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NJPW taped upcoming episodes of NJPW STRONG on February 17 from The Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles as part of its Rivals event. ## Shane Strickland, formerly Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in WWE NXT, answered Jay White's open challenge at the event, taking the loss in the show's main event. ## Full spoilers (courtesy of PWInsider) are below. ## --Hikuleo defeated Kevin Knight## --Christopher Daniels defeated Karl Fredericks## --Elimination Match: Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Danny Limelight & Jorel Nelson) defeated Team Rosser (Fred Rosser, Tyler Rust, Adrian Quest, DKC, & Clark Connors)## --TJP defeated Brogan Finlay## --Keita Murray, Fred Yehi, & DKC defeated Bateman, Mysterioso & Barrett Brown## --Kevin Blackwood defeated Ariya Daivari## --Daniel Garcia defeated Yuya Uemura## --Black Tiger defeated Rocky Romero## --Jonah & Bad Dude Tito defeated FinJuice## --Chris Bey defeated Blake Christian## --Buddy Matthews defeated Ren Narita## --Jay White defeated Shane "Swerve" Strickland ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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As NJPW rounds the corner into the last week of the New Year’s Golden Series, action hits Osaka on February 13, hitting EDION Arena for the first time in 2022 with an appropriately big main event. ## IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi team against their next challengers, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA of Los Ingobernables de Japon. ## Tanahashi defends against SANADA on Saturday, February 19, while Okada vs. Naito for the World title closes the tour on February 20. ## Check Out The Full Results Below: ## --Ryohei Oiwa, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Kosei Fujita, Tomoaki Honma, & Yuji Nagata ## --YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto (CHAOS) defeated SHO, Dick Togo, and Yujiro Takahashi (House of Torture) ## --Great-O-Khan defeated Togi Makabe ## --BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, and Shingo Takagi (Los Ingobernables de Japon) defeated DOUKI, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (Suzuki-gun) ## --Toru Yano, Master Wato, and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, and Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki-gun) ## --Tiger Mask defeated El Phantasmo ## --Robbie Eagles defeated Taiji Ishimori ## --Lumberjack Match, NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL (c) defeated Tomohiro Ishii ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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Washington, February 12 - Here are the full results for this week's NJPW episode which aired on February 12. Matches were taped in December as part of NJPW STRONG New Beginning USA from Washington Hall in Seattle, Washington. ## NJPW STRONG Results (2/12) ## --Hikuleo defeated Cody Chhun ## --Josh Barnett defeated Ren Narita ## --FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) defeated JONAH & Bad Dude Tito ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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February 11 sees night nine of the New Year’s Golden Series, and the first championship action of the tour, as Sendai will see the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defended atop a card that is dominated by junior heavyweight action. ## Check Out The Full Results Below: ## - Tomoaki Honma def. Ryohei Oiwa ## - Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) def. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) ## - Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Hiroyoshi Tenzan def. HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo) ## - Toru Yano, Togi Makabe & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) ## - Great-O-Khan def. Satoshi Kojima ## - Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Shingo Takagi) def. Kazuchika Okada, Shingo Takagi & Yuji Nagata ## - Tiger Mask def. Gedo ## - SHO def. YOH ## - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado def. Master Wato ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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NJPW held night eight of its New Years Golden Series tour on February 10 from Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagate, Japan. ## Check Out The Full Results Below: ## - Great-O-Khan def. Akio Fujita## - BUSHI def. Ryohei Oiwa## - Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, & Toru Yano def. Suzuki-Gun (DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku, & Minoru Suzuki)## - CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOH & Tomohiro Ishii) def. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Dick Togo, SHO & EVIL)## - Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada ## - Tomoaki Hona & Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato) def. Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.

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New Beginning USA continues with a big heavyweight tag main event. ## NJPW announced that FinJuice vs. Bad Dude Tito & JONAH will headline the February 12 episode of NJPW STRONG. Plush, a singles match between Cody Chhun vs Hikuleo will open up the show and Ren Narita vs Josh Barnett will also take place. ## Check Out From NJPW: ## STRONG Preview: Narita vs Barnett, FinJuice vs Tito & JONAH 【NJoA】 ## New Beginning USA continues with a big heavyweight tag main event ## Saturday night at 8/7c sees the second night of the New Beginning USA 2022 tour, with a heavy hitting tag match at the top of the card as FinJuice seek to assert tag dominance over newcomers JONAH and Bad Dude Tito. ## Watch NJPW STRONG Saturdays at 8/7c! Or watch on FITE! ## Main event: FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) vs Bad Dude Tito & JONAH ## One of the hottest free agents in wrestling when he made his debut at Battle in the Valley, JONAH’s impressive power was of little surprise to both the competitors and fans of NJPW STRONG. Bad Dude Tito though, who was unknown to many when he debuted opposite Juice Robinson at Nemesis, was a bigger shock. Tito’s athleticism and power saw him to a near win over Juice, but when Robinson called out JONAH in victory, Tito had another surprise up his sleeve. ## Hooking Juice’s heel, Tito setup JONAH to beat down the flamboyant one, before David Finlay made the save. FinJuice were quick to demand revenge and now have their chance. JONAH and Tito are no doubt impressive individuals, but a tag environment is FinJuice’s wheelhouse. Will this be where the ‘Top Dog’s freight train momentum gets halted? ## 2nd Match: Ren Narita vs Josh Barnett ## A month removed from being tested by Katsuyori Shibata in the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 16, Ren Narita faces another tough challenge in the form of Josh Barnett. The Warmaster made his return to NJPW after 17 years at Detonation, where he gave the seal of approval to the now graduated Alex Coughlin. Now the former UFC champion will test Narita’s mettle; can the young prospect prove his worth? ## 1st Match: Cody Chhun vs Hikuleo ## Starting the evening’s action, Cody Chhun makes his debut on NJPW STRONG opposite Hikuleo. With Seattle’s DEFY as his home promotion, and being one of the company’s most popular wrestlers, Chhun has the home crowd advantage, but might the imposing BULLET CLUB Young Gun present the kind of obstacle even fan support can’t overcome? ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.