MAIN EVENT: New Japan Cup Quarter Final Match: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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Sabre assaults Tanahashi’s arm with a vicious stretch. Sabre stomps on Tanahashi’s elbow. Sabre locks in a double armbreaker. Sabre covers Tanahashi for two.
Sabre kicks at a seated Tanahashi. Tanahashi gets to his feet. Sabre hits an uppercut. They trade vicious blows. Sabre counters Tanahashi and hits a series of strikes. Tanahashi counters with repeated uppercuts. Sabre fights back. Tanahashi hits a flying forearm. Tanahashi pummels Sabre. Tanahashi bodyslams Sabre. Tanahashi climbs to the second rope. Tanahashi hits a somersault senton. Tanahashi covers for two.
Sabre hits a front kick. Sabre hits another front kick. Sabre locks in a Cobra Twist. Tanahashi counters with a Cobra Twist. Sabre counters with a Cobra Twist. Tanahashi counters with a Cobra Twist. Tanahashi transitions to a Pumphandle Slam. Sabre counters Twist & Shout. Sabre hits an armbreaker. Sabre hits a Penalty Kick. Sabre locks in a Rope-Assisted Cobra Twist. Tanahashi hits a series of rope-hung Dragon Screws. Tanahashi goes for Cloverleaf, but Sabre counters with a Triangle Choke. Tanahashi briefly passes out. Tanahashi powers out of the hold. Tanahashi locks in a Cloverleaf. Sabre fights to the ropes.
Tanahashi stomps on Sabre. Sabre counters Twist & Shout with a Guillotine Hold. Tanahashi counters with Rolling Twist & Shout. Tanahashi hits Slingblade. Tanahashi covers for two.
Sabre fights out of the Dragon Suplex. Sabre locks in Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness. Tanahashi fights out. Sabre counters Dragon Screw with European Clutch for two. Sabre hits a Penalty Kick. Sabre covers for two.
Tanahashi counters Zack Driver with a rollup for two. Sabre counters with Orienteering with Napalm Death. Tanahashi counters with an Inverted Dragon Screw. Sabre counters Dragon Suplex with a European Clutch for two.
They trade blows. Tanahashi blocks a Backslide. Tanahashi hits Inverted Slingblade. Tanahashi rolls up Sabre for the pinfall in 21:11.
WINNER: Hiroshi Tanahashi
