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Date:\u00a0 August 4th, 2014 The G1 Climax continues as we travel to Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.\u00a0 Still too early to call it, lots of wrestlers are still in position to make the finals.\u00a0 Here are the current standings:<\/p>\n Hiroshi Tanahashi\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Katsuyori Shibata\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Shinsuke Nakamura\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Bad Luck Fale\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Satoshi Kojima\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Shelton Benjamin\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Tomohiro Ishii\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Yuji Nagata\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Davey Boy Smith Jr.\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Doc Gallows\u00a0 [4]<\/p>\n Tomoaki Honma\u00a0 [0]\n<\/td>\n AJ Styles\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Kazuchika Okada\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Hirooki Goto\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Hiroyoshi Tenzan\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Minoru Suzuki\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Tetsuya Naito\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Karl Anderson\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Lance Archer\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Togi Makabe\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Toru Yano\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Yujiro Takahashi\u00a0 [4]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Tonight\u2019s line-up:<\/p>\n – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Tomoaki Honma Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Tomoaki Honma<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This was a decent opener as Honma kept the crowd and Smith didn\u2019t waste any time in beating him up.\u00a0 I think the crowd actually likes Honma failing in that it is entertaining to see him keep messing up, although I\u2019d sure they would appreciate it if he does somehow win one.\u00a0 Overall a nice way to start but nothing captivating.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n Lance Archer vs. Yujiro Takahashi<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0If Takahashi could have stayed focused it almost might have been good.\u00a0 The leg work was fine but it had no impact on the end whatsoever.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to work over to limb to win with two low blows and a small package.\u00a0 I know that Takahashi is a heel and all but he went sub-Yano to win this match which was a bit disappointing as Archer does not need protecting.\u00a0 And Archer was Archer of course.\u00a0 Not the best structured match and it didn\u2019t do either of them any favors.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\n Doc Gallows vs. Yuji Nagata<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0Again some structure issues, or just Nagata being stubborn.\u00a0 What\u2019s the point of the seated armbar after so much leg work?\u00a0 He has leg submission holds, working the arm at that stage of the match is just wasting time.\u00a0 It was nice of Gallows to sell the leg late but Nagata never went for it late, he just went for his standard moves without thinking about the work up to that point.\u00a0 Gallows was fine but Nagata was on offense most of the time and it was just a bit too disjointed for my tastes.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad Gallows won, Nagata didn\u2019t deserve it.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 4.0<\/span><\/p>\n Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Togi Makabe<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong> \u00a0At least Makabe didn\u2019t set up the King Kong Kneedrop with the spider German this time, so there is some progress.\u00a0\u00a0 A pretty simple match, not a lot happened here.\u00a0 Tenzan controlled most of it but Makabe did go for the Kneedrop with some urgency, so he seemed to be keenly aware that Tenzan was not that hurt.\u00a0 Sadly it just wasn\u2019t memorable in any way, just another match so to speak, even though it wasn\u2019t actively bad or anything like that.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\n Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Naito<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 A solid but not great match.\u00a0 Suzuki\u2019s work on the outside was good but the match meandered a bit after that until they got close to the finishing stretch.\u00a0 Suzuki targeted both the knee and the arm, then won with a sleeper, so he was just grasping at anything he could get his hands on.\u00a0 Naito looked fine but did nothing special in this match to stand out from all the other matches I have seen of him recently.\u00a0 A solid affair but nothing that will blow you away.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.5<\/span><\/p>\n Bad Luck Fale vs. Katsuyori Shibata<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0I think going for the Bad Luck Fall three times in a seven minute match is a bit excessive and odd as Fale does have other moves like the Grenade.\u00a0 So not sure what that was all about, also while the ending was a bit of a let-down I think it was done to make the points line up right without Fale actually pinning Shibata.\u00a0 While I didn\u2019t love the count out at least it was from two solid looking moves and not just Shibata losing track of the count or something.\u00a0 So not a great match, but honestly it wasn\u2019t really trying to be.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 4.0<\/span><\/p>\n Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 Lots and lots of stomps.\u00a0 This match started really really slowly and with no focus whatsoever (besides stomps), but once they got over that it was decent.\u00a0 The middle was just non-existent, it almost went straight from \u201copening match offense\u201d to \u201ctrading finishers\u201d without much of a transition between the two.\u00a0 The middle part of the match is usually the hardest part to do so I guess this was one way to get around it.\u00a0 The end was fine, but the rest was rather lackluster.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 You could tell from the start these two were not messing around, with a powerbomb on the apron and a suplex into the guardrail within the first minute.\u00a0 I actually loved this match, from start to finish.\u00a0 It had a huge big match feel, maybe even to a fault as they were both kicking out of monster moves but it was such a change of pace it didn\u2019t even bother me.\u00a0 I have to make sure I don\u2019t over-rate it since I am comparing it to the other matches on the last few cards, but there was just so much logical here.\u00a0 Just non-stop, they mixed up their moves and in general it was just a really fun match.\u00a0 My favorite match of the tournament thus far.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 8.5<\/span><\/p>\n Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0This was fine, not much more than that.\u00a0 Both of these guys are good wrestlers so they were fluid, but the offense was a bit all over the place.\u00a0 Tanahashi did briefly sell the leg work, I just wish that Benjamin had some other move in his arsenal that targeted the ankle.\u00a0 So it was pretty good, not great but they did a few things to make it stand out and the emotion was there.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 Another good but not spectacular match.\u00a0 The outside of the ring bit lasted too long, and I am not sure what their focus was as there wasn\u2019t much of a structure.\u00a0 They were just taking turns for parts of it.\u00a0 On the plus side the reversals and spots were very fluid and well done, you could tell that these two are very familiar with each other.\u00a0 It was also never boring as they kept the action pushing from bell to bell.\u00a0 So some issues here and there but overall a solid affair.\u00a0Score:\u00a0 6.5<\/span><\/p>\n Current Standings:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hiroshi Tanahashi\u00a0 [12]<\/p>\n Shinsuke Nakamura\u00a0 [12]<\/p>\n Bad Luck Fale\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Katsuyori Shibata\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Davey Boy Smith Jr.\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Satoshi Kojima\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Shelton Benjamin\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Tomohiro Ishii\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Yuji Nagata\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Doc Gallows\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Tomoaki Honma\u00a0 [0]\n<\/td>\n AJ Styles\u00a0 [12]<\/p>\n Kazuchika Okada\u00a0 [12]<\/p>\n Minoru Suzuki\u00a0 [10]<\/p>\n Hirooki Goto\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Hiroyoshi Tenzan\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Tetsuya Naito\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Togi Makabe\u00a0 [8]<\/p>\n Karl Anderson\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Lance Archer\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Toru Yano\u00a0 [6]<\/p>\n Yujiro Takahashi\u00a0 [6]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Final Thoughts:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Best Match:<\/strong> AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson<\/strong>. I think on any night this would have been a really fun match, but in comparison with the last few nights of the G1 Climax it really stood above the rest.\u00a0 From start to finish the match was hard hitting, they varied up the moves and it just felt like an important match.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t more important than most of the other matches but they made it seem like it was.\u00a0 Just a great and entertaining match.<\/p>\n MVP:\u00a0 AJ Styles<\/strong>. Styles is really proving he is \u2018the man\u2019 in this tournament, I don\u2019t want to hear anyone say going forward that Styles in New Japan is a bad thing.\u00a0 I mean he pulled a four star match out of Karl Anderson, and it isn\u2019t that Anderson is bad, but he doesn\u2019t generally put on the most entertaining match on the card.\u00a0 Styles busted out some moves here he hasn\u2019t done yet in the tournament and just keeps everything interesting and intense.\u00a0 \u00a0He is probably the MVP of the entire tournament.<\/p>\n Overall:<\/strong> A flat show overall, with the exception of Styles vs. Anderson.\u00a0 Many of the wrestlers seemed to be coasting, yes many of the matches were still \u2018good\u2019 but that is because New Japan has such fantastic wrestlers that even on an off day they can be entertaining.\u00a0 But in general nothing was done to separate this event from any of the prior events and some of the pairings just didn\u2019t work well together.\u00a0 Watch Styles vs. Anderson, skip everything else unless you just can\u2019t miss any of the G1 Climax action.<\/p>\n AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson in quite possibly the best match of the tournament thus far, plus Okada vs. Goto, Shelton Benjamin vs. Tanahashi, More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":11824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[540,234,233],"class_list":["post-12899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-g1-climax","tag-new-japan","tag-puroresu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12901,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899\/revisions\/12901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLocation:\u00a0 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
\nAnnounced Attendance:\u00a0 7,000 (Super No Vacancy)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Block A:<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n Block B:<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n \n
\n– Block B: Lance Archer vs. Yujiro Takahashi
\n– Block A: Doc Gallows vs. Yuji Nagata
\n– Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Togi Makabe
\n– Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Naito
\n– Block A: Bad Luck Fale vs. Katsuyori Shibata
\n– Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
\n– Block B: AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson
\n– Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin
\n– Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThey circle each other to start, tie-up, and Smith shoves Honma to the mat.\u00a0 Tie-up, and Smith hits an overhead suplex.\u00a0 Once again they tie-up, Smith pushes Honma into the ropes, he goes for a punch but Honma ducks it.\u00a0 Chops by Honma, Irish whip, reversed, and Smith hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Smith goes off the ropes but Honma hits a drop toehold followed by a dropkick.\u00a0 Honma goes for a headbutt but Smith rolls out of the way, Smith picks up Honma and throws him out of the ring.\u00a0 Smith throws Honma into the guardrail, he gets a cable and chokes Honma with it.\u00a0 Smith stomps on Honma\u2019s midsection and slides Honma back into the ring.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Smith applies a reverse chinlock, he lays Honma on the mat and hits a leg drop.\u00a0 Smith applies a single leg crab hold but Honma gets to the ropes.\u00a0 Smith picks up Honma but Honma chops him back, elbows by Smith and he hits a knee followed by a hard chop.\u00a0 Smith applies a reverse chinlock and then a stretch hold.\u00a0 Honma gets to the rope to force a break, Smith picks up Honma and chops him but Honma chops him back.\u00a0 Irish whip by Smith but Honma hangs onto the ropes, and then moves when Smith goes for a big boot.\u00a0 Smith lands on the apron, he punches Honma and grabs him as he goes for a suplex, but Honma blocks it.\u00a0 Headbutt by Honma and he snaps Smith\u2019s neck on the top rope before hitting a lariat, which sends Smith out of the ring.\u00a0 Honma goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a falling headbutt onto a standing Smith.\u00a0 Honma rolls back in the ring and Smith slowly follows, jumping elbow by Honma in the corner and he hits a face crusher.\u00a0 Falling headbutt by Honma, he picks up Smith but Smith blocks the brainbuster attempt and hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Backdrop suplex by Smith, cover, but it gets another two count.\u00a0 Another cover by Smith but again it gets a two.\u00a0 Smith picks up Honma and goes for the powerbomb but Honma blocks it.\u00a0 Smith goes off the ropes but Honma hits an elbow followed by a headbutt.\u00a0 Lariat by Honma, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Honma goes up to the top turnbuckle but Smith rolls out of the way of the diving headbutt.\u00a0 Smith and Honma both hit lariats, and Smith follows up with another one for a two count cover.\u00a0 Smith picks up Honma and goes for the powerbomb but Honma rolls him up for a two count.\u00a0 Smith goes for a big boot but Honma catches it, Honma goes off the ropes but Smith hits a knee followed by the capture suplex.\u00a0 Smith picks up Honma and drops him with the Bulldog Bomb.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Davey Boy Smith Jr.<\/p>\n
\nTakahashi dropkicks Archer in the knee to start the match.\u00a0 Takahashi kicks Archer in the leg around the ring but Archer grabs Takahashi by the neck and throws Takahashi over his head.\u00a0 Archer picks up Takahashi and clubs him in the back.\u00a0 Takahashi goes off the ropes and hits a chop block, he grabs Archer by the leg and kicks him in the knee.\u00a0 Elbow to the leg by Takahashi and he hits a splash on Archer\u2019s leg.\u00a0 Takahashi stomps on Archer\u2019s head, Takahashi pulls Archer\u2019s leg around the post and slams his leg into it.\u00a0 Archer pulls back on his leg which rams Takahashi into the ring post.\u00a0 Archer picks up Takahashi, punches by Archer while he is on the apron but Takahashi kicks Archer in the leg.\u00a0 Takahashi gets back in the ring and kicks Archer in the leg, he puts his leg on the bottom rope and jumps down onto it.\u00a0 Takahashi and Archer punch at each other, Takahashi grabs Archer by the leg and applies a single leg crab hold.\u00a0 Archer reverses it but Takahashi makes it to the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Kick to the leg by Takahashi and he elbows Archer in the head.\u00a0 Archer hits him back but Takahashi kicks him in the leg, Takahashi goes off the ropes but Archer hits a spinebuster.\u00a0 Archer waits for Takahashi to get up and he hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Archer picks up Takahashi and hits a full nelson slam, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Archer picks up Takahashi and goes for the Blackout, but Takahashi gets out of it and hits an Olympic Slam.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Takahashi charges Archer and hits a big boot, he grabs Archer and goes for the Fisherman Buster but Archer blocks it.\u00a0 Kick to the leg by Takahashi, Archer goes for a suplex but Takahashi lands on his feet and kicks Archer in the leg.\u00a0 Takahashi goes off the ropes and hits a lariat, but Archer doesn\u2019t go down.\u00a0 Takahashi puts Archer on his shoulders but Archer gets out of it and hits a Texas Tornado.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Archer pushes Takahashi into the corner and puts him up on the turnbuckle, Archer goes for the Blackout but Takahashi slides down his back.\u00a0 Low blow by Takahashi, Archer charges Takahashi but Takahashi pushes him off and hits another low blow.\u00a0 Small package by Takahashi and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Yujiro Takahashi<\/p>\n
\nThey circle each other to start, tie-up, wristlock by Nagata but Gallows breaks it up.\u00a0 Side headlock by Gallows, Nagata Irish whips out of it but Gallows shoulderblocks him down.\u00a0 Nagata is back up, stomps by Nagata but Gallows clubs him to the mat.\u00a0 Elbow by Gallows and he locks knuckles with Nagata, pushing him down to his knees.\u00a0 Nagata suplexes out of it, Nagata goes off the ropes and hits a big boot, sending Gallows crashing out of the ring.\u00a0 Nagata goes outside and tries to throw Gallows into the guardrail, but Gallows reverses it.\u00a0 Gallows clubs Nagata in the back and throws him back in the ring, Gallows throws Nagata into the corner and he hits a body avalanche.\u00a0 Lariat by Gallows, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Gallows goes off the ropes and hits a splash, cover, but he gets a two count.\u00a0 Elbow to the chest by Gallows and he applies a reverse chinlock.\u00a0 Nagata elbows out of it and goes off the ropes but Gallows hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Elbow drop by Gallows, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Gallows picks up Nagata and punches Nagata into the corner.\u00a0 Gallows throws Nagata into the corner but Nagata kicks Gallows in the knee.\u00a0 More kicks to the leg by Nagata, Irish whip, reversed, and Nagata slaps Gallows before dropkicking him in the knee.\u00a0 Big boot by Nagata and he hits an exploder.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nagata grabs Gallows but Gallows punches him off, kick by Nagata, Irish whip to the corner, reversed, but Gallows\u2019s knee is hurt so he can\u2019t run.\u00a0 Big boot by Gallows and he hits a lariat, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Gallows picks up Nagata and hits an inverted full nelson slam, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Gallows picks up Nagata again but Nagata kicks him in the knee, he goes off the ropes but Gallows grabs him.\u00a0 Nagata gets away and applies the seated armbar, but Gallows makes it to the ropes.\u00a0 Nagata picks up Gallows but Nagata hits a heel kick.\u00a0 Shining Wizard by Nagata in the corner, he goes for the backdrop driver but Gallows elbows him off.\u00a0 Nagata hits a German suplex, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nagata picks up Gallows and goes for the backdrop suplex again but Gallows gets out of it, Nagata goes off the ropes but Gallows boots him back and delivers a big boot.\u00a0 Gallows picks up Nagata and hits the Gallows Pole, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Doc Gallows<\/p>\n
\nTenzan starts out with a lariat as they trade dueling lariats, Makabe goes off the ropes and another lariat sends Tenzan to the mat.\u00a0 Makabe picks up Tenzan but Tenzan hits a few Mongolian Chops, sending Makabe down.\u00a0 Chop to the throat by Tenzan, and Makabe falls out of the ring.\u00a0 Tenzan goes out after him and chops Makabe against the guardrail, Irish whip attempt by Tenzan but Makabe reverses it and then lariats Tenzan over the guardrail.\u00a0 Makabe gets back in the ring as Tenzan slowly follows, Makabe picks up Tenzan and he punches Tenzan back.\u00a0 Makabe picks up Tenzan and he hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Makabe applies a reverse chinlock on the mat until Tenzan gets to the ropes.\u00a0 Makabe picks up Tenzan and punches him in the head, Tenzan elbows him back and they trade shots.\u00a0 Knee by Makabe and he stomps Tenzan in the back.\u00a0 Makabe goes off the ropes but Tenzan catches him with a Mountain Bomb.\u00a0 Mongolian Chops by Tenzan and headbutts Makabe in the corner.\u00a0 More headbutts by Tenzan, Irish whip, and Tenzan hits a lariat in the corner.\u00a0 Tenzan goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits the calf branding.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up a two count.\u00a0 Tenzan picks up Makabe and elbow him in the back, and Tenzan hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but again it gets a two.\u00a0 Tenzan goes off the ropes but Makabe catches him with a powerslam.\u00a0 Makabe charges Tenzan in the corner and hits a lariat, mounted punches by Makabe in the corner and he goes for the Northern Lights Suplex but Tenzan blocks it.\u00a0 Elbows by Makabe, he goes off the ropes and Tenzan hits a heel kick.\u00a0 Saito Suplex by Tenzan, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a diving headbutt.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Tenzan applies the Anaconda Vice, he picks up Makabe but Makabe elbows out of it.\u00a0 Elbow by Makabe but Tenzan elbows him back.\u00a0 Mongolian Chops by Tenzan, he goes off the ropes as Makabe goes for a lariat, but Tenzan ducks it.\u00a0 Tenzan goes off the ropes but Makabe clubs him in the chest.\u00a0 Makabe picks up Tenzan and he hits a powerbomb.\u00a0 Makabe goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits the King Kong Kneedrop.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Togi Makabe<\/p>\n
\nWristlock by Suzuki to start, Naito rolls out of it but Suzuki applies a side headlock.\u00a0 Naito reverses it but Suzuki gets out of that and both wrestlers return to their feet.\u00a0 Suzuki goes for a kick, Naito mostly catches it but Suzuki pushes him into the ropes.\u00a0 Suzuki slaps Naito, Irish whip, reversed, and Naito delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Suzuki falls out of the ring, Naito goes out after him but TAKA grabs him from ringside.\u00a0 Suzuki kicks Naito off the apron and then kicks Naito in the chest.\u00a0 Suzuki applies an armbar outside of the ring, he picks up Naito and throws Naito into the guardrail.\u00a0 Suzuki twists Naito\u2019s leg in the guardrail and Suzuki chokes Naito with a flag.\u00a0 Suzuki throws the flag at Naito and then boots him in the head.\u00a0 Back in the ring, kicks to the back by Suzuki but Naito elbows him and they trade blows.\u00a0 Kick to the chest by Suzuki, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Suzuki picks up Naito and chops him, elbows by Suzuki but Naito slaps him back.\u00a0 Hiptoss by Naito and he dropkicks Suzuki, Irish whip and Naito hits a senton.\u00a0 Naito goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a missile dropkick to Suzuki.\u00a0 Naito kicks Suzuki in the corner and goes for the slingshot dropkick, but Suzuki catches him and applies a leglock.\u00a0 Suzuki picks up Naito but Naito punches him back.\u00a0 Suzuki trips Naito and he applies a cross kneelock.\u00a0 Naito crawls to the ropes and is able to grab the bottom one to get the break.\u00a0 Suzuki kicks Naito in the leg, but Naito gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Enzigieri by Naito, Suzuki gets up in the corner, Irish whip by Naito, kick, leg sweep, and he hits the slingshot dropkick.\u00a0 Naito picks up Suzuki and puts him on the top turnbuckle, he joins him but Suzuki elbows Naito back.\u00a0 Naito charges Suzuki but Suzuki applies an armbar, and he applies a cross armbreaker on the mat.\u00a0 Waistlock by Naito but Suzuki reverses it and goes for a sleeper, but Naito gets out of it.\u00a0 Waistlock by Naito and he rolls up Suzuki for a two count.\u00a0 Suzuki gets the sleeper applied but Naito gets out of it and hits the overhead kick.\u00a0 Irish whip by Naito, reversed, and Naito hits the jumping elbow strike.\u00a0 Reverse DDT by Naito, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Suzuki rolls out of the way of the Stardust Press.\u00a0 Suzuki kicks Naito, he goes off the ropes, Naito goes for a roll-up but Suzuki blocks it and hits Naito in the back of the head.\u00a0 Suzuki goes off the ropes and hits a kick, takedown by Suzuki and he applies the sleeper.\u00a0 Naito can\u2019t get out of it and he goes to sleep, leading the referee to stop the match.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Minoru Suzuki<\/p>\n
\nFale elbows Shibata as the match starts and hits him into the corner.\u00a0 Clubbing blows by Fale in the corner and he stands on Shibata\u2019s back near the ropes.\u00a0 Cover by Fale but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Fale picks up Shibata and throws him into the corner, Irish whip by Fale but Shibata moves when Fale charges in.\u00a0 Elbow by Shibata and he challenges Fale to hit him back, which naturally he does.\u00a0 They trade elbows, Shibata goes off the ropes but Fale hits a big boot.\u00a0 Another boot by Fale and he hits a third, Fale goes off the ropes but Shibata knees him in the stomach.\u00a0 Waistlock by Shibata but Fale elbows him off.\u00a0 Fale picks up Shibata but Shibata trips up Fale and applies an ankle hold.\u00a0 Fale gets a hand on the ropes to force a break, Shibata goes for a choke hold but Fale hits a sidewalk slam to get out of it.\u00a0 Fale hits a body avalanche in the corner followed by a body press.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Fale picks up Shibata and goes for the Bad Luck Fall, but Shibata gets out of it and elbows Fale into the corner.\u00a0 More elbows by Shibata in the corner, he gets a running start and hits a dropkick to the chest.\u00a0 Shibata picks up Fale and goes for a suplex but Fale punches him off.\u00a0 He goes for the Bad Luck Fall again but Shibata slides out of it and applies a sleeper.\u00a0 Fale gets to the ropes to get a break, Shibata kicks Fale in the chest but Fale catches the second one and hits a Samoan Drop.\u00a0 Fale picks up Shibata and goes for the Bad Luck Fall, but again Shibata gets out of it and he hits a big boot to send Fale out of the ring.\u00a0 Shibata goes out after him but Fale grabs Shibata while he is still on the apron and he hits the Grenade.\u00a0 Both wrestlers are slow to get up, Shibata gets up on the apron as the count is close to the end but Fale lariats Shibata off the apron into the guardrail.\u00a0 Shibata can\u2019t get back in the ring in time and is counted out.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Bad Luck Fale<\/p>\n
\nTie-up to start, wristlock by Kojima into a waistlock but Nakamura reverses it into his own wristlock.\u00a0 Kojima reverses it back and applies a hammerlock, side headlock takedown by Kojima but Nakamura gets out of it with a headscissors until Kojima gets a foot on the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Tie-up, Nakamura pushes Kojima into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Shoulderblock by Kojima and he stomps on Nakamura.\u00a0 More stomps by Kojima, he picks up Nakamura and throws him out of the ring.\u00a0 Kojima goes out as well, he picks up Nakamura but Nakamura knees Kojima in the stomach.\u00a0 Nakamura pushes Kojima against the railing and hits a knee, he then hangs Kojima\u2019s head over the apron and hits a running kneelift.\u00a0 Nakamura pulls Kojima back outside, he gets on the apron but Kojima lariats his legs from the floor.\u00a0 Stomp by Kojima and he punches Nakamura before rolling him back into the ring.\u00a0 Kojima gets in as well, stomp by Kojima and he applies a reverse chinlock.\u00a0 Eye rake by Kojima and he stomps Nakamura again.\u00a0 Kojima picks up Nakamura and throws him into the corner, rapid fire chops by Kojima, Irish whip, and he hits the jumping elbow smash.\u00a0 Kojima goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits the diving elbow drop, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kojima picks up Nakamura but Nakamura stomps his foot and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Nakamura picks up Kojima but Kojima elbows him off, he goes off the ropes but Nakamura hits a jumping kick to the face.\u00a0 Nakamura picks up Kojima and knees him into the corner before stomping him.\u00a0 Nakamura puts Kojima across the ropes and hits a running knee to Kojima\u2019s ribs.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nakamura picks up Kojima and goes for the inverted powerslam but Kojima blocks it and hits a DDT.\u00a0 Kojima picks up Nakamura, Irish whip, Nakamura blocks it but Kojima hits the Koji Cutter.\u00a0 Kojima signals for the lariat but Nakamura gets up and hits the Backstabber.\u00a0 Nakamura applies the sleeper and then hits the inverted powerslam.\u00a0 Nakamura waits for Kojima to get up and goes for the Boma Ye but Kojima gets out of the way and lariats Nakamura in the back of the head.\u00a0 Kojima puts Nakamura up on the top turnbuckle and hits an avalanche Koji Cutter.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kojima picks up Nakamura and goes for a brainbuster, but Nakamura blocks it.\u00a0 Knee by Kojima and he goes for it again but Nakamura knees out of it.\u00a0 Kojima charges Nakamura, Nakamura goes for a kick which Kojima catches, but Nakamura hits a heel kick.\u00a0 Nakamura goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a second turnbuckle Boma Ye, cover, but Kojima gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Nakamura goes for another one but Kojima ducks it and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Kojima picks up Nakamura and delivers a brainbuster, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kojima waits for Nakamura to get up and goes for the lariat, but Nakamura kicks his arm.\u00a0 Nakamura goes off the ropes but Kojima levels him with a lariat, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kojima picks up Nakamura and hits a few elbows, roaring elbow by Kojima and he goes off the ropes, but Nakamura catches him with a jumping Boma Ye.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Shinsuke Nakamura<\/p>\n
\nAnderson pokes Styles in the eyes to start the match and throws him out of the ring.\u00a0 Anderson goes out after him and punches Styles before throwing him into the railing, but Styles jumps over the railing and pokes Anderson in the eyes.\u00a0 Styles jumps off the railing but Anderson catches him and powerbombs Styles into the apron.\u00a0 Anderson gets back into the ring as Styles slowly follows, but Styles goes back outside so Anderson goes out as well.\u00a0 Anderson grabs Styles but Styles suplexes Anderson into the guardrail.\u00a0 Styles gets back in the ring as does Anderson eventually, Styles picks up Anderson and hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Styles picks up Anderson but Anderson punches him off, chop by Anderson and he hits an uppercut.\u00a0 Anderson goes off the ropes but Styles catches him with a dropkick.\u00a0 Styles applies the Muta Lock but releases it after a moment, Styles picks up Anderson, elbows by Anderson and he chops Styles but Styles kicks him in the midsection.\u00a0 Elbows by Anderson, Irish whip by Styles, reversed, but Styles kicks him back.\u00a0 Styles goes off the ropes but Anderson catches him with a spinebuster.\u00a0 Anderson picks up Styles but Styles drives Anderson into the corner.\u00a0 Styles puts Anderson on the top turnbuckle and joins him, but Anderson pushes him off and hits an avalanche neckbreaker.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Anderson picks up Styles and puts him on his shoulders, he goes for the swivel Gun Stun but Styles gets out of it and hits an elbow smash out of the corner.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Styles picks up Anderson but Anderson hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Anderson charges Styles in the corner but Styles elbow shim back, and hits the Stylin\u2019 DDT.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Styles goes up to the top turnbuckle but Anderson kicks Styles before he can jump off, Anderson joins Styles and puts Styles on his shoulders, and he hits an Avalanche Gun Stun.\u00a0 Cover, but it only gets a two count.\u00a0 Anderson waits for Styles to get up and goes for a Gun Stun but Styles gets out of it and hits a jumping kick.\u00a0 Anderson elbows Styles and they trade elbows, uppercut by Anderson but Styles hits a Pele Kick.\u00a0 Styles goes off the ropes, Anderson goes for the Gun Stun by Styles gets out of it and they lariat each other.\u00a0 Anderson and Styles trade elbows on their knees, they get up and Anderson hits an uppercut, and Styles is knocked into the corner.\u00a0 Anderson goes for a boot but Styles moves, and Styles kicks Anderson in the leg.\u00a0 Styles charges Anderson but Anderson moves and hits the jumping boot.\u00a0 Anderson picks up Styles and goes for a powerbomb but Styles rolls him up, he goes for the Styles Clash but Anderson kicks out of it.\u00a0 Styles applies the Calf Killer, but Anderson makes it to the ropes.\u00a0 Styles picks up Anderson and goes for the Styles Clash, but Anderson blocks it.\u00a0 Knee by Styles and he goes off the ropes, but Anderson catches him and hits a Fire Thunder Driver.\u00a0 Cover, but Styles gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Anderson waits for Styles to get up and goes for the Gun Stun but Styles pushes him off and hits the Bloody Sunday.\u00a0 Styles picks up Anderson and nails the Styles Clash, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 AJ Styles<\/p>\n
\nThey jockey for position to start, Benjamin gets Tanahashi to the mat but Tanahashi gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Tie-up, Benjamin pushes Tanahashi into the ropes and he goes for a punch, but Tanahashi ducks it and elbows Benjamin into the corner.\u00a0 Irish whip by Tanahashi, reversed, Tanahashi elbows Benjamin when he charges in and he hits a body press out of the corner.\u00a0 Benjamin rolls out of the ring to re-group and he tries to pull Tanahashi out with him, but Tanahashi kicks Benjamin into the guardrail.\u00a0 Tanahashi goes for a pescado but Benjamin punches him as he jumps over. \u00a0Benjamin picks up Tanahashi in a press slam and drops Tanahashi onto the guardrail.\u00a0 Benjamin picks up Tanahashi and slides him back in the ring, Benjamin returns as well and he stomps on Tanahashi.\u00a0 Benjamin picks up Tanahashi and elbows him in the corner.\u00a0 Elbow to the stomach by Benjamin and he picks up Tanahashi, and Benjamin hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Benjamin picks up Tanahashi and applies an abdominal stretch, and Benjamin elbows Tanahashi in the ribs.\u00a0 Benjamin chokes Tanahashi with his boot, bearhug by Benjamin and his bearhug gets a one count.\u00a0 Tanahashi elbows out of it, Irish whip by Tanahashi but Benjamin knees Tanahashi in the stomach.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count. Punches to the ribs by Benjamin, Irish whip to the corner but Tanahashi moves when Benjamin charges in and hits a crossbody.\u00a0 Jumping elbow smash by Tanahashi and he hits a scoop slam near the corner, Tanahashi goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a front flip senton.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Tanahashi picks up Benjamin and they trade elbows, uppercut by Tanahashi and he goes off the ropes, Benjamin tries to throw him out of the ring but Tanahashi skins the cat.\u00a0 Benjamin charges Tanahashi but Tanahashi holds down the ropes, but Benjamin skins the cat as well.\u00a0 Swinging kick by Benjamin, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Benjamin applies an ankle hold but Tanahashi gets out of it, flinging Benjamin into the turnbuckles.\u00a0 Dropkick to the knee by Tanahashi, he gets up and goes off the ropes, but Benjamin ducks the Sling Blade and hits a German suplex hold for a two count.\u00a0 Benjamin waits for Tanahashi to get up and goes for the Paydirt but Tanahashi side steps it and hits the trapped German suplex for a two count.\u00a0 Tanahashi picks up Benjamin and goes for the dragon suplex but Benjamin elbows out of it and delivers a superkick.\u00a0 Cover by Benjamin, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Benjamin puts Tanahashi on the top turnbuckle and joins him, but Tanahashi blocks the superplex attempt and knocks Benjamin back down to the mat.\u00a0 Tanahashi goes for the High Fly Flow but Benjamin rolls out of the way.\u00a0 Benjamin applies the ankle hold but Tanahashi reverses it and he hits the Sling Blade.\u00a0 Tanahashi goes up top and hits a diving crossbody, he then goes up top again and he hits the High Fly Flow.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/p>\n
\nTie-up to start, armbar by Goto, armdrag by Goto but Okada applies a wristlock.\u00a0 Goto rolls out of it and applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Side headlock by Goto, Okada pushes Goto into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Kick by Okada and he applies a side headlock, Goto tries to Irish whip out of it but Okada keeps the hold applied.\u00a0 Goto elbows out of it and Irish whips out of the hold, and Goto hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Goto goes off the ropes and he lariats Okada over the top rope down to the floor.\u00a0 Goto goes outside of the ring and picks up Okada, Goto clubs Okada in the back and Irish whips him to the rail, but Okada reverses it and then boots Goto over the guardrail.\u00a0 Okada picks up Goto, he drapes his legs over the rail and hits a DDT.\u00a0 Okada gets back in the ring and Goto makes it back in time, Okada picks up Goto, snapmare, and Okada dropkicks Goto.\u00a0 Okada applies a reverse chinlock but Goto gets into the ropes to force the break.\u00a0 Okada picks up Goto and pushes him into the corner, elbows by Okada, Irish whip, reversed, but Okada kicks Goto when he charges in.\u00a0 Okada goes off the ropes but so does Goto and he hits a lariat.\u00a0 Goto and Okada trade elbows, Goto elbows Okada into the corner, Irish whip, and Goto hits a spinning heel kick followed by a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Goto picks up Okada and tries to put him on his shoulders, Okada gets out of it and hits a big boot but Goto returns with a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 Back up, waistlock by Goto, Okada elbows out of it, uppercut by Okada and he hits the Schwein onto his knee.\u00a0 Okada picks up Goto, scoop slam by Okada, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving elbow drop.\u00a0 Okada goes for the Rainmaker but Goto ducks it, Okada goes off the ropes, Goto goes for a lariat but Okada ducks it, Okada goes for the Rainmaker but Goto avoids it and hits a Ushikoroshi.\u00a0 Dropkick by Okada, and Goto lands back in the corner.\u00a0 Okada picks up Goto and he hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Okada picks up Goto and goes for the tombstone but Goto blocks it.\u00a0 Elbow to the back of the head by Goto but Okada hits an uppercut.\u00a0 Okada goes off the ropes but Goto does as well, Goto avoids Okada\u2019s dropkick and he hits a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Goto picks up iii and hits a fireman\u2019s carry onto his knee, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Goto picks up Okada and goes for the Shouten but Okada knees out of it.\u00a0 Waistlock by Okada, Goto elbows out of it and goes off the ropes but Okada hits the dropkick.\u00a0 Goto and Okada get up in opposite corners, Goto charges Okada but Okada puts him up on the top turnbuckle.\u00a0 He goes to do a dropkick but Goto kicks him back, Okada joins Goto up top and Okada hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Dropkick to the back of the head by Okada, he picks up Goto and hits the tombstone piledriver. Okada picks up Goto and goes for the Rainmaker but Goto ducks it and hits a headbutt.\u00a0 Goto picks up Okada and goes for the Shouten but Okada slides down his back and hits a German suplex hold for a two count.\u00a0 Okada picks up Goto and nails the Rainmaker, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Kazuchika Okada<\/p>\n\n\n
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