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Marty Scurll out of New Japan plans, Strong appearance scrapped

Posted on by Josh Nason

Marty Scurll will not be featured on any New Japan Strong episodes nor is he expected to be part of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s plans anytime soon.

The news was first reported by the Super J-Cast podcast and confirmed by Dave Meltzer.

News broke last week that Scurll was part of the January 22nd taping in California and was rumored to be involved in a post-match angle with Rocky Romero. That led to a backlash on social media due to a 2015 encounter with a then-16-year-old female who said he sexually assaulted her — the story of which came out during last summer’s #SpeakingOut movement.

He admitted to the encounter, but said it was both consensual and legal due to the UK age of consent. He later released another statement, saying that while he didn’t “become aware of her age until after the encounter, the reality of the age disparity is not lost on me.”

At the time of the allegations, he was part of Ring of Honor as a wrestler and member of the booking committee. The company said they were launching an investigation into any such claims against their talent and while never releasing the result of that investigation, the two sides parted ways in January. He had worked extensively for New Japan in the past and last worked for them as part of the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.

The 32-year-old has been ouf of action since February 2020.

NJPW Strong results: Road to Fighting Spirit Unleashed

Posted on by Justin Knipper

Kevin Kelly and Jay White appeared at the top of the show together from behind the broadcast table. White talked about how he planned on taking out Flip Gordon later on in the man event.

Danny Limelight defeated Jordan Clearwater

Clearwater, the young Karl Anderson trainee, towered over Limelight, the latter of whom dominated the first match on tonight’s episode. He put Clearwater away in five minutes or so with a pretty springboard tornado DDT for the win. 

Limelight cut a quick promo calling out Rocky Romero afterwards.

Misterioso, Blake Christian, Barrett Brown, & Adrian Quest defeated TJP, Karl Fredericks, ACH & Clark Connors  

This was nonstop action for ten minutes. Fredericks and Misterioso were in early together. Both move like they’re much smaller than they are, especially Fredericks, who moved no slower than a junior heavyweight tonight.

ACH looks like he hasn’t lost a step since his time off. He and Blake Christian looked great together and traded aerial moves for a minute before TJP tagged in for ACH. Brown and Connors later had a great exchange, too. Both bring serious energy into their matches. Connors used a huge hip toss on Brown, launching him into his team’s corner.

Quest looked good in the ring with TJP, who was on fire. Christian landed a Lionsault onto ACH before Brown used a triangle moonsault from to the floor onto Fredericks. ACH hit a pescado onto the floor and actually looked like a fish on his way down. Christian did a springboard 630 senton onto everyone on the floor. NJPW really needs to make use of instant replays, because this match was basically a highlight reel.

Misterioso pinned Connors after a superkick and a backcracker to pick up the win for his team. Misterioso and Fredericks got into it after the match. The two will have a match on the upcoming Fighting Spirit Unleashed tour.

Chase Owens defeated PJ Black

Black was on offense for much of this. Owens played sneaky heel and would do things like roll out of the ring to stall and used closed fists behind the ref’s back. Late in the match, Black landed a springboard moonsault for two. When he tried it again, Owens got his knees up, then put Black away with a package piledriver for the win.

Final thoughts:

Another solid episode of Strong tonight, albeit shorter than usual. The main event was good, but the eight-man tag was most memorable, with Karl Fredericks vs. Misterioso taking segmentsof the night.