Friends and stablemates clashed as the members of Chaos squared off for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship in the tournament final on night seven of Summer Struggle. The team of Sho, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada laid it all on the line against the team of Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto.
Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto came out on top after a hard fought match in which nobody on either side held back. Ishii backdropped out of Sho’s attempted Shock Arrow. Yoshi-Hashi helped Ishii out by super kicking Sho in the head. Goto then hit the GTR on Sho. Ishii came close to pinning Sho with the sliding clothesline. As the ring cleared Ishii belted Sho with his running lariat. Sho still kicked out. A brainbuster by Ishii seconds later finally put Sho down for the count.
As Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto celebrated inside the ring, Sho, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada clapped for them outside the ring maintaining the faction’s solidarity. Everyone attended to Sho who was still in dreamland after the beating he took. Chaos all posed in the ring together.
Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto are the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man champions. Courtesy: NJPW.
Hiromu Takahashi made a return to the ring after being out of action with a shoulder injury caused by Taiji Ishimori. He interfered in the Los Ingobernables de Japón and Bullet Club match after Dick Togo choked Naito out with his garrote. Hiromu fought off Dick Togo, Evil and Ishimori. He held Ishimori down labeling him with haymakers causing Los Ingobernables de Japón to be disqualified.
SUMMER STRUGGLE: NIGHT SEVEN RESULTS
Gabriel Kidd and Yuya Uemura versus Bullet Club (Gedo and Yujiro Takahashi)
- Winners: Bullet Club (Gedo and Yujiro Takahashi). This match was over before it started. Yujiro pins Uemura with Pimp Juice. Jado hits Uemura with his kendo stick. Gedo whips Kidd with his leather belt.
Yota Tsuji, Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe versus Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima
- Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima. As per usual the team with a Young Lion loses. Kojima worms his way out of Tsuji’s Boston Crab. He takes 231 forearm shots but clobbers Tsuji with a lariat to end the match. Same finish we saw on night five.
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Shingo Takagi) versus Suzuki-gun (Douki and Minoru Suzuki)
- Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Shingo Takagi). Suzuki puts Takagi to sleep. Suzuki berates Takagi when he comes to. One guesses he is issuing another challenge for the Never Openweight Championship.
Master Wato, Hiroyoshi Tensan, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi)
- Winners: Master Wato, Hiroyoshi Tensan, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi. A Kamigoye from Ibushi cleans Taichi’s clock. Tanahashi pins Kanemaru with High Fly Flow.
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) versus Bullet Club (Evil and Taiji Ishimori)
- Winners: Evil shoves Naito into the official. Dick Togo has his garrote out. Naito backs him up before he can use it. Evil sneaks up from behind punching Naito in the “lower abdomen”. Togo chokes out Naito with the garrote. Evil, Togo and Ishimori put the boots to Naito. Hiromu Takahashi saves Naito but he gets his pals disqualified.
Chaos (Sho, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada) versus Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto) – NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship Tournament Finals match
- Winners: …and new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Champions, Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto)