Hiromu Takahashi
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Best Of Super Juniors Results (6/3) Who Advanced To The Finals?

FIFTH MATCH: Flip Gordon (6 pts)  vs. Will Ospreay (8 pts)

They lock up. Ospreay gets Gordon on the ropes and breaks clean. Ospreay offers a handshake and gut kicks Flip. Flip kips up. Flip hits a shoulder tackle. Ospreay kips up. Both men catch each other’s legs. Ospreay locks in a side headlock. Flip does a handstand headscissors. Ospreay rolls to the floor. Flip and Ospreay both dodge each other’s dives, flipping over the top and to the floor. Back in the ring and they stare each other down.

They shake hands. Flip gut kicks Ospreay. Flip lands on hiss feet from a Monkey Flip and hits a dropkick. Flip slaps the taste out of Ospreay’s mouth and chops away on him in the corner. Flip hits a penalty kick and a standing moonsault for two.

Flip hits a vertical suplex for two. Flip misses a Handspring Elbow and Ospreay hits a corner dropkick. Ospreay hits a European Uppercut. Ospreay chops Flip’s chest.  Ospreay manipulates Flip’s limbs, until it’s a pin/submission combio for two.

Ospreay locks in a side headlock. Gordon ducks kicks and flips out of a German Suplex to hit a Complete Shot on Ospreay. Gordon hits multiple lariats. Gordon hits a Springboard Dropkick. Gordon hits a Springboard Spear for two.

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Ospreay hacks away at Gordon with multiple sternum kicks. Gordon catches a kick but still drops to a forearm. Ospreay goes for Stormbreaker but Flip fights back and hits a high knee strike. Enzifguri from Ospreay. Pele Kick from Gordon. Spanish Fly from Ospreay.

Both men exchange forearms. Gorodon fights back and hits a Samoan Pop & Shooting Star Press. Ospreay hits Cheeky Nandos Kick. Gordon hits a Springboard Kick to Ospreay. Flip hits a double springboard senton. Gordon hits a second rope corkscrew moonsault for two.  Flip hits a thrust kick. Ospreay counters a brainbuster with a stunner. Ospreay goes for Bloody Sunday, but Flip fights out. Ospreay hits Robinson Special. Flip counters Oscutter with a Superkick. Flip goes for 4-Nifty but Ospreay hits a kick. Ospreay hits a rope hung Shooting Star Press for two.

Ospreay hits a thrust kick to the side of Flip’s head. Ospreay hits Essex Destroyer for two. Ospreay puts Flip on the top rope. Ospreay goes for a top rope Stormbreaker but Gordon fights out. Ospreay and Gordon fight on the top rope. Gordon hits a huge right hand. Ospreay hits an Osscutter. Ospreay hits Storm Breaker. Ospreay gets the pinfall.

WINNER: Will Ospreay (10 pts)

SIXTH MATCH: Yoh (6 pts) vs. Taiji Ishimori (8 pts)

Ishimori refuses the handshakes. Ishimori gut kicks Yoh. Yoh hits a flying cross chop. Ishimori rolls out of the ring, where Yoh dives onto him. Yoh dominates Ishimori at ringside. Yoh throws Ishimori in the ring and gets a series of nearfalls.

Yoh stomps on Ishimori. Yoh corners Ishimori and beats on him. Ishimori counters a whip into the turnbuckle, slides under Yoh and hits a Springboard Senton. Ospreay takes a seat at ringside as Ishimori hits a sliding dropkick. Ishimori hits a standing moonsault for two.

Ishimori chokes Yoh with his boots. They exchange chest chops, with Ishimori hitting much, much harder. Ishimori does a standing neck snap on Yoh. Ishimori locks in a side headlock. Yoh fights to the ropes.

Yoh hits a Dragon Screw. Yoh hits a corner back elbow. Yoh hits a springboard enziguri. Yoh hits a neckbreaker for two.

Yoh goes for a Dragon Suplex, but Ishimori fights out and hits a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, sending Yoh to the floor. Ishimori hits a Golden Triangle moonsault.

Back in the ring. Ishimori gets a two count. Ishimori hits a Death Valley Driver, followed by a Penalty Kick for two. Ishimori locks in a Lebell Lock. Yoh fights to the ropes.

Yoh fights out of Bloody Cross but falls to a Dropkick. Ishimori hits a handspring enziguri. Yoh hits a thrust kick. Both men are down.

They exchange forearms. Ishimori begins pummeling Yoh into unconciousness with forearms, until the ref begs him off. Ishimori puts Yof on the top rope. Yoh counters and goes for a powerbomb. Yoh hits an enziguri. Yoh hits a superplex and rolls through into a Falcon Arrow for two.

Ishimori hits a jumping knee. Ishimori hits a Tombstone Gutbuster for two. Yoh counters Bloody Cross with a series of nearfalls. Yoh does an O’Connor Roll Clutch, but Ishimori rolls into the Lebell Lock. Yoh submits.

WINNER: Taiji Ishimori (10 pts) (A BLOCK WINNER)

SEVENTH MATCH: Sho (4 pts) vs. Marty Scurll (8 pts)

They exchange waist and wrist holds to start. Sho locks in a side headlock. Scurll locks in a side headlock. Sho locks in a stepover toe hold. Sho locks in a wrislock.  Scurll and Sho exchange holds. Sho locks in an armbar, but Scurll counters out. Scurll and Sho taunt each other. Scurll utterly dominates Sho and then throws him out of the ring. Marty hits an apron run superkick. Scurll chops away at Sho’s chest at ringside.

Scurll rolls Sho back in the ring. Scurll hits a knee to Sho’s head. Scurll stomps on Sho’s hand. Scurll tries for a surfboard. Scurll stomps on Sho’s legs. Scurll hits a corner enziguri. Scurll chops Sho’s chest. Scurll chokes Sho on the ropes. Scurll locks in a Cloverleaf Tequila Sunrise. Sho fights to the ropes.

Scurll locks in a reverse Gory Special. Scurll hits a European Uppercut. Scurll hits a Superplex. Sho hits a Spear. Sho hits a series of corner lariats, followed by a Western Lariat. Sho goes for a deadlift German SUplex. Sho hits a sliding dropkick on the apron. Sho hits an apron run kick.

Back in the ring, Sho goes for a brainbuster but Marty fights out. Sho hits a Lungblower/Armbar combo. Scurll fights to the ropes.

Scurll hits a low superkick.  Sho hits a thrust kick. Scurll hits a Brainbuster for two.

Scurll spits in his hand and slaps Sho.  Both men exchange forearms. Double clotheslines send both men to their knees. They smack each other. Both men are down.

Scurll stomps on Sho’s elbow. Sho goes for a deadlift German Suplex, but Scurll rolls him up for two. Sho hits a Western Lariat. Sho goes for Shock Arrow, but Marty tries to fight out. Sho hits a Piledriver for two.

Scurll snaps Sho’s fingers. Scurll hits a knee strike. Scurll starts stomping on the back of Sho’s head. Sho blocks an umbrella shot and breaks the umbrella on his knee. Sho hits a Last Ride Lungblower for two.

Scurll fights out of Shock Arrow. Scurll rolls up Sho in a Small Package for two. Jumping Knee from Sho. Lariat from Scurll. Scurll goes for the Chickenwing, but Sho rolls him up for two.

Sho hits a deadlift German Suplex for two. Sho locks in a sleeper hold. Scurll slams Sho from the second rope to break the hold. Scurll stomps on Sho’s hand. Scurll starts elbowing away on Sho’s head. Scurll locks in the Chickenwing, but Sho fights out. Sho hits Shock Arrow for the pinfall.

WINNER: Sho (6 pts)

MAIN EVENT: KUSHIDA (8 pts) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (8 pts)

The two men circle each other for an eternity. They lock up. They roll around on the ropes, break, and then lock right back into the collar and elbow lock. They break. They lock up. They get on the ropes and break. They lock up and break and lock up and break and lock up. Five minutes is called. Hiromu gets KUSHIDA on the ropes and breaks. Hiromu goes for a Sunset Bomb, but KUSHIDA fights out, knocks Hiromu off the apron and hits a rolling senton to Takahashi on the floor.

Back in the ring, KUSHIDA gets a one count. Hiromu tries to fight back but KUSHIDA works the left arm. KUSHIDA locks in an armlock. Hiromu gets to the ropes.

KUSHIDA takes Hiromu down and stomps on his arm. KUSHIDA hits a snap suplex for one. KUSHIDA goes for the armbar but Hiromu fights out. KUSHIDA kicks Hiromu in the arm. Hiromu chops KUSHIDA’s chest. Hiromu counters a handspring back elbow with a German Suplex. KUSHIDA hits an apron run dropkick.

Back in the ring, Hiromu chops away at KUSHIDA’s chest. Hiromu hits a sliding dropkick for two. KUSHIDA and Hiromu exchange chops. Hiromu chokes KUSHIDA on the ropes. Hiromu climbs to the top rope. Hiromu hits a Diving Senton for two.

Hiromu locks in a chinlock. KUSHIDA hits a dropkick. KUSHIDA hits an enziguri. KUSHIDA drives Hiromu into the turnbuckle. KUSHIDA goes for Back To The Future and Hoverboard Lock, but can’t get either. Hiromu goes for D, but KUSHIDA rolls into and armbar. Hiromu gets to the ropes.

Takahashi hits a sitout powerbomb for two. Hiromu goes for Dynamite Plunger, but KUSHIDA fights out. Hiromu hits a Death Valley Driver to the corner. KUSHIDA hits a top rope Kimura Armbreaker.

KUSHIDA locks in Hoverboard Lock. Hiromu counters with Dynamite Plunger. They exchange endless forearms. Hiromu locks in D. KUSHIDA fights to the ropes. Hiromu hits a Butterfly Piledriver. Hiromu locks in D. KUSHIDA submits.

WINNER: Hiromu Takahashi (10 pts) (B BLOCK WINNER)

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