The quarterfinal matchup between the Japanese and Chinese teams was announced after the teams had taken two weeks off. Meanwhile, the United States team was targeting the United Kingdom team. These four giants were no strangers to one another; they had faced off before. The American squad competed against the British squad last year, and the Japanese squad just played the Chinese team in the preliminary round. As the match-up between the Japanese team and the Chinese team, as well as the United States team and the United Kingdom team, got underway, spectators and fans from all over the world were raising their voices to watch the highly anticipated tournament.
These four teams competed in the same arena, but with different rings because the chosen players for each team rode the ring. Otake was representing the Japanese team, and Lei Wei was the Chinese team's representative.