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NJPW STRONG REPORT: LOSER LEAVES COMPANY MATCH, STRONG OPENWEIGHT TITLE MATCH, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-03-26 00:05:00

Match Number One: David Finlay versus Bobby Fish

They lock up and Bobby backs David into the corner and gives a clean break. They lock up and David with a clean break. They lock up and David with a side head lock. David with a shoulder tackle but Bobby stays on his feet. David with a side head lock. David with a drop kick. David gets a near fall. David with an arm bar into a hammer lock and he gets a near fall. Bobby with a wrist lock and David with a head scissors. Bobby with a side head lock.

Bobby with knees and a snap mare. Bobby with a slingshot double jump senton that misses when David goes to the floor. Bobby blocks a kick and then connects with a knee to the leg and a kick followed by a dragon screw leg whip. Bobby sends David into the guardrails. Bobby with a knee and he sends David into the ring. Bobby with a sliding clothesline for a near fall. Bobby with a slam and kick to the head. Bobby with a knee and kicks. Bobby with a dragon screw leg whip and then he slams the leg into the mat. Fish with a knee drop to the leg. Bobby gets a near fall. Bobby with a kick to the chest and to the hamstring. Bobby with a single leg crab. David kicks Bobby away. David with a La Magistral for a near fall. Bobby with a sleeper. Bobby with a forearm and punch followed by a kick to the leg. David with a uranage back breaker but he hits it on his injured knee. Bobby misses a round kick and David with forearms. David with a back elbow. David with a corkscrew back elbow in the corner followed by a suplex for a near fall. Bobby blocks a belly-to-back suplex. They exchange forearms. Bobby with punches and kicks. David with a European uppercut. Bobby with a back elbow and a back heel kick. David with a spinning belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. David sets for a suplex but Bobby blocks it and applies a sleeper. David backs Bobby into the corner.

Bobby with an exploder into the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall. Bobby with a sleeper. Bobby with a back slide for a near fall. David with a back slide and Trash Panda for the three count.

Winner: David Finlay

Match Number Two: Fred Rosser versus KENTA for the New Japan Strong Openweight Championship

KENTA avoids Rosser and retreats into the corner. They lock up and KENTA with a clean break. They lock up and KENTA with a waist lock and take down. Fred gets to the ropes to force a break and KENTA slaps Fred in the back of the head. KENTA goes to the floor and Fred follows. KENTA kicks Fred when they return to the ring. KENTA with kicks to Fred in the corner and Fred has some words for KENTA. Fred goes into the crowd and he wants KENTA to follow him.

KENTA goes into the crowd. Fred and KENTA exchange forearms. KENTA with kicks to Fred. KENTA kicks Fred over the guardrail back into the ringside area. KENTA with kicks to the chest and head. Fred with boots to the head and he sets for a back drop driver on the apron but KENTA blocks it and hits a DDT on the apron. KENTA with more kicks to Fred. Fred chops while KENTA contineus with the kicks. They exchange forearms. KENTA with kicks and a snap mare followed by a kick to the back. KENTA gets a near fall.

KENTA with knee drops to the head and a back heel kick. KENTA with a neck breaker for a near fall. KENTA with a reverse chin lock. KENTA sends Fred to the mat. KENTA with punches and forearms. KENTA with a back heel kick but Fred runs KENTA into the turnbuckles and connects with chops and clothesliens in the corner. Fred with a kick to the hamstring and hip strikes in the corner. Fred with a running hip into the corner followed by a series of seated splashes for a near fall.

Fred gets KENTA on his shoulders. KENTA gets to his feet and he rakes the eyes and hits a DDT. KENTA goes up top and hits a clothesline for a near fall. KENTA with a waist lock and Fred with an elbow. Fred goes over the top rope to the apron when KENTA drops down. KENTA with a boot to the head and KENTA goes to the apron. Fred blocks a German suplex on the apron and Fred counters with a back drop driver onto the apron. Fred with a seated splash off the apron to the floor.

They return to the ring and Fred with a running clothesline for a near fall. KENTA with a LeBell Lock and Fred gets to the ropes to force a break. Fred goes to the apron and KENTA with a kick and a hanging DDT. KENTA with a pair of running kicks into the corner and he goes up top for a double stomp for a near fall. Fred with a crossface chicken wing but Fred has to releaes the hold. KENTA and Fred exchange forearms and punches. They continue to go back and forth and KENTA with slaps to the side of the head. Fred with a forearm and a rolling elbow for a near fall. Fred gets KENTA up but KENTA grabs the referee. KENTA avoids an ankle lock and he sends Fred into the referee and the referee is knocked out. Fred avoids a Go 2 Sleep and applies an STF and then turns it into a crossface chicken wing. KENTA taps out because he does not have to worry about a referee seeing it.
Juice Robinson comes ot the ring and he punches Fred. KENTA with Go 2 Sleep and he pulls the referee over to make the three count.

Winner: KENTA (new champion)

After the match, Fred Rosser is in the back.

He says he has been waiting for the man to take the Strong Openweight Championship from him. KENTA, I guess you were that guy? The guy to take away his championship. The title he bled for, sweat for, and paid the price.

All of you are on his list. Every last member of the Bullet Club is on his list. Juice Robinson, you have just started something that cannot be stopped. You want to go with him and be Rock Hard? Fred Rosser is coming for you and the Bullet Club. It is time to go to work.

KENTA asks if you saw that. It is his now. It does not matter how he won. All that matters is that he is the new Strong Openweight Champion. Bullet Club for Life.

Match Number Three: Eddie Kingston versus Jay White in a Loser Leaves Town Match

Jay tells Eddie to lock up and Jay goes to the floor instead. Eddie wants to follow but the referee stops him. Jay gets on the apron and then goes back to the floor so Eddie lays down. Jay drops Eddie on the top rope. Eddie with a chop and Jay goes back to the floor. Eddie holds the ropes open for Jay. They lock up and Eddie with a break and Jay with a chop. Jay with kicks in the corner and he chokes Eddie. Jay with shoulders in the corner and a chop. Eddie with a back breaker and he follows with head butts. Eddie with more chops and he stands on Jay’s chest in the ropes. Jay with elbows and Eddie with a forearm across the chest followed by a chop.

Eddie with a chop that sends Jay into the corner. Jay with a forearm and Eddie with a chop. Eddie with a half nelson and Jay with a kick to the knee and a DDT. Jay with a running uppercut into the corner followed by a butterfly suplex into the turnbuckles. Jay with a twisting brainbuster for a near fall. Eddie with a chop and Jey goes for the eyes. Eddie blocks a uranage and Jay with knees. Eddie with a chop and exploder. Eddie with a short arm clothesline for a near fall.

Eddie with a half nelson and Jay with elbows. Eddie with a chop and Jay goes down. Eddie with another chop. Eddie with more chops and he gets Jay to flinch so Eddie with many more chops. Eddie with head butts and chop that sends Jay to the floor. Jay gets back in the ring and Eddie with more chops that stagger Jay around the ring. Eddie with more chops in the corner. Jay starts to laugh in the corner and Eddie chops Jay again. Eddie with another chop but he misses a spinning back fist and Jay with a flatliner.

Jay with a waist lock into a German suplex but Eddie pops up and then his knee gives out for a moment. Both men charge to the center of the ring and White with a clothesline for a near fall. Jay with a uranage for a near fall. Jay with a reverse chin lock into a sleeper. Eddie with a chop and Jay with a chop. Jay with a too sweet chop and Eddie pulls the straps down for a chop. Jay with a chop and Eddie chops back. Jay with a chop and Eddie chops back. They go back and forth with chops and Eddie with Kobashi chops and more chops. Jay with Kobashi chops of his own.

Eddie with chops. Jay goes for the eye and backs Eddie into the corner. Eddie is blinded and he almost chops the referee. Jay with a sleeper suplex and he signals for Blade Runner but Eddie rakes the eyes. The referee is pushed away and Jay with a low blow. Jay with Blade Runner but Eddie falls to the floor from the momentum of the move.

Jay pushes Eddie back into the ring and gets a near fall. Jay has some words with the referee. Eddie with a back fist for a near fall. Eddie wants Jay to fist bump him but Jay spits at Eddie and Eddie with two back fists. Jay falls into the corner and staggers on the ropes. Eddie with a sleeper suplex and back fist followed by a Northern Lights Bomb for a near fall. Eddie picks up Jay and he whispers something to Jay and hits a Northern Lights Bomb for the three count.

Winner: Eddie Kingston

After the match, Jay White takes the mic.

Before he can say anything, David Finlay hits Jay with a shillelagh.

Finlay takes the mic and he says you had this company by the balls and you let it go. You had this business in the palm of your hands and you let it get taken from you. Do you know how long I have sat in the back and thought to myself that I would kill for what Jay White has. I stopped thinking about it and I decided to kill for what Jay White has . . . I mean had. I mean this from the bottom of my heart, F*** this era and f*** California, and anywhere else I am on the outside. In America, I am Irish. In Ireland, I am American. In Japan, I am a gaijin.

Quite frankly it is bulls***. I don’t wrestle in a country, I wrestle in a business. Finlay tells everyone telling him to shut up to shut up. He says his people have been in here for four generations. How long have you been in here? How long? I am telling you all in the back. California and Japan better hear me. If I find you between these ropes, you better have my permission. He tells the ring crew to get White out of the ring.

There is no place on Earth a savage like him feels at home.

We go to credits.

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