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NJPW STRONG REPORT: TAG TEAM TURBULENCE FINALS AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-07-31 09:03:00

We are in Los Angeles, California and your announcers are Shigeki Kiyono and Katsayuri Shibata (in Japanese) or Kevin Kelly and Alex Koslov (in English).

Match Number One: Kevin Knight versus Bateman

They lock up and Knight with a waist lock but Bateman with a wrist lock. Knight with a wrist lock take down. Knight with a side head lock but Bateman with a waist lock. Knight with a side head lock and he holds on when Bateman tries to send him off the ropes. Knight with a shoulder tackle but Bateman does not move. Knight with a knee and shoulder tackle. Knight with a kick and forearm but Bateman fires back. Knight with a European uppercut and then Bateman blocks a slam attempt. Bateman gets to her feet and kicks Knight in the back and follows with a Northern Lariat.

Bateman with a forearm. Knight with punches but Bateman with a knee and he sends Knight throat first into the ropes and follows with a flying knee for a near fall. Bateman with a rear chin lock into a reverse chin lock. Knight with European uppercuts and a forearm to the back. Bateman with a double thrust to the throat and Knight goes down. Bateman with kicks in the corner and then he chokes Knight in the corner.

Bateman with a running knee into the corner and he gets a near fall. Knight with chops and Bateman chops back. Knight with a forearm and European uppercuts. Bateman with forearms. Knight with a drop kick. Knight with kicks and European uppercuts in the corner. Bateman with a forearm and he goes for the tombstone but Knight escapes. Knight with a slam for a near fall. Knight goes for the Boston Crab but Bateman blocks it and he kicks Knight in the chest and head. Knight with a forearm to the back but Bateman with a forearm to the head. Bateman with a forearm into the corner. Knight with a snap mare followed by a running shoulder tackle for a near fall. Knight goes for a splash but Bateman gets his knees up. Bateman with a rollup for a near fall. Bateman with the tombstone for the three count.

Winner: Bateman

Match Number Two: Adrian Quest, Karl Fredericks, and Fred Rosser versus Misterioso, Jorel Nelson, and Royce Isaacs

Quest and Misterioso start things off and they lock up and Misterioso sends Quest to the mat. They lock up again and Misterioso backs Quest into the corner and gives a clean break. They have a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Quest with forearms and a wrist lock. Quest with a springboard flipping arm drag. Quest with a twisting cross body. Rosser tags in and punches Misterioso. Rosser with a kick and a fireman’s carry take down. Rosser misses a clothesline and Misterioso gets Rosser to flinch and he kicks Rosser in the knee. Rosser blocks a kick and Rosser with forearms to the leg. Misterioso with a handspring back elbow.

Isaacs tags in and he pie faces Rosser and kicks him. Rosser with a clothesline and slam followed by a seated splash. Rosser with another seated splash for a near fall. Rosser with a body scissors. Quest tags in and he kicks Isaacs and punches him. Quest with forearms and Isaacs with a punch and waist lock. Quest with a standing switch but Isaacs runs Quest throat first into the ropes. Misterioso tags in and Nelson joins him in attacking Rosser and Fredericks on the apron. Nelson sends Quest to Misterioso and he tosses him into the air and Quest lands face first on the mat. Nelson with a running boot to the head and Misterioso gets a series of near falls. Misterioso with shoulders in the corner and he gets a near fall.

Nelson tags in and he kicks Quest in the midsection. Quest and Nelson exchange punches and then Nelson kicks Quest in the corner. Isaacs tags in and Quest with forearms but Isaacs with a power slam for a near fall. Rosser breaks up the cover and the referee warns Rosser. Isaacs with punches and Nelson tags in. Nelson with a snap mare and forearms to Quest and then he runs his forearms across the bridge of the nose. Nelson with Emerald Frosion for a near fall. Nelson gets Quest on his shoulders and he goes to the turnbuckles.

Quest counters with a Frankensteiner. Fredericks and Isaacs tag in and Fredericks with forearms and chops. Isaacs with a kick but Fredericks with a spinebuster. Fredericks with a European uppercut and back breaker to Nelson. Fredericks with splashes in the corner to Nelson and Isaacs. Fredericks with a belly-to-back suplex followed by an elbow drop for a near fall.

Fredericks sets for a suplex but Isaacs blocks it. Isaacs is sent into the corner and he hits a cutter followed by a cross body from Nelson. Isaacs gets a near fall but Rosser breaks it up. Rosser and Nelson go over the top rope on a clothesline and Rosser lands on the apron while Nelson goes to the floor. Isaacs sends Rosser into the turnbuckles. Misterioso tags in and Quest hits a DDT on Isaacs. Quest kicks Misterioso in the head and then Quest hits an Asai Moonsault onto Nelson and Isaacs. Misterioso with a super kick and a Finlay Slam but he misses a moonsault and lands on his feet. Fredericks with a front faces lock and a sleeper. Fredericks with an elevated DDT for the three count.

Winners: Fred Rosser, Adrian Quest, and Karl Fredericks

We go to the Cleaning and Disinfection Break.

Match Number Three: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows versus Chris Dickinson and Brody King in the Finals of Tag Team Turbulence

Anderson and Dickinson start things off. Anderson chants his own name and Dickinson mocks Anderson. They lock up and Dickinson with a clean break but he pats Anderson on the chest. They lock up and Anderson with a wrist lock. Dickinson with a reversal and he works on the shoulder. Dickinson with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Dickinson goes for the leg and hits a dragon screw leg whip. Dickinson goes for a single leg crab and locks it in. Anderson gets to the ropes and King tags in and Anderson is able to get into his corner and tags in Gallows.

They lock up and go to a stalemate. They lock up again and Gallows with a side head lock. Gallows with a shoulder tackle and neither man goes down. King with a shoulder tackle and Gallows does not go down. Both men go for shoulder tackles in the center of the ring and nothing happens. They exchange punches. King with a cross body for a near fall. King with a forearm and Dickinson tags in. Dickinson kicks Gallows in the midsection and the leg. Dickinson with chops and Gallows sends Dickinson into the corner. Anderson distracts Dickinson and Gallows with a round kick. Gallows with cover up uppercuts in the corner and then he chokes Dickinson. Anderson tags in and he rakes the eyes.

Dickinson with kicks to Anderson and elbows to Gallows. Anderson with a European uppercut and Dickinson with a forearm. Anderson with a European uppercut and he chokes Dickinson in the corner. Gallows tags in and he kicks Dickinson and then kicks King off the apron. Gallows with a suplex and an elbow drop for a near fall. Gallows with an elbow to the clavicle and he applies a reverse chin lock. Dickinson with punches abut Gallows with an uppercut. Gallows with an Irish whip but he misses a splash. Dickinson with a drop kick and both men are down.

Anderson and King tag in and King with clotheslines to Anderson followed by a back elbow. King with a springboard double arm drag and then he goes to the apron and hits a cannonball off the apron onto Gallows and Anderson. King with a splash to Anderson followed by a clothesline from Dickinson and King with a side slam for a near fall. Dickinson tags in and King gets Anderson up for a Hart Attack but Gallows trips Dickinson and Anderson rakes the eyes. Gallows with a boot to King.

Gallows and Anderson Irish whip Dickinson into the corner. Anderson with a kick and Gallows with a splash. They hit a neck breaker and belly-to-back suplex combination for a near fall. Anderson gets Dickinson up for a Gun Stun for a near fall. King and Gallows with punches but Anderson with a Gun Stun to King. They get Dickinson up for Magic Killer but Dickinson kicks Anderson away. Gallows charges into boots in the corner. Dickinson with a tornado DDT on Gallows and a rollup on Anderson for a near fall. Dickinson with an nezuigiri on Anderson and he gets Anderson on his shoulders but Gallows with a thrust kick and then they hit Magic Killer for the three count.

Winners: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows

After the match, Gallows and Anderson are presented the trophies for winning Tag Team Turbulence.

Anderson asks for a mic and he says the Good Brothers are back. Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo. Some day soon, Gallows and Anderson want and deserve the IWGP Tag Team Championships. The Good Brothers want the IWGP Tag Team Championships. When we want them, we are coming to get them. Gallows and Anderson are ichiban.

We go to credits.

 

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