NJPW Strong: The New Beginning USA 2022 Tour February 12, 2022 - Huge tag team main event + Josh Barnett vs Ren Narita

[Chris]

STRONG Preview: Narita vs Barnett, FinJuice vs Tito & JONAH 【NJoA】​

New Beginning USA continues with a big heavyweight tag main event

Saturday night at 8/7c sees the second night of the New Beginning USA 2022 tour, with a heavy hitting tag match at the top of the card as FinJuice seek to assert tag dominance over newcomers JONAH and Bad Dude Tito.
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Main event: FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) vs Bad Dude Tito & JONAH

One of the hottest free agents in wrestling when he made his debut at Battle in the Valley, JONAH’s impressive power was of little surprise to both the competitors and fans of NJPW STRONG. Bad Dude Tito though, who was unknown to many when he debuted opposite Juice Robinson at Nemesis, was a bigger shock. Tito’s athleticism and power saw him to a near win over Juice, but when Robinson called out JONAH in victory, Tito had another surprise up his sleeve.

Hooking Juice’s heel, Tito setup JONAH to beat down the flamboyant one, before David Finlay made the save. FinJuice were quick to demand revenge and now have their chance. JONAH and Tito are no doubt impressive individuals, but a tag environment is FinJuice’s wheelhouse. Will this be where the ‘Top Dog’s freight train momentum gets halted?

2nd Match: Ren Narita vs Josh Barnett

A month removed from being tested by Katsuyori Shibata in the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 16, Ren Narita faces another tough challenge in the form of Josh Barnett. The Warmaster made his return to NJPW after 17 years at Detonation, where he gave the seal of approval to the now graduated Alex Coughlin. Now the former UFC champion will test Narita’s mettle; can the young prospect prove his worth?

1st Match: Cody Chhun vs Hikuleo

Starting the evening’s action, Cody Chhun makes his debut on NJPW STRONG opposite Hikuleo. With Seattle’s DEFY as his home promotion, and being one of the company’s most popular wrestlers, Chhun has the home crowd advantage, but might the imposing BULLET CLUB Young Gun present the kind of obstacle even fan support can’t overcome?​

 

[Chris]

This Barnett/Narita match

Hikuleo match was fun too, first I'd seen of his opponent and I was impressed

 

[Chris]

Fucking hell that main event was nice. I wasn't really expecting a lot and was thinking Barnnett/Narita probably should have been the main but nah that shit ruled. Shorter epispde again tho, maybe these are just more the norm

 

[CakeWalker]

Chhun vs. Big Hik was actually a very good match for what it was - Cody is a talent for sure, but the Young Bullet needs to go back to Japan ASAP

 

[CakeWalker]

Narita vs. Josh - was basically a technically perfect Pure Rules match - and it fucking rocked

 

[CakeWalker]

Main-event was good - but JB and Narita was the best match of the night - JONAH once he crosses the Pacific going to be an immovable object