{"id":110094,"date":"2022-02-18T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=110094"},"modified":"2022-02-16T21:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T02:37:13","slug":"preview-njpw-strong-new-beginning-usa-night-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/18\/preview-njpw-strong-new-beginning-usa-night-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: NJPW STRONG: New Beginning USA Night 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong>\u00a0returns this weekend with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/06\/why-wrestling-fans-should-be-watching-njpw-strong\/\" target=\"_self\">NJPW STRONG<\/a> New Beginning USA Night 3<\/strong>. Three matches are lined up including the continuation of the US of Jay Open Challenge. You can catch all of the action this Saturday at 8pm EST on NJPW World or FITE TV. Let\u2019s see what NJPW STRONG has in store for us this weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saturday 8e\/7c on a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwSTRONG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpwSTRONG<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25US of Jay Open Challenge<br \/>\ud83d\udd25Fred Rosser vs Gabriel Kidd<br \/>\ud83d\udd25LA Dojo vs Midnight Heat<\/p>\n<p>Watch on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwworld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@njpwworld<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitetv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FiteTV<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JdT1BVt60r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JdT1BVt60r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW of America (@NJPWofAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJPWofAmerica\/status\/1493706689790414850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>NJPW STRONG: New Beginning USA Night 3 Full Card<\/h2>\n<h3>LA Dojo (The DKC &amp; Kevin Knight) vs. Midnight Heat (Ricky Gibson &amp; Eddie Pearl)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ricky Gibson<\/strong> and <strong>Eddie Pearl<\/strong> will make their NJPW STRONG debuts this weekend. Although <strong>Midnight Heat<\/strong> have not stepped into a STRONG ring before, they do bring championship experience with them. The duo held the <strong>DEFY Wrestling<\/strong> Tag Titles for 743 days from January of 2021 until February of this year. The will take on the <strong>LA Dojo<\/strong> team of <strong>The DKC<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin Knight.<\/strong> They were victorious in their last STRONG outing against <strong>Brogan Finlay<\/strong> and <strong>Jordan Clearwater\u00a0<\/strong>at the Detonation episodes of STRONG. Will their win streak continue? Or will Midnight Heat start their STRONG careers off on a winning note?<\/p>\n<h3>Fred Rosser vs. Gabriel Kidd<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fred Rosser<\/strong> takes on <strong>Gabriel Kidd<\/strong> in the second match of <strong>New Beginning USA Night 3<\/strong>. Rosser finished up the Nemesis episodes of STRONG with a tag team win alongside <strong>Rocky Romero<\/strong> and <strong>Taylor Rust<\/strong> against <strong>Team Filthy.<\/strong> Kidd on the other hand has not had his hand raised in his last two matches in a STRONG ring. He is coming off back to back losses against <strong>Jonathan Gresham<\/strong> and <strong>Eddie Kingston.<\/strong> Kidd has taken some issues with Rosser calling STRONG his house. Can he get a big win over Rosser? Find out this weekend on STRONG.<\/p>\n<h3>US of Jay Open Challenge<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jay White<\/strong> created the US of Jay Open Challenge after losing his NEVER Openweight Championship to <strong>Tomohiro Ishii.\u00a0<\/strong>He lost the title in November of 2021 at the <em>Battle in the Valley<\/em> event. So far White is 1-0 in the challenge. He defeated <strong>Christopher Daniels<\/strong> a couple of weeks ago on STRONG. After defeating Daniels he took the the microphone and asked for <strong>AEW<\/strong> to send him someone truly Elite. He didn&#8217;t wait long to make his mark on AEW as he assisted <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/09\/jay-white-aew-dynamite\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>The Elite<\/strong><\/a> with a beat down of <strong>Trent<\/strong> on <em>Dynamite<\/em>. Who will answer the US of Jay Open Challenge? Find out at New Beginning USA Night 3.<\/p>\n<h2>How To Watch NJPW STRONG: New Beginning USA Night 3<\/h2>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Catch NJPW STRONG every Saturday at 8pm EST on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPW WORLD<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fite.tv\/channel\/new-japan-pro-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FITE.TV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Japan Pro Wrestling\u00a0returns this weekend with\u00a0NJPW STRONG New Beginning USA Night 3. Three matches are lined up including the continuation of the US of Jay Open Challenge. You can catch all of the action this Saturday at 8pm EST on NJPW World or FITE TV. 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