Lonestar Shootout 2022

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Lonestar Shootout
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Promotional poster of the event
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Brand(s) NJPW Strong
DateApril 1, 2022
(Night 2: Aired May 7, 2022)
City Dallas, Texas
VenueFarimont Hotel
Attendance582 [1]
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Lonestar Shootout (2022) was a two-night [a] professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place at the Farimont Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on April 1, 2022 and aired on May 7.

Contents

The event was promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA)'s weekly show, NJPW Strong . [2]

Storylines

Lonestar Shootout featured five professional wrestling matches on each show 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. [3]

Night 1

Event

The event started with the singles confrontation between Rocky Romero and Ren Narita, solded with the victory of the latter. Next up, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, Mascara Dorada and Yuya Uemura outmatched David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Daniel Garcia and Kevin Knight in eight-man tag team action. In the third bout, Minoru Suzuki defeated Killer Kross in singles competition. In the semi main event, Bullet Club leader Jay White picked up a victory over Mike Bailey in one of his open challenge series of matches. [4] [5]

In the main event, Tomohiro Ishii defeated Chris Dickinson in singles competition. [6] [7] [8]

April 1
No.Results [9] [10] [11] [12] StipulationsTimes [1]
1 Ren Narita defeated Rocky Romero Singles match 7:42
2 Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, Mascara Dorada and Yuya Uemura defeated FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson), Daniel Garcia and Kevin Knight Eight-man tag team match 10:45
3 Minoru Suzuki defeated Killer Kross Singles match 9:48
4 Jay White defeated Mike Bailey "U-S-of-Jay" open challenge series 14:10
5 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Chris Dickinson Singles match 16:11

Night 2

Matches recorded on April 1, 2022 at Fairmont Hotel. Aired May 7, 2022.
No.Results [13] [14] StipulationsTimes [15]
1 Bullet Club (Chris Bey and Hikuleo) defeated Stray Dog Army (Barrett Brown and Bateman) Tag team match 12:16
2 Jonah defeated Blake Christian Singles match 6:56
3 Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos, Royce Isaacs and Tom Lawlor) defeated Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin and The DKC Six-man tag team match 11:12

Notes

  1. The second show was recorded on the same date and in front of the same audience but aired later as an episode of NJPW Strong.

References

  1. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 2022). "NJPW STRONG Lonestar Shootout 2022". cagematch.net. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  2. NJPW (March 10, 2022). "NJPW STRONG Special: LONESTAR SHOOTOUT". njpw1972.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. Raghuwanshi, Mohit (September 26, 2023). "NJPW Lonestar Shootout: Results, Match Card, Streaming Link". itnwwe.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  5. Gibbons, Aidan (April 2, 2022). "NJPW Lonestar Shootout Results. All The Results From NJPW Lonestar Shootout". cultaholic.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  6. Evagood, Jeri (April 2, 2022). "NJPW LONESTAR SHOOTOUT (APRIL 1, 2022) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  7. Hamilton, Ian (April 2, 2022). "Hamilton's New Japan Lone Star Shootout 04.01.2022 Review". 411mania.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  8. "NJPW Strong Lonestar Shootout (2023)". thesmackdownhotel.com. The Smackdown Hotel. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  9. Fritts, Chick (April 1, 2022). "NJPW Lonestar Shootout live results: Jay White vs. 'Speedball' Mike Bailey. Minoru Suzuki will take on the debuting Killer Kross on Friday's PPV". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  10. Vetter, Chris (April 2, 2022). "NJPW Lonestar Shootout results: Vetter's review of Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chris Dickinson, Jay White vs. Mike Bailey, Minoru Suzuki vs. Killer Kross, Jon Moxley appears, Mascara Dorada, Yuya Umera, Clark Connors, and Karl Fredericks vs. Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Kevin Knight, and Daniel Garcia, Rocky Romero vs. Ren Narita". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  11. Guzzo, Gisberto (April 2, 2022). "NJPW Lonestar Shootout Results (4/1): Killer Kross, Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, And More In Action". fightful.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  12. Lord, Bruce (April 1, 2022). "NJPW Lonestar Shootout Report: Ishii vs. Dickinson, White vs. Speedball, Suzuki vs. Kross". POSTWrestling . Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  13. "2021.11.27 NJPW STRONG SHOWDOWN 2021 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Bushiroad . Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  14. McGuire, Colin (May 8, 2022). "5/7 NJPW Strong results: McGuire's review of Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin, and The DKC vs. Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, and Royce Isaacs, Blake Christian vs. Jonah, and Barrett Brown and Bateman vs. Chis Bey and Hikuleo". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  15. Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 2022). "NJPW STRONG #89 - Lonestar Shootout 2022". cagematch.net. Retrieved October 29, 2023.