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(1) △Seira (Time limit draw) Mizumori△
*The 27th champion successfully defended her title for the seventh time.
Seira Mei defended her High Speed Championship for the seventh time. This was the fourth title match since the new three-fall rule was implemented. Her challenger was Mizumori Yuna, whom she hadn't faced since the match at Korakuen Hall on October 27 last year. Mizumori lost to Seira then as well, but she persistently appealed for the High Speed Championship. Thanks to her results in the 5★STAR GP, Mizumori has managed to make this match a reality. Will she finally win the High Speed Championship for the first time, or will Seira be able to defeat her with her speed?
Seira dodged Mizumori's dropkick and then dodged Supergirl, then hit a dropkick from the apron. They exchanged roll-up attempts, with Seira retaliating and hitting another dropkick. Seira dodged Mizumori's lariat but was hit with a shoulder tackle. As she got on the ropes, Mizumori dropped her and she charged towards the outside. Seira stops Mizumori on the apron and delivers an elbow, then a kick over the corner to send Mizumori down. Mizumori lifts Seira from below the ring and slams her into the ring post. Mizumori brings Seira back and heads to the corner. Seira dodges a diving shoulder tackle and delivers a series of dropkicks. Seira attempts a brainbuster, but Mizumori counters. Mizumori attempts a shoulder throw and then a reverse Boston crab, but Seira fends it off. They exchange attempts at roll-ups, and Mizumori rolls Seira up with a head scissors. Seira counters, dodges a lariat, and rolls her up. Mizumori counters again, uses the ropes to deliver a dropkick, Mizumori lands a shoulder tackle, and slams Seira into the corner for a series of roll-ups. Seira survives, and Mizumori lands a sliding lariat. Seira dodges Mizumori's press and rolls her up. After an exchange of roll-ups, Mizumori leaps in and grabs Seira's arm. Three minutes remaining. Mizumori charges at Seira. Seira anticipates it and attempts a swan dive, but falls. Mizumori pins Seira. Mizumori pulls Seira up and takes her back. Seira counters and they exchange elbows. 2 minutes remaining. Mizumori lands a series of elbows, but Seira doesn't let her run and lands a series of open-hand slaps. Mizumori slaps Seira as she charges. She lands a lariat and a back drop from close range. Seira lands a German suplex. 1 minute remaining. Mizumori charges, but Seira lands a dropkick, and Mizumori lands a lariat as Seira tries to checkmate. 30 seconds remaining. Seira goes for the cover, but only gets a two count. Seira tries to checkmate, but Mizumori kicks out. Mizumori lands a lariat, but time runs out. The match ends in a draw with no points scored.
Seira: "I managed to defend my title, I somehow managed to defend it, but for the first time in a best-of-three 10-minute match
, I couldn't settle things with Mei (tears). It's kind of frustrating..." Mizumori: "Getting a fall from Seira Mei is so heavy (tears). If Mei hadn't created this best-of-three match, I don't think I would have understood how precious this one fall was. But still, 10 minutes is too short for our High Speed. Let's have another match, this time a 15-minute single fall!"
Seira: "Mei can't move forward until she settles things with Yunamon. Okay, let's do a 15-minute single fall. President... I'd like a 15-minute single fall."
President Okada Taro: "Thank you for all the challenges and great matches as High Speed Champions. I've received your feelings. Let's revise the rules for High Speed to be a 15-minute single fall match!"
Mizumori: "Well, of course next time, next time too, Mizu will..."
Tsukiyama appears and snatches the microphone.
"That was close! I heard the rules for High Speed have changed? They've changed?"
Seira: "Hey, Ketsuyama. You're always quick with information." Tsukiyama:
"I'm quick with information too. Huh, where's the applause? Well, the next challenger is... ah, Yunamon. Yunamon just challenged, didn't she? Yunamon, please line up at the very back of this long queue! Sorry, Yunamon. I've been waiting too, sorry sorry sorry. So, how about Tsukiyama Waka as the next challenger!?" Tsukiyama makes
a funny face in response to the boos.
Seira: "You shouldn't do that kind of thing in front of people. Well, the next High Speed title, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me think about it for a bit. Sorry, but I need to think about it." Tsukiyama: "You'll think about it.
Yeah. Huh?"
Seira: "I'll think about it. I'm going home."
Tsukiyama: "Are you serious?"
"First of all... I wasn't able to settle things with Yunamon, but I'm very happy that I was able to defend my belt in this way... Well, I did want to settle things, but there was another thing that really bothered me, and I might be criticized for saying this and being weak as a champion, but there was quite a lot of criticism about these three 10-minute matches. So I was so desperate to change the history of High Speed, and I thought maybe I was a little too impatient, but this time, when I was fighting Yunamon in a singles match, I wasn't bound by that kind of time... No, I mean, I mean, try to imagine that in Japanese for a moment. But, I realized that, and I wanted to do my best to settle it in one more 15-minute match. Sorry. Ah, Tsukiyama, please let me think about it a little more."
Mizumori: "It's a draw, Mei, you champion, so you must be the most frustrated. Next time, we'll definitely have a 15-minute, one-fall match. But what's with that guy, Tsukiyama, he's come in and stole the spotlight again. I want the High Speed belt because Seira Mei has that belt. I'm serious about this. How far can you show me that seriousness? Yunamon will absolutely never give up. I'm going to take that belt, I'm going to take it."
The members of Kozuen come in.
Natsupoi: "Yunamon!"
Mizumori: "Poi-san? Huh, wait, Saori-san!"
Natsupoi: "Good job, you were cool again today. It's frustrating, isn't it?"
Mizumori: "But if you were going to win it, it should have been today. I...thank you for being your second."
Natsupoi: "The audience was all expecting Yunamon to win. It was amazing."
Kurei: "The Yunamon chants were incredible."
Anno: "Everyone wants to see it, right? Yunamon wearing the High Speed belt. We want to see it too!"
Natsupoi: "We want to!"
Anno: "So show us, okay?
" Natsupoi: "You're not giving up, are you?"
Mizumori: "Yes."
"We're cheering you on with all our might."
Mizumori: "Understood. Then all of us at Kozuen will take everyone on a High Speed run. Together..."
The lights suddenly go out.
Anno: "Shine a light on me."
Mizumori: "I'll absorb it all, put it on top of me, and soak it up with Kozuen. Let's go pine, thank you very much."