Tonight returns the best North American round-robin tournament of the year! The Continental Classic is back, with last year’s defending champion still holding the belt that he retained in winning last year. He’ll face Don Callis Family stablemate Kyle Fletcher tonight, with the potential of meeting his best frenemy, and the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Konosuke Takeshita in the finals! But that’s not all, it’s also the first Dynamite since a company-resetting Full Gear PPV that saw the return of Strickland, as well as new Men’s World, TNT, Tag Team, and the inaugural National Champion! What’s next?
Match One: Continental Classic: Gold League: Okada Kazuchika (c) (0-0) vs. Kyle Fletcher (0-0)
Getting straight to the point, eh?
Okada offers a handshake, Fletcher accepts, they go for a boot at the same time, catch, trade snapmares, trade trips for one, both keep going for kicks and catching each other, high five, lockup, Fletcher with an arm wrench, Okada rolls through, hammerlock, reversed into a side headlock, takeover, Okada forces a rope break, lockup, Okada presses Fletcher to the rope, misses a chop, side headlock, trading tackles, Okada with a boot, Fletcher with a tackle, stomp, body slam for two, chop, chop in the corner, misses a third, Okada with a boot, forearms, Fletcher with an elbow for two, stomps, body slam, goes up top, Okada knocks the ref into the ropes and crotches Fletcher, then dropkicks him to the floor, follows, toss into the barricade, breaks the count, another toss into the barricade, rolls Fletcher into the ring, neckbreaker for two, elbow in the corner, another, a third, running elbow for two, Fletcher with elbows, Okada witha boot, DDT, body slam, goes up top, Fletcher boots the ref into the ropes, crotching Okada, superplex, elbows, gutwrench suplex, goes up top, Fletcher with punches, Okada knocks him back down, elbow drop, tumble to the floor, Fletcher goes for a kick from the apron, Okada blocks, trip, hangman’s DDT, rolls Fletcher into the ring and covers for two, boots to the face, trading forearms, trading dropkicks, Okada hits his trademark dropkick, tombstone, Rainmaker, reversed into a Michinoku Driver, five minutes remaining time call, trading forearms, Okada with a lariat, misses a Rainmaker, goes for a Tombstone, reversed into Snake Eyes, Last Ride for two, running dropkick, brainbuster, blocked, Okada misses a Rainmaker, Fletcher with a kick, brainbuster, blocked, Okada with an eye gouge, Rainmaker, reversed into a rollup for three!
Winner: Kyle Fletcher (3 Points, 1-0)
They shake hands after the bell, as Don Callis holds both their arms up.
Backstage, Lexy Nair asks Kenny Omega if he and the Bucks have reunited. He says the answer is complicated, but he’s not always done the right thing himself, so he can’t completely write the Bucks off. The Bucks then exit Kenny’s locker room and say hi to Lexy.