Lonestar Shootout 2022

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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 [lower-alpha 1] 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. In the main event, Tomohiro Ishii defeated Chris Dickinson in singles competition. [4] [5] [6] [7]

April 1
No.Results [8] [9] 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 [10] StipulationsTimes [11]
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.

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