New Japan Pro Wrestling recently held night 2 of their Strong Style Evolved: United Kingdom Event which took place in Manchester, England. The show was headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. taking on Kazuchika Okada along with The Rev Pro Wrestling Undisputed British Champion Tomohiro Ishii defending his Rev Pro Wrestling Undisputed British Title against Minoru Suzuki in the main event. Below are the full results from the show:
– The Great O-Khan (Tomoyuki Oka) def. Dan Duggan O-Khan won with Mongolian chops off the middle rope. Oka’s gimmick is some sort of mystical wizard type thing, but people weren’t buying it and kept chanting “genie pants.”
– Yuji Nagata def. Shota Umino. Nagata submitted Umino with a crossface. Nagata came off like a total superstar and Umino did really well.
– Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Iizuka) def. CHAOS (Gedo, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI). They had a comedy match, ending when Desperado rolled up Gedo. Yano was really over.
– WALTER def. Yujiro Takahashi. WALTER hit a powerbomb for the finish. There were lots of stiff chops from both guys, but it was a pretty one-sided match.
– Taichi def. Will Ospreay. Taichi picked up the win with a roll-up after Kanemaru interfered. Ospreay was crazy over.
– Revolution Pro Wrestling British Cruiserweight Champion David Starr def. El Phantasmo, Tiger Mask IV & Taiji Ishimori in a Four-Way Match to retain his Revolution Pro Wrestling British Cruiserweight Title. The crowd loved everyone but were really into Tiger Mask.
– IWGP United States Champion Jay White def. Kyle Fletcher. White hit the Blade Runner for the victory. Fletcher was a replacement for Chris Brookes, who was announced as being ill. The match was really good. The crowd was hot for both guys.
– Zack Sabre Jr. def. Kazuchika Okada. Sabre rolled up Okada and pinned him, which amazed everyone. The fans loved Sabre, but Okada was on a different level as a superstar. The audience gave him a standing ovation at the end. Sabre’s victory was really a shocking one. You can check out Sabre’s victory in the video below:
I fucked up filming the end of the Okada/ZSJ Match because I was SO SHOCKED ?? #SSEUK pic.twitter.com/4kLoQNwpzM
— Shaun (@polatronz) July 2, 2018
– Minoru Suzuki def. Rev Pro Wrestling’s Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii to win Rev Pro Wrestling’s Undisputed British Heavyweight Title. Amazing match. Suzuki was the clear favorite and won with a Gotch piledriver. There were standing ovations at multiple points, with the crowd popping huge for the title change. WALTER came out and booted Ishii after the match before having a stare-down with Suzuki.