Hikuleo, Chris Bey, El Phantasmo make impacts on former IWGP Tag champions
With Hikuleo’s long standing issues with Juice Robinson extending to a tables match on STRONG last week, and a Texas Bullrope bout set to hit Dalls/Ft.Worth texas this weekend, the Young Gun would make a shock appearance alongside Chris Bey two weeks ago on IMPACT, attacking Robinson in the run up to a tag encounter at the Victory Road card that weekend.
With Hikuleo and Bey having attacked Juice’s ankle with a chair on IMPACT, Bey tried to shoot in on the injured body part when Robinson started, but Juice’s power would see FinJuice in control early, and signature quick tags would see Bey in trouble. A chop block from the Finesser though, and it was Juice in severe difficulty and the wrong part of the ring.
With veteran’s ring awareness, Robinson was able to misdirect Hikuleo and Bey, and tag in Finlay who brought the pace and a dropkick to Bey. Hikuleo would make the difference with a phenomenal powerslam, granting two for his partner. After receiving a legal tag, a sickening vertical suplex rocked Finlay, but a low bridge put the Young Gun on the floor, and a Blue Thunder Bomb put Juice back in the ring.
The fired up Robinson reared back and delivered with pounding lariats in the corner to Bey, and teased the Left Hand of God only to score with a DDT. The left hand did connect on Hikuleo, who was pitched out of the ring and hit with a FinJuice double plancha. Just as Juice went for the kill on Hikuleo though, Bey was able to sneak in a chair shot to the leg out of sight of the referee. Robinson hobbled into a Tongan Driver to give BULLET CLUB the win.
The following Thursday on IMPACT, Finlay sought singles match revenge against BULLET CLUB’s Young Gun. Bey and Juice were in one another’s corner as the match began, but Juice’s moral support didn’t stop Finlay from being pitched across the ring in the opening seconds. Stinging chops and a big body slam followed, and just as Finlay got on his horse, a trip from Bey led to a big boot.
Hikuleo continued to dominate Finlay until a neck breaker against the run of the match gave him breathing room. Trying to slow the big man, Finlay found a sleeper and doggedly kept hold before finally being thrown away and rocked with a massive lariat. Hikuleo went for a Chokeslam but was countered with Prima Nocta; as Juice took care of Bey at ringside, Finlay tripped the Young Gun and schoolboyed Hikuleo for the win.
As a post match brawl broke out, FinJuice looked to deliver a Doomsday Device to Bey only to see El Phantasmo return to IMPACT and break the move up. A low blow and a knee from Bey put Robinson to the mat, before ELP connected with Sudden Death to Finlay.
Saturday September 25 in DFW Texas, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo and Chris Bey combine with Taiji Ishimori to face Juice, Lio Rush, Clark Connors and TJP. Sunday, Bey and ELP will face Chris Dickinson and Robbie Eagles, while Hikuleo and Robinson meet in a Texas Bullrope Match.
