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NJPW STRONG REPORT: ISHII VERSUS DAMO, AND MORE

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Match Number One: Yuya Uemura and KEITA versus Kevin Blackwood and Lucas Riley

Uemura and Blackwood start things off. They lock up and Uemura with a wrist lock and Blackwood with a waist lock. Uemura with an arm drag into an arm bar. Uemura with a shoulder tackle and another arm drag after after avoiding a kick. Blackwood with a head scissors and Uemura escapes. Uemura with a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Blackwood with a hip toss and near fall. Blackwood with a kick and forearm. Riley tags in and punches Uemura.

Uemura with a wrist lock and KEITA tags in. KEITA with a punch to the midsection followed by a snap mare and kick. KEITA with a knee and he goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Riley lands on his feet. KEITA with a uranage back breaker. KEITA with a chop. KEITA goes for a head scissors take down but Riley blocks it and Blackwood with a drop kick to the head. Riley gets a near fall.

Blackwood tags in and he punches KEITA and follows wit a snap mare and kick for a near fall. Blackwood with a chop and Riley tags in and punches KEITA. Riley with another chop and an Irish whip. Riley with a flying mare and drop kick to the back of the head for a near fall. Blackwood tags in and he connects with forearms. KEITA with forearms and Blackwood keeps KEITA from making the tag. Blackwood with a German suplex for a near fall. Blackwood with a chop and Riley tags in and he knocks Uemura off the apron. KEITA with a sit out jaw breaker and he kicks Riley. Blackwood and Uemura tag in and they exchange forearms. Uemura with flying forearm and slam. Uemura takes care of Riley. Uemura goes for a Saito suplex but Blackwood blocks it. Uemura with an elbow and a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Blackwood with a round kick and Riley tags in. They give Uemrura a double hip toss and Blackwood sends Riley onto Uemura for a back senton and gets a near fall. Blackwood kicks KEITA and KEITA gets his knees up to stop Riley.

Uemura sends Blackwood into Riley with a shoulder tackle. Uemura with a running elbow into the corner. KEITA with a super kick and Uemura with an arm trapped overhead belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. KEITA with a super kick and a reverse suplex and a leaping flatliner. Riley with a kick and German suplex to KEITA. Riley with a Shining Wizard to KEITA followed by an enzuigiri to Uemura. Uemura with a rana and he gets the three count.

Winners: Yuya Uemura and KEITA

After the match, Blackwood and Riley are in the back. Riley says it is all good. A wise man once said it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, it matters how many times you get back up. They will come back stronger. Kevin says Lucas lost the match. He says he is still 1-0 in New Japan singles, and he walks away.

Match Number Two: Alex Zayne and Christopher Daniels versus Chris Bey and El Phantasmo

Zayne and Bey start things off. They lock up and Bey with a side head lock and Bey holds on to the hair and applies a wrist lock. Zayne with a reversal. Bey with a side head lock. Bey with a shoulder tackle but Zayne stays on his feet. Bey with a head scissors and Zayne lands on his feet. Zayne with a springboard knee drop and a shooting star press. Daniels tags in and he connects with a forearm and leg lariat. Daniels gets a near fall.

Bey punches Daniels and Phantasmo tags in. Daniels with a rollup on Phantasmo and a head scissors and head lock take down to both men. Daniels with an arm drag into an arm bar on Phantasmo. Zayne tags in and they hit a belly-to-back suplex and neck breaker combination for a near fall. Zayne with a forearm and Daniels tags back in. They hit a double suplex and Daniels gets a near fall. Daniels sends Phantasmo into the turnbuckles a few times and follows with a chop. Daniels with a head butt. Bey with a knee to the back and Daniels with a punch to Bey and then he punches Phantasmo. Phantasmo knocks Zayne off the apron. Bey trips Daniels and Phantasmo with a drop kick to send Daniels to the floor. Bey with a jumping knee on the floor.

Bey sends Daniels back into the ring and Phantasmo with forearms. Bey tags in and Bey with an elbow into the corner. Daniels is put into the tree of woe and Phantasmo stands on Daniels’ groin. Phantasmo tags in and he does a moonsault back rake to Daniels. Bey tags in and he does a back rake. Bey with a knee to the back of the head and Phantasmo tags in. Daniels with chops to both men. Bey and Phantasmo with kicks and then Bey with a back senton and Phantasmo with a quebrada for a near fall. Bey tags in and they kick Daniels.

Bey with a side head lock. Daniels with elbows and an STO. Phantasmo tags in and Daniels lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt and Zayne tags in. Zayne with a clothesline, forearms, and an elbow. Zayne with a flip leg drop to the back of the head for a near fall. Zayne with a chop and he puts Phantasmo on the turnbuckles. Bey charges at Zayne and misses. Zayne uses Bey to propel him onto Phantasmo for a Frankensteiner. Zayne gets a near fall. Bey and Daniels exchange forearms. Bey with a kick and Daniels with a palm strike and then they go over the top rope to the floor. Phantasmo with a rollup for a near fall. Zayne with a clothesline into the corner and he goes up top but Bey grabs the leg. Zayne kicks Bey to the floor and misses a shooting star press. Phantasmo with an arm trapped pedigree for a near fall. Phantasmo with a super kick for the three count.

Winners: Chris Bey and El Phantasmo

Match Number Three: Tomohiro Ishii versus Big Damo

They locku p and Damo sends Ishii to the mat. They lock up and Damo backs Ishii into the corner and Damo with a punch on the break. Ishi bumps Damo and connects with forearms. Ishii goes for a shoulder tackle but bounces off Damo. Ishii with forearms and Damo with a shoulder tackle. Ishii with forearms and Damo with a forearm. Ishii with a forearm and Damo with a back elbow. Damo with a kick. Damo and Ishii exchange forearms and chops. Damo with a knee to send Ishii to the mat. Damo kicks and chokes Ishii.

Damo with a hard Irish whip. Damo rakes the eyes and connects with an elbow. Damo stands on Ishii and hits a back senton for a near fall. Damo with forearms and he stomps on the hand. Damo kicks Ishii and pie faces him. Damo with forearms and Ishii with an Irish whip and clothesline into the corner. Ishii with chops and forearms. Damo with an Irish whip and Ishii with a shoulder tackle out of the corner. Ishii goes for a German suplex but Damo blocks it. Damo with a shoulder tackle and he gets a near fall.

Damo with an Irish whip and Ishii with a boot and clothesline. Damo and Ishii exchange forearms. Damo with a bicycle kick. Damo puts Ishii on the turnbuckles and Damo with chops. Damo goes for a superplex and hits it. Damo misses a bicycle kick and Ishii with a suplex. Ishii with a clothesline and Damo stays on his feet. A second attempt finds the same result. Damo with a spinebuster and an elbow drop for a near fall. Ishii with a head butt and Damo with a drop kick that sends ishii into the corner. Damo goes to the apron and hits a uranage and a slingshot senton for a near fall. Damo gets Ishii on his shoulders but Ishii escapes. Damo with an elbow and Ishii with forearms. Damo with a kick and accordion slam followed by a back senton. Damo misses a Vader Bomb. Damo misses a splash into the corner and Ishii with a German suplex. Ishii tries for a clotheslien but Damo blocks it and connects with forearms. Ishii with clotheslines and he finally gets Damo down and gets a near fall.

Damo goes for a suplex but Ishii blocks it. Damo with elbows and Ishii with an enzuigiri. Ishii with a sliding clothesline and he gets a near fall. Ishii sets for the brainbuster and hits it for the three count.

Winner: Tomohiro Ishii

We go to credits.

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