NJPW: G1 Climax 25 FINALS TONIGHT!

[Adam3000]

Did not expect that outcome

Match was sick as fukk

Commentary gets an A+

AJ's selling gets an A+

Put the gawd Ibushi over all match

 

[3Rivers]

Current standings

Spoiler

NJPW G1 Climax Day 4-5 Results: Current Standings, Huge Star Gets Injured - WrestlingInc.com

Block A:

1) AJ Styles (4 points, 2-1)
1) Hiroshi Tanahashi (4 points, 2-1)
1) Tetsuya Naito (4 points, 2-1)
1) Katsuyori Shibata (4 points, 2-1)
1) Bad Luck Fale (4 points, 2-1)
1) Kota Ibushi (4 points, 2-1)
7) Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2 points, 1-2)
7) Togi Makabe (2 points, 1-2)
9) Toru Yano (2 points, 1-2)
10) Doc Gallows (0 points, 0-3)

Block B:

1) Tomohiro Ishii (4 points, 2-0)
1) Kazuchika Okada (4 points, 2-0)
1) Karl Anderson (4 points, 2-0)
4) Yuji Nagata (2 points, 1-1)
4) Hirooki Goto (2 points, 1-1)
4) Satoshi Kojima (2 points, 1-1)
7) Shinsuke Nakamura (2 points, 1-1)
8) Tomoaki Honma (0 points, 0-2)
8) Michael Elgin (0 points, 0-2)
8) Yujiro Takahashi (0 points, 0-2)

 

[MightyHealthy]

Nakamura out vs. Elgin.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Yano's eye is black and swole from that nasty ass headbutt

And Gallows is cussing up a storm

 

[23Barrettcity]

Nakamura out vs. Elgin.

Is he out for the tournament then ? fukk I was sure he was winning

 

[trick]

Is he out for the tournament then ? fukk I was sure he was winning

I hope not. Hopefully they'll have a lighter schedule for the guys next year. None of their main guys should be doing undercard matches during the G1.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Is he out for the tournament then ? fukk I was sure he was winning

They waited as long as they could to call it, there's hope in the logic of that.

But yeah, as it stands, Michael Elgin has a victory by forfeit over Nakamura

 

[3Rivers]

Nakamura out vs. Elgin.

We need that Nakamura vs Styles final:nakamuramjcry:

Hopefully he can compete in his next match. I may need to go back and watch the Nagata match because I don't recall any spot that looked like he got hurt on. This gives me some hope
NJPW G1 Climax News: Shinsuke Nakamura Injury Update | Inside Pulse

Shinsuke Nakamura has not been cleared by the NJPW medical staff to compete in today’s G1 Climax Day 6. As indicated before, Nakamura suffered an elbow injury and was already pulled from the tag matches on Day 5. No official news yet as to when he will be cleared to return.

His scheduled opponent, Michael Elgin, was awarded the victory by forfeit, but, as of yet, Shinsuke Nakamura is still in the tournament. Which might indicate that NJPW’s plans were indeed to have him win this year’s G1 since, in previous edition, NJPW would remove any wrestler that got injured and have him forfeit all matches. Not doing so here does buy them some time to determine the severity of Nakamura’s injury and come up with a contingency plan.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I mean, ever since the Dome shot thing started, the winner of the G1 has defended his shot until 1/4. Naka not being healthy isn't the end of the world. Just have AJ win it and lose the shot to Naka later in the year. It'd add some heft to those Dome briefcase challenge matches in the future, as they've all been forgone conclusions until now.

 

[Adam3000]

If every wrestler in Honma's block gets injured, Honma can get awarded enough victories to advance to the final

 

[trick]

Just finished night 3-5.

These matches are worth watching:

Night 3:
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles (Pretty fun match)
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Tenzan looks super slow these days but he had a really good match with Tana here)

Night 4
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata (Great match, way better than their February match)
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomoaki Honma (Excellent match, but will Honma ever win? )

Night 5
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. AJ Styles (Better than their first match this year IMO and one of the best matches so far)
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito

 

[3Rivers]

Love the antics of Yano

*goes between ropes*

BREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK, BREAK, BREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK

 

[3Rivers]

If it wasn't for the core strength of Ibushi that top rope Styles Clash reversal could have been REAL ugly

 

[Scottie Drippin]

If it wasn't for the core strength of Ibushi that top rope Styles Clash reversal could have been REAL ugly

I loved how AJ graduated right into trying to actually murder Ibushi: The apron tombstone tease, the middle rope suplex to the outside tease, and the super duper Styles Clash. It's like AJ is the only one that realizes Ibushi is a psychopath that needs to be put down

Also AJ blessing that match with some of the AJ/Joe spots, like the tangled up in the bottom rope kick down to the floor, and the apron sweep.

 

[3Rivers]

It's like AJ is the only one that realizes Ibushi is a psychopath that needs to be put down

That's something I've noticed about Ibushi. He may look kinda but once he starts laying in those kicks he gets really