NJPW Strong Episode #29 2/26/2021

NJPW Strong Episode #29 2/26/2021

The DKC, Kevin Knight, Clark Connors and TJP vs The Riegel Twins, Brody King and ACH

King puts his face mask over the ref. Clark really should run the angle that he is Adam Page's brother. ACH starts the match with a hoodie and mask on. DKC hits a nice dropkick on ACH. The twins hit a combo on DKC that ends in a jumping neckbreaker. TJP tries to sweep Logan Riegal with his arm then Logan just face dropkicks him.

TJP puts Logan in the sharpshooter. Brody gets in and Knight wants some. They trade forearms and Knight does a nice leapfrog and a great dropkick. ACH continues to wear the hoodie and mask. Knight gets beat up in the corner and Sterling clubs him down.

ACH and Clark exchange shots. ACH is pop-up booted to the chest then Clark hits a near spear followed by a TJP frogsplash. Knight hit a good dropkick on Brody then TJP did an inside to outside springboard dropkick. ACH then won it soon after with a brainbuster at 8:37. Multi-man matches like this are completely reliant on time to be anything special and 8 minutess just wasn't enough. It was fine for what it was but couldn't be much more than that.

Ren Narita vs Chris Dickinson

Chris did a nice takedown to start. They traded some chops. They traded hard forearms and Chris does a nice rolling leglock, but Ren puts him in one of his own. Ren slaps Chris on the mat while in the figure four. They trade more chops and Chris hits a dragon screw leg whip. Ren pounds on Chris with forearms and chops in the corner really getting aggressive. Ren then pounds him with forearms in another corner. Chris then picks him up and hits a death valley driver for 2. Ren bullies Chris with hard slaps and mounts him with them. Ren then rolls around Chris and wins it with a sharpshooter. Very good match here with endless hard strikes. Ren looked fantastic here and kudos to Chris for taking the whooping when he didn't have to.

We got a package on Kenta vs Jon Moxley. Mox said he would get him eventually and is coming for him. Kenta said he would make him go to sleep.

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship - KENTA (c) vs Jon Moxley

They trade hard forearms to start. Kenta tries to springboard but gets forearmed down to the floor. They brawl on the floor and Mox is suplexed on the floor. Mox gets ddt'd on Kenta's briefcase. Back in the ring and Kenta kicks Mox's back. Kenta pounds on the back of Mox's head then kicks him in the ear. Kenta chest kicks Mox more and they trade forearms.

Moxley tope's Kenta and lands on the hard floor. Mox jumps off the small stage with a knee on Kenta. Mox sets up a table but after he does, Kenta hits him with the US Title Belt. kenta then pounds on him as he lays on the table. Kenta then elbow drops him from the top through the table.

Mox barely beats the count in and takes a corner dropkick at 10 minutes. Kenta does a top rope footstomp for 2. Kenta hits some hard slaps and takes a release german. Mox then hits a nice running clothesline for 2. Mox pounds on him then he takes a crossface. Kenta runs the ropes and takes a wild lariat. Kenta slaps Mox and gives him the finger then Mox hits a death rider ddt for the in. I thought the ending was a little sudden and Mox didn't get enough in, but I liked it. This was one of the few Mox matches I liked in a long time. They were stiff with each other and made it feel like there was some real hatred there.

Overall thoughts: Really good episode of Strong with two strong matches and a third that was fine.