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Shingo Takagi (4) vs. Jay White (2)
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White was accompanied by his Bullet Club brother Goto, which, like the possible appearance of the Iron Finger earlier, often signals brutal and legal outside interference. White escaped straightaway outside the ring, and Takagi's speed meant he could bring White back and deliver serious pain.
He threw White back-first into the ring apron, and Gedo pulled on Takagi's feet, leading ultimately to White's ringside DDT which introduced Takagi to the arena floor. White then introduced Takagi to the blue barricade and hauled Takagi back into the ring. A neck breaker couldn't keep Takagi down for the count.
White often relies on a neck-based strategy, and he did that here, leaving Takagi open to a nasty hair-pulling session from the leader of Bullet Club. Traded chest chops continued White's dominance, and Takagi took White by his dark turquoise mane to punish him. By the by, White's hair is pretty cool in person, and the colour is more rich than it looks on camera.
Takagi's Noshigami wasn't completed, but he delivered a DDT that kept White down but not for long. White suplexed Cobb into the ringpost and attempted a pinfall. It wasn't enough yet, and White dedicated himself to dominating the stronger man's fate in the G1. \
Even Takagi's suplexes didn't keep the smug smile from White's face, who was pretty thrilled that his stamina held out. White performed an uranage on Takagi and stood tall over him. A Kiwi Crusher finisher wasn't enough yet, and a combination of body blows reversed their positions.
Takagi continued with barrages of elbows and a suplex as well as a noragami. Gedo grabbed Takagi's foot again, keeping him from his finisher, but Takagi kept on, powerbombing White into the ring post. Takagi smacked Gedo to keep his brass knuckles out of White's hands, and White began setting up for a Blade Runner finisher.
Takagi's Made in Japan move didn't take White out, and he ate two suplexes and a modified brain buster. White completed the Blade Runner and pinned Takagi for the three-count and victory.
Results: Jay White (4) def Shingo Takagi (4) via pinfall
