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2/17 New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong: Rivals at the Vermont in Hollywood, CA results:
*Hikuleo defeated Kevin Knight in 8:30.
*Gabriel Kidd was announced as off the show.
*Christopher Daniels defeated Karl Fredricks with BME.
Team Filthy! @NJPWofAmerica #NJPWStrong for @PWInsidercom pic.twitter.com/w3HWMCruq2
— Eric Denton (@JabronieRamone) February 18, 2022
*Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Danny Limelight & Jorel Nelson) vs. Fred Rosser, Tyler Rust, Adrian Quest, DKC, Clark Connors) in an over the top rope, pin or sub elimination match. Eliminations were as follows: 1st DKC (OTR), 2nd Danny Limelight (Pin by Rosser), 3rd Isaacs (pin by Rosser), 4th Rosser (OTR by Nelson), 5th Nelson (sub by Rust), 6&7- Lawlor & Connors double OTR elimination, 8th JR Kratos pins Rust. The final two were Adrian Quest and Kratos. Kratos pins Quest with a lariat in 16 minutes plus.
*TJP defeated Brogan Finlay in 9 minutes. Lince "Mascara" Dorado debuts and confront TJP.
*Keita, Fred Yehi, DKC defeated Bateman, Mysterioso & Barrett Brown . Yehi pins Brown with a Fisherman's Suplex.
*Kevin Blackwood pinned Ariya Daivari with a small package.
@NJPWofAmerica Daniel Garcia pic.twitter.com/sGJKk0aCPO
— Eric Denton (@JabronieRamone) February 18, 2022
*Daniel Garcia submitted Yuya Uemura with a Sharpshooter.
*Black Tiger (Ricky Reyes) pinned Rocky Romero with a sit out powerbomb.
FinJuice vs Bad Dude Tito at #NJPWStrong pic.twitter.com/5zxAEDt35c
— Eric Denton (@JabronieRamone) February 18, 2022
*Jonah & Bad Dude Tito beat FinJuice by pin (Tito flying splash onto Finlay) after interference by former WWE star Shane "Thorne" Haste aka Slapjack. After the match, Brogan Finlay tried to assist but he is also beat down by Haste, Jonah & Tito.
@NJPWofAmerica it’s @DashingChrisBey vs @_BlakeChristian #NJPW pic.twitter.com/lJFgrz8pQx
— Eric Denton (@JabronieRamone) February 18, 2022
*Chris Bey pinned Blake Christian in ten minutes.
Buddy Matthews defeats Ren Narita @NJPWofAmerica pic.twitter.com/lEE3nfaAO6
— Eric Denton (@JabronieRamone) February 18, 2022
*Buddy Matthews pinned Ren Narita in 15:32 in a very good, hard hitting match.
Who’s house?@JayWhiteNZ or @swerveconfident @NJPWofAmerica #NJPWonAXS pic.twitter.com/cYXsuJsOki
— Eric Denton (@JabronieRamone) February 18, 2022
*Jay White pinned the returning Shane Strickland in 17 minutes with a Blade Runner. This was Strickland's return, as Mike Johnson reported for Elite subscribers back on 1/3.
There were 300-400 in attendance.
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