www.pwinsider.com/article/157833/njpw-strong-report-sabin-versus-white-alexander-versus-fredericks-and-more.html?p=1NJPW STRONG REPORT: SABIN VERSUS WHITE, ALEXANDER VERSUS FREDERICKS, AND MORE
By Richard Trionfo on 2022-04-10 23:59:00
Your announcers are Ian Riccaboni and Matt Rehwoldt (in English) and Shigeki Kiyono, Katsuyori Shibata, and Hiroshi Tanahashi. (in Japanese)
Match Number One: Andy Brown versus Hikuleo
They lock up and Hikuleo pushes Brown away. They lock up and Hikuleo pushes Brown away a second time. Brown pushes Hikuleo and Hikuleo with a punch and Irish whip. Hikuleo with a clothesline into the corner. Hikuleo sends Brown into the turnbuckles and Brown goes to the floor. Hikuleo goes over the top rope and Brown grabs his leg. Hikuleo kicks him away and then Brown sends Hikuelo into the guardrail.
Hikuleo sends Brown into the guardrail and chops him. Brown with a chop and Hikuleo with another chop. They return to the ring and Hikuleo runs into a boot and misses a splash. Brown with an uppercut and running knees into the corner. Brown with a drop kick and he goes through the ropes to the floor. Brown with back senton for a near fall. Brown charges at Hikuleo but Hikuleo stops him. Brown with a knee to the head and a forearm to the temple for a near fall.
Brown charges at Hikuleo and Hikuleo with a pop up forearm and a power slam. Hikuelo with a hoke slam for the three count.
Winner: Hikuleo
Match Number Two: Josh Alexander versus Karl Fredericks
They lock up and Alexander goes for the leg but then breaks in the ropes. Fredericks with a wrist lock and Alexander tries for a reversal but Karl sends him to the mat. Alexander with a reversal and Karl with a reversal into a side head lock. Alexander with a reversal and take down. Karl goes for a head scissors but Alexander blocks it.
Karl with punches and Alexander with a shoulder tackle. Karl with a cross body and forearm. Alexander goes to the floor and Karl with a flip dive. Karl with a forearm to the back and they return to the ring. Karl with chops in the corner and Alexander with an elbow and boot to the head. Alexander with an elbow to the back of the head. Alexander with an elbow to the back of the neck. Alexander with a forearm to the back. Alexander with a shoulder in the ropes and he holds on for a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Alexander with a snap mare and knees to the back. Alexander with an arm bar.
Alexander with a bow and arrow and Karl gets to the ropes to force a break. Alexander with an uppercut in the corner. Alexander with an Irish whip and chop. Alexander with an uppercut. Karl with forearms and Alexander with uppercuts and chops. Karl with a kick and Alexander with a gourdbuster. Alexander with chops. Karl wants Alexander to chop him again while he sits on the mat. Alexander with more chops and Karl with forearms and a European uppercut. Karl with a leg lariat in the corner followed by forearms.
Karl with face washes and the referee pulls Karl out of the corner. Karl with a hesitation drop kick into the corner. Karl with an elbow drop for a near fall. Alexander gets Karl on his shoulders but Karl escapes and hits a spinebuster followed by an STF. Alexander gets to the ropes to force a break. Alexander tries to suplex Karl to the floor but Karl blocks it. Karl sends Alexander into the turnbuckles and then Alexander punches Karl and hits a power slam on the apron.
Alexander with a cross body through the ropes to send Karl to the floor. Karl is sent back into the ring and Alexander goes up top and hits a diving head butt for a near fall. Alexander with an ankle lock. Karl tries to get to the ropes and then he kicks Alexander to escape the hold. Alexander with chops and kicks. Karl with a chop. Alexander with a chop. They go back and forth with chops and forearms. Karl with European uppercuts and forearms. Karl has a back heel kick blocked and then Alexander avoids a Pele Kick and applies an ankle lock. Karl sends Alexander into the turnbuckles and connects with kicks. Karl puts Alexander on the top rope and connects with European uppercuts and hits a springboard drop kick to the back for a near fall.
Karl with a front face lock and Alexander grabs the leg to block any move. Alexander runs Karl into the turnbuckles. Karl with an Irish whip and Alexander sends him to the apron. Karl with a slingshot sunset flip for a near fall. Karl with a rolup for a near fall. Karl with a back breaker anad Alexander with a forearm and suplex. Alexander with a butterfly pile driver for the three count.
Winner: Josh Alexander
After the match, Alexander offers his hand to Fredericks and Fredericks shakes it.
As Alexander goes to the back, QT Marshall makes his way to the ring with Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto. He tells Fredericks that he knows who they are, but not why they are here. Marshall tells Fredericks he needs more than effort to be a success. He tells Fredericks he is making a mistake aligning himself with the LA Dojo and their overrated sempai, Shibata. Marshall offers Fredericks an opportunity to join the Factory. He tells Fredericks to see what happened to Solo and Comoroto by joining the Factory.
Fredericks tosses the shirt at Marshall and pushes Solo down.
Comoroto with a uranage. Clark Connors and Yuya Uemura make their way to the ring to help out Fredericks.
Fredericks gets on the mic and says that he has no interest in joining the Factory, but he wants to fight them. He makes a challenge for Chicago.
Match Number Three: Daniel Garcia and Fred Yehi versus Fred Rosser and Eddie Kingston
Garcia and Kingston have to be separated before the bell rings.
Rosser and Yehi start things off and Yehi with kicks and a chop. Yehi with more kicks to Rosser and a boot to the chest. Yehi with a snap mare and kick. Yehi with a chop . Rosser with a flying shoulder tackle and kick. Rosser with a swinging neck breaker. Rosser sends Yehi into the turnbuckles and Kingston tags in. They hit a double shoulder tackle and then Kingston goes after Garcia and they fight on the floor. Kingston sends Garcia into the guardrails. Yehi sends Kingston into the guardrails and chops him.
Rosser goes to the floor and all four men brawl. Yehi and Kingston return to the ring and Yehi with a chop. Yehi with an Irish whip and Kingston with an STO. Rosser tags in and he connects with a forearm to the back. Rosser with a back rake and a hip to the side of the head. Rosser with a leg drop for a near fall. Rosser with a slam and seated splash for a near fall. Kingston and Garcia fight on the floor against the guardrails. The referee tells Kingston to go back ot his corner.
Yehi with a forearm to Rosser’s back and he chops Rosser. Yehi with knees in the corner. Garcia tags in and he kicks Rosser while glaring at Kingston. Garcia with a European uppercut and dragon screw leg whip. Garcia with a heel hook but the referee has to send Kingston to the apron. Yehi tags in and kicks Rosser. Yehi prevents Rosser from making the tag and Garcia tags in and kicks Rosser. Yehi tags back in and they go for a double suplex but Rosser blocks it.
Rosser with a double clothesline and Kingston tags in and he punches and chops Yehi and Garcia. Yehi and Garcia kick Eddie and Garcia goes to the apron. Yehi with a double sledge to the back and Garcia tags in and chokes Kingston in the ropes. Garcia punches Kingston in the corner and he bites Kingston. Kingston with a thumb to the eyes and Kingston with Kobashi chops. Yehi stops Eddie from hitting a superplex and Yehi with a knee and Garcia with a knee drop for a near fall.
Garcia with a forearm to the back of the head. Yehi tags in and kicks Kingsotn. Yehi with a front face lock and he tags Garcia in. Garcia with a kick and elbow. Garcia with forearms. Eddie with a knee to the midsection followed by a butterfly suplex. Rosser tags in and so does Yehi. Rosser with forearms to both men and a power slam to Yehi. Rosser chops Garcia and then alternates with clotheslines. Yehi grabs Rosser and Rosser with a power slam for a near fall.
Garcia with chops and European uppercuts. Rosser with a kick and Eddie with an exploder to Garcia. Yehi with a forearm to Rosser and a German suplex to Eddie. Yehi chops Rosser and then applies a sleeper. Yehi with a back fist and Rosser with an inside cradle for a near fall. Garcia sends Rosser to the mat but Kingston with back fists to Garcia and Yehi. Rosser with a double knee gutbuster on Yehi for the three count.
Winners: Fred Rosser and Eddie Kingston
After the match, the referee and officials have to pull Kingston off Garcia.
Match Number Four: Chris Sabin versus Jay White
They lock up and White with a chop. They lock up and Sabin misses a chop and White chops Sabin and Sabin’s chest is already red. White goes to the apron to talk to the crowd. Sabin wants a test of strength and White obliges. Sabin with a side head lock into a hammer lock and take down into an arm bar. White with a wrist lock and Sabin with a reversal and arm drag. White avoids a chop and goes to the floor.
White thinks about getting back into the ring but Sabin gets too close and White goes back to the floor. White takes too long so Sabin hits a cross body. Sabin chops White and sends him back into the ring. White goes to the floor and Sabin kicks him from the apron. Sabin chops White against the apron and sends him back into the ring. White goes back to the floor. Sabin with a cannonball off the apron. Sabin hot shots White on the guardrails. Sabin with a side Russian leg sweep into the guardrails. Sabin breaks the referee’s count and then sends White back into the ring.
Sabin with a cross body for a near fall. Sabin with a hammer lock and rollup into a heed scissors and chicken wing. White gets to the ropes and Sabin releases the hold. Sabin kicks White and then punches him from the turnbuckles. Sabin with a chop. Sabin goes up top and White crotches him. White chops Sabin off the turnbuckles to the floor. White goes to the floor and chops Sabin. White with more chops as he goes around the ringside area. White with another chop and he breaks the referee’s count before hitting back drop driver onto the apron and a gourdbuster. White gets a near fall.
Sabin with punches and White with a back elbow. White with a back breaker and he gets a near fall. White with a reverse chin lock. Sabin with a punch and white with a forearm to the back. Sabin blocks a suplex and White punches Sabin. White with a forearm and Sabin with a forearm. White with a knee and Sabin with a back heel kick. White with a snap mare and Sabin with an enzuigiri. White runs into an elbow. White with an elbow but Sabin with a knee to the midsection. Sabin with forearms and a knee. Sabin with elbows to the neck and head. Sabin with a spinning round kick.
Sabin goes up top and hits a missile drop kick. Sabin with a running kick to the head for a near fall. Sabin with a head butt and a running forearm to the back of the head. Sabin with a DDT but White with a DDT. White runs into a boot and Sabin with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Sabin gets White up and White with elbows. White gets Sabin up but Sabin with elbows. White with a belly-to-back suplex. White with an elbow into the corner and White with a swinging suplex for a near fall.
White goes for a uranage and Sabin with en elbow. White with a flatliner and a German suplex. White with a uranage for a near fall. Sabin backs White into the corner and Sabin with elbows. Sabin with a knee to the head. White goes for Blade Runner but Sabin escapes. Sabin goes for a Cradle Shock but White escapes. Sabin with a Yakuza Kick. White with a forearm and Sabin fires back. Sabin with a jumping knee to the midsection. White with a forearm and Sabin with a forearm. White with chops in the corner. White argues with the referee. Sabin with chops. Sabin with more chops as White misses on a few chops. Sabin with a clothesline and a second one. Sabin goes for Cradle Shock but White escapes and hits Blade Runner for the three count.
Winner: Jay White
After the match, White gets on the mic and he talk about how he has a bit of Bullet Club business to deal with. He says that Bullet Club is cutting the dead weight and he decides who stays and who goes.
Hikuleo comes out and White says he knows why Hikuleo is out here. White mentions that Hikuleo’s brother’s memberships in Bullet Club expired. White tells Hikuleo he is welcome to stay and that Hikuleo is the future of Bullet Club.
Hikuleo takes the mic and he says that he is the future of Bullet Club because Bullet Club is for Life. He says the future starts now.
White takes the mic back and says that Hikuleo has to take it easy because there are levels and Hikuleo is not at his level yet. White says that he will teach Hikuleo how to breathe the air up at the top. White says it is still his era.
We go to credits.