NJPW Resurgence notes: Title changes, Fantasticamania USA announced
Two title changes took place at Resurgence.
Saturday’s show saw ELP & Hikuleo defeat TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) to win the Strong Openweight Tag Team titles. The finish saw Hikuleo choke slamming Haste, allowing ELP to hit a splash for the win. TMDK had held the titles for only 29 days.
The Strong Openweight title changed hands, with Gabe Kidd defeating Eddie Kingston in a brutal no ropes last man standing match, finishing when Kidd gave Kingston a suplex through a table and into the barricade, failing to meet the ten count and giving Kidd his first singles title in New Japan.
This ends Kingston’s run with the Strong Openweight title after 311 days, defeating KENTA back at Independence Day Night 2 last July. With the loss, Kingston has now lost the last of three titles he had held recently that formed the Continental Crown.
It was also announced during Resurgence that Fantasticamania will be taking place in San Jose on July 13 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium. It will be a joint event with CMLL, similar to the tour that takes place each year in Japan.
Henare made his return to the company after being out of action since February. He issued a challenge to the winner of the NEVER Openweight title match. Shingo Takagi defeated Yuya Uemura to retain the title, setting up the next title match.
In the main event, Jon Moxley defeated Shota Umino to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight title. After the match, EVIL and Ren Narita attacked Moxley, with EVIL spray painting the championship black and posing over Moxley to end the show.