Below is episode 98 (“Strong Style Evolved”) of Being the Elite. We see some of the backstage footage surrounding Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi vs. The Young Bucks. At the event, after The Young Bucks lost to Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, Cody came out, yelled at Matt Jackson and shoved Nick Jackson to the ground. In the back, Cody apologized to The Young Bucks, but Nick told Matt and Marty Scurll, “I don’t think we can trust this guy.”
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Last night at Strong Style Evolved NJPW announced they will be returning to the United States on July 7th in San Francisco at the Cow Palace for a G1 Special.
Depending on the seating arrangement, the Cow Palace can hold around 13,000 fans. Last year’s G1 Specials had around 2,300 fans at each show.
Roppongi 3K & Rocky Romero vs. SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) – Winners: Roppongi 3K & Rocky Romero
Gedo & Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay – Winners: Juice Robinson & David Finlay
Chuck Taylor & Toru Yano vs. Killer Elite Squad – Winners: Killer Elite Squad
Cody Rhodes & Marty Scurll vs. Guerrillas of Destiny – Winners: Cody Rhodes & Marty Scurll
Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Dragon Lee & Rysuke Taguchi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) – Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon
Rey Mysterio apologized for not being able to wrestle (Rey has a torn bicep) Jushin Thunder Liger. Mysterio promised that he will come back and wrestle in a NJPW ring.
Mysterio sat at ring side for the next match.
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Will Ospreay – Winner: Will Ospreay
After the match, Ospreay issued a challenge to Mysterio. Marty Scurll ran in and hit Ospreay in the back with his umbrella. Mysterio tried to come in for the save but Scurll removed Mysterio’s mask. Scurll stomped on Mysterio a few times before being chased off by Jushin Thunder Liger. Mysteruio got his mask back on and shook hands and embraced Liger and Ospreay.
Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki – Winners: Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki – referee stoppage
It was announced that NJPW is returning to the United States on July 7 in San Francisco at the Cow Palace for a G1 Special.
IWGP United States Championship: (C) “Switchblade” Jay White vs. Hangman Page – Winner: Jay White
After the match, David Finlay ran in and took out White with a spear. Finlay challenged White to a Title match for April 24.
Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks – Winners: Golden Lovers
After the match, Cody came in and got in Matt Jackson’s face yelling at him. Nick grabbed Cody and Cody shoved Nick to the mat. Omega came back in the ring and Cody fled the ring. Omega shook hand with Nick and offered his hand to Matt but Matt refused and walked away.
Omega got on the mic and said sometimes friends have to go to war and sometimes they are causalities. He wished he was more happy with the situation, but the silver lining is that the Golden Lovers are back and they are here to stay. He said he’s going to beat Cody up in the very near future. They will up the ante at their next US show which will be bigger and better.
NJPW Strong Style Evolved in Long Beach, California airing Live on AXS TV this Sunday, March 25 at 8/7C.
Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks
IWGP United States Championship: (C) “Switchblade” Jay White vs. Hangman Page
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Will Ospreay
Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki
Cody Rhodes & Marty Scurll vs. Guerrillas of Destiny
Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Dragon Lee & Rysuke Taguchi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi)
Chuck Taylor & Toru Yano vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer)
Gedo & Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay
Roppongi 3K & Rocky Romero vs. SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky)
According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, NJPW has a preliminary hold on a date for a show on July 7th at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. They run March 25th in Long Beach, which sold out 5,000 seats in under 20-minutes. There is also talk of the July return being in a major arena in either Long Beach or Las Vegas. The show would be on the same night as UFC’s show in Las Vegas for International Fight Week.
Source: 411Mania
NJPW sent out the following press release today, announcing that NJPW will be available in English on DVD from March of this year…
New Japan Pro Wrestling Worldwide DVD distribution deal announced for the first time outside of Japan
For the first time in its decorated history, the world’s premier professional wrestling brand will be available in English on DVD from March of this year. WrestlingStore.co.uk in association with TV Asahi, have acquired the distribution rights for all territories excluding Japan for the King Of Sports DVD releases. Now available to pre-order, the first title “An Introduction to NJPW” will see some of the biggest names in Pro Wrestling do battle in this special two disc release
Witness New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest stars, “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito and the Ace of New Japan, Hiroshi Tanahashi along with some of the notable past and future stars of NJPW such as “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, The leader and originator of the Bullet Club “The Real Rock ‘N Rolla” Prince Devitt, “King Of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura, Kota Ibushi, The Young Bucks and Kushida in this epic double disc set.
The DVD runtime is nearly four and a half hours with just about every match shown in its entirety. Relive classic matches from Wrestle Kingdom 8 on January 4th 2014, the final of the gruelling G1 Climax 2013 Tournament, AJ Styles first match as a member of the NJPW roster, The Best of the Super Juniors 21 Final and four defences of the prestigious IWGP Heavyweight championship.
Full Match Listing
Disc 1
Kazuchika Okada v Prince Devitt
IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Kizuna Road 2013
July 20 2013 – Akita Municipal gymnasiumShinsuke Nakamura v Kota Ibushi
G1 Climax 23 Block B – Day 4
August 4, 2013 – Osaka Bodymaker ColosseumTetsuya Naito v Hiroshi Tanahashi
G1 Climax 23 Finals
August 11th 2013 – Ryogoku Kokugikan in TokyoTetsuya Naito v Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Wrestle Kingdom 8
Jan 4 2014 – Tokyo DomeShinsuke Nakamura v Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom 8
Jan 4 2014 – Tokyo DomeDisc 2
AJ Styles v Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Wrestling Dotaku
May 3 2014 – Fukuoka Kokusai CenterRicochet v Kushida
Best of the Super Juniors XXI Final
June 8 2014 – Yoyogi National GymnasiumThe Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) vs. The Time Splitters (Shelley & KUSHIDA)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Dominion
June 21 2014 – Bodymaker Colosseum
*Match is not shown in it’s entirety.Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Dominion
June 21 2014 – Bodymaker ColosseumAJ Styles v Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP Heavyweight Championship – King Of Pro-Wrestling 2014
13 October 2014 – Ryogoku KokugikanSpecial Pre-Order Offer.
“An Introduction” to NJPW is available to pre-order now at http://www.wrestlingstore.co.uk, priced at only £19.99 with a scheduled release date of April 2nd. All orders received before the 31st of March will be automatically entered into a draw with FIVE winners picked at random to receive a limited edition signed concept artwork print.
Hand signed by the leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon, Tetsuya Naito, this special artwork was created as a preview piece during the contract process and were later signed by last year’s G1 Climax winner.
The artwork on the final DVD release will differ so these are truly unique pieces and will be sent on the DVD release date.
It was announced at the start of the show that due to a concussion, Katsuya Kitamura was unable to compete tonight. His match against Manabu Nakanishi has been postponed.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yuji Nagata, Ren Narita, Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino, & Tetsuhiro Yagi – Winners: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, & Ryusuke Taguchi
Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Toa Henare, Juice Robinson & David Finlay – Winners: Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: (C) Roppongi 3K vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Desperado – Winners and new IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Desperado
SANADA vs. YOSHI-HASHI – Winner: SANADA
Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi – Winner: Tetsuya Naito
Rey Mysterio video package for Strong Style Evolved aired: Didn’t say much other than he’s happy to be a part of the Strong Style Evolved show. Kevin Kelly did bring up the possible bicep injury, but didn’t have any new details.
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Minoru Suzuki vs. Togi Makabe – Winner: Minoru Suzuk
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay (Non-Title Match) – Winner: Kazuchika Okada
NJPW announced the full card for their 46th Anniversary Show on March 6, which will air live on NJPW World at 5am ET / 2am PT. The main event will be IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada taking on IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay in a non-title match. Below is the full card:
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yuji Nagata, Toa Henare, Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino, and Tetsuhiro Yagi
* Katsuya Kitamura vs. Manabu Nakanishi
* Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano vs. Juice Robinson and David Finlay
* Roppongi 3k (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Desperado (IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship)
* EVIL and SANADA (c) vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (Non-Title Match)
* Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi
* Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Togi Makabe (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
* IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay (Non-Title Match)
Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi will face The Young Bucks at NJPW Strong Style Evolved in Long Beach, California on March 25. On Twitter, Omega said as a friend he wasn’t sure if he was ready for this match, but as a team the Golden Lovers will be. The Young Bucks recently announced they would no longer be Junior Heavyweights, Omega later proclaimed he and Ibushi were the best tag team in the world, which the Young Bucks took exception to.
Source: WrestlingINC
NJPW/ROH Honor Rising: Night Two – The Young Bucks declaring they are no longer Junior Heavyweights, teasing a match against Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi after Omega said the Golden Lovers were the best tag team in the world. In the main event, Ibushi and Omega defeated Scurll and Cody with Scurll taking the pin. Here are the full results:
* The Beer City Bruiser defeated Henare
* David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Jay Lethal defeated Hikuleo, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi
* BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Flip Gordon
* Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, and Bad Luck Fale (c) defeated Cheeseburger, Delirious, and Jushin Thunder Liger (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship)
* The Young Bucks and Hangman Page defeated Chuckie T, YOSHI-HASHI, and Jay White
* Dalton Castle defeated Beretta and the Beer City Bruiser (ROH World Championship)
* Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega defeated Marty Scurll and Cody
During the post show press conference, Omega reiterated he and Ibushi were going to change the world. He also said Cody will not manipulate the team and his behavior is that of a “WWE reject.” The two will meet one-on-one at ROH Supercard of Honor XII in New Orleans on April 7.
The next event to air live in NJPW World is their 46th Anniversary Show featuring IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay in a non-title match.
Source: WrestlingINC
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