{"id":8346,"date":"2020-07-10T21:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=8346"},"modified":"2020-07-10T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:08:09","slug":"njpw-lions-break-collision-episode-2-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/njpw-lions-break-collision-episode-2-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW Lion&#8217;s Break Collision (Episode 2) Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NJPW Lion&#8217;s Break Collision<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 2<\/strong><br \/>\n#njcollision<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: July 10, 2020 <\/strong>(22:00 EDT)<br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: June 13, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n(uploaded to NJPW World)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=port-hueneme-ca\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Port Hueneme<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=california\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">CA<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=oceanview-pavilion\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oceanview Pavilion<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (empty arena)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary <\/strong>(English)<strong>: Kevin Kelly, Chris Charlton, Gino Gambino<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Adnan Kureishy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLast week, Karl Fredericks pinned Rocky Romero in a tag match, but Fredericks and Jeff Cobb still wanted to fight.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKevin Kelly talks with Jeff Cobb via video chat. Cobb is disappointed that he can&#8217;t be in Japan to compete for the New Japan Cup, and he&#8217;s not sure why Karl Fredericks was so disrespectful to him and Rocky Romero last week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>The DKC vs Rust Taylor<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Nick Bonanno)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e6034741c02','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e6034741c02\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e6034741c02\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Rust Taylor wins via submission with the Gaia Lock<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 7:28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Taylor showed some strong mat skills by twisting and stretching DKC throughout much of the match. DKC had some nice holds and transitions of his own, but Taylor dominated this match. Taylor definitely felt like a veteran competing against someone who was less experienced (Taylor has been wrestling for 16 years). I like this style of grappling and mat wrestling, and I liked this match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRust Taylor says NJPW has some of the best wrestlers in the world, but they don&#8217;t have Rust Taylor yet. He wants to prove himself in the Lion&#8217;s Break Collision ring.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIn a commercial for the Tokon Shop Global, Rocky Romero talks to Juice Robinson about buying NJPW merchandise.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIn a commercial for NJPW Collection, Will Ospreay collects digital cards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Danny Limelight vs TJP<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Jeremy Marcus)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e6034741d92','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e6034741d92\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e6034741d92\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: TJP wins via pinfall after the Mamba Splash<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 10:48<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match! Danny Limelight has a style that&#8217;s very similar to TJP, and by that I mean he incorporates some very good technical holds and transitions with some really nice high-flying offense. The first part of this match had TJP and Limelight putting together some great chains down on the mat with some really nice and subtle transitions. Both men made it look effortless. As the match went on, they both started to stand up and move around the ring more, and they both hit some agile offensive maneuvers. TJP definitely felt like the veteran he is when compared to Limelight, but Limelight is really good. I&#8217;ll definitely be revisiting this match in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nTJP says Danny Limelight is the future, and he&#8217;d love to have another match with him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was another good show. It&#8217;s always fun getting to know everyone when there&#8217;s a brand new series like this, and I&#8217;ve liked everyone I&#8217;ve seen so far. Tonight&#8217;s main event was my favorite match of the series so far, and it definitely made me want to keep tuning in so I can see more wrestlers who are new to me, and more of the wrestlers I already enjoy a whole lot.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Danny Limelight vs TJP<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the match to beat so far in Lion&#8217;s Break Collision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official results:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/tornament\/76029?showResult=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/tornament\/76029?showResult=1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rust Taylor and The DKC make their NJPW Lion&#8217;s Break Collision debut, and TJP battles the debuting Danny Limelight in a great main event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6562,620,297],"tags":[6565,1555,2347,6585,6583,2566,2349,6564,637,6563,577,6566,576,6567,6568,6584,1332],"class_list":["post-8346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lions-break-collision","category-njpw","category-show-results","tag-adnan-kureishy","tag-california","tag-chris-charlton","tag-danny-limelight","tag-dkc","tag-gino-gambino","tag-jeff-cobb","tag-jeremy-marcus","tag-kevin-kelly","tag-lions-break-collision","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-nick-bonanno","tag-njpw","tag-oceanview-pavilion","tag-port-hueneme-ca","tag-rust-taylor","tag-tjp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8350,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8346\/revisions\/8350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}