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250:Alex Shelley
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1340:Destruction
1060:Tournaments
1041:Destruction
904:October 18,
841:October 18,
836:Wrestleview
812:October 18,
798:Sports Navi
775:October 18,
607:Yuji Nagata
571:Kota Ibushi
563:Togi Makabe
557:) defeated
543:Bullet Club
521:) defeated
462:Alex Koslov
456:) defeated
427:Yoshi-Hashi
298:Kota Ibushi
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120:Destruction
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1487:Do Judge!!
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446:Suzuki-gun
407:Tiger Mask
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328:for the
231:villains
154:Previous
116:Previous
1231:Current
993:- 2013
380:Results
368:Results
254:Kushida
165: →
152:←
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1699:(2021)
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1669:(2015)
1663:(2003)
1657:(1996)
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991:← 2012
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802:Yahoo!
569:) and
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511:K.E.S.
450:Taichi
284:, saw
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578:10:37
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502:07:09
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245:Event
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100:9,000
87:Venue
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