Hamilton's New Japan Summer Struggle 2021 - Night Sixteen 08.17.2021 Review
Ian Hamilton returns for the finals of the Super Junior Tag League - and a double-forfeit that saw us finish with two teams on zero points.
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Ian Hamilton returns for the finals of the Super Junior Tag League - and a double-forfeit that saw us finish with two teams on zero points.
MAIN CARD NJPW kept the lights on and don’t have the usual big stage that is used for Tokyo Dome events. It feels like a very stripped down show in terms of the look. Hiromu Takahashi was out first. Chris Charlton mentioned he’s cleared for in-ring competition, but he’s been acting as a master of ceremonies while injured. He introduced the show and then joined the English commentary booth. (1) BULLET CLUB (ELP & TAIJI ISHIMORI vs. THE MEGA COACHES (ROCKY ROMERO & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI) – IWGP Jr. Hvt. Tag Team Championship match The announcers talked about how the evidence pointed tow...
Ian Hamilton drops by for the first night on the road to Dominion, featuring the Guerrillas of Destiny defending the IWGP tag titles against Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi.
Quick Results Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & KENTA pinned DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki & Taichi in 7:25 (**¾) SHO, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto pinned BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi in 10:02 (**¾) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toa Henare & Juice Robinson pinned Yujiro Takahashi, Jay White & EVIL in 13:44 (***) New Japan Cup 2021 – Second Round: SANADA pinned Yuji Nagata in 18:17 (***½) New Japan Cup 2021 – Second Round: Will Ospreay pinned Zack Sabre Jr. in 21:22 (****¾) The tour moves to the Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium in Hyogo for today’s round… YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano ...
Quick Results Yota Tsuji submitted Gabriel Kidd in 7:25 (**¾) Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito pinned Master Wato, SHO, Kota Ibushi & Tomoaki Honma in 15:14 (***) Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada pinned Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL & Dick Togo in 10:25 (**¾) Jado was the last man standing in an elimination match at 23:59 (**¾) Yup, that’s a four-match card folks. On a show where tickets were priced at a flat £60/$80. Still, we’ve got some fresh faces on the card, with the United Empire out, replaced by Suzuki-gun vs. Bullet Club ahead of their tag title match later...