NEVER Title, Hair vs. Hair: Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
Suzuki with a big slap early. Goto responds with one of his own. Both begin trash talking one another. They trade strikes until Suzuki locks in the Choke, but Goto gets free. Suzuki locks back in the Choke in the turnbuckles and Goto goes limp. Ref and the doctor check on Goto to see if he can continue, but Suzuki pulls them off and continues to go to work on Goto. Suzuki drives Goto into the barricade, then nails him with a chair. Ref and doctor again check on Goto, who gets back in. Suzuki continues the attack, kicking disrespectfully at Goto. Goto fights back, but it only makes Suzuki laugh at him with every shot. Suzuki then drops Goto with another big shot. Running Yakuza Kick by Suzuki in the corner, but Goto catches a PK. Suzuki again drops Goto with a big slap. Goto comes back with a corner spinning heel kick and a bulldog, then a Saito for 2. Suzuki stops the Ushigoroshi with a Gulliotine, but Goto fights out. Suzuki goes back to the Choke, then goes for the Gotch Piledriver, but Goto counters out with a backdrop. Suzuki goes right back to the Choke, but Goto counters out into the Ushigoroshi. Suzuki-Gun runs out to interfere, but are stopped. Taichi comes out, but YOSHI-HASHI runs out to stop him. Suzuki with a running dropkick to Goto, then the rapid-fire strikes, one after the other. Choke locked back in, then Goto counters the Gotch Piledriver and hits a big corner clothesline. They fight up top, with Suzuki delivering a big headbutt. Suzuki locks a facelock up top, but Goto counters it into a Super Ushigoroshi for a close 2. Suzuki blocks the GTR and they trade big forearms. Goto with a big headbutt, the inverted GTR and the regular GTR to win the title.
Winner and NEW NEVER Champion: Hirooki Goto by pinfall (GTR)
