Strong Style Evolved UK

Strong Style Evolved UK
Promotional poster featuring Kazuchika Okada
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date June 30 and July 1, 2018
City Milton Keynes, England
Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England
Venue Planet Ice Arena
Altrincham Ice Dome
Attendance 2,500 (Night 1)[1]
3,000 (Night 2)[2]
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Strong Style Evolved UK was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 30 and July 1, 2018 at the Planet Ice Arena in Milton Keynes, England[3] and the Altrincham Ice Dome in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England.[4] The event was themed around Chaos vs. Suzuki-gun matches[5] and featured participation of wrestlers from NJPW's British partner Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW).

Background

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Chris Charlton (English-language announcer)
Don Callis (English-language announcer)
Kevin Kelly (English-language announcer)
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
Tiger Hattori

On March 25, 2018, NJPW held Strong Style Evolved at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, U.S.[6] The following day on March 26, NJPW announced the follow up to Strong Style Evolved, Strong Style Evolved UK, occurring on June 30 and July 1.[7][8] The event will be held in conjunction with NJPW's British partner RPW; the two promotions had established a working relationships in 2015 as a part of NJPW's "New IWGP Conception."[9][10][11]

Tickets for the event were put on pre-sale on March 27 and 29.[12] Tickets for meet-and-greets were also later put on sale.[13][14]

On May 3, it was announced that Kazuchika Okada would take part in the event.[12] Later in May and June, it was announced that Tomohiro Ishii,[15] Taiji Ishimori,[16] Minoru Suzuki,[17] Toru Yano,[18] Yuji Nagata,[19] Will Ospreay,[20] Taichi,[21] Jay White,[22] Shota Umino,[23] Zack Sabre Jr.,[24] Takashi Iizuka,[25] and NJPW LA Dojo graduate Dan Duggan would be participating at the event.

The event will air on the NJPW World and RPW On Demand streaming services, and will feature English commentary from Kevin Kelly.[26]

On June 11, NJPW and RPW began revealing matches for the event.[27][28][29]

Storylines

Night 1

At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano. After the match Suzuki and Ishii brawled because of this Suzuki and Sabre Jr. will defend the RPW Undisputed British Tag Team Championship against Kazuchika Okada and Ishii.

During the 25th Best of the Super Juniors tournament Will Ospreay defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru. The match was then made because of Ospreay's victory.

Night 2

At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, Tomohiro Ishii lost a tag team match to Minoru Suzuki. After the match Suzuki and Ishii brawled because of this not only was a tag team title match was made but another match where Ishii will defend the RPW British Heavyweight Championship against Suzuki.

At Sakura Genesis, Kazuchika Okada defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Sabre Jr. defeated the Chaos team of Ishii and Yano in a tag match. Because of this victory a Sakura Genesis rematch was made for the show between Okada and Sabre Jr.

Jay White was originally announced as going up against Chris Brookes, but as Brookes fell ill, he was replaced with Kyle Fletcher.

Results

June 30

No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Tomoyuki Oka defeated Shota Umino Singles match[30]
2 Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) Tag team match[31]
3 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi and Takashi Iizuka) defeated Chaos (Jay White, Gedo and Toru Yano) Six-man tag team match[32]
4 Tiger Mask defeated David Starr Singles match[33]
5 Walter defeated Yuji Nagata Singles match[34]
6 Yoshi-Hashi defeated Chris Brookes Singles match[35]
7 Will Ospreay defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru Singles match[36]
8 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) Tag team match for the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship[37]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
    *Card subject to change

July 1

No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Tomoyuki Oka defeated Danny Duggan Singles match[38]
2 Yuji Nagata defeated Shota Umino Singles match[39]
3 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Takashi Iizuka and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Chaos (Gedo, Toru Yano and Yoshi-Hashi) Six-man tag team match[40]
4 Walter defeated Yujiro Takahashi Singles match[41]
5 Taichi defeated Will Ospreay Singles match
6 David Starr (c) defeated El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Tiger Mask Fatal 4-Way match for the British Cruiserweight Championship[42]
7 Jay White defeated Kyle Fletcher Singles match
8 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kazuchika Okada Singles match[43]
9 Minoru Suzuki defeated Tomohiro Ishii (c) Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship[44]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
    *Card subject to change

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.njpw1972.com/30864
  2. ↑ twitter.com/njpwworld/status/1014996453683429376
  3. ↑ "Strong Style Evolved UK N1". Revolution Pro Wrestling. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Strong Style Evolved UK N2". Revolution Pro Wrestling. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "TAICHI & WILL OSPREAY collide as the CHAOS VS SUZUKI GUN trend continues #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester". June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ Steph Franchomme (May 14, 2018). "NJPW NEWS: A NEW PRESIDENT AND "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED UK" SHOWS". VultureHound. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ Jake Jeremy (March 26, 2018). "NJPW/Rev Pro Announce Strong Style Evolved: United Kingdom". SES Scoops. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ "新日本プロレス３～５年後上場目指す". Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. July 18, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ "木谷オーナーが「ファーム設立プラン」「21世紀のIWGP構想」、そして「新日本プロレスは株式上場を目指す」と宣言! 【7.18戦略発表会】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). July 18, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ Caldwell, James (July 18, 2015). "NJPW news: New Japan announces big int'l expansion plans, including expanded N. America partnerships & NXT-like program". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER: OKADA IS BACK!". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Meets-and-greets information". Revolution Pro Wrestling. June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  14. ↑ "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED UK MEET & GREET INFO". Revolution Pro Wrestling. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  15. ↑ "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED: ISHII IS COMING!". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED: Taiji Ishimori". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  17. ↑ "SSE: MINORU SUZUKI IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  18. ↑ "SSE: TORU YANOI IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  19. ↑ "SSE: YUJI NAGATA IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  20. ↑ "SSE: WILL OSPREAY IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  21. ↑ "SSE: TAICHI IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  22. ↑ "SSE: JAY WHITE IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  23. ↑ "SSE: UMINO IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  24. ↑ "SSE: ZACK SABRE JR IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  25. ↑ "SSE: IS COMING TO MILTON KEYNES & MANCHESTER". Revolution Pro Wrestling. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  26. ↑ "The voice of Strong Style Evolved UK will be KEVIN KELLY". Revolution Pro Wrestling. June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  27. ↑ Joseph Currier (June 11, 2018). "CARDS REVEALED FOR NJPW STRONG STYLE EVOLVED UK". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  28. ↑ Emily Pratt (June 11, 2018). "RevPro Announced The Card For Their Upcoming Strong Style Evolved UK Event With New Japan Pro Wrestling". Uproxx. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  29. ↑ "REVOLUTION PRO REVEALS STRONG STYLE EVOLVED: UK LINEUP FEATURING NEW JAPAN STARS". Pro Wrestling Insider. June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  30. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "To open proceeding's New Japan's Young Lion SHOTA UMINO will be in singles action. But against who? #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "The Bullet Club combination of The Tokyo Pimp YUJIRO and The Bone Soldier TAIJI ISHIMORI go up against Aussie Open KYLE FLETCHER & MARK DAVIS #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "SUZUKI GUN & CHAOS go toe to toe in a 6 man tag. IIZUKA, DESPERADO & TAICHI Vs SWITCHBLADE, YANO & GEDO #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  33. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion DAVID STARR goes one on one with undisputed legend TIGER MASK. #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  34. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "Big time singles match signed as WALTER will collide with Blue Justice YUJI NAGATA #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  35. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "CHRIS BROOKES & YOSHI-HASHI will collide. #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  36. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "CHAOS VS SUZUKI GUN war continues when YOSHINOBU KANEMARU goes one on one with WILL OSPREAY. #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  37. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "Huge tag team championship main event takes centre stage as ZACK SABRE JR & MINORU SUZUKI go up against the combination of CHAOS team of KAZUCHIKA OKADA & TOMOHIRO ISHII #SSEUK #Night1 #MiltonKeynes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  38. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "To open proceedings NJPW LA Dojo Standout DAN DUGGAN goes up against the same man that will face Umino on Night 1 #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  39. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "Young Lion Vs Veteran as SHOTA UMINO goes up against familiar foe YUJI NAGATA. Will Manchester be Shota's coming out party? #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  40. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "6 Man Tag Team action is happening! #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  41. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "YUJIRO goes one on one with WALTER #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  42. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "CHRIS BROOKES goes on one with SWITCHBLADE #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  43. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "A rematch from Sakura Genesis as ZACK SABRE JR goes on one on one with KAZUCHIKA OKADA this time on Sabres home turf! #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  44. ↑ Revolution Pro Wrestling [@RevProUK] (June 11, 2018). "The Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship will be on the line when TOMOHIRO ISHII defends against MINORU SUZUKI #SSEUK #Night2 #Manchester" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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