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8/25 NJPW SUMMER STRUGGLE 2021 RESULTS FROM TOKYO, JAPAN

8/25/21 Results for New Japan's Summer Struggle 2021 - Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan:

Again, there was no opening video to start the show for promoting the Wrestle Grand Slam event.   

Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kosei Fujita

Good grappling between these young lions.   Oiwa began attacking the left arm of Fujita and went for several submissions.  Fujita countered with by attacking the left leg of Oiwa with an ankle submission then turned it into a half Boston Crab.  Oiwa gets to the ropes for a break.   Oiwa mounts Fujita and hammers him with elbows.  Fujita tries to cover up but his left arm is hurt and he takes several elbows to the chin.   Oiwa goes for the pin.  Fujita kicks out at two.   Oiwa applies a Boston Crab.   Fujita tries for the ropes but is pulled back to the middle of the ring.   Fujita face turns red and is about to tap out.   The bell rings.   

Match is 10-minute draw. 

Both men got in each other's faces and shoved each other after the match.  Fujita screamed in frustration as he left the ring.  

Solid work for both wrestlers.  The 10 minute time limit is great because both men and apply all the knowledge that they know in a small amount of time.   They also were good in telling a story in the ring.

DOUKI and Minoru Suzuki vs. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori

Suzuki and ELP start the match.   They lock up and Suzuki starts trying to snap ELP's fingers.  ELP gets to the ropes for a break.   They have words and Suzuki dares ELP to throw a chop.   ELP chops Suzuki in the chest and he barely moves and his face never changes.   ELP invites Suzuki to hit him.   Suzuki hits a chop on the chest of ELP which sounded like a gunshot.   ELP dropped to the mat in pain.  Suzuki talks smack to his face.  ELP gets up and takes off his right elbow pad.   He throws an elbow to the side of Suzuki's head who just smiles.   ELP looks at Ishimori in disbelief.   ELP dares Suzuki to hit him.  Suzuki carefully pushes ELP's hair to the side and lays a sick elbow to the side of ELP's head.  ELP spins and falls back into the ropes.  ELP gets up wobbly and resets himself.  Suzuki readies himself for another attack.   ELP grabs and pinches his nipples.  Suzuki no-sells it and headbutts ELP.   DOUKI tags in and Suzuki-Gun stomps down ELP.   The match pace quickens.  DOUKI hits an Asai moonsault on ELP and Ishimori on the floor.   The four men fight around ringside.  Bullet Club takes the advantage over DOUKI and keeps him in their corner.   DOUKI is able to tag Suzuki who cleans house.  Suzuki goes for Gotch piledriver on Ishimori.  ELP rakes the back of Suzuki to break the hold.  ELP and Suzuki fight to the floor.   DOUKI hits a Daybreaker on Ishimori.  DOUKI gets a two count.  DOUKI goes for Suplex de La Luna, but Ishimori reverses out.  DOUKI hits a spinning backbreaker on Ishimori.   DOUKI goes for the pin, but ELP sneaks in the ring and hits DOUKI in the head with Sudden Death.  

Ishimori pins DOUKI.

Suzuki is pissed and grabs a chair.  Bullet Clubs grab their Jr. Tag Title belts and escape ringside.   DOUKI is dazed and gets help from the ring.

Despite the loss, DOUKI got in a lot of offense, which will help build to the match against Hiromu Takahashi. 

Togi Makabe and Toru Yano vs. Jado and Chase Owens

Yano comes to the ring with his red folding chair and all the merchandise that he is trying to sell.   

Bullet Club attacks before the bell.  This match was a brawl.    Owens hit a low blow on Yano in front of the referee.  The referee scolded Owens.  Owens tossed the referee out of the ring.    

Bullet Club is disqualified in the match.

Owens took Yano's red folding chair and hit a Package Piledriver on the chair.   Ouch!   Makabe tried to make the save but Bullet Club took him out.   Jado trapped Makabe in a cross face with the kendo stick.   Owens dragged an almost unconscious Yano to the ropes and tapes his arms to the middle rope.  Owens then took his Texas leather strap and whipped Yano.  Oiwa and Fujita, who were working ringside as young lions, rushed into the ring to help and they got whipped by Owens and caned by Jado.   Bullet Club looked like vicious heels in this match.  

Tomoaki Honma and Kazuchika Okada vs. Great O-Khan and Jeff Cobb

The United Empire double teamed Honma early in the match.  Okada made the hot tag and controlled O-Khan quite well.   Okada looked sharper in the ring than he did last night.   Cobb tagged in and he used his power to change the momentum. Okada hit a European uppercut and locked the Money Clip on Cobb.  Cobb used his strength and momentum to arm drag Okada out of the Money Clip, which was impressive.   Okada hit a dropkick to the face of Cobb.   Honma tagged in and hit Cobb with chops.   Honma went for a Kokeshi, but O-Khan tripped him up.   Honma countered with a DDT on O-Khan and a Flatliner on Cobb.   Honma hit a Kokeshi on Cobb and another on O-Khan.   Honma locked an STF on Cobb.  O-Khan stomped on Honma to break the hold.  O-Khan and Cobb double teamed Honma with two gutwrench suplexes.  Okada breaks up the two count.  Honma hits a flying Kokeshi on Cobb.   Okada tries to tombstone Cobb.   Cobb reverses and hits Okada with his own dropkick.   Okada rolls to the floor.   Honma comes off the middle rope on Cobb, who catches him and turns it into a spinning back suplex.   

Cobb hits a ripcord Tour of the Islands on Honma and gets the pin.

Elimination Match:   Tiger Mask, Robbie Eagles, YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Zack Sabre, Jr. and Taichi

Suzuki-Gun attacked at the bell.  Battles all around ringside.  YOSHI-HASHI gets trapped in the corner of Suzuki-Gun and got beaten down.   YOSHI-HASHI hits a Headhunter on Taichi and tags in Goto, who takes control of the match.  Taichi hits a high kick to the face of Goto.   Kanemaru and Eagles tag in.   Kanemaru dropkicks the knee of Eagles, who goes down grabbing his leg.  Desperado is tagged in and immediately puts Eagles in Numero Dos.  Tiger Mask jumps in the ring to make the save.   Eagles stuns Desperado with a back heel kick and tags in Tiger Mask.  Tiger Mask stomps on Desperado, but Desperado hits a spinebuster.   Tiger Mask throws Desperado over the top rope.  Kanemaru distracts Red Shoes, the referee.   Tiger Mask kicks Desperado to the floor.   Red Shoes does not see it.  Desperado low blows Tiger Mask and Red Shoes turns to see Desperado sending Tiger Mask over the top rope.   

Tiger Mask is eliminated.

Eagles eliminates Desperado over the top.

Kanemaru eliminates Eagles over the top.

YOSHI-HASHI eliminates Kanemaru over the top.

Tekkers and CHAOS face off in the middle of the ring.   They tear into each other.   

YOSHI-HASHI and Taichi trade Ax Bombers.    All remaining men are on their backs in the ring.  

YOSHI-HASHI eliminates Taichi over the top.

ZSJ eliminates YOSHI-HASHI over the top.

Goto eliminates ZSJ over the top rope.

CHAOS wins the match.  

Solid match.   With CHAOS standing tall on back-to-back nights, they have momentum going into their IWGP Tag Team Title match on Sept. 5 at Wrestle Grand Slam.

After the match, Suzuki-Gun left the ring and retreated to the locker room.   They left the IWGP Tag belts on the bleachers, which the camera focused in on.  Taichi and ZSJ went behind the curtain.    Goto and YOSHI-HASHI were about the address the crowd in Korakuen.   Taichi and ZSJ sprinted out from behind the curtain to attack them.   Taichi hit Black Mephisto on Goto.   ZSJ hit YOSHI-HASHI with the Zack Driver.   

Zack Sabre Jr. took the mic and spoke to Goto and YOSHI-HASHI.    He told them this match was meant nothing.   All that matters is their Tag Title match at Wrestle Grand Slam.   He told them that Dangerous Tekkers are unstoppable.   Taichi locked Goto in a Stretch Plum and ZSJ trapped YOSHI-HASHI in a sleeper with body scissors.  Young lions came in to break it up and assist Goto and YOSHI-HASHI back to the locker room.

The build for the IWGP Tag Team Title Match has been really good. Unfortunately, Los Ingobernales de Japon is out of the picture right now.   We shall see if the match becomes a two-team bout or if it will remain a three-team contest.

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