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A tag team match pits Neo Genesis' Artist of Stardom Champions Starlight Kid & Mitsuyoshi Amasaki against E neXus V's HANAKO & Rian. The following day in Osaka, Amasaki and HANAKO will face off for the Future of Stardom Championship, making this the final preliminary match. At the 6-person tag team match in Kobe on February 8th, challenger HANAKO managed to pin champion Amasaki directly, but...
HANAKO and Amasaki glare at each other as the bell rings to start the match. HANAKO pushes Amasaki back in a lock-up, and they break cleanly. Amasaki applies a headlock, but HANAKO lifts her up. Amasaki takes the match to the ground, and they stare each other down. Rian and Kid engage in a rope-work battle. Kid attempts an arm whip, Rian dodges it, and attempts an arm whip from the second rope. Rian attempts a dropkick, then prepares for a body slam. When Kid countered, she hooked Rian's right knee over the ropes and delivered a dropkick, knee drop, knee crusher, and leg lock. Rian managed to escape, but Kid stomped on her knee. Kid grabbed Rian's leg, and Amasaki delivered a dropkick and a leg lock. Rian escaped, but Amasaki hooked her knee over the ropes and delivered a dropkick. Rian landed a series of elbows, and Amasaki retaliated. Kid chopped Rian and tried to send her into the ropes. Rian refused and delivered a cross body. HANAKO delivered a shoulder tackle to Kid. Amasaki interfered and tried to team up with Kid. However, HANAKO delivered a series of corner body attacks and a knee drop to Kid. Kid retaliated, and she and HANAKO exchanged elbows. When Kid was sent into the ropes and tried to fly, HANAKO stopped her and delivered an Argentine backbreaker. Kid dodges the attempted brainbuster and lands a body attack, a dropkick, and a standing moonsault press. Amasaki hits HANAKO with a corner elbow attack and a ground cobra twist. HANAKO escapes, and Rian comes to her aid with a dropkick, then uses HANAKO as a springboard for a foot stomp, and HANAKO goes for a body press followed by a Shirasagi. However, Kid breaks it up. Kid hits HANAKO with a dropkick, and Amasaki and Kid launch a series of corner attacks, with Amasaki hitting a DDT. HANAKO kicks out, and Amasaki goes for a DDT. HANAKO counters, but Amasaki jumps on her. HANAKO blocks the DDT and hits a brainbuster. HANAKO gets behind Amasaki, lifts her up, and hits a high-angle back drop. Amasaki kicks out, and HANAKO shakes her up with a Shirasagi. Tensaki countered and went for the Amanohashidate, but Rian cut her off. Tensaki hit a swing DDT against HANAKO's charge. Tensaki declared her finish and hit the Tensho. HANAKO countered and spun her around with a lariat. However, Kid made the cut in time. HANAKO yelled "I'm going to finish this!" and went for the Argentine backbreaker. Tensaki landed on her feet as she went for the JP Coaster, and Kid hit a DDT. Tensaki hit the Tensho and the referee counted to three.
Tensaki: "I won the final preliminary match! HANAKO, HANAKO, you're certainly big and super strong. But tomorrow, no matter what, I'm going to get the three count from you and defend the Future title."
HANAKO: "Tomorrow won't be like today. I'll beat you not just with a three count, but by submission too! Tomorrow, I'm going to take the Future title!"