Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Brand(s): NJPW Strong
Date: January 11, 2025
City: San Jose, California
Venue: San Jose Civic
Overall Show Score: 8/10
Pros: That time limit draw that doesn’t suck but worked. I like that heartfelt farewell retirement for Sumie Sakai’s career. Konosuke Takeshita retain his NEVER Openweight Championship in for a 3rd time in a week EI Desperado retain the NJPW Jr H.eavyweight Championship.
Cons: Matt Vandagriff betrays Fred Rosser. That 8 women elimination tag didn’t impress me. El Phantasmo first defence of his newest NJPW World TV Championship was not in the best results. It’s a shame for Sumie choice of partners wasn’t that worth to have & A shine Zack sabre jr. wasn’t the main event of this event.
Buy-In:
Matches:
STRONG Survivor Match:
vs.
Zane Jay. Winner: Zane Jay won by submission. Rating: solid
Tag Team Match:
vs.
TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste). Winners: TMDK won by pinfall. Rating: Really Good
Main Show:
Matches:
Singles match for the Strong Openweight Championship:
Gabe Kidd (c)
vs.
Tomohiro Ishii. Winner: Time limit draw Rating: Great
Tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship:
West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs) (c)
vs.
Roppongi ReVice (Rocky Romero and Yoh). Winners: West Coast Wrecking Crew keep their Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions by pinfall. Rating: Good
Eight Man Elimination Tag Team Match:
Anna Jay, AZM, Johnnie Robbie & Trish Adora
vs.
Empress Nexus Venus (HANAKO, Maika & Mina Shirakawa) & Viva Van. Winners: Empress Nexus Venus & Viva Van Rating: Okay
Singles Match for the NJPW World TV Championship:
El Phantasmo ©
Vs.
Jeff Cobb. Winner: El Phantasmo keep his NJPW World TV Championship by Double Count Out. Rating: Disappointing
Six-person tag team match
This is Sakai’s retirement match.
Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani and Yuka Sakazaki
vs.
House of Torture (Evil and Sho) and Sumie Sakai. Winners: Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani and Yuka Sakazaki won by pinfall. Rating: Special
Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship:
vs.
Kushida. Winner: Konosuke Takeshita keep his NEVER Openweight Championship by Pinfall. Rating: Really Good
Non-Title Match:
vs.
Hechicero. Winner: Zack Sabre Jr. win by pinfall. Rating: Pretty Good
Main Event:
Singles Match for the NJPW Jr Heavyweight Championship:
El Desperado (c)
vs.
Taiji Ishimori. Winner: EI Desperado keep his NJPW Jr Heavyweight Championship by pinfall. Rating: Really Good