Jon Moxley (8) vs. Tetsuya Naito (4)
Mox was accompanied by Shooter Umino who earlier in the night was pinned during his tag match. The crowd really likes Moxley, but they love Naito. Red Shoes Unno refereed. The Tranquilo master was in his best white suit and black cape, and Mox offered to open the ropes for Naito.
Naito made Mox wait, which drove the hardcore wrestler to impatience. Naito had promised the night before to teach Mox the true meaning of Tranquilo, and that lesson began before the opening bell had rung. As Naito finished stripping down, he threw his pants at Mox. The bell rang and Naito quickly slid into action, leading Mox outside of the ring and Naito into his Tranquilo taunt pose.
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And yes, before you ask, it's the same as WWE wrestler Andrade's Tranquilo taunt. Moxley's patience was truly at an end and outside the ring they involved the blue barricades and went right into the audience. Moxley threw Naito through the outer barricade to the inner one, dragging him into place for a clothesline into audience chairs. He put Naito into a headlock and walked him back to the ring.
Moxley threatened to bite Naito's face off. It didn't occur, but they spat in each others' faces several times.
Mox attempted an armbar but Naito got his boots into Moxley's face before he could lock it in. Elbows in the corner and when Naito went at Moxley with the intention of delivering a clothesline, Mox caught and choke slammed his opponent. Once Naito was down for enough time, Mox opened up the furniture store outside the ring and involved two steel chairs. Moxley set one around Naito's ankle along the ring apron, ready for another chair to slam down and take out that right leg entirely.
Unno stepped between the men and refused Mox the chance to complete the brutal act by taking the chair in Moxley's hands into his own. Mox respected his protege Shooter's father's wishes but he wasn't happy about it. The opening left Moxley vulnerable to Naito's running jumpkick that drove the first chair into Moxley's face.
Naito stole the other referee's chair and completed a stalling DDT, introducing the crown of Mox's head into the seat of the chair. Naito sat a dazed Moxley in the chair and ran up the ramp to deliver a running dropkick that put them both on the floor outside the ring. Mox recovered first to bring them back to the ring but Naito's top rope dropkick took him down against the ringpost.
He attempted a pinfall and failed, getting driven back against a ringpost to take an elbow beating from Moxley. Moxley got them to the top rope and performed a modified suplex from the second rope. Naito kicked out of Moxley's pinfall attempt and dodged the Regal Knee, only to eat a stepping spinning DDT from Naito. The crowd was hot for both men, and their energy drew the fighters back to their feet.
Moxley tried to bite Naito's face off once more and got his teeth on the man's flesh.
Naito rallied and attempted his Destino finisher but was foiled but Moxley's spinning lariat. A DDT from Moxley only took Naito down for a 2-count. Moxley completed the Regal Knee for another 2-count on Naito.
The two men decided it was time to bite each other's faces off, and both got a chance.
Naito landed an inseguri and his Destino finisher but Moxley reversed and landed the Death Death Rider finisher. It took a second Death Rider move, and Moxley finally pinned Naito to take a decisive lead over the rest of the B-block and tying the A-block leader, Kazuchika Okada at 10 points.
Results: Jon Moxley (10) def Tetsuya Naito (4) via pinfall
See you in two days for Night 11 featuring the A-Block competitors.