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NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ON AXS TV REPORT

Welcome to the New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV report, featuring bouts from the 2/13 NJPW Golden Series event in Osaka, Japan:

NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL vs. Tomohiro Ishii - Lumberjack Match.

Hiroki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and YOH will be lumberjacks for Ishii. 

Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo and SHO will be the lumberjacks for EVIL.

Lots of shenanigans in the match.  EVIL hits Everything is Evil.  EVIL pins Ishii.  EVIL retains the NEVER Openweight Championship.

Once all the interference was done, Ishii and EVIL battled one on one.   EVIL was able to beat Ishii in the final minutes without all the crap.  That was good stuff.  EVIL does not need the help.  House of Torture is a crutch.

Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs.Tetsuya Naito and SANADA.

Naito hit Valencia on Tanahashi.  He then followed up with Destino.    Naito pins Tanahashi.

There seemed to be timing issues in this match.  Naito missed some spots on both Okada and Tanahashi.  Normally, you would not see that in an Okada match.   This Golden Series was cut short by COVID-19.  I am wondering if that lead to missed spots, as the wrestlers did not have the time to prepare in front of live crowds.    

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