Strong Style Evolved UK was a two-day

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event promoted by

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(NJPW), in partnership with

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(RPW). It took place on June 30 and July 1, 2018 at

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, England and Planet Ice Altrincham in

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, England. The event was streamed on demand on RPW on Demand and

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. The event was themed around

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versus Suzuki-gun matches and featured participation of wrestlers from both NJPW and RPW. Three RPW championships were defended, including the British Heavyweight Championship.

Production

Background

On March 25, 2018, NJPW held

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at the

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The following day on March 26, NJPW announced the follow-up to Strong Style Evolved, Strong Style Evolved UK, occurring on June 30 and July 1. The event will be held in conjunction with NJPW's British partner RPW; the two promotions had established a working relationships in 2015 as a part of NJPW's "New IWGP Conception." Tickets for the event were put on pre-sale on March 27 and 29. Tickets for meet-and-greets were also later put on sale. On May 3, it was announced that

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would take part in the event. Later in May and June, it was announced that

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, Shota Umino,

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, and NJPW LA Dojo graduate Dan Duggan would be participating at the event. The event will air on the

and RPW On Demand streaming services, and will feature English commentary from Kevin Kelly. On June 11, NJPW and RPW began revealing matches for the event.

Storylines

At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, the Suzuki-gun team of

and

defeated the

team of

and

. After the match Suzuki and Ishii had a confrontation, which set up a British Heavyweight Championship match for this event. At

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successfully defended the

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in the main event against

A rematch was then scheduled for this event. As a preview for both these matches, the first night featured a

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for the

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between the teams of Suzuki/Sabre Jr. and Okada/Ishii.

's opponent in his night 2 match was scheduled to be Chris Brookes. However, Brookes fell ill and had to be replaced by Kyle Fletcher.

Results

Night 1

Night 2

References

External links

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