Lock up to start! Yamamoto with a go behind and William reverses it. Yamamoto goes for the leg, turns into it. Side headlock take down. William tries to move the pressure. Yamamoto with a snapmare into a side headlock again. William with a leg scissors. Yamamoto uses his legs to get out of it…crowd getting behind him here. He grabs a face lock and Wallace sends him to the corner. Wallace with a side headlock into a take down. Yamamoto turns out of it while standing, grabs with a wrist lock and reverses into a side headlock of his own. They hit the ropes and here’s Yamamoto with a shoulder block. They stand off, William dives for the legs, Yamamoto jumps over as William gets angry and he goes outside. What a start from these two. Crowd loving this.
William Wallace back in and Kenchi Yamamoto hits some hard kicks, snapmare into a cover for 1. William with a neckbreaker after a kick and a pin for 1. William with a stomp, and another. Wallace with a hard right to the back of Yamamoto’s head then drops an elbow on the shoulder of the former champ. Kenchi with some rights, William gets the better of it and sends Yamamoto down with some right hands of his own. William with an elbow drop and a pin for 1. Wallace goes behind with a cravat and arm lock. Yamamoto is out of it with some rights once more. Whip to the ropes but William reverses it and Yamamoto is introduced to the knee of William Wallace!
William rubs the head of Yamamoto into his shin. William goes for another neckbreaker but Yamamoto is there with a backslide pin for 2. Clothesline for William and a pin for 1. William with a facelock. Yamamoto is up with some right hands and back suplex to break the hold. William comes out of the corner but Yamamoto sends him to the opposite side and runs at him. He goes for the splash but William moves and Yamamoto goes flying into the turnbuckle.
William is in control after that. He’s got a cravat locked in on the ground. Yamamoto is up with some rights. He starts some kicks then a whip and a leg lariat! Yamamoto with a nice swinging neckbreaker. Pin for 1…2..NO!!! William is in the corner, Yamamoto lifts him up for the Grand Impact but Wallace counters and spins the big Japanese into a Sleeper Hold!! Yamamoto is fading! He’s going down! Yamamoto gets some energy from the crowd. He is standing back up. He’s maneuvering Wallace into the fireman’s carry position! Wallace rolls over and gets a roll up pin!!! He uses the ropes!!! The ref sees it and stops the pin. The crowd thought he’s snuck it there, I gotta admit so did I!
Wallace goes for the Highland Fling but Yamamoto holds onto the ropes. Yamamoto sends Wallace to the corner, he hits a MASSIVE KNEE! A pin for 1….2….NO!!!! Yamamoto with a body slam! He’s going up top! This is NOT like him! Wallace rolls out of target range. Yamamoto gets off the top rope and William meets him with a dropkick! He pins! He locks the leg!! Pin for 1…2…NO!!!
Wallace charges in for a clothesline but Yamamoto catches him out of nowhere with the GRAND IMPACT! Three count!
Your winner, Kenchi Yamamoto!
What a great match that was, both men giving their all in that ring! And both men get to go at it again in two weeks as they are BOTH in the 10 Man Battle Royal for the GFC World Heavyweight Championship!