NJPW On AXS Results (4/3): AJ Styles Vs. Okada, Young Bucks In Action, Three Title Matches

May 3, 2014

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Young Bucks (c) vs. Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov)

Koslov catches Nick Jackson with a wheelbarrow armdrag and outsmarts him on a series of reversals. A tilt-a-whirl backbreaker makes Nick tag out to Matt, and Koslov tags out to Romero. Koslov tries to set up a double team move, but Romero just keeps running the ropes. They tease dissent, but double hiptoss Matt and make up.

The Bucks both hit superkicks, but the Hooligans catch Matt with a springboard Doomsday Device. The Bucks score with the Indytaker, but the count is broken up. A double superkick plants Koslov, and the Bucks follow up with More Bang For Your Buck in this abbreviated match

Winners: Young Bucks via pinfall (More Bang For Your Buck) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

We come back from a commercial and Mauro Ranallo informs us this match will also be abbreviated

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

The two both try to lock on waistlocks, but each gets reversed and Taguchi settles for a headlock. The two trade holds until Taguchi avoids an Ibushi dropkick and lands one of his own to knock Ibushi out of the ring. Taguchi follows up with a flip dive as we forward to later in the match.

Ibushi is now in control, landing a top rope moonsault to the outside, but comes up empty on a 450 attempt. This allows Taguchi to hit a clothesline that only gets a two count. A Dodon from Taguchi can't get the job done either, and Ibushi starts fighting back with a big kick to the head. An Ibushi clothesline evens things up.

Ibushi scores a sitdown powerbomb and Taguchi barely kicks out. The Phoenix Splash finishes things off, and Ibushi retains the title

Winner: Kota Ibushi via pinfall (Phoenix splash) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

- Okada is talking about AJ Styles' debut and says he thinks he was on the decline in the US, and he thought Styles was done when he visited TNA.

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles (w/ Karl Anderson & Young Bucks)

Okada applies an arm ringer, but AJ quickly reverses it as the two trade holds until Styles makes it to the ropes. Okada applies a tight headlock before drilling Styles with a kick. Styles turns the tides shortly before we go to a commercial break.

Back from the break, Styles is working over the neck and back before hitting AJ Styles with a huge dropkick. Styles rolls Okada outside and lets the Bullet Club work him over as Josh Barnett mentions he'd get along with the Bullet Club. Styles utilizes the tactic again as he distracts the terrible ref. Red Shoes then throws Bullet Club out. Before they go, Okada hits a senton atomico on them.

Back inside the ring, Okada hits a neckbreaker and senton splash that gets a two count. Styles manages to kick the leg of Okada, and goes to work on it. Styles uses shinlocks and kneebreakers in order to punish Okada, who is desperately trying to give himself time to recover. Finally Okada breaks free and hits Styles with a big flapjack.

Okada plants Styles with a nice DDT, but Styles is able to hit a flying forearm and a brainbuster that only gets two. The two end up outside the ring, where Okada sends Styles over the guard rail with a boot. Okada follows up with a draping DDT on to the floor and rolls him back into the ring as we go to another commercial.

Back from the break, Okada hits a flying elbow and does the Rainmaker pose. He goes for it, but Okada rolls into the Calf Killer. After a minute, he gets to the ropes and hits a dropkick, but his leg is too hurt to follow up.

On the feet, the two trade elbows. Okada misses a Rainmaker and Styles hits a Pele kick, but it only gets a two count. Okada manages to score his reverse neckbreaker, but Styles gets 2.9 count on a reverse DDT. Styles misses the Spiral Tap and gets dropkicked in the back. Okada destroys Styles with the Tombstone, but doesn't go for the pin.

The Bullet Club comes back, but Takahashi appears and turns on Okada, joining the Bullet Club. Styles connects with Bloody Sunday and a Styles Clash for the win.

Winner: AJ Styles via pinfall (Styles Clash) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

- The Bullet Club cuts a promo in the ring, with "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson introducing AJ Styles and the new member, Yujiro Takahashi. Takahashi says that CHAOS is doing down.