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NJPW G1 Climax 27
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http://i.imgur.com/uSuL2UQ.gif Thought I may as well make a thread, here's the line up and dates A Block Hiroshi Tanahashi Togi Makabe Yuji Nagata Hirooki Goto Tomohiro Ishii YOSHI-HASHI Bad Luck Fale Tetsuya Naito Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi B Block Satoshi Kojima Juice Robinson Michael Elgin Kazuchika Okada Toru Yano Kenny Omega Tama Tonga EVIL SANADA Minoru Suzuki July 17 in Hokkaido, 2AM start (A Block, English Commentary) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito Yuji Nagata vs. YOSHI-HASHI Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii July 20 in Korakuen Hall, 5:30AM (B Block, English Commentary) Minoru Suzuki vs. Kenny Omega SANADA vs. EVIL Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga Satoshi Kojima vs. Juice Robinson July 21 in Korakuen Hall, 5:30AM (A Block, English Commentary) Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale July 22 in Korakuen Hall, 5:30AM (B Block, English Commentary) Kenny Omega vs. Tama Tonga Minoru Suzuki vs. SANADA EVIL vs. Juice Robinson Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin Satoshi Kojima vs. Toru Yano July 23 in Tokyo Machida Gymnasium, 5AM (A Block) Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata July 25 in Fukushima, 5:30AM (B Block) Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA Kenny Omega vs. Toru Yano Tama Tonga vs. EVIL Juice Robinson vs. Minoru Suzuki Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin July 26 in Miyagi, 5:30AM (A Block) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto Kota Ibushi vs. Togi Makabe Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale Tomohiro Ishii vs. YOSHI-HASHI Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata July 27 in Niigata, 5:30AM (B Block) Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega Minoru Suzuki vs. EVIL SANADA vs. Toru Yano Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima July 29 in Aichi, 5AM (A Block) Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale Togi Makabe vs. Yuji Nagata July 30 in Gifu, 3:30AM (B Block) Kenny Omega vs. Satoshi Kojima Kazuchika Okada vs. Juice Robinson Michael Elgin vs. SANADA Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga EVIL vs. Toru Yano August 1 in Kagoshima, 5:30AM (A Block) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuji Nagata YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto Togi Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr. August 2 in Fukuoka, 5:30AM (B Block) Kenny Omega vs. EVIL Minoru Suzuki vs. Satoshi Kojima Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga SANADA vs. Juice Robinson Michael Elgin vs. Toru Yano August 4 in Ehime, 6AM (A Block) Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe Kota Ibushi vs. Yuji Nagata Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale August 5 in Osaka, 4AM (B Block) Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL Satoshi Kojima vs. SANADA Minoru Suzuki vs. Michael Elgin Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano Kenny Omega vs. Juice Robinson August 6 in Shizuoka, 3AM (A Block) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii Tetsuya Naito vs. Togi Makabe Hirooki Goto vs. Bad Luck Fale Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuji Nagata August 8 in Kanagawa, 5:30AM (B Block) Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki Kenny Omega vs. SANADA Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano Michael Elgin vs. EVIL Satoshi Kojima vs. Tama Tonga August 11 at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, 5:30AM (Final A Block show, English Commentary) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Bad Luck Fale vs. Yuji Nagata Togi Makabe vs. YOSHI-HASHI August 12 at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, 5:30AM (Final B Block show, English Commentary) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano Tama Tonga vs. SANADA Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson Satoshi Kojima vs. EVIL August 13 at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, 2AM (G1 Climax 27 Finals,English Commentary) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi and Ricochet) IWGP Tag Team Championship: War Machine (Raymond Rowe and Hanson) (c) vs. Bullet Club (Cody and Hangman Page) G1 Climax 27 Finals: A Block winner vs. B Block winner |
Won't see it until I get home from work tonight, but already hearing amazing things about Naito V Ibushi, unsurprisingly. NJPW World also gave the event away for free, so I'll link up the VOD when it's up. Just a shot saying Thank you for watching right now.
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Ah bugger, only the live feed of night 1 was free. The VOD is paid.
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They can tell some really good stories through this. I expect there to be a bit of competition between Tanahashi and Goto to see who can catch Naito, with the final Block A show having Ibushi spoil Goto and Tanahashi to beat Naito and win the thing.
Block B will be a race between Okada and Suzuki, I think. I actually think Omega will have a slow start, but pick things up towards the end, where he is fighting for personal pride more than anything else. I can see Okada vs. Suzuki being the first loss for one in the entire thing. That would imply that Okada would need to beat Omega to win the block, which I don't think is impossible. It would certainly be a dramatic end to things, where Omega is basically just trying to stop Okada from winning the damn thing. Tanahashi vs. Okada is still my prediction for the G1 Final. That being said, Tanahashi vs. Suzuki would not be the most shocking thing in the world to me. I just do think it is going to be Tanahashi vs. Okada, and I can honestly see Okada beating Omega to get there. |
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You know, for some reason, I see Suzuki vs. SANADA being good.
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SANADA is apparently awesome. I haven't seen much of him. Suzuki is the tyrant king.
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Love some round robins
I'll watch when I get home...may watch in the office |
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Watching this now and Suzuki and Omega just brawling is fantastic undercard.
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This Sanada/Bushi V EVIL/Takahashi tag match was fantastic. This undercard is delivering despite it being the usual bunch of tag matches. |
Yano & Jado V Okada & Gedo. LMAO
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Unless you want this to be the live thread...in which case add spoilers in the title....
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Nah, I won't be watching much live so I don't mind spoilering finishes
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CLIMAX TIME!!!
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Also some matches in the G1
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Fucking Yoshi Hashi.....
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Nagata is old and Yoshi looks like an interior designer, but the do like to slap the shit out of each other to make up for it.
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This is better than expected. Yoshis main fault is that he's very competent on a show full of people who constantly deliver. He's got time though.
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Makabe/Fale is about what you would expect.
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GOTO AND ISHII ARE MURDERING EACH OTHER
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Wow. ZSJ and Tanahashi put on a technical masterpiece focusing on joints. Naito and Ibushi next up and I already know it's apparently a high flying masterpiece. Last 3 matches of this show are all amazing in very different ways.
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This is the battle of who can break the others neck first. Jesus.
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Naito feels like The Rock. not in terms of charisma, although the crowd is eating it up, but just how he was rejected as a babyface when he was being pushed, but he's so over now.
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Undercard tag matches have been great.
Sanada with a cool new attire. Gonna make that in fire pro when I get home. They need his move where he pretzels the dude in the game. Great that they added skull end tho. Eveything about the Chaos tag match was great. Laughed out loud at Jado's faceplant. Will watch the rest when I get home. |
First show was pretty great overall.
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Hashi v Nagata was pretty great
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Also am i the only one who never even considers english commentary?
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I have a feeling this tournament is going to be really "good."
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Ibushi V ZSJ on Friday. The CWC final we should have had.
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Not too hyped for Thursday, but Minoru Suzuki vs. Kenny Omega &
SANADA vs. EVIL should be fun. Kojima Vs. Juice has the possibility to surprise. |
I honestly think that Suzuki vs. Omega might be one of the highlights of the tournament. Didn't Suzuki have a match with AJ Styles that really helped him pop in New Japan?
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kenny's comments at backstage after the match! And watch the full video "G1 CLIMAX 27" Day01 on <a href="https://t.co/LZOijkGFAk">https://t.co/LZOijkGFAk</a> <a href="https://t.co/QLK1tMuNkW">pic.twitter.com/QLK1tMuNkW</a></p>— njpw_global (@njpwglobal) <a href="https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/887235074478845953">July 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Havent watched a lot of puro since the worked mma style took hold at the turn of the century. Using this as a launching point to try and get into the product.
Random gripe: snap ranas are spammed so much they have as much credibility as an arm drag and are infact used in their place as transition moves more often than not. Dislike. |
*ive watched a lot of NOAH
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Yeah I was huge into Noah from 03'-06
DAT KOBASHI TITLE REIGN Sad how much they've fallen since Misiwa died. |
Was to be expect given his role in the company though
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NOAH used to be the bomb. It's a definite shame about what happened. I hope they can kind of have a New Japan-like resurrection though.
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AJPW has apoarently been improving their numbers since Akiyama took over.
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Day 2 Live in an hour. Will likely do the same thing and wait until I get home.
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:eek: SANADA gave a stunner/cutter from the top rope to the floor to EVIL during their G1 match.
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Only watching the G1 matches, but we starting. Juicey juice and Kojima
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Goddamn, I love the G1. Never know who will pick up a win against who. Onto the third match.
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EVIL V SANADA was much better than it had any right to be. The transitions before the final finish were amazing.
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Okada and Yano are great. Okada is playing into the comedy as a straight man, like redoing up the turbuckle pad when Yano undoes it.
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As someone who has watched individual NJPW shows but is not really on the up-and-up in the stories, why would Okada be in this if the prize is for a title shot at Wrestle Kingdom? Or if he were to win is it just an "insurance policy" should he lose the belt before January?
Just feels a bit like if the champion were to enter the Royal Rumble. |
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Ah, easy enough :y:
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God fucking damn, I think this is the most vicious Suzuki has ever been and that's saying something.
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Fuck, think there's an issue with the English VOD as it cuts off during Suzuki/Omega constantly
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Watching this now. Love Korakuen Hall
Ibushi vs Sabre already has a big fight feel. Gotta say, I was one of the doubters of Sabre's physique at first, but I get it now. He wouldn't be able to pull off what he does if he was thicker, and his positioning and the way he torques limbs makes it believable that bigger guys could struggle to escape. Kawato seems like he has potential Jesus that missle dropkick by ibushi should be played in museums Good match. |
lol I need that Yuji Nagata shirt
Iishi vs Makabe is going to be good Iishi vs anybody is good tho Makabe doesn't give a fuck |
Crowd wooing with the chops
Love Korakuen |
Hated CJ Parker in NXT
As Juice, he impressed me at the G1 special in USA He fucking blew me away here. What a great match. That leaping unprettier is great looking too. |
I love GOD, but I really would love a Tama Tonga singles run
lol Elgins ass right in front of that ladys face Another great match. Amazing finish. |
Jesus that fucking chairshot by Evil
God that sequence that led into the skull end was beautiful Loved this match |
Yano is so much fun.
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All the ladies shouting in despair for Kennys leg
Oh shit nwo style mugging Yeah fale Korakuen is fucking HOT for this match Another incredible main event. |
Tomorrow is going to be LIT
Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don't really care if Adolf Hitler was an amazingly talented painter, he should get no compliments. These fucks Omega, Ibushi, same thing. <a href="https://t.co/5wlzeNAnbi">https://t.co/5wlzeNAnbi</a></p>— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJimCornette/status/888089909441032192">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard out of a wrestling personality, and that takes some doing. |
Dont even know what he means by that...anyways
Just realized how far behind i will be. Mostly waych wrwstling while i lift and cook. So itll take me on average 2 days to finish one show...dunno. |
Think they got the order of day 3s matches mixed up. First two were excellent and brutal then ZSJ and Ibushi stole the show... Came V Tanahashi and Naito V YOSHI HASHI weren't anything to write home about.
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I only today found out about Bullet Club merch being sold at Hot Topic, so I went into the one in the mall for the first time since I was in high school. Hundreds of shirts including loads of different WWE ones, but alas no Bullet Club to be found.
Checked their website for the hell of it and see they are completely out of stock for every size. That's pretty damn over. |
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Also, the bullet club tag match is worth checking out. Both for storyline purposes and because its fun. |
Finished day 2. Real strong card all around
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Was looking forward to watching one live today, but woke up late! |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rest in pieces Darryl! ��</p>— TheUnderboss (@TOKSFALE) <a href="https://twitter.com/TOKSFALE/status/888713818397753344">July 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
No idea what he tore there.
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Oh... Was it a "friend" of some wrestler?
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Yes. It was Hiromu Takahashi's way of coping with losing another friend he called "Mr Belt" (IWGP Junior title).
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Jesus. That's WWE level of stupid.
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Maybe even WCW.
Not as bad as TNA, though. |
I dunno, Hiromu looks crazy enough.
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Jesus fuck was Elgin vs Okada good.
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Damn, Okada V Elgin was fantastic.
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Event going on and I'm here at a work conference
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:lol: at the Omega-Yano match.
Haven't laughed that much watching a match since maybe the battle royale from the Joey Janela show at Mania week. |
Ha, loved the start if EVIL and Tonga, just saying to take it outside so they can brawl. Alright match, same with Big Mike earlier.
Those lady screams for Big Mike make me think he's cleaning up in Japan if he wants to... |
Lol at Omega before the match "God fucjing dammit I forgot the belt. I'm gonna be in big trouble!"
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Red Shoes is the greatest ref in the business
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Kenny's so good he can wrestle with both his feet tied together. My fucking god lmao
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Im still on the 21st. Got the main to watch
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Somewhere Cornette was crying and he had no idea why.
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So I'm behind on this, slowly catching up - only just finished day 2. Skipping the tag matches for now and just getting right in the tourney.
But there has not been one match that I've disliked yet. This is so fucking fun. |
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