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COMPLETE NEW JAPAN STRONG STYLE EVOLVED REPORT: GOLDEN LOVERS VERSUS YOUNG BUCKS, IWGP US TITLE MATCH, REY MYSTERIO APPEARS, NEW CHALLENGES MADE, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2018-03-26 00:10:00

Match Number Four:  Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga versus Marty Scurll and Cody (with Brandi Rhodes)

Before the match starts, Cody takes the mic and he gives it to Marty so the crowd cheers.  Cody takes it back and they boo him.  Cody says Bullet Club is FINE.  What's not fine is the booking of this match.  Ladies and Gentleman, there will be no match.  Cody says he will satiate your bloodlust with some knowledge.  The Bullet Club are friends.  Tama Tonga is a Bullet Club OG.  G.O.D. is a three time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.  Wrestlers like this made Bullet Club cool in the first place.  It is superstars like him that make it popular today.  

Cody responds to the obscenities from the crowd and asks if they are chanting for Team Cody.  They are all Team Cody.

He gives the mic to Tama Tonga.

Tama takes the mic and he Tanga Loa says you will not deny the people of Long Beach and the people across the world a match tonight.  Especially the Bullet Club Family.  Just like New Japan scheduled, this match will happen.  If there is a team they are on, it is definitely NOT Team Cody.

Cody attacks Loa and the bell rings.  Tonga with punches and a Japanese arm drag.  Tanga clotheslines Cody over the top rope.  Marty shakes the ropes and he yells at Cody.  He tells Cody to go to the back.  Marty turns around and Tama and Tonga with shoulder tackles.  Marty goes to the floor and he hugs Cody.  Marty offers his hand to Loa but Loa does not move.  Cody tags in and Loa holds the ropes open for Cody.  Cody tags Marty back in before doing anything.  They lock up and Loa with a wrist lock.  Marty with a reversal into a head lock but Loa blocks a take down.

Scurll with a take down and Loa with a head scissors but Marty escapes.  Loa with a punch and Tama tags in and he head butts Scurll and slams him.  Tama with a jumping elbow drop.  Scurll with a kick and he tags in Cody.  Tama with an Irish whip but Cody floats over but he is hit with a Stinger Splash.  Tama with a punch.  Brandi pulls Cody to the floor.  Scurill with a kick to Loa on the apron and then he kicks Tama from the apron.

Cody gives Marty a kiss on the check for his performance.  Cody with a wrist lock and Marty tags back in and he takes Tama down with a wrist lock.  Marty stomps on the elbow.  Cody tags back in and both punch Tama.  Cody with a gourdbuster and he does some push ups.  Tama pulls Cody's arm and then Cody kicks Tama.  Marty tags back in and he punches Loa off the apron.  Marty kicks Tama in the arm.  Tama with punches.  Marty gets Tama to flinch on a super kick attempt and he kicks Tama in the knee.  Marty signals for the chicken wing but Cody tags in and he sets for Cross Rhodes but Tama counters with one of his own.

Cody chops Loa and he tells Loa to do it again, but on his exposed skin.  Loa with clotheslines and a hip toss blockbuster.  Loa with a Samoan drop to Scurll.  Cody hits Beautiful Disaster on Loa and he goes up top but Tama stops him.  Tama with a superplex.  Tama goes up top but Scurll with an uppercut and superplex on Tama.  Loa stops Scurll on the turnbuckles and he hits a superplex.  Cody does the Terminator Pose that Kenny Omega uses.Loa with a spear to Cody for a near fall.  Scurll kicks Loa in the head.  Cody kicks Tama as he comes back into the ring and then Cody and Marty double team Tama.

Loa sends Marty towards Cody and Cody grabs Loa but Marty hits Cody when Loa moves.  Tama misses a splash when Scurll moves.  Loa sends Scurll into the turnbuckles and Tama with a Stinger Splash.  Tama with a drop kick to Cody.  Loa gets Cody up but Cody sends Loa into Tama and Cody with Cross Rhodes on Loa for the three count.

Winners:  Cody and Marty Scurll

Match Number Five:  Dragon Lee, Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA, and Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito

Tanahashi and Naito start things off and Tanahashi tries to gauge the crowd reaction for both of them.  Sanada attacks Tanahashi from behind and they double team Tanahashi.  Tanahashi with punches to both men but Naito and Sanada with kicks.  Sanada holds Tanahashi and Naito spits in his face.  Naito hits Sanada when Tanahashi moves.  Tanahashi with a head scissors and Lee tags in.  Hiromu wants the tag and Naito obliges.  They both hit clotheslines at the same time and then they chop each other for about 30 seconds.

They stop for a moment and start up again at the same pace.  Lee with the advantage.  Lee with a cartwheel when Hiromu tries for a head scissors.  Lee with a snap German suplex followed by a plancha.  Lee kicks Hiromu and then he flips off the members of LIJ and Naito and BUSHI spit at him.  Taguchi tags in and it is time for a circuit of splashes, elbows, and clotheslines to Hiromu in the corner.  They send Hiromu into Taguchi's rear end for a hip attack and KUSHIDA gets a near fall.  KUSHIDA with an arm bar.  KUSHIDA with Cattle Mutilation and he gets a near fall with a bridge.  KUSHIDA with a wrist lock and he works on the shoulder.

KUSHIDA misses a splash into the corner and Naito with a drop kick to the knee.  Everyone else goes to the floor to battle while Hiromu kicks KUSHIDA in the corner and chokes him.  BUSHI tags in and he hits a missile drop kick.  BUSHI kicks KUSHIDA and Sanada tags in.  Sanada with an Irish whip and KUSHIDA gets his boot up.  Sanada wraps up KUSHIDA and then he hits a drop kick to the rear end.  BUSHI with a sleeper and then he chokes KUSHIDA with the shirt while the referee is distracted.

BUSHI knocks Lee and Tanahashi off the apron.  KUSHIDA with a hip toss and cartwheel followed by a drop kick.  KUSHIDA looks for someone to make the tag to, but they are all on the ground.  KUSHIDA with a handspring back elbow.  Tanahashi with a forearm and a cross body off the turnbuckles.  Hiromu and BUSHI with kicks.  Tanahashi blocks super kicks and hits dragon screw leg whips on both men.  Sanada with a Dragon Sleeper on Tanahashi.

Tanahashi with a reversal but Sanada escapes.  Sanada with a flip to the apron and then he hits a springboard drop kick.  Naito and Taguchi tag in and Taguchi with hip attacks to everyone.  Taguchi with hip strikes and a drop toe hold into an ankle lock.  BUSHI goes for a sunset flip but KUSHIDA with a hoverboard lock.  Tanahashi with a Cloverleaf to Sanada.  Hiromu breaks things up and Lee goes after Hiromu when they go to the floor.

Taguchi does the Nakamura pose and misses a running hip.  Naito with an enzuigiri.  Taguchi with an ankle lock but Sanada with a Dragon Sleeper on Taguchi.  Tanahashi with slingblade on Sanada.  BUSHI with a codebreaker.  Lee charges at Hiromu and Hiromu sends Lee into the turnbuckles with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Naito with a jackknife cover followed by Destino for the three count.

Winners:  Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, Sanada, and Hiromu Takahashi

After the match, Naito runs the ropes and slides into position.

Coverage Continues on Next Page.


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