NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024 Results – Mercedes Mone vs. Hazuki

December 15, 2024
Long Beach, CA – Walter Pyramid
English commentary – Walker Stewart and Veda Scott

Quick Match Results

1. Pre-show: Strong Style Evolved match – Zane Jay defeated via Matt Vandagriff via Boston Crab (submission 13:22)
2. Mina Shirakawa defeated Johnnie Robbie via Glamorous Driver Mina (pinfall 7:40)
3. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) (c) via Roll-up (pinfall 12:43)
   • Near the end of the match, Gibson held up Isaacs to set up GYV’s Grit Your Teeth double team finisher only for Nelson to grab Drake’s foot and dragged him out of the ring. This led to Isaacs catching Gibson in a roll-up for the tag titles victory.
   • Following the match, Rocky Romero’s music played interrupting WCWC’s victory celebration and he came out to the ring. Romero grabbed a microphone and stated as the Vice President of NJPW’s US branch, he wanted to congratulated them first. Romero then stated that he also came out wanting to be their first challenger and issued a challenge of him & YOH as Roppongi ReVice against WCWC for their tag titles at this January’s Battle in the Valley 2025 event. WCWC accepted leading to Romero preparing to leave the ring only to get grabbed by Isaacs and got hit with a German Suplex laying him out.
4. 4-Way match – TJP defeated Clark Connors, KUSHIDA, and Kosei Fujita via Modified Crucifix Pin (pinfall 10:24)
   • TJP pinned KUSHIDA after catching him in a modified Crucifix roll-up and beat out Fujita who had Connors locked in a Kami Special hold trying to get a tap out victory.
   • Following the match, Connors, KUSHIDA, and Fujita confronted TJP and each other ahead of their upcoming Four-way match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles at Wrestle Kingdom 19.
5. Hechicero defeated Lio Rush via El Camisa (pinfall 11:29)
6. United Empire (Templario & Jakob Austin Young) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Titan) via El Tempro (pinfall 10:34)
   • Templario pinned Titan after hitting a powerbomb backbreaker to give United Empire the victory.
7. NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Gabe Kidd (c) defeated Ryohei Oiwa via Madman Bomb (pinfall)
   • During the match, Bullet Club War Dogs’ Clark Connors ran out and interfered leading to TMDK’s Kosei Fujita running out to even up the odds and brawled with Connors and dragged Connors away to the back). Near the end of the match, Kidd hit a piledriver to Oiwa and followed it with a Madman Bomb for the pinfall victory.
   • Following the match, Kidd grabbed a microphone and after a foul mouth rant insulting the crowd and a fan’s mother, Kidd directed his attention towards Kenny Omega. Kidd continued his foul mouth rant running down Omega ahead of their match at Wrestle Dynasty. As Kidd kept answering “yes” to his own questions about Omega and what he was going to do to him, this led to the crowd starting a “YES” chant in response. Kidd responded back insulting Bryan Danielson and everyone else in AEW.
8. Six-ManTag Team match – TMDK (Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste, & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Dirty Work (Fred Rosser & “Filthy” Tom Lawlor) & Shota Umino via Tequila Screwdriver (pinfall 16:45)
   • Tito pinned Lawlor after hitting a Tequila Screwdriver to give TMDK the victory.
   • Following the match, Sabre Jr. and Umino got into a confrontation at ringside and exchanged words ahead of their upcoming IWGP World title match at Wrestle Kingdom 19. Sabre Jr. dared Umino to hit him after giving him a free chance only for Umino to refuse and walk away. This led to Sabre Jr. getting into Umino’s face and held up his IWGP title and dared Umino to hit him only for Umino to consider it at first before walking away to the back.
9. Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi) via Glass Jaw (pinfall 17:44)
   • Near the end of the match, Tsuji attempted to hit a Marlowe Crash to Perry only for Perry to dodge away. Tsuji then chased Perry only for Perry to goad him towards the referee in the corner causing Tsuji to stop. This led to Perry hitting a low blow while the referee was distracted and followed it up with a Glass Jaw for the pinfall victory for his team.
   • Following the match, Takeshita & Perry’s victory celebration was cut short after Takagi attacked Takeshita resulting in a brawl breaking out and Perry joining in to help Takeshita. This led to Hiromu Takahashi running out to try to save his fellow LIJ members only for the Young Bucks to run out and laid out Takahsshi with a set of superkicks and followed it with an EVP Trigger. The Young Bucks then went up to Perry trying to reunite as pals only for Perry to shrug them off and left to the back. The Young Bucks then grabbed a microphone and talked about their return to New Japan and the reason because they want to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship one more time before retiring.
10. NJPW Strong Women’s Championship – Mercedes Mone (c) defeated Hazuki via Mone Maker (pinfall 26:36)
    • Following the match, Mone talked about her victory and how the last time she was in Long Beach she lost her match and got injured and missed out on Wrestle Kingdom. Mone then issued an open challenge to anyone willing to step up and face her at Wrestle Dynasty for her title. This led to Mina Shirakwa’a music playing and came out to the ring. After some words, Shirakawa accepted the challenge and Mone agreed but on the condition that Shirakawa also put her RevoPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship on the line as well, which Shirakawa agreed to do. Mone and Shirakawa then danced in the ring as Mone’s music played that ended when Shirakawa left the ring to head to the back.