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Strong Style Evolved (2021) was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling's sub-brand New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA). The events took place on March 19, and March 26, 2021 at the Oceanview Pavilion in California, United States, with the event being held behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States. The shows were also part of the NJPW Strong televisions series. The event also featured qualifying for the 2021 New Japan Cup USA tournament.

Production[]

Background[]

On March 16, 2021, NJPW announced the event taking place in two nights at the Oceanview Pavilion in California, United States.[1] The shows were also part of the NJPW Strong televisions series and were held behind closed doors without a live audience due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States. It was also announced, that event would also feature the qualifying matches for the 2021 New Japan Cup USA. NJPW had previously promoted the Strong Style Evolved in March 2018 in Long Beach, California, U.S., at Walter Pyramid, as part of NJPW's expansion plan into the United States market.

Storylines[]

Strong Style Evolved (2021) featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

Results[]

Night 1[]

# Matches Stipulations Times
1 Jeff Cobb defeated Alex Coughlin Singles match 5:58
2 Ren Narita defeated Misterioso New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match 13:25
3 Brody King (with Logan Riegel and Sterling Riegel) defeated Bateman New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match 11:12
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • – refers to the video of that match

Night 2[]

# Matches Stipulations Times
1 Clark Connors defeated TJP New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match 8:50
2 Chris Dickinson defeated Blake Christian New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match 9:29
3 David Finlay and Karl Fredericks defeated Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor and Danny Limelight) Tag team match 17:30
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • – refers to the video of that match

References[]

  1. NJPW STRONG preview: Road to Detonation begins 【NJoA】 . New Japan Pro Wrestling (2020-11-24). Retrieved on 2020-11-24.
  2. Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . HowStuffWorks, Inc.. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved on 2017-06-12.

Notes[]

  1. The event was held without a live audience due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.
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