1. No DQ Match – IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega [c] vs. Chris Jericho
This was Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega working a one-half WWE car crash clusterfuck and one-half an epic New Japan match and I liked all of it. More than anything I liked how outright insane it was – it dragged a bit here and there, but then they’d bust out a unique spot that made ya go – OK, keep on doing your thing. It felt like the type of wrestling Kenny Omega always says he wants to do – the ring was their canvas and they just TRIED SHIT. Not everything worked and I don’t know why there was a countout tease, but by god was this good. Brawling all over the place, the Walls of Jericho counter of the rana, Kenny’s springboard splash into commentary, Omega’s bump off the Jericho springboard corner dropkick, Jericho’s camera spots, the Walls of Jericho on a young lion, Jericho’s half-speed table bump, the V-Triggers towards the end, the Walls counter of the One-Winged Angel, the One-Winged Angel rope break near fall, an all-time great Codebreaker, chairs, smoke, mirrors, blood, cold spray to the dick. Omega meanwhile was just bumping his ass off for everything. The chair throw on the Lionsault leading to the final One-Winged Angel was inspired stuff too. This was a chaotic masterpiece of a big time match in the god damn Tokyo Dome with Kenny Omega trying to prove he’s The Guy and Chris Jericho trying to prove he still is. ****1/4
…and Chris Jericho flips off the entire country of Japan in the post-match press conference.
