IWGP United States champion Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho: No DQ
This is Jericho's first match outside WWE since 1999. He wore one of his
light-up jackets and the scarf, coming out to a song from his band Fozzy.
Omega, accompanied by the Young Bucks, had an elaborate entrance with pyro
dressed like Anubis, the Egyptian God with a machine gun.
They began brawling right at the bell. Omega was punching and chopping
Jericho in the corner. Jericho pulled the referee in front to break up the
momentum, then used that to attack Omega with knees. They fired back and forth
with hard chops. Jericho was whipped into the corner but kicked off Omega and
pulled him into the Walls of Jericho. Omega fought and made it to the ropes.
The referee went to break it up and Jericho reminded him it was no DQ.
Jericho charged Omega but was sent to the floor. Omega went for a baseball
sliding kick but Jericho caught him. Omega kicked him backwards into the
barricade, then hit the baseball sliding kick. Jericho crashed into the
announcers' table outside the guard rails. Omega went for a springboard dive
but Jericho moved and Omega wiped out through a table. Jericho locked on the
Walls of Jericho on the floor. The referee, Red Shoes, tried to stop it, but
was shoved down. Jericho then attacked Red Shoes' son and put him in the Walls
of Jericho.
Omega attacked Jericho and nailed him with a chair and one of the TV monitors
as he was laid out amongst the wreckage of the announce table. They brawled
back into the ringside area. Jericho got the better end of the brawl and
screamed "Alpha!" Omega nailed him and laid Jericho under a flat table, the
nailed a double stomp off one of the production structures.
They made it back in before beuing counted out. Jericho tried to run him
into the buckles but Omega blocked it. Omega nailed Jericho and went for a
springboard move but as he hit the ropes, Jericho hit a springboard off the
middle ropes and dropkicked him leg. Omega crashed down rudely with the idea
that his recently knee surgery may be back to haunt him. Jericho pulled a table
out from under the ring, antagonizing Masahiro Chono, who was doing Japanese
commentary.
Jericho set up a table and teased a powerbomb through it. Omega fought back
while in the air, so Jericho dropped him down on the floor instead. Jericho
grabbed a photographer's camera and took pictures of Omega down, then flipped
off the crowd while taking pictures of them. Jericho tossed Omega back into
the ring and nailed a back elbow off the top for a two count.
Jericho wedged a chair between the turbuckles and worked over Omega with
right hands. He used his leg to choke Omega over the ropes. The announcers put
over all the WWE names Jericho had beaten. Omega tried to mount a comeback but
was taken down with a dropkick out of the corner. Omega fired back with
slaps and punches, with the idea he was going for broke because he had been
pushed so far. Jericho took him down and nailed a quebrada, which got a big
pop. Jericho covered Omega for a two count.
Jericho continued the assault until he was caught with a snap hurrancanrana.
He sent Jericho to the floor and nailed an awesome tope con hilo to the floor.
The way this was shot, from low, looking up at Jericho, was awesome. Back in
the ring, Omega nailed a big bulldog for a two count. Jericho's head was
drilled down over Omega's knee.
Jericho was able to reverse Omega and lock in the Walls of Jericho. Omega
fought his way to the corner and grabbed something. It was an aerosol can
(described as "cold spray") and Omega sprayed it in his face, with the idea that
he blinded Jericho. Omega went for a move but Jericho caught Omega, who was
sent hard into the chair that was wedged, face-first. Jericho cleaned his face
with a towel and began beating Omega into the chair again and again.
Jericho played to the crowd and then sent him into the chair in the corner
again. Omega was busted open. Jericho peppered him with punches and slaps.
Omega fired back. Omega grabbed him and nailed a stiff Dragon suplex. He
followed up with another. Jericho was set up for the One-Winged Angel but
slipped off Omega's shoulders and destroyed a steel chair over Omega's
face.
Jericho began beating Omega over and over with a chair. He went to the ropes
and came down with the frame of the chair on Omega. Omega kept fighting from
underneath but Jericho kept nailing him while screaming KENNNNNY to mock the
fans. Omega finally nailed him with some big shots while Jericho was up on the
ropes, sending him down and through the table that was set up at ringside.
Omega began beating the hell out of Jericho with running knee after running
knee. Jericho's mouth was busted open. He picked up Jericho for a double
underhook piledriver for a two count. Jericho reversed a One Winged Angel
attempted and rolled through, locking on the Walls of Jericho again in the
center on Omega. Omega fought for the ropes but was pulled back to the middle
and placed in the original WCW version of the Walls of Jericho.
Omega grabbe the referee's shirt and used that to pull himself to the rpes,
forcing a break. Jericho shoved the referee down again. Omega avoided the
Codebreaker and nailed several knee strikes. He hit the One Winged Angel but
Jericho grabbed the bottom rope at the last second to prevent the three
count.
Omega went to the top but Jericho crotched him. Jericho went for a top rope
rana but Omega slipped underneath and snapped him down facefirst to the top
turnbuckle with the idea Jericho's head hit the steel behind the buckle.
Jericho escaped a moonsault and nailed a Codebreaker. He covered Omega, who got
his shoulder up at the last second.
Jericho began beating him with a chair, yelling at him to stay down. Jericho
went for the Lionsault but Omega threw the chair at him, stunning him. Omega
nailed the one-winged angel onto the chair and scored the pin.
Your winner and still IWGP United States champion, Kenny Omega!