Two title changes at NJPW Strong Independence Day night one
The opening night of NJPW Strong Independence Day included a pair of tag team title changes.
Bullet Club War Dogs are now in possession of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles and the Strong Openweight Tag Team titles. Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney defeated TJP & Francesco Akira to win the Junior Heavyweight belts, while Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd claimed the Strong Openweight titles by defeating Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI.
There will be a chance for the faction to add more gold as Coughlin & Kidd challenge Goto & YOSHI-HASHI for the IWGP Tag Team titles at Strong Independence Day night two on Wednesday. Goto & YOSHI-HASHI are entering that match at a disadvantage after Coughlin & Kidd continued to attack them following their match on night one.
David Finlay introduced Connors as a new member of Bullet Club at NJPW Capital Collision this April. Moloney, Coughlin, and Kidd were then added to the group at Dominion last month.
Here’s the full lineup for Strong Independence Day night two:
- Final Death match: Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado
- NJPW Strong Openweight Champion KENTA defends against Eddie Kingston
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defend against Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd
- NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Giulia
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & The DKC vs. Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne vs. Bad Dude Tito & Kosei Fujita
- Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. YOH & Rocky Romero
- Homicide & Ryohei Oiwa vs. TJP & Francesco Akira
- JR Kratos vs. Oskar Leube
- Kickoff match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Boltin Oleg vs. Dragon Libre, Takahiro Katori & Rekka
