NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (NJPW)’S Resurgence 2024 Results & Review by Ryan Balkwill

Promotion: NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING  

Date: May 11, 2024

City: Ontario, California

Venue: Toyota Arena

TV station/network: NJPWWorld.com

Commentary by: Ian Riccaboni & Veda Scott

Overall Show Score: 8/10

Pros: Zack Sabre Jr won his match. Guerrillas of Destiny won back the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship belts. HENARE making his statement field heard at this event. I was surprised by that last standing match being good with no bullet club interference & nice back and forth action in the main event.

Cons: I wish that Mustafa AliLio Rush Match was on the main show. I didn’t like how they used the open challenge here. I didn’t like the appearance of the elite & Shota Umino didn’t win the World Heavyweight Championship.

Buy-in:

Matches:

Singles Match:                                                                                                                                                                           

Matt Vandagriff

vs.

Adrian Quest.                                                                                                  Winner: Matt Vandagriff won by pinfall.                                                                                                                                           Rating: meh

Singles Match:                                                                                                                                                                    

Mustafa Ali 

vs. 

Lio Rush.                                                                                                                Winner: Mustafa Ali won by pinfall.                                                                                                                                              Rating: Solid

Main Show:

Matches:

6-Man Tag Team Match:                                                                                                                                     

Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Rocky Romero) and The DKC 

vs. 

House of Torture (EvilRen Narita, and Jack Perry).                                                                                                                             Winners: House of Torture (EvilRen Narita, and Jack Perry) won by Pinfall.                                                                                              Rating: Horrible

Tag Team Match:

Tom Lawlor and Fred Rosser 

vs. 

West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs). Winners: West Coast Wrecking Crew won by Pinfall.                                                                                                                                             Rating: Very Good

Tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship:                                         

TMDK (Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) (c)

vs. 

Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo).                                                                                                                             Winners: GOD regain the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship by Pinfall.                                                                                Rating: Good

Singles match for the Strong Women’s Championship:                                                                               

Stephanie Vaquer (c)

vs. 

Alex Windsor.                                                                                                                       Winner: Stephanie Vaquer still the Strong Women’s Championship by Pinfall.                                                                                      Rating: Pretty Good

Tag Team Match:
Los Ingobernables de Japon
 (Tetsuya Naito and Yota Tsuji) vs. Bullet Club (David Finlay and Kenta).                                                                                                                         Winners: Tetsuya Naito and Yota Tsuji won by Pinfall.                                                                                                                                             Rating: Okay

Singles Match:                                                                                                                                                                

Hiroshi Tanahashi 

vs. 

Zack Sabre Jr..                                                                                                                      Winner: Zack Sabre Jr. won by Pinfall.                                                                                                                                             Rating: Really Good

Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship:                                                                           

Jeff Cobb (c)

vs. 

Lance Archer.                                                                                                                                   Winner: Jeff Cobb kept his NJPW World Television Championship by pinfall.                                                                                          Rating: Descent

Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship:                                                                             

Shingo Takagi (c)

vs. 

Yuya Uemura.                                                                                               Winner: Shingo Takagi kept his NEVER Openweight Championship by pinfall.                                                                                                                                             Rating: Really Good

No Ropes Last Man Standing match for the Strong Openweight Championship:                                  

Eddie Kingston (c)

vs. 

Gabe Kidd.                                                                                                                              Winner: Gabe Kidd won the Strong Openweight Championship                                                                                                                                              Rating: Good

Main Event:

Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:                                                                          

Jon Moxley (c)

vs. 

Shota Umino.                                                                                                    Winner: Jon Moxley kept his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship by Pinfall.                                                                               Rating: Very Good

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