EIGTH MATCH: IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match: Champion Jay White vs. Hangman Page
Page goes right after White but White holds his own. White expends a lot of energy evading Page. Page hits a Back Suplex for one. Jay White hits a dropkick. Jay gets a nearfall. Jay locks in a Muta Lock. Page tries to fight to the ropes. Page breaks the hold but finds no rest on the apron. White chops away on Page’s chest. Page fights back with chops of his own. White rolls Page into the ring. Page hits a neckbreaker on the apron.
Page throws White into the barricade. Page throws White into a turnbuckle post. Page rolls White into the ring. Page hits a pumphandle suplex for two.
White and Page exchange strikes. Page hits a Death Valley Backbreaker. White fights back with forearms. White chops Page. Page goes for a suplex but White counters. White hits a Saito Suplex.
White chops away on Page. White ducks a lariat and hits a running chop block. White hits rolling hatch suplexes. Page counters. White hits a suplex into the corner.
Jay White goes for a Kiwi Crush but Page fights out. White attempts the Kiwi Crush again but Page rolls him up for two. White hits a Reverse STO and then a deadlift german suplex for two.
White fights back. White delivers more brutal chops. Page hits a Hangman DDT. Page keeps trying a Buckshot Lariat into the ring but White keeps fighting back. Page finally goes for the slingshot but White meets him with an axe handle. White locks Page in the ropes and chops away on Page. Page crumples to the apron.
Jay White goes for Blade Runner from the apron to the floor but Page fights out. White hits an STO on the apron. White hits a German Suplex off the apron. White rolls Page back in the ring and goes for a top rope German Suplex but Page fights out. The two exchange chops from the top rope. Page hits a top rope Swinging Neckbreaker for two.
The two exchange forearms from their knees. They fight to their feet and pummel each other. White backdrops Page out of the ring. White hits a Saito on the floor. White rolls Page in the ring and hits another Saito Suplex. White hits another Suplex. White goes for Blade Runner but Page fights out. Page hits a Powerbomb. Page hits a Piledriver for two.
Page goes up top but misses the Moonsault. Page hits an Apron Shooting Star Press on White. Page hits a Moonsault from the top rope to the floor. Page rolls White into the ring. Page hits a Buckshot Lariat for two.
Page goes for Rite of Passage but White fights out with a rollup for two. Jay White hits a Half-Nelson Suplex. White hits Kiwi Crusher for two.
White goes for Blade Runner but White spits in his eye. Page hits a Thrust Kick. Page hits a Discus Elbow. Page goes for Rite of Passage, but White counters with Blade Runner for the pinfall.
WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION: “Switchblade” Jay White.
After the match, David Finlay attacked Jay White and challenged him to a title match on 4/24.
MAIN EVENT: THE GOLDEN LOVERS (Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Nick gets in Kenny’s face but Matt breaks it up. Ibushi and Matt start the match but Matt says he wants Kenny. Kenny tags in begrudgingly. Matt attacks Ibushi on the apron. Nick tags in. Ibushi tags in.
Nick teases a Test of Strength but evades. Nick locks in a side headlock. Nick and Ibushi duck each other’s crescent kick and moonsault respectively. Test of Strength. Both men hit a headkick, but Ibushi drops Nick with a body kick. Jackson tags in but Ibushi starts working over Matt’s back. Kenny runs in and stops him. Omega tries to help Matt but Matt shoves him off. Nick runs in but eats double elbows from The Lovers. Matt ducks a double team, and Bucks hit a Rolling Neckbreaker to knee on Ibushi, and then a stereo dropkick for Kenny. Kenny counters a double team and then goes for Rise of The Terminator but Nick hits him with an apron Enziguri. Nick hits an assisted Plancha. Nick rolls Ibushi into the ring. Matt hits a Leg drop. Matt finds a table under the ring but Nick stops him. Nick pummels Ibushi in the ring.
Ibushi fights out of a double team but gets hit with a Neckbreaker/Senton combo. Matt tags in and accidentally knocks Nick off the apron. Ibushi ducks a corner splash and hits a dive to the outside on Nick. In the ring, Ibushi fights off Matt, but Nick pulls Kenny off the apron. Matt hits a Buckle Bomb into an Enziguri from Nick. Matt covers but Omega breaks up the pin.
Ibushi fights out and hits Nick with a dropkick. Omega tags in and hits Matt with a crossbody. Nick runs in and hits a back elbow on Kenny. Assisted Hurricanrana on Ibushi. Ibushi hits a missile dropkick and then hits a round kick to Matt’s back. Ibushi hits a roundhouse and Omega hits Aoi Shoudou. Lovers hit Cross Slash. Everyone Brawls On The Outside™.
Lovers get in the ring. Kenny hits a rolling firman’s carry, Kota hits a Shooting Star Press and Kenny hits a Moonsault and Kota hits a Moonsault for two.
Kenny continues to work the injured back. Kenny corners Matt and throws him into the opposite turnbuckle. Ibushi tags in and continues the assault on the injured Jackson. Matt tries to Power Up but gets pummeled by the Golden Star. Kenny tags in and hits a Backbreaker. Ibushi tags in and hits a snapmare. Ibushi locks in a side headlock.
Matt fights out but gets outside the ring where Omega drops him back first on the apron. Matt flips out of a backdrop and tags Nick. Nick beats the hell out of The Lovers. Nick hits a Bulldog/Lariat combo. The Lovers fight back. Omega hits a Frankensteiner. Nick hits Ibushi with a backbreaker and then a tope on Omega. Bucks double team Ibushi. Nick hits a Shining Wizard for two.
Bucks go up top for a Golden Shower but Ibushi sends Nick to the outside. Ibushi goes for a Superplex on Matt but Matt tries to stop it. Omega comes in and hits a double Superplex with Ibushi.
Omega signals to the top rope. The Golden Lovers go up top. Golden Lovers go for Golden Shower but The Bucks fight them off the Turnbuckle. Nick hits a German Suplex on Kenny to the apron. Nick grabs the table and sets it up. Nick puts Omega on the table. Matt Jackson goes up top. Matt goes for a swaton bomb but gets hit with a Bicycle Kick from Ibushi. Nick and Ibushi go over the top rope. Omega goes for One Winged Angel through the table, but Matt fights out. Ibushi hits a German Suplex from Omega’s shoulders. The Lovers go for Golden Trigger but Nick pulls Omega out of the ring. Matt and Ibushi trade strikes. Omega hits V-Trigger on Matt. Ibushi hits a Lariat. Ibushi hits a Last Ride Powerbomb for two. Omega hits V-Trigger but Nick breaks up the pin.
Omega throws Nick out of the ring. Omega throws Nick into the crowd while Ibushi dominates Matt. Matt gets hit knees up for a standing moonsault. Matt locks in a Sharpshooter. Omega breaks it up. Nick Superkicks Omega. Nick hits a suicide dive on Omega. Matt locks the Sharpshooter in again. Nick hits a Facebuster on Ibsuhi. Nick hits a Tornado DDT on Omega. Matt’s back gives out and he breaks the Sharpshooter.
Nick tags in. They go for More Bang For Your Buck but Matt’s back gives out. Nick helps Matt and they hit More Bang For Your Buck, with Matt hitting an elbow to Kenny through a table. Nick rolls Matt into the ring. Nick hits an assisted 450 Spash for two.
Ibushi fights back but Bucks hit stereo superkicks. Omega floors Nick. Matt goes up top, Omega goes for One Winged Angel but Matt fights out. Bucks hit superkicks on Omega. Ibushi hits a Pele Kick on The Bucks.
Omega tags in. Matt crawls into the ring. They exchange punches. Kenny hits Snap Dragon Suplex. Matt hits a Jumping Piledriver. Matt takes off his weight belt and whips Omega with it. Red Shoes tries to take it from him but Omega uses the moment to floor Matt with a shot to the back. Omega picks up the belt but doesn’t hit Matt with it. Kenny hits V-Trigger. Kenny hits V-Trigger. Kenny goes for a third but Matt hits a spear.
Bucks go for Meltzer driver but Ibushi powerbombs Nick through a press table. The Lovers hit Indytaker on Matt for two. Ibushi hits a roundhouse, Omega hits a Gutwrench Powerbomb for two.
Omega signals for V-Trigger but Matt collapses. Matt hits a Superkick. Ibushi hits a Roundhouse. Omega hits V-Trigger. Omega hits a hesitant One Winged Angel but Nick breaks up the pin.
Nick tries to pull an unconscious Matt to his feet. Nick pummels The Lovers. Omega hits V-Trigger, Ibushi hits a German Suplex. The Lovers hit Golden Trigger on Nick for the pinfall.
WINNERS: The Golden Lovers.
After the match, Omega and Nick tend to the injured Matt Jackson. Omega then tends to his injured partner.
Cody Rhodes came out and yelled at Matt Jackson. Cody shoves Nick. Omega comes out to chase Rhodes away. Omega helps Nick to his feet and they hug. Omega offers to help Matt to his feet but Matt refuses and slides out of the ring. Nick leaves the ring and helps Matt to the back. Omega asks for a microphone. Omega says that “it’s a sad time when friends go to war.” He says sometimes there’s casualties. He says there’s a silver lining. That silver lining is that The Golden Lovers are back and here to stay. Omega says New Japan will be coming to “a back yard near each and every one of you.” Omega says he wishes issues with Bullet Club would heal, but people Cody can’t be helped. Kenny says they’ll be back and bigger than ever.
