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NJPW STRONG REPORT

By Richard Trionfo on 2022-12-04 18:50:00

Your announcers are Ian Riccaboni and Alex Koslov (in English) and Shigeki Kiyono, Katsuyori Shibata, and Hiroshi Tanahashi. (in Japanese)

Ian and Alex are joined by Blake Christian.

Blake says he told Juice to sleep with one eye open because Bullet Club thinks they can do anything they want. I gave him a taste of his own medicine. He cannot run tonight and I will beat him.

Match Number One: Rocky Romero and Adrian Quest versus Atlantis Junior and Virus

Virus and Romero start things off. They lock up and Romero with a waist lock take down into a front face lock but Virus escapes. Romero with a wrist lock and Virus with a drop toe hold and rollup. Romero with a side head lock take down and Virus with a head scissors. Virus with a side head lock take down and Romero with a head scissors. Virus with a rollup for a near fall. Romero shimmies and offers his hand but Virus refuses and tags in Atlantis. Quest tags in as well.

Quest with a single leg take down and an arm drag. Quest with a springboard twisting cross body. Quest with forearms and Atlantis with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Atlantis with a kick and a thrust kick that sends Quest to the floor. Quest moves out of the way before Atlantis can go to the floor. Romero and Virus tag in. Romero with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Atlantis kicks Romero in the back and Virus clotheslines Romero over the top rope to the floor. Quest misses a drop kick on Virus. Atlantis and Virus with a double shoulder tackle and a double kick to sent Quest to the floor. Atlantis with a suicide dive onto both men.

Virus goes to the floor and sends Quest back into the ring. Atlantis joins Virus in the ring and Atlantis with a kick. Virus with a sunset flip and Atlantis with a drop kick. Virus with a forearm to Quest and he sends him to the floor. Romero gets in the ring and he kicks Atlantis but Atlantis blocks it and Virus kicks Romero. Atlantis and Virus choke Romero in the corner. They Irish whip Romero but Romero avoids Virus and he gives Atlantis a head scissors take down. Romero with infinity clotheslines on Virus. Virus with a boot and clothesline. Quest with a clothesline off the turnbuckles to Virus for a near fall.

Romero with a reverse atomic drop and a tornado DDT followed by a shooting star press from Quest for a near fall. Quest kicks Atlantis and Romero with a Falcon Arrow. Quest with a springboard twisting senton for a near fall. Virus sends Romero to the floor. Virus and Quest exchange chops. Virus winds up for a chop but connects with a jab instead. Virus with a shoulder to Quest followed by a drop kick for a near fall.

Romero with a chop and Virus chops back. They continue the exchange. Romero with a jumping knee and an Asai DDT for a near fall when Atlantis breaks It up. Atlantis with an Irish whip and monkey flip. Atlantis with a second monkey flip for a near fall. Quest with a punch and Atlantis with a chop. They go back and forth. Quest and Atlantis exchange forearms . Quest misses a round kick but hits a thrust kick. Atlantis with a drop kick. Quest with a kick and a belly-to-back suplex. Quest with a springboard senton onto Atlantis. Romero misses a drop kick on Virus. Virus with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Virus with a power slam for a near fall. Romero with kicks and a back heel kick for a near fall.

Romero goes for a Shiranui but Virus escapes. Romero escapes a Kudo Driver and Romero with a rollup for a near fall. Virus with a spinebuster but Romero with an inside cradle for the three count.

Winners: Adrian Quest and Rocky Romero

After the match, Virus and Romero have some words, but they shake hands

Match Number Two: Homicide versus Danny Limelight

Danny has words for Homicide and he throws his hat at Homicide. Homicide with punches and shoulders. Homicide with a cutter and Limelight with a drop kick. Limelight goes for a pescado but Homicide moves and Danny lands on his feet. Homicide with a clothesline. Homicide sends Limelight into the guardrails and rakes the back. Homicide sends Limelight into the guardrails again and punches him. Limelight is sent into the crowd. Limelight with a blockbuster off the guardrails. Limelight goes up top and hits a cross body. Homicide with a back elbow and an overhead belly-to-belly suplex that sends Limelight to the floor.

Homicide goes for a tope but Limelight with a kick. Limelight with a double stomp off the turnbuckles and he hits a running clothesline in the corner. Limelight with a shimmy on the apron and a slingshot senton for a near fall. Homicide with punches. Limelight with a neck breaker for a near fall. Limelight with forearms and a suplex. Liemlight holds on and hits a second one. He rolls through but Homicide with a suplex and he holds on and hits another one. Limelight with a rake of the eyes and a suplex.

Limelight goes to the turnbuckles and he shimmies on the turnbuckles. Homicide crotches Limelight and Homicide goes up top for a superplex. Homicide with a punch and Limelight punches back. They continue the exchange. Limelight with a kick and Irish whip and he tries for a monkey flip but Homicide pushes Limelight away and hits a monkey flip into the turnbuckles. Homicide with an exploder for a near fall. Homicide with a butterfly suplex for a near fall.

Homicide bites the hand. Homicide chokes Limelight in the ropes. Homicide with a back breaker and he tries for a Boston Crab but Limelight kickes him away. Homicide blocks a kick and applies an STF. Limelight gets to the ropes and Homicide bites Limelight again. Homicide goes to the turnbuckles and he rakes the back and goes for a tornado DDT but Limelight pushes him away. Limelight with a kick and a twisting tornado DDT for a near fall. Homicide goes for the Cop Killer and Limelight escapes. Limelight misses a move off the turnbuckles. Homicide with a Cop Killer for the three count

Winner: Homicide

After the match, Homicide mocks Limelight and goes under the ring and throws a few things into the ring.

Bobby Fish comes up behind Homicide and takes him down with a double leg take down and punches. Fish with knees to the midsection and a kick followed by an exploder into the ropes.

Fish asks for a mic and he asks where is the lie? The fact is that Tom Lawlor is not here. The enemy of my friend becomes my enemy. Homicide, you found yourself on the short end of that equation. Fish says Team Filthy and the Fish Tank Fight Club have some business to do together. That is bad news for anyone in the locker room at New Japan Strong.

We go to New Japan Strong Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin in the back with Emily Mae.

She asks them about their match against Stray Dog Army and their strategy. Sabin congratulates them on becoming the number one contenders. When they win a title, these belts become a part of them so you will have to pry them from our cold dead hands.

Shelley says their strategy is the same since 2006. He says they are legends. They earned their reputation in New Japan as well as CMLL and Impact. He says their fingerprints are all over a generation.

Match Number Three: Juice Robinson versus Blake Christian

Juice goes to the floor when Blake charges at him when the bell rings. Juice moves out of the way when Blake teases a dive to the floor so Blake hits a suicide dive. Blake with punches and he sends Juice back into the ring. Blake goes up top and drops Juice on the top rope. Blake with a drop kick through the ropes and he hits a slingshot hesitation senton. Blake with a moonsault off the apron onto Juice. Juice with a hot shot on the guardrails. Juice misses a clothesline and hits the ring post. Blake with an arm wringer and he drops the arm on the guardrails. Blake kicks the arm while in the guardrails.

Blake with a kick to the arm and then he hits a double stomp to the arm off the apron. Blake misses a springboard move when Juice moves and Juice with a tilt-a-whirl slam. Juice with a chop and a spinebuster for a near fall. Blake with punches and a kick. Juice with a flapjack and a side Russian leg sweep and back senton.

Juice with a head butt and he backs Blake into the turnbuckles and connects with another head butt and kicks to Blake. Juice with a cannonball for a near fall. Juice with an Irish whip and Juice runs into a boot. Blake with a kick and a forearm off the turnbuckles. Blake with kicks to the shoulder. Juice misses a jumping leg lariat and Blake with a springboard round kick to the arm. Blake with a kick to the shin and he stomps on the hand. Blake with a round kick to the temple. Juice rolls away when Blake goes to the turnbuckles. Blake with a rolling splash to the back on the apron. Blake with an Arabian Press onto Juice and then he hits a slingshot rolling divorce court into a Fujiwara arm bar.

Juice gets to the ropes to force Blake to break the hold. Juice with a kick and forearm but Blake kicks the arm. Blake with a rollup but Juice reverses and uses the ropes for leverage to get the three count.

Winner: Juice Robinson

We go to credits.

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