{"id":99304,"date":"2021-09-09T21:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=99304"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T01:20:39","slug":"hikuleo-makes-impact-wrestling-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/09\/09\/hikuleo-makes-impact-wrestling-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Hikuleo Makes IMPACT Wrestling Debut, Assists Chris Bey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hikuleo<\/strong> made his debut in <strong>IMPACT<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> tonight on IMPACT on AXS TV. He came to the aid of fellow <strong>Bullet<\/strong> <strong>Club<\/strong> member <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Bey\u00a0<\/strong>following Bey&#8217;s match against <strong>David<\/strong> <strong>Finlay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Finlay defeated Bey on IMPACT this week. He was assisted by teammate <strong>Juice<\/strong> <strong>Robinson<\/strong>, who came down the ramp during the match, distracting Bey. This allowed Finlay to pick up the win over Bey. Hikuleo made his IMPACT debut following the match to assist Chris Bey with an attack on <strong>FinJuice<\/strong>. The duo went after the already injured knee of Juice Robinson, striking it with a chair. This left Juice needing help out of the arena to the back for medical attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bullet Club backup has arrived! <\/p>\n<p>The MASSIVE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hiku_Leo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Hiku_Leo<\/a> made his IMPACT debut destroying FinJuice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IMPACTonAXSTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IMPACTonAXSTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashingChrisBey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DashingChrisBey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEdavidfinlay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@THEdavidfinlay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Kom0kHVfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2Kom0kHVfe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1436135951059898374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This surely won&#8217;t be the end of things between FinJuice and Bullet Club. Things have been tense between the two factions ever since <strong>Jay<\/strong> <strong>White&#8217;s<\/strong> appearance in IMPACT and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/05\/chris-bey-joins-bullet-club\/\" target=\"_self\">recruitment of Chris Bey<\/a>. This is just the latest in a string of matches and jump attacks between the two teams.<\/p>\n<p>Hikuleo is the latest member of the <strong>New Japan<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> roster to make their way to IMPACT. He joins Jay White, FinJuice, <strong>Satoshi<\/strong> <strong>Kojima<\/strong>, and <strong>El<\/strong> <strong>Phantasmo<\/strong> (ELP) who have all made their way to the IMPACT zone this year. Hikuleo also recently competed on <strong>AEW<\/strong> Dynamite where he unsuccessfully challenged <strong>Lance<\/strong> <strong>Archer<\/strong> for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\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. You can catch IMPACT Wrestling on Thursday nights on AXS TV and Twitch.TV as well as all the time on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impactplus.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMPACT Plus<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hikuleo made his debut in IMPACT Wrestling tonight on IMPACT on AXS TV. He came to the aid of fellow Bullet Club member Chris Bey\u00a0following Bey&#8217;s match against David Finlay. Finlay defeated Bey on IMPACT this week. He was assisted by teammate Juice Robinson, who came down the ramp during the match, distracting Bey. 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