Jay White is someone who is often able to make his own future in professional wrestling. He’s defeated Kazuchika Okada in the past, and knows that a single Blade Runner can win any match. However, he’s never faced Okada when he was on a roll – which is the case here tonight. Okada has been on fire as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, and isn’t letting anyone take that belt from him during the 50th year of NJPW.
Whoever wins this match is expected to go on to Forbidden Door later this month, where they will face former AEW World Champion, Hangman Page. A successful defence there would almost ensure carrying the belt into the G1 Climax this summer, which is an honour in itself. Historically, White has the edge over Okada with a 3-1 record, and a win tonight would get him the Grand Slam of NJPW.
Jay White Offers To Defeat Kazuchika Okada In An Honest Way
Jay White would taunt the crowd with an offer to say Too Sweet alongside him, knowing damn well the restrictions in play for them to be quiet. He got them to break in the past, and tried to get an Okada chant going, before saying he will beat Okada honestly – with no tricks from Gedo. Okada & White would lock up in the middle of the ring, neither man wanting to give in.
White would be forced to the ropes, but Okada allowed the clean break. Okada would get beaten to the mat with strikes, before some Switchblade Edge Chops in the corner. White would get hit with a neckbreaker, as Okada yelled Too Sweet. An elbow smash to the neck would follow, before the sliding dropkick.
White would roll to the floor, and Okada would go for the dive but was tripped up by Gedo. Okada would get beaten down by White, before being caught with a snap DDT. White would again taunt the crowd into starting an Okada chant, but they’d clap the words instead of cheering.
Okada was driven into the barricade, nearly toppling the English commentary desk in the process. An elbow to the back of the neck would be followed by Okada being smothered with the ring apron. White would repair the ring apron before going for a cover in the ring, getting a two count.
A series of Switchblade Chops would land, with Okada being sent to the mat. White would press Okada to the mat for a series of pinfalls, trying to tire him out. Okada kept kicking out, before nailing the big boot to the side of the head. You can’t beat the cardio of Okada, but White knows that.
Jay White Puts The Punishment On Okada
Okada would hit the fast running back elbow smash, before the DDT in the middle of the ring. Flapjack would follow, and White would roll to the floor. Okada would follow, before tossing White into the barricade. Boot to the face would follow, and Gedo would strike from behind – and took a blow to the face and was sent to join White.
Okada would show his track star potential as he ran across the arena and jumped the barricade for a crossbody – catching White & Gedo. White would clutch onto the barricade, but took an elbow strike to the neck. Okada would look for the tombstone on the floor, but White broke free and shoved Okada into the barricade.
White followed up with the half hatch suplex into the barricade, before booping him on the nose with a Too Sweet. Okada would make the slow crawl into the ring, before White hit the Bladebuster in the middle of the ring for a two count. Deadlift German Suplex would follow, before White hit a pop up knee to the ribs.
White followed up in the corner with some shoulder thrusts, before dumping Okada over the top rope with a Saito Suplex. Okada was driven into the barricade infront of Hiroshi Tanahashi on Japanese commentary, before hitting a front suplex onto the apron.
Uranage in the middle of the ring would get a two count, White getting closer. Gedo called for the Sleeper Suplex, before White instead set up a Super Uranage. Okada fought free, before the super shotgun dropkick connected.
Never Count Out The Switchblade
Another shotgun dropkick would follow, before Okada hit the elbow drop off the top rope. Rainmaker Pose was struck, and a wide shot showed a packed Osaka-Jo Hall, closest to a sell out since pre-COVID in February 2020. White would trip the leg of Okada, and hit two fast and low dragon screw leg whips – before applying the TTO.
Okada was nearly free, before White moved into the Texas Cloverleaf. White would not get the submission, before hitting another heavy chop. Okada would hit an all or nothing dropkick, and while it might have cost him the leg after the submissions, it landed. Money Clip would be applied, and White would break the pin by attacking the referee.
Gedo slid a chair in, but Okada kicked it out of the ring before reapplying the Money Clip. The backbreaker took White to the mat, but Gedo distracted the referee before a low blow got White free. Okada would get back to his feet, and White tested his jaw with a forearm smash, before being struck down. Short Arm Lariat was blocked into a spear, before Snap Sleeper Suplex.
Regalplex would follow, before Bloody Sunday. Blade Runner was signalled, but Okada blocked into the Short Arm Lariat. Okada maintained wrist control, even through strikes for a furious lariat. Spinning Tombstone would land, before spinning rainmaker. White threw a Rainmaker of his own, but missed and took the dropkick.
Landslide would land, and Okada let out a primal yell before being caught with Blade Runner. We have a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, just like that. It only ever takes one Blade Runner.
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