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NEW BLOOD Tag Team Champions Tsukiyama Wakana & HANAKO are defending their title for the second time. Their challengers are Mizumori Yuna & Sakura Aya of Cosmic Angels, who won the next challenger determination tournament. Sakura had just become the Sendai Girls Junior Champion by defeating ChiChi at Sendai Girls' Yoyogi event. Therefore, a win in this match would make her a double champion. However, in the preliminary match, HANAKO defeated Sakura directly. So, who will win the title?
HANAKO and Sakura volunteer to start the match, and both charge forward, exchanging elbows. HANAKO applies a headlock, tightening it without being thrown to the ropes. Sakura breaks free and applies a headlock. HANAKO lifts her up and applies a head scissors. Sakura breaks free and tags out. Mizumori and Tsukiyama engage in a rope-work battle. Tsukiyama rolls her up, but Mizumori kicks out. Tsukiyama hits a dropkick and charges in the corner. Mizumori dodges and hits a dropkick. Sakura and Mizumori team up and attack in combination, applying triangle chokes from both sides. HANAKO tries to break it up, but Sakura sends her out of the ring. Sakura sends Tsukiyama to the ropes. Tsukiyama goes to the apron, but Sakura chases after him and delivers a middle kick on the ramp. Tsukiyama is counted to 15 and returns to the ring. Sakura delivers a corner dropkick. Mizumori delivers a series of guillotine drops. Tsukiyama counters, withstands a body slam, and delivers a hip attack to Mizumori. HANAKO delivers a shoulder tackle to Mizumori. Sakura enters the ring, but HANAKO delivers a series of corner body attacks, then a series of corner body attacks, and a knee drop to Mizumori. HANAKO and Mizumori clash shoulders. HANAKO gains the upper hand and attempts a brainbuster. Mizumori withstands it and delivers a lariat. HANAKO stands up and they exchange lariats. HANAKO gains the upper hand, but Mizumori retaliates with a lariat. Mizumori goes for another one, but HANAKO dodges and delivers a back drop. Both are down and avoid tagging. Sakura and Tsukiyama exchange kicks. Sakura takes down Tsukiyama with a middle kick, but only gets a two count. Tsukiyama lands a dropkick. Tsukiyama dodges Mizumori's interference, and HANAKO delivers a shoulder tackle to both of them. Tsukiyama and HANAKO perform a combined press. Sakura kicks out of Tsukiyama's cover. Sakura rolls her up, but Tsukiyama kicks out and lands a dropkick. Tsukiyama and Sakura exchange elbows. They exchange slaps, and Sakura lands a Northern Lights suplex. Mizumori hits HANAKO, who tries to interfere, with a diving shoulder tackle. Sakura flies to the outside with a plancha. Tsukiyama is brought back in, and Sakura shouts "I'm going to finish this!" and delivers a diving knee attack and a triangle choke. Tsukiyama escapes, and Sakura lands a high kick. Tsukiyama dodges and rolls her up. Mizumori and Sakura team up, but Tsukiyama delivers a dropkick, and HANAKO slams Sakura backwards with a big boot. HANAKO declares she's going for the finish and applies an Argentine backbreaker. Sakura counters, but HANAKO forces her to submit with a Shirasagi. Mizumori breaks up the hold and HANAKO and Mizumori launch a sandwich attack, with Mizumori hitting a lariat and Sakura a diving knee attack and a thrust kick. However, Tsukiyama breaks up the hold. Sakura tells HANAKO, "I'm going to throw you!" and takes her back. HANAKO counters, but Sakura applies a triangle choke. HANAKO lifts her up and applies a Shirasagi. Sakura escapes, and HANAKO calls Tsukiyama over. Mizumori drops Tsukiyama from the corner, and as she lifts HANAKO, Sakura kicks her, and Mizumori drops her forward. HANAKO kicks back, and Sakura hits a high kick, a spinning kick, and a jumping high kick. However, Tsukiyama breaks up the hold. Tsukiyama thrusts Mizumori forward, and HANAKO delivers a dropkick to both of them, followed by a brainbuster on HANAKO. However, Sakura manages to counter. HANAKO attempts an Argentine backbreaker, and Sakura rolls her up. HANAKO kicks out, and Sakura delivers a series of middle kicks. HANAKO grabs her and hits a lariat, then charges in for another lariat. Sakura kicks out at the last moment, and HANAKO goes for the Shirasagi. Mizumori tries to break it up, but Tsukiyama delivers a diving body attack. Three minutes remaining. HANAKO lifts Sakura up and combines it with Tsukiyama's missile kick. HANAKO then locks Sakura in the Shirasagi. She lifts her up and tightens the hold, forcing Sakura to give up, giving HANAKO the victory.
HANAKO: "Shinagawa NEW BLOOD 20, thank you! Sakura, do you remember this venue? It's where we first met. We auditioned here and knocked on the door to pro wrestling. After it was over, we ate Happy Meals at McDonald's downstairs. Do you remember what I said? I thought it was a movie audition. Your path may have been a little different, but now we're walking the same path. I thought you'd quit soon. I thought you'd get injured and quit. But two years have passed and here we are, the two of us, standing in the main event of NEW BLOOD! You're my only rival! Hey Sakura, let's keep going head-to-head from now on."
Sakura stands up, HANAKO extends her hand, and Sakura responds with a handshake.
Sakura: "HANAKO, I decided to become a pro wrestler because of you, and I was able to keep going even when I was out of action because of you. But I'll never lose to you again! I'm the one who got the singles belt first! I'll keep running ahead of you from now on! Please stay my rival forever."
Mizumori: "HANAKO, Tsukiyama, you were strong. The reason I was able to break free in life is because of this NEW BLOOD. This tournament is worth changing people's lives, and I'll definitely prove that by challenging you guys again soon. Just wait."
Tsukiyama: "Yunamon, Sakura, and everyone else, thank you so much for finding meaning and value in this NEW BLOOD tournament! For this memorable 20th NEW BLOOD, (participants), please come out!"
HANAKO: "Believe in your youth and shine tomorrow, NEW BLOOD20!
Comments from Mizumori & Sakura
Mizumori: "This isn't just one person's loss, it's a loss for both of us. We will definitely get revenge for this loss here at NEW BLOOD."
Sakura: "Today is the fourth time I've lost to HANAKO, and even though I became the Sendai Girls' Junior Champion, I've never been able to beat HANAKO directly. To be honest, even considering her size and her career before joining Stardom, the fact that I've never been able to beat HANAKO as a rival who debuted on the same day as me is incredibly frustrating. Today, I faced the tag team of HANAKO and Tsukiyama, who became the NEW BLOOD Tag Team Champions, for the first time, and I really felt their tag team teamwork as champions. But our teamwork is not inferior at all. Both HANAKO and we have one year left to aim for the NEW BLOOD Tag Team belts. We will not waste this year and will definitely, definitely beat those two within this year." "We'll take the BLOOD Tag Team belts,"
Mizumori said. "We'll definitely take them. Today we've discovered a new value in NEW BLOOD here, and Sakuradamon will raise that value even more. I promise you, Sakura."
Sakura replied, "Yes."
Mizumori continued, "Sakuradamon will take the NEW BLOOD Tag Team belts..."
Both replied, "Yeah!"
Mizumori added, "Time for some training." Sakura
responded, "Yes."
Tsukiyama: "For the memorable 20th NEW BLOOD event, we, Rice or Bread, have successfully defended the NEW BLOOD Tag Team belts."
HANAKO: "Being able to face Sakura in this memorable 20th event was a very meaningful match for me. Because Sakura is my contemporary and rival, I was able to give it my all, and I felt like I wanted this moment to continue. But in order to protect these belts, we have to win."
Tsukiyama: "Sakuradamon has said he wants to challenge us again, so let's continue to protect these belts forever and ever and take on Sakuradamon!"