straight punching each other in the head was gnarly, both are busted open by the end of it. Can't ask for much more in a hard-hitting 12-ish minute bout.

Shotaro Ashino's Enfants Terribles made their in-ring debut against WAR International in six-man tag team action. Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara worked a much more aggressive style to compliment the transition into WAR. Ashino seemed to target much of his aggression on Jonathan Gresham, destroying his ankle in an attempt to submit him. Thatcher and Gulak did all they could to help him out but in the end, after dropping Gresham with a nasty German suplex, Ashino submitted him with the ankle hold. They continued beating down WAR International until Alexander Rusev rushed out to make the save. Matt Riddle returned to WAR and teamed with Takashi Sugiura in a tag match against Yuji Nagta and Tomohiro Ishii. A fun, hard-hitting exhibition match, with Sugiura and Riddle really taking it to the veterans. Riddle and Nagata were the focus of the match, with both trading high knees and Exploders. Riddle caught Nagata with a nasty running knee strike and then finally submitted him with a triangle choke. After the match, Riddle announced that his goal in Japan was to win a heavyweight title and that he was coming after the winner of the Suzuki showdown. Sugiura, however, wasn't pleased and seemed to think that he should be next in line for a tile shot, which led to a stare down. New WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Champions were crowned today, as Escalante defeated Burning to win the belts following a vertical-drop brainbuster by Katsuhiko Nakajima on Go Shiozaki. As expected, this was incredibly intense, with lots of call backs to their days and feuds in Pro-Wrestling NOAH. Nakajima and KENTA were out there trying to kill everyone with kicks, Shiozaki and Higuchi were chopping each other to hell and Akiyama was the opportunistic veteran, dominating SHO Tanaka and trying to isolate him from tagging out. Shiozaki began heating up down the home stretch and after a Go Flasher nearly sealed the deal, he tried to finish off Nakjaima with the Gowan lariat...but Nakajima countered the lariat with a headbutt, a high kick and finally the brainbuster to seal the deal. Back-in-black Jushin Liger, accompanied to the ring by DAMNATION, did his best to dethrone the new J-Crown champion in KUSHIDA, breaking out all of his signature spots with a little extra dirt rubbed into the execution. KUSHIDA's goal was to survive the shoteis and koppou kicks and powerbombs, and he did just that by focusing on the arm and trying to keep Liger grounded. When KUSHIDA was thrown to the outside, DAMNATION did their best to try and keep him down for a countout but KUSHIDA made it back in the ring. He blocked another running shotei with a baseball-style punch and when Liger tried to escape the Hoverboard Lock, KUSHIDA turned it into his small package driver for the victory! After the match, the rest of DAMNATION jumped KUSHIDA, forcing Nagata and Ishii to return to the ring to even the numbers. In the main event, Minoru Suzuki challenged Hideki Suzuki for the UWF Heavyweight Title under UWF Rules. This was gnarly, with both guys' working boots laced tight. Minoru was trying to show off his Pancrase style against Hideki's catch-as-catch-can approach and it was a game of deadly chess on the mat but a brutal slobberknocker up top, with slaps and elbows flying fast and hard. Minoru kept going back to the sleeper hold, trying to wear the champ out, but Hideki would fight out and throw Minoru off with a suplex to regain his composure. Off the mat, Minoru tried for a quick shoot Gotch-style piledriver but Hideki was able to counter out of it, hitting the double arm suplex. When that didn't do the trick, he absolutely rocked Minoru with an elbow and hit a modified dragon suplex hold, maintaining the bridge and full nelson lock to submit Minoru and retain the tile. He celebrated his victory with Moon Vulcan as Suzuki-gun came down to help their boss to the back. Wrestle and Romance "WAR IN OSAKA 2019", 2/24/2019 EDION Arena Osaka 4,987 Fans – Super No Vacancy 1. Shotaro Ashino, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara beat Timothy Thatcher, Drew Gulak & Jonathan Gresham (12:32) when Ashino used an ankle hold on Gresham. 2. Matt Riddle & Takashi Sugiura beat Yuji Nagata & Tomohiro Ishii (11:40) when Riddle used the triangle choke on Nagata. 3. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament Final: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kazusada Higuchi & SHO Tanaka beat Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & KENTA (15:26) when Nakajima used the vertical-drop brainbuster on Shiozaki to become the 20th WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. 4. J-Crown Title: KUSHIDA beat Jushin Liger (16:19) with the Back to the Future (1st defense). 5. UWF Heavyweight Title: Hideki Suzuki beat Minoru Suzuki (18:42) with the dragon suplex modified hold (1st defense).

Before a sold out Osaka crowd, the semi-finals of the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament took place and now the final is set for 2/24. Prior to that, however, Koji Iwamoto and Shinya Aoki wrestled under UWF Rules. Although Aoki had the experience advantage, Iwamoto wasn’t give him an inch on the mat and kept pace. Aoki had some tricks up his sleeve and kept going after Iwamoto’s arm but once Iwamoto was able to hit his snap judo throw, he held on with the katagatame for the submission win. Burning will advance to the final of the tournament after defeating DAMNATION, with Jun Akiyama picking up the win for his team following a wrist-clutch Exploder on Michinoku. DAMNATION attempted almost everything in order to secure the victory, including cheating, with Daisuke Sasaki low blowing Go Shiozaki at one point, and Dick Togo throwing more than a few closed fists in KENTA’s general direction. Backstage, Sasaki said that the lose wasn’t a big deal and that the bigger prize was the J-Crown Title. In tag team competition, WAR International’s Alexander Rusev and Timothy Thatcher beat Kingslayers’ Shuji Ishikawa and Kengo Mashimo following a nasty ura-nage variation by Rusev. As expected, lots of bombs were thrown, especially between Ishikawa and Rusev, while Thatcher and Mashimo worked more of the strike and submission approach. After the match, Shotaro Ashino and his Enfants Terribles attached Thatcher and Rusev until Drew Gulak and Jonathan Gresham made the save. Minoru Suzuki was out to punish Takuya Nomura in their UWF Rules match, and he made sure Hideki Suzuki was present to watch as he picked apart Nomura and finally choked him out with the sleeper. While Nomura was able to fight back with kicks and slaps, Minoru was out to make a point and didn’t let Nomura have much room to breath…literally. He refused to let go of the sleeper, even after the referee called the match, and Hideki had to get in there and force Minoru off, which led to them fighting. The main event saw Escalante defeat Lion’s Pride in a very hard-hitting six-man tag match, securing their spot in the final against Burning. Tons of great exchanges between all involved, with Katsuhiko Nakajima once again working especially stiff against the likes of Yuji Nagata and KUSHIDA. Kazusada Higuchi and Tomohiro Ishii battered each other around and SHO Tanaka got to show off a bit, leading to the finish, when Nakajima absolutely murdered Nagata with a punt kick to the face, busting open the veteran and leaving him out cold. Nakajima cut a promo after the match, saying that Escalante would destroy the “has beens” in Burning and re-iterating that he is the future of WAR. Wrestle and Romance "WAR IN OSAKA 2019 Tour", 2/22/2019 Osaka Edion Arena #2 968 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House 1. UWF Rules: Koji Iwamoto beat Shinya Aoki (9:23) with the katagatame 2. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final: Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & KENTA beat Daisuke Sasaki, Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku (14:57) when Akiyama pinned Michinoku with the wrist-clutch Exploder. 3. Alexander Rusev & Timothy Thatcher beat Shuji Ishikawa & Kengo Mashimo (11:39) when Rusev used a modified ura-nage on Mashimo. 4. UWF Rules: Minoru Suzuki beat Takuya Nomura (7:41) with the sleeper hold. 5. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kazusada Higuchi & SHO Tanaka beat Yuji Nagata, Tomohiro Ishii & KUSHIDA (16:25) by KO when Nakajima used a punt kick on Nagata.

Updated cards have been released for the remainder of the "WAR IN OSAKA 2019 Tour", including confirmation that KUSHIDA will be defending his newly won J-Crown Title against none other than Jushin "Thunder" Liger. Should he and the Lion's Pride advance to the finals of the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament, he will be pulling double duty on 2/24. In addition, Shotaro Ashino's new stable, Enfants Terribles, will make its debut on 2/24 against WAR International in six-man tag team competition. Matt Riddle is also confirmed for the 2/24 show but it is unknown in what capacity. Wrestle and Romance "WAR IN OSAKA 2019 Tour", 2/22/2019 Osaka Edion Arena #2 1. UWF Rules: Shinya Aoki vs. Koji Iwamoto 2. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final: Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & KENTA vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku 3. Shuji Ishikawa & Kengo Mashimo vs. Alexander Rusev & Timothy Thatcher 4. UWF Rules: Minoru Suzuki vs. Takuya Nomura 5. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament Semi-Final: Yuji Nagata, Tomohiro Ishii & KUSHIDA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kazusada Higuchi & SHO Tanaka Wrestle and Romance "WAR IN OSAKA 2019", 2/24/2019 EDION Arena Osaka 1. Shotaro Ashino, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara vs. Timothy Thatcher, Drew Gulak & Jonathan Gresham 2. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament Final: X, X & X vs. X, X & X 4. J-Crown Title: KUSHIDA © vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger 5. UWF Heavyweight Title: Hideki Suzuki © vs. Minoru Suzuki

This was a lot of fun. There's a ton of cool holds and transitions throughout, with Aoki obviously being the slicker of the two but HARASHIMA loves to at least try. The way Aoki works his way into the leglock was cool, following that up by just torquing the hell out of HARASHIMA's ankle. The mix of pro-wrestling moves felt pretty organic within the context of the match and although the crowd was pretty quiet, the fans still seemed engaged by what was going on. Pretty quick finishing stretch but I thought this was better than their first match.

Wrestle and Romance was in Nagano for another round of the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament. The show kicked off with a very solid UWF Rules match-up between Timothy Thatcher and Takuya Nomura. Immediately, it was established that Nomura was trying to win this match via KO as he tried taking Thatcher’s head off with a kick. Thatcher, however, elected to take the fight to the mat and overwhelm Nomura with submissions. He kept after Nomura’s arm and even though Nomura was able to fight off and snap Thatcher over with a half-hatch suplex, Thatcher held on and turned it into the wakigatame for the submission. Escalante defeated Kingslayers to advance to the second round of the six-man tournament, when Kazusada Higuchi pinned Kota Umeda with the Doctor Bomb. Kota Umeda and Katsuhiko Nakajima decided to play “Who Can Kick Harder?” but Nakajima eventually ended up taking consecutive kicks by all three members of Kingslayers before Kengo Mashimo caught him with a high kick to the head and Umeda with a PK for a nearfall. A black suited Jushin “Thunder” Liger made his WAR debut teaming with DAMNATION member, Dick Togo in a very hard-hitting tag match against Tomohiro Ishii and the J-Crown Champion, KUSHIDA. Of course, KUSHIDA and Liger was the main focus but Togo and Ishii beat the hell out of each other. Daisuke Sasaki and TAKA Michinoku attacked KUSHIDA on the outside when he was thrown over the top rope and they fed him to Liger, who blasted him with the running shotei for the victory. After the match, Liger challenged KUSHIDA to the title! In more tag team action, the UWF Heavyweight Champion, Hideki Suzuki, and Koji Iwamoto took on Minoru Suzuki and Hikaru Sato. Hideki and Minoru were both trying to intimidate and smother each other, with Minoru being especially nasty with his face slaps to the champ. At one point, Hideki had enough and he and Minoru brawled on the outside, with Hideki throwing some gnarly elbows. In the end, he pinned Suzuki’s protégé, Sato, with the double arm suplex. But Minoru continued the assault post-match, leading to Nomura and Abe having to pull them apart. It wasn’t a good night for Suzuki-gun in general, as the team of Yukio Sakaguchi, Keisuke Okuda and Shinya Aoki were defeated by Burning in the main event, when Go Shiozaki annihilated Keisuke Okuda with a short-arm lariat that turned him inside out. KENTA was his usual aggressive self but had to fend off both Sakaguchi and Okuda at one point, trying to keep them at bay with kicks before Aoki threw himself into the mix to put Burning at the disadvantage. Eventually, Akiyama came to the rescue with knees and Exploders, KENTA got the hot tag to Shiozaki, and Shiozaki cleaned up to pick up the victory. Wrestle and Romance "WAR IN OSAKA 2019 Tour", 2/16/2019 Chino Citizen Pavilion Multi-Hall 950 Fans – Super No Vacancy 1. UWF Rules: Timothy Thatcher beat Takuya Nomura (9:43) with the wakigatame. 2. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kazusada Higuchi & SHO Tanaka beat Kengo Mashimo, Kazuki Hashimoto & Kota Umeda (12:26) when Higuchi used the Doctor Bomb on Umeda. 3. Jushin Liger & Dick Togo beat Tomohiro Ishii & KUSHIDA (12:09) when Liger used the shotei on KUSHIDA. 4. Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto beat Minoru Suzuki & Hikaru Sato (11:43) when Suzuki used a double arm suplex hold on Sato. 5. WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title Tournament: Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & KENTA beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Keisuke Okuda & Shinya Aoki (15:17) when Shiozaki used the short-arm lariat on Okuda.