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NJPW STRONG REPORT: NAGATA AND MOXLEY IN TAG TEAM ACTION, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-05-08 10:35:00

We are in Los Angeles, California and your announcers are Shigeki Kiyono and Togi Makabe (in Japanese) or Kevin Kelly and Alex Koslov (in English).

Match Number One: DKC and Kevin Knight versus Barrett Brown and Adrian Quest

Brown and DKC start and they lock up. Brown with a front face lock and a waist lock. DKC with a rollup and he gets a near fall. They lock up and DKC with a wrist lock and Brown with a snap mare and rear chin lock. Knight tags in and so does Quest. They lock up and Knight with a waist lock take down and after some reversals, Knight with a side head lock take down. Quest with a rollup for a near fall. They lock up and Knight with a wrist lock.

Quest with a reversal into a hammer lock and side head lock. Knight with forearms and he goes for a flying shoulder tackle but Quest with an arm bar. Knight blocks an arm drag and Quest with a springboard twisting cross body for a near fall. Quest with a rear chin lock and elbows. Brown tags in and Quest with a drop toe hold. Brown with a drop kick for a near fall. Knight tags in and Brown sends Knight over the top rope to the floor. Knight with a drop kick for a near fall. Knight with a European uppercut and DKC tags in and kicks Brown and gets a near fall. DKC with a rear chin lock. DKC gets a near fall and then he kicks Brown. Quest tags in and he hits a head scissors take down and he knocks Knight off the apron. Quest with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker on DKC for a near fall. Quest with an elbow to the back of the head. Quest with a forearm and then he takes too much time talking to Brown to allow DKC to kick Quest and gets a near fall. DKC with a snap mare and kick followed by a splash from Knight for a near fall. DKC tags back in and he kicks Quest.

DKC gets a near fall and applies a chin lock. Quest with knees to escape. DKC with kicks and forearms. Quest avoids a round kick and hits a German suplex. Brown and Knight tag in and Brown with a back heel kick and a drop kick followed by a drop kick into the turnbuckles. Brown with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Quest and DKC exchange forearms and chops. DKC with a hip toss and Knight with a running shoulder tackle. DKC with a forearm. Brown with a back fist to DKC and forearms to Knight. Knight with European uppercuts and Quest tags in. Brown with a flying boot and Quest with a shooting star press for the three count.

Winners: Barrett Brown and Adrian Quest

After the match, Brown has some words with Quest, despite winning the match. Brown pushes Quest and then starts to walk away. Quest grabs Brown to talk to him. Quest offers his hand and Brown shakes it. Quest wants a fist bump and Brown gives him one.

Brown attacks Quest on the stage and then sends him back into the ring. Brown punches Quest many times and then hits a spinning back fist.

Match Number Two: Misterioso and Jordan Clearwater versus Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs

Jordan and Royce start things off and Royce with a single leg take down into a waist lock and take down. Royce with a near fall. Royce with a wrist lock into a side head lock. Royce with a shoulder tackle and he catches Jordan on a leap frog attempt but Jordan holds on to the ropes on an O’Connor Roll attempt. Jordan with an arm bar. Royce with a forearm and Jordan with an Irish whip and splash into the corner followed by a bulldog for a near fall.

Jordan with a kick to the back and Misterioso tags in. Misterioso with a kick and forearms followed by an elbow. Misterioso lands on his feet on a hip toss and hits a clothesline for a near fall. Misterioso with a forearm and chop. Misterioso sends Royce into the turnbuckles. Nelson tags in and connects with a forearm to the back. Nelson with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Nelson with punches and Misterioso with a chop and kick. Nelson with a punch and Misterioso with a handspring back elbow. Misterioso with a kick and a rolling drop kick for a near fall.

Misterioso with shoulders in the corner and he tags in Jordan. Jordan with kicks in the corner and the referee warns him. Jordan with a suplex and he Irish whips Nelson. Jordan sends Nelson into the turnbuckles but Nelson with a kick and he sends Jordan to the apron. Jordan with a forearm but Royce with a knee to Jordan on the apron and then Nelson knocks Misterioso off the apron and gets a near fall on Jordan.

Royce tags in and he punches and kicks Jordan. Royce with a snap mare and punches followed by a head butt. Jordan is sent into the turnbuckles and Nelson tags in and he kicks and chokes Jordan. Nelson with a European uppercut. Royce tags in and Nelson with an Irish whip and Royce with a shoulder tackle. Royce gets a near fall. Nelson tags in and he snap mares Jordan and connects with a forearm to the back. Nelson with more forearms. Nelson and Jordan exchange punches and forearms. Nelson with a boot to the head and he misses a jumping knee.

Jordan with a neck breaker and Royce tags in. Jordan kicks Royce away and Misterioso tags in and he hits a head sciissors that sends Royce to the floor. Nelson is sent to the floor by Misterioso and then Misterioso hits a plancha onto both men. Royce is sent back into the ring. Misterioso with a clothesline into the corner followed by a running double knee strike. Misterioso with a springboard hesitation senton for a near fall. Misterioso gets Royce on his shoulders but Royce gets back to his feet. Misterioso with a Finlay Roll into a moonsault for a near fall.

Jordan tags in and they hit a double back elbow. Jordan accidentally hits Misterioso with a forearm. Nelson and Royce hit a Dominator and sliding DDT combination on Jordan. Misterioso with a super kick to Nelson. Royce sends Misterioso over the top rope and Nelson with a suicide dive. Nelson with an elbow drop off Jordan’s back onto Misterioso and then Royce hits a Death Valley Driver onto Nelson’s knees for the three count.

Winners: Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson

After the match, Nelson and Isaacs are in the back. Isaacs says you are looking at the West Coast Wrecking Crew. Our resume is in our name. Nelson says you know who we are but you have never seen us here. There are only a few things we care about here. Beating people, winning matches, and winning titles.

We go to the Cleaning and Disinfection Break.

Match Number Three: Chris Dickinson and Jon Moxley versus Yuji Nagata and Ren Narita

Nagata and Moxley start things off and Nagata with a kick and then they exchange forearms. Moxley with the advantage followed by a knee and Irish whip. Nagata with a kick and Moxley with a forearm but he misses a slicing forearm. Nagata works on the arm and applies an arm bar. Narita tags in and they kick Moxley. Narita with a single leg take down but Moxley escapes and tags in Dickinson. They lock up and Narita with a reverse chin lock.

Dickinson with a chop and forearms but Narita fires back. They continue to exchange forearms and chops. Narita with a back elbow and then he knocks Moxley off the apron. Narita with a take down but Dickinson backs Narita into the corner and Moxley pulls Narita to the floor and sends Narita into the guardrails. Narita is sent into the ring and Dickinson gets a near fall.

Moxley tags in and connects with a forearm and a back breaker for a near fall. Moxley works on the legs and has them in a figure four and Moxley with a reverse chin lock. Moxley with a kick to the chest. Dickinson tags in and he kicks Narita. Dickinson with an Irish whip followed by a clothesline and snap mare. Dickinson with a kick to the back for a near fall. Dickinson with an STF but Narita gets to the ropes. Moxley tags in and he chops Narita. Narita with a forearm but Moxley with a head butt. Moxley runs his forearm across the bridge of the nose. Narita with an overhead belly-to-belly throw. Dickinson and Nagata tag in and Nagata with kicks and an Irish whip followed by a boot into the corner. Dickinson blocks an exploder but Nataga with a butterfly suplex for a near fall. Dickinson and Nagata exchange forearms. They continue the exchange and then Dickinson with chops but Nagata with a kick. Dickinson blocks a kick and connects with a dragon screw leg whip. Moxley tags in and they exchange forearms. Moxley with a head butt and Nagata with an enzuigiri. Moxley with a clothesline for a near fall. Moxley with a reverse chin lock.

Moxley with a sleeper but Nagata with an exploder. Narita tags in and he kicks Dickinson off the apron. They Irish whip Moxley and Narita with an elbow and Nagata with a boot. Narita with a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Narita with a Northern Lights suplex followed by an overhead belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Nagata and Dickinson fight on the floor. Moxley with a series of head butts followed by a German suplex. Moxley knocks Nagata off the apron and Moxley with the Paradigm Shift for the three count.

Winners: Chris Dickinson and Jon Moxley

After the match, Nagata enters the ring and goes face to face with Moxley. Moxley slaps Nagata and Nagata slaps Moxley. Nagata applies a crossface on Moxley and Dickinson tries to get Nagata to release the hold. Security comes out to pull Nagata off Moxley.

We go to credits.

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