{"id":8583,"date":"2020-08-07T21:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T03:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=8583"},"modified":"2020-08-15T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T17:11:17","slug":"njpw-strong-episode-1-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/njpw-strong-episode-1-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW Strong (Episode 1) Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NJPW Strong<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA Quarter Finals<\/strong><br \/>\n#njpwstrong<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: August 7, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date:<\/strong> <strong>August 7, 2020 <\/strong>(unconfirmed)<br \/>\n(uploaded to NJPW World)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City:<\/strong> <strong><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> (unconfirmed)<br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=oceanview-pavilion\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Oceanview Pavilion<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (empty arena) (unconfirmed)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary<\/strong> (English)<strong>: Kevin Kelly, Alex Koslov<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Adnan Kureishy\u00a0<\/strong>(ringside)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKevin Kelly and Alex Koslov welcome us to the New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA look at some of the past winners of the NJPW New Japan Cup in Japan, as well as a look at the New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA brackets. The winner of this tournament will earn the right to challenge for the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA Quarter Final Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Karl Fredericks vs KENTA<\/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_69e5ffe9002a4','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_69e5ffe9002a4\" 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_69e5ffe9002a4\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: KENTA wins via pinfall after Go2Sleep<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:59<\/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. It&#8217;s really good to see KENTA again. Fredericks is coming off some great performances in Lion&#8217;s Break Collision, but KENTA was supremely confident tonight. KENTA&#8217;s strikes were as numerous as they were accurate, and Fredericks could barely get going for large parts of this match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA Quarter Final Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tanga Loa vs Jeff Cobb<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Sparky Ballard)<\/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_69e5ffe9003cc','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_69e5ffe9003cc\" 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_69e5ffe9003cc\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Jeff Cobb wins via pinfall after Tour of the Islands<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:45<\/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. These are two big and strong guys, and they had a big and strong match. I&#8217;d like to have seen this go a bit longer, but for a first round tournament match, I quite enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intermission<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nWe are treated to some commercials as the ring is cleaned and disinfected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA Quarter Final Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chase Owens vs David Finlay<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Sparky Ballard)<\/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_69e5ffe900406','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_69e5ffe900406\" 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_69e5ffe900406\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: David Finlay wins via pinfall after Prima Nocta<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:46<\/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. This match had the fastest pace so far tonight. Owens and Finlay went back and forth, and they were both getting in some really good offense. Owens cheated very well throughout the match, and that forced Finaly to push through and mount a comeback as the fight neared its finish. I liked this a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA Quarter Final Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tama Tonga vs Brody King<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Justin Borden)<\/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_69e5ffe900439','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_69e5ffe900439\" 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_69e5ffe900439\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Tama Tonga wins via pinfall after the Gunstun<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 7:14<\/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. It&#8217;s unusual to see Tama Tonga as the smaller guy in nearly any NJPW match, but that&#8217;s what he was tonight. I wouldn&#8217;t call Tama an underdog here, but he definitely had a lot to deal with against Brody King. King overpowered Tama throughout the match, and Tama was in trouble often. Tama had to pull of a lot of quick moves to contend with the power and size of King, and it made for a pretty exciting match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was a fun first round. I expect the matches in the semifinals will be longer, and that will be a very good thing. None of these matches was necessarily too short, but I would have liked to have seen at least two of them go on longer. Regardless, I liked the show tonight, and I&#8217;m looking forward to next week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Brody King vs Tama Tonga<\/strong><br \/>\nThough it was the shortest match of the night, I think it was also the most explosive. Seeing Tama Tonga being put out of his comfort zone by Brody King was a lot of fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/tornament\/77901?showResult=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/tornament\/77901?showResult=1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA gets underway with all four quarter final matches in the first episode of NJPW Strong!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[620,297,6635],"tags":[6565,235,2532,723,1555,1587,581,2600,1486,2349,6564,6641,2680,2679,637,1899,6638,6637,6639,577,576,6567,6568,6640,6636,594,1778],"class_list":["post-8583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-njpw","category-show-results","category-strong","tag-adnan-kureishy","tag-alex-koslov","tag-brody-king","tag-bullet-club","tag-california","tag-chase-owens","tag-david-finlay","tag-god","tag-guerrillas-of-destiny","tag-jeff-cobb","tag-jeremy-marcus","tag-justin-borden","tag-karl-fredericks","tag-kenta","tag-kevin-kelly","tag-new-japan-cup","tag-new-japan-cup-2020-in-the-usa","tag-new-japan-cup-in-the-usa","tag-new-japan-cup-in-the-usa-quarter-final-match","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw","tag-oceanview-pavilion","tag-port-hueneme-ca","tag-sparky-ballard","tag-strong","tag-tama-tonga","tag-tanga-loa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583","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=8583"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8679,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583\/revisions\/8679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}