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Final card for Strong Style Evolved is below. Reminder for those interested the show takes place in Long Beach, California at the Walter Pyramid at 8PM EST.

 

* Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi vs. The Young Bucks

* Jay White © vs. Hangman Page (IWGP US Championship)

* Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki

* Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Will Ospreay

* Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Dragon Lee, and Rysuke Taguchi vs. SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, and Hiromu Takahashi

* Cody Rhodes and Marty Scurll vs. Guerrillas of Destiny

* Chuck Taylor and Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer

* Gedo and Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson and David Finlay

* Roppongi 3K and Rocky Romero vs. Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky

 

The show will air live on AXS TV at 8PM ET for those in the U.S. while international audiences can watch it live on NJPW World. Those in the US can also check it out on NJPW World on VOD after the event airs.

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0324/638236/njpw-strong-style-evolved-final-card/

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The Young Bucks spoke with ESPN before their upcoming match against Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi at NJPW Strong Style Evolved this Sunday. Will have have live coverage of the event beginning at 8pm ET. Here are some of the highlights:

 

Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega building their characters so fans get more invested:

 

Matt Jackson: "They have so much passion for wrestling. Cody is a guy who's never off. He's always on. He's always thinking about wrestling. Kenny's the same. He's very passionate about the business. They think of everything outside of just wrestling matches. They think of building characters so they're real. Like real-life things you can reach out, touch and grab. It's not just, 'Here's a match.' It's, 'Here's a person.' And Kenny will build that person from the ground up, and so will Cody. People are so attached to these characters because they're real. Because there are elements of what Kenny is in real life in there and same with Cody. Cody's just the perfect bad guy and Kenny's the perfect good guy. I think that's why it works so well."

 

The original "Alpha Male vs. Alpha Male" Bullet Club story:

 

Nick Jackson: "It was supposed to be Kenny and Adam Cole, to be honest. That was the first original BC split that we pictured. But Adam left to WWE, so we're like, 'Man, we need to do it, but who could we do it with?'"

 

Matt Jackson: "God, Cody's the perfect foil for Kenny. I love Adam and he's awesome, but I feel like Cody's character -- the way he plays the villain and the bad guy is such a great contrast to the way Kenny is a good guy -- so the two are just so perfect when they're onscreen together. When Cody's doing his manipulation."

 

Wanting to have matches within the group and the difficulty of doing that:

 

Matt Jackson: "We helped to make the match happen, us and Kenny. We've always just selfishly wanted to do the match. Before all this stuff happened, we're like, 'How are we ever gonna wrestle you? It won't make any sense. Well, I guess we're going to have to do an entire angle just so we can have this match.' Literally that's a reason for why we're doing what we're doing right now with this story, so we could have these matches. Like, 'Man, we've always wanted to wrestle each other; it's really difficult, though, because we're all a group. Well, let's do something different. Let's do a multilayered, soap-opera storyline that is sort of like a HBO series. In doing so, you get a dream match out of it.'"

 

The Young Bucks also discussed more about the Bullet Club. You can check out the full interview by clicking here: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/22836949/young-bucks-bullet-club-continue-set-tone-bucks-vs-golden-lovers-kenny-vs-cody-matches

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0324/638238/the-young-bucks-on-the-original-bullet-club-leader-vs-leader/

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NJPW wrestler Katsuyori Shibata says hes not retired from the ring yet, despite being diagnoased with a subdural hematoma last year something he made clear at a press conference today for the new LA Dojo.

 

Pro Wrestling Sheet was present as Shibata spoke to the media and was asked about transitioning from wrestler to trainer, since hes running the new Dojo.

 

The Wrestler was quick to correct the person asking though and stated that hes not retired from in-ring competition, hes just still recovering from the injury.

http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/shibata-not-retired/

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Guest Fight Me.

Is this the first time Rocky's actually wrestled with Roppongi 3K?

 

Bigger venue than last year, no? Crowd looks great.

 

Rocky's new attire reminds me of TJP and I hate it lmao.

 

Josh's potty mouth dropping an F-Bomb when they thought they went to commercial. Called the first match okay lmao.

 

When did Juice become "The Flamboyant"? Lmao

 

B Bros = Bludgeon Brothers? KES versus 2B would be sick lol.

 

REY!!!

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Yeah, like the G1 US special like year.

 

This year will take place in San Francisco at the Cow Palace on July 7th. The Cow Palace seats 10,000 and they will probably sell it out. Now the question would be then is could they sell out a place like the Staples Center?

 

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Yeah, really go out of your way and watch this main event and the aftermath when you can. It's crazy how New Japan can put on these shows in the US that are as long as the main card of WrestleMania and make it just fly by and easy to get through.

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Still have a big problem with the Bucks and the way that they no-sell absolutely everything. It was a crazy match...but the Bucks leave a sour taste in my mouth as usual. Don't think that will ever change.

Matt sold his ass off the entire match I dont understand

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