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Narita gets tainted tag win over Shota Umino in Dome 【WK18】

Shota Umino still denied revenge on HOUSE OF TORTURE

Tag team action saw HOUSE OF TORTURE’s EVIL and Ren Narita get a victory over Shota Umino and Kaito Kiyomiya in typically tainted form. 

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Shota Umino entered Tokyo Dome in stylish fashion, riding a motorbike to ringside to join the awaiting Kaito Kiyomiya. Meanwhile EVIL and Ren Narita made their entrance with the whole HOUSE OF TORTURE crew at their side, disrespectfully cutting through a NOAH t-shirt at the top of the ramp.

Kaito and Shota struck quick, and despite HOUSE OF TORTURE trying to play the numbers game a series of dragon screw legwhips saw Kaito take them all out. Only Narita and EVIL left, Kaito and Shota trapped their opponents with a Keiji Muto style figure-four-leg-lock and Masahiro Chono inspired STF. The bell would ring to seemingly signal a tap out, although it was too good to be true; Yoshinobu Kanemaru was the one ringing the bell to leave Kaito and Shota confused. Ensuring the referee was taken out, HOUSE OF TORTURE turned the match into 6 vs 2, assaulting Kaito in the ring and Shota on the outside.

A running knee from Kaito put Ren Narita down and allowed Shota to enter the match and immediately drive Narita head-first into the apron with a venomous DDT. Back in the ring a top rope dropkick and Trident earned a two count, Kaito and Shota then combining with a simultaneous dropkick and enzuigiri. EVIL tried his best to run interference only to be met by Everything is EVIL from Kaito, but another HOUSE obstruction quickly allowed EVIL to return the favour with his own Everything Is EVIL.

A duo of half-hatch suplexes from Shota kept him in control over Narita, but once again HOUSE OF TORTURE played the distraction card which allowed Narita to devilishly hit back with a steel plated push up bar and ultimately deliver the Double Cross to earn a tainted win in Tokyo Dome. 

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