NJPW Strong Independence Day Night 1 Results 7.04.23: New Champs Crowned

– NJPW Strong Independence Day: Night 1 was held earlier today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event had an announced attendance of 1,433 people. In the main event, El Desperado and Jun Kasai were successful, defeating Jon Moxley and Homicide in a No DQ Match.

Also, during today’s event, The Bullet Club team of Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd beat Bishamon to capture the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Titles. Meanwhile, The Bullet Club’s Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney beat the team of Francesco Akira and TJP to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Below are some results, per New Japan’s website:

* Ryusuke Taguchi, Oskar Leube & YOH beat Kengo, Takahiro Katori & Dragon Libre at 10:45.
* Bad Dude Tito beat The DKC at 7:29.
* Team Filthy (JR Kratos, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) beat Ryohei Oiwa, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer at 10:26.
* Tom Lawlor beat Kosei Fujita at 8:59.
* Rocky Romero & Eddie Kingston beat The Bullet Club (KENTA & Gedo) at 9:29.
* Willow Nightingale & Momo Kohgo beat Donna Del Mondo (Giulia & Thekla) at 9:54.
* NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: The Bullet Club’s War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) beat Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (c) to win the belts at 12:18.
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: The Bullet Club’s War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) beat The Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c) to capture the titles at 15:36.
* Doomsday No DQ Match: Jun Kasai & El Desperado beat Jon Moxley & Homicide at 18:34.

Jon Moxley and El Desperado will face off once again in a one-on-one Final Death Match tomorrow for Independence Day Night 2. The event is also being held at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Here are some more video highlights for today’s NJPW Independence Day.

🗽NJPW STRONG INDEPENDENCE DAY Night1🗽

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第3試合、“FILTHY”トム・ローラーとTMDK藤田のシングルマッチ‼️

🆚 @njpw_Fujita × @FilthyTomLawlor
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🗽NJPW STRONG INDEPENDENCE DAY Night1🗽

🇺🇸#njpwSTRONG がついに日本上陸🚢

第4試合、STRONG王座戦前哨戦‼️

🆚 エディ・キングストン & @azucarRoc × @KENTAG2S & 外道
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🗽NJPW STRONG INDEPENDENCE DAY Night1🗽

.@toxic_thekla "Spider Brainbuster"

Two day pack: https://t.co/5v0B4f8B53#NJPW #STARDOM #AEW #pw_freedoms #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/piV914C9ZR

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) July 4, 2023

🗽NJPW STRONG INDEPENDENCE DAY Night1🗽

.@GabeKiddJP & @AlexCoughlin93 "Chokeslam"

Two day pack: https://t.co/5v0B4f8B53#NJPW #STARDOM #AEW #pw_freedoms #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/y3LpVtbK1i

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🗽NJPW STRONG INDEPENDENCE DAY Night1🗽

🇺🇸#njpwSTRONG がついに日本上陸🚢

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Exciting Encounter～刺激的な遭遇～Doomsday NO DQマッチ🩸

🆚 @crazymonkey0909 & @ElDesperado5 × @JonMoxley & ホミ・サイド
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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) July 4, 2023