The DLVH Memorial G1 Climax 25 Thread

[Innovator]

A BLOCK
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Togi Makabe
Katsuyori Shibata
Tetsuya Naito
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Kota Ibushi
Toru Yano
AJ Styles
Doc Gallows
Bad Luck Fale

B BLOCK
Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata
Hirooki Goto
Tomoaki Honma
Shinsuke Nakamura
Kazuchika Okada
Tomohiro Ishii
Michael Elgin
Karl Anderson
Yujiro Takahashi

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It's stretched out this year with pretty much a month of shows. Ishii will be in full body tape by then.

[Heyman]

No one cares about Chink wrestling.


Fuck off with this shit.

[Innovator]

AJ is Asian?

[Innovator]

Also, don't tell Poit Kota Ibushi doesn't matter.

[thecc]

Really wish strong was in this instead of elgin

[Simple Fan]

No one cares about Chink wrestling.


Fuck off with this shit.

Yes Chinese wrestling sucks but the shit they do in Japan is just as entertaining as anything here in America.

[Innovator]

Day 1:

Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Doc Gallows
Togi Makabe defeated Toru Yano
Tetsuya Naito defeated Bad Luck Fale
AJ Styles defeated Katsuyori Shibata
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi

Note: Tanahashi did do serious air guitar after

[Heyman]

Yes Chinese wrestling sucks but the shit they do in Japan is just as entertaining as anything here in America.

If watching Japs with 4 inch cocks running around turns you on, the more power to ya. ;)

[Simple Fan]

So you don't like Japanese wrestling because they have small cocks?

[Heyman]

Exactly. Throw in Val Venis, Titus O'Neil, Mark Henry, R-Truth, etc., then you might pique my interest.

[Bad News Gertner]

Those Japs just have math battles and drive their cars into each othet

[Mr. Nerfect]

Styles vs. Shibata and Tanahashi vs. Ibushi are apparently the only matches to really check out from that night. It seems pretty obvious that Nakamura or Okada will be in the finals from the Block B side. Block A is harder to call, as it could be Styles, Tanahashi or even Ibushi.

[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Rainmaker <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/xSOzVSUv6B">pic.twitter.com/xSOzVSUv6B</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/624188679414792193">July 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KokeshiCount?src=hash">#KokeshiCount</a> - 2/5! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/r5jLslF7l6">pic.twitter.com/r5jLslF7l6</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/624182498185056257">July 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">:((

<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/g125?src=hash">#g125</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njpwworld?src=hash">#njpwworld</a>

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[The Destroyer]

Styles vs. Shibata and Tanahashi vs. Ibushi are apparently the only matches to really check out from that night. It seems pretty obvious that Nakamura or Okada will be in the finals from the Block B side. Block A is harder to call, as it could be Styles, Tanahashi or even Ibushi.
Tanahashi vs Ibushi was pretty damn good.

[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/3uRhmHK1WA">pic.twitter.com/3uRhmHK1WA</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/624549972982300673">July 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">High Fly Fale!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TOKSFALE">@TOKSFALE</a> <a href="http://t.co/bXmRq8tJ6d">pic.twitter.com/bXmRq8tJ6d</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/626362439903379456">July 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Awesome <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/JroDDArMdG">pic.twitter.com/JroDDArMdG</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/626357758988783616">July 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">PK!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/gFWicamuJi">pic.twitter.com/gFWicamuJi</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/626357611663880192">July 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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KOKESHI

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KokeshiCount?src=hash">#KokeshiCount</a> - 19/32! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Honmania?src=hash">#Honmania</a> <a href="http://t.co/GGX83mLo9K">pic.twitter.com/GGX83mLo9K</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/626337875743899648">July 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[The Destroyer]

Shibata vs Ibushi was something special. Dunno if two wrestlers stiffing the shit out of each other will ever lose its appeal.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/FoIxHEv.gif

[Mr. Nerfect]

Shibata seems to be coming out of this thing as a bit of a star. Good for him. I kind of want Bad Luck Fale to have a Vader gimmick. Reports seem mixed as to how good the guy is though.

[Innovator]

Thinking the PK is my favorite finisher right now

[CSL]

stupid non-broadcast/static camera shot/no commentary shows are ruining this for my demanding ass :(

[The Destroyer]

I can handle the non commentary ones, I hated the first static camera show though.

Seemed to get a better angle on the second one.

[Innovator]

Yano beat Shibata and I'm dead inside

[CSL]

this delights me

[CSL]

would delight me even more if they'd have just had a twatting commentator

[Innovator]

Naito took 5 minutes 30 seconds to enter and get out of his entrance gear

[Innovator]

Block A
AJ Styles 8
Katsuyori Shibata 8
Tetsuya Naito 8
Bad Luck Fale 8
Hiroshi Tanahashi 8
Kota Ibushi 6
Togi Makabe 6
Toru Yano 4
Doc Gallows 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan 2

[Innovator]

Block B
Kazuchika Okada 8
Tomohiro Ishii 8
Karl Anderson 6
Hirooki Goto 6
Shinsuke Nakamura 6
Michael Elgin 6
Yujiro Takahashi 4
Satoshi Kojima 4
Yuji Nagata 2
Tomoaki Honma 0

[CSL]

Honma on 0 :(

[Innovator]

I do love Yano, but I love me some Shibata more

[Innovator]

Honma on 0 :(

Even worse is him crying after the losses now

Something has to give on the last night when he faces Yujiro

[CSL]

one of these years they're going to give him a run where he wins a bunch of matches and goes into the final round needing a win to make the final. He'll fail gloriously of course and not make it but IT MUST HAPPEN

[Innovator]

I'm trying to find a gif of the video where he practices for the G1 by Kokeshi Bungee Jumping

[CSL]

lol during the G1 entrants hype video, everybody gets a highlight or two of them in the ring, Honma just gets a clip from that bungee jump played

[CSL]

also during that "Liger pins sleeping wrestlers" vid, Honma being the only one to wake up before even getting covered and still being the only one to get pinned was the best wrestling related thing ever

[Innovator]

http://wrestlingonearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g1honma.gif

[Innovator]

MACHINE GUN OUTTA NOWHERE

http://wrestlingonearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g1karl.gif

[CSL]

Tama Tonga is criminally underused

[Innovator]

I loved two weeks ago on Talking Shop he just went into his upbringing and how Haku never smartened him up until he was DDTing kids in school

[The Destroyer]

Falling behind with this. Even skipping the non-tournament matches, I just can't find the time. :(

[Innovator]

http://38.media.tumblr.com/e070b8dd6495a8e3df2935cde6b44aab/tumblr_n9ka9jTmKm1ti6gxco1_500.gif

[Innovator]

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[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/bwc9365.gif

[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Machinegunka">@Machinegunka</a> counters the top-rope kokeshi into a Gun Stun!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/lz8L7qBGo2">pic.twitter.com/lz8L7qBGo2</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/629614536442691584">August 7, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Mr. Nerfect]

How good is Tama Tonga in the ring? Because he comes off as charismatic as hell even just through that gif, and could have a hell of a backstory behind him.

[Innovator]

HONMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Innovator]

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[Innovator]

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[Innovator]

A Block is pretty much down to AJ and Tanahashi, B Block down to Nakamura and Okada

Hope it'll be AJ and Nakamura in the finals

[Bad News Gertner]

So Honma had to hit his finisher 5 times to win. That's fun. Did the Bucks add in 10 superkicks as well? Jap wrestling ia such over-rated nonsense.

[DAMN iNATOR]

So Honma had to hit his finisher 5 times to win. That's fun. Did the Bucks add in 10 superkicks as well? Jap wrestling ia such over-rated nonsense.

LOL well it did take 3 Rock Bottoms I believe, @ WM XIX for Rock to finally get his win over Austin @ WM.

[Mercenary]

LOL well it did take 3 Rock Bottoms I believe, @ WM XIX for Rock to finally get his win over Austin @ WM.


and it took three tombstones for Undertaker to beat Kane the first time.

[Innovator]

Had to go to work and missed the ending sequence of Tanahashi and AJ, but damn that was great

Also:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMXt4tvWsAE-NVp.jpg

[Innovator]

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[Bad News Gertner]

LOL well it did take 3 Rock Bottoms I believe, @ WM XIX for Rock to finally get his win over Austin @ WM.

Yes at the biggest show in the industry. It happens in almost every match in NJPW. Nakamura hits his Boma Ye 25 times every match.

[Blonde Moment]

Time for the main event

[Blonde Moment]

Really didn't expect this win even though you could see it coming

[DAMN iNATOR]

and it took three tombstones for Undertaker to beat Kane the first time.

Since I didn't watch back then (not for lack of curiosity, was just a "parents being parents" thing), I have to guess by what I know of my history that was WM XIV?

[Innovator]

I thought Nakamura was winning the whole thing, but I liked him using he arm bar through the tournament

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope Nakamura takes it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Gerty is right, by the way. If Shawn Michaels can knock a guy out with one Superkick, how bad does it make The Bucks look if they can't even kill a kid with a double one.

[Innovator]

Tana wins the G1 after a 30 minute plus final

Unless some big moves happen, it's Tanahashi/Okada at WK10

[Innovator]

Watched the match, fantastic.

[The Destroyer]

Would have preferred it if Nakamura won, but oh well.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">LOL! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJPW?src=hash">#NJPW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G125?src=hash">#G125</a> <a href="http://t.co/KIaXgMW4c6">pic.twitter.com/KIaXgMW4c6</a></p>&mdash; LARIATOOOOO!!! (@SenorLARIATO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/632855983925108736">August 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[hb2k]

Goddammit, pissed that Shinsuke lost, thought it was his year for the last three straight G1's, and this one is doubly annoying just for the fact of 3 Okada Vs. Tanahashi Dome main events. I know Tanahashi is the big draw, but still.

Great match though...

[Innovator]

Yeah thought that with all of the attention Nakamura has gathered, and that he hasn't won the World Title in a long time, they'd put him in the Dome against Okada at their big show.

I guess this is Gedo's plan though, the long build for Okada replacing Tanahashi as the guy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Does NJPW still have the stip where the G1 winner has to defend his crown at least once before cashing in at Wrestle Kingdom?

Could have Nakamura win that match if NJPW suddenly decides against Mr. Air Guitar vs Rainmaker for Wrestling Kingdom next year.

[Innovator]

Tana has to defend against who he lost to, so Naito and Fale.

Okada lost to Nakamura and Goto, and he has Tenryu's retirement match

[Fignuts]

Who do they even have besides Okada and Naito as far as future main eventers go?

Also, fuck off with Nakamura not winning and having another Okada vs Tanahashi main event.