I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!!
NJPW’s G1 Climax kicked off last night in Hokkaido, Japan. The card featured five non-tournament matches and four tournament matches
Non-tournament matches:
Tom Lalwor defeated Yohei Fujita
JONAH and Bad Dude Tito defeated Toru
Yano and Ryohei Oiwa
EVIL, SHO, and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Jado, David Finlay, and Tama Tonga
KENTA, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, and Juice Robinson defeated Lance Archer, Taka Michinoku, Taichi, and Zack Sabre Jr
YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto defeated BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito
Tournament matches:
Will Ospreay defeated El Phantasmo
Jay White defeated SANADA
Kazuchika Okada defeated Jeff Cobb
Aaron Henare defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
Yeah you read that right…..
Maybe it isn’t all that shocking, but I for one, did not except Tanahashi to lose this early on.
The current standings are as follows:
A Block:
Kazuchika Okada- 2
Toru Yano- 0
Tom Lawlor- 0
Jeff Cobb- 0
JONAH- 0
Lance Archer- 0
Bad Luck Fale- 0
B Block:
Jay White- 2
SANADA- 0
Tama Tonga- 0
Tomohiro Ishii-0
Chase Owens- 0
Taichi- 0
Great-O-Khan- 0
C Block:
Aaron Henare- 2
Hiroshi Tanahashi- 0
KENTA- 0
Zack Sabre Jr- 0
Hirooki Goto- 0
Tetsuya Naito- 0
EVIL- 0
D Block:
Will Ospreay- 2
Juice Robinson- 0
YOSHI-HASHI- 0
Shingo Takagi- 0
El Phantasmo- 0
Yujiro Takahashi- 0
David Finlay- 0
** Reminder**
The wrestlers receive 2 points for each win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.
The first night of the G1 was stellar and proof that anything can happen in this tournament. It continues tomorrow featuring this lineup of tournament matches:
Zack Sabre Jr vs KENTA
Toru Yano vs JONAH
Juice Robinson vs Shingo Takagi
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi
Get comfy because it’s gonna be a great few hours of wrestling.
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