{"id":9240,"date":"2020-09-18T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2020-09-26T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T01:06:10","slug":"njpw-strong-episode-7-road-to-lions-break-crown-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/njpw-strong-episode-7-road-to-lions-break-crown-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW Strong (Episode 7: Road to Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown) Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NJPW Strong<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 7<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Road to Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown<\/strong><br \/>\n#njpwstrong<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: September 18, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: ?<\/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> (unconfirmed)<br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=oceanview-pavilion\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oceanview Pavilion<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (empty arena) (unconfirmed)<br \/>\n<strong>Series: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=lions-break-crown\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary<\/strong> (English)<strong>: Kevin Kelly, Alex Koslov<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: <\/strong><strong>Adnan Kureishy<\/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 show and introduce us to the upcoming Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown tournament.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA look at the competitors in Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown including Logan Riegel, The DKC, Clark Connors, Jordan Clearwater, Danny Limelight, Barrett Brown, Adrian Quest, and Blake Christian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>The DKC &amp; Blake Christian &amp; Jordan Clearwater &amp; Barrett Brown vs Adrian Quest &amp; Logan Riegel &amp; Clark Connors &amp; Danny Limelight<\/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_69e6002de205f','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_69e6002de205f\" 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_69e6002de205f\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Logan Riegel pins Jordan Clearwater after a jumping DDT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 10:17<\/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. This was a preview of all four first round matches in the Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown tournament, and I believe everyone got a little time one on one with their first round opponent. Nobody really stayed in the ring for too long, so this was a fast and fun match. It broke down towards the end with a series of dives which was fine, but I did like the finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Misterioso &amp; Fred Rosser vs Rocky Romero &amp; PJ Black<\/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_69e6002de2177','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_69e6002de2177\" 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_69e6002de2177\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: PJ Black pins Misterioso after the Placebo Effect<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 12:02<\/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. I liked Fred Rosser&#8217;s attitude in this. Rosser was not happy, and he did not seem impressed at all with Rocky Romero&#8217;s antics. Rosser was aggressive, smart, and he called a lot of the shots for his team. Romero and Black probably had the better teamwork overall though. Romero and Black did a good job of dividing up their times in the ring, and they were smart about supporting each other from outside the ring. Overall, this was a very fun match, and I&#8217;d like to see any combination of these guys fight again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intermission<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe ring is cleaned and disinfected during a brief intermission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Guerrillas of Destiny vs Alex Zayne &amp; ACH<\/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_69e6002de21b1','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_69e6002de21b1\" 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_69e6002de21b1\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Tanga Loa pins Alex Zayne after Apeshit<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 13:08<\/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. ACH started pretty well against GOD, but GOD started to dominate the match after a minute or so. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa were supremely confident, and they managed to isolate ACH for a long time. Zayne eventually got a tag, and that surprisingly shifted the momentum away from GOD. Zayne start zipping all around the ring, and Loa and Tonga has a difficult time keeping up with him. ACH supported Zayne when he could, and that led to Zayne and ACH making a nice push to upset GOD. Everything built up to a nice and sudden finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was a nice show. It definitely felt like a preview show (because it was), but that&#8217;s not a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Fred Rosser &amp; Misterioso vs Rocky Romero &amp; PJ Black<\/strong><br \/>\nI had the most fun with this match tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/tornament\/80704?showResult=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/tornament\/80704?showResult=1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get a preview of the upcoming Lion&#8217;s Break: Crown tournament in a big eight-man tag along with two other fun tag matches in an entertaining 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":[769,6565,6665,235,6654,6649,6653,723,1555,2681,6585,6583,6699,2600,1486,6564,6678,6641,637,6741,6650,6592,577,576,6567,6652,6568,6740,714,6640,6636,594,1778],"class_list":["post-9240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-njpw","category-show-results","category-strong","tag-ach","tag-adnan-kureishy","tag-adrian-quest","tag-alex-koslov","tag-alex-zayne","tag-barrett-brown","tag-blake-christian","tag-bullet-club","tag-california","tag-clark-connors","tag-danny-limelight","tag-dkc","tag-fred-rosser","tag-god","tag-guerrillas-of-destiny","tag-jeremy-marcus","tag-jordan-clearwater","tag-justin-borden","tag-kevin-kelly","tag-lions-break-crown","tag-logan-riegel","tag-misterioso","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw","tag-oceanview-pavilion","tag-pj-black","tag-port-hueneme-ca","tag-road-to-lions-break-crown","tag-rocky-romero","tag-sparky-ballard","tag-strong","tag-tama-tonga","tag-tanga-loa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240","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=9240"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9251,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions\/9251"}],"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=9240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}