[7/06 - 8/12] NJPW Present: G1 Climax 29

[Bryan Danielson]

Good to see Kenta got all his moves back that various wrestlers been stealing for years

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Ibushi vs Ospreay


My lord

 

[Jmare007]

Ishii at Korakuen is tomorrow?

Will probably catch up with that Mox match and KENTA/Tana tomorrow or Saturday, gonna watch it with the latest BJW Korakuen show

 

[3Rivers]

Ibushi/Ospreay

 

[MightyHealthy]

KENTA is definitely shaking off whatever rust he had, that was his sharpest match yet IMHO, great build for him and EVIL

 

[Apex]

Good to see Kenta got all his moves back that various wrestlers been stealing for years

most influential wrestler of the 2010's

 

[MightyHealthy]

Ishii is HARDCORE

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Good to see Kenta got all his moves back that various wrestlers been stealing for years

To be fair he stole the Lebell/Yes Lock from Dby after DBry started doing the knee. Seeing as how they had that great series of matches, it felt like a nod to each other. He also desperately needed another finish for much larger people as at the time he'd just begun seriously contending for the GHC belt.

Actually just checked the dates, he started doing the Lock a year before Dbry started doing the knee.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

To be fair he stole the Lebell/Yes Lock from Dby after DBry started doing the knee. Seeing as how they had that great series of matches, it felt like a nod to each other. He also desperately needed another finish for much larger people as at the time he'd just begun seriously contending for the GHC belt.

Actually just checked the dates, he started doing the Lock a year before Dbry started doing the knee.

Wait what?

Was your second paragraph and update or edit to your first?

So Kenta started the Labell lock?

 

[TrueEpic08]

Wait what?

Was your second paragraph and update or edit to your first?

So Kenta started the Labell lock?

No, Bryan had been using the LeBell Lock in 2010, KENTA started using it and calling it GAME OVER in 2012 when he moved to heavyweight, then Bryan started using the Busaiku Knee in 2013 when he beat John Cena with it.

Still going through day 5 because Ospreay annoys me.

KENTA/Archer was fine and accomplished what it needed to accomplish, but I don't see why it's being praised so much. It just seemed like a good appetizer for the rest of the matches that told its story, let Archer show off for a bit, and primed everyone for the next 4 matches. I thought KENTA looked better in the Tanahashi match, but he does seem to be slowly finding his groove throughout the tournament.

EVIL/SANADA was SO CLOSE to being great. The "partners fighting" story was very well done, played into the story of the match, and nothing was really wrong with their execution of everything. However, there was something a little...artificial about this match. As if they said "we're going to have a great Korakuen match" beforehand and structured the match to aim for than as opposed to just doing the match. It also.might be the fact that these two just aren't on the level to do that as wrestlers. They're both fine workers, and when paired with New Japan's best of the best they can have great matches, but when paired with each other they may have a ceiling because they're good in the same ways and deficient in the same ways (not THAT charismatic, nothing truly compelling about their work...in other words, they're definite midcarders). I dunno...I liked it, but it just didn't get there for me. I also continue to fail to see what others see in SANADA. He's just a midcarder people.

Tanahashi/ZSJ might have been the best match of the tournament if Tanahashi didn't move like the Iron Giant these days. As it was, still great stuff, and probably the match of the night pending me finishing Ibushi/Ospreay. Great story that they stuck through throughout (ZSJ may be the better technical wrestler, but Tana has him scouted after all their encounters and knows where to pick his spots and counter him. He endures, gets the right counter, and he can win) and they basically built it around 3 or 4 big set pieces that let the story play out through ZSJ's submissions and Tana's counters. One of those matches that really shows off Tanahashi's mind for wrestling even when the match itself isn't this revelation on its own (and it's not).

Still working through Ibushi/Ospreay, but I decided to go to sleep the first time they abandoned the injury angle to do moves, only to start back on the injury angle. I'll finish it later today, but it's probably going to be one of those matches.

 

[mrken12]

All those headbutts in the Moxley vs Ishii match.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Wait what?

Was your second paragraph and update or edit to your first?

So Kenta started the Labell lock?

Second was an edit. At first I thought KENTA had taken the Labell after Dbry took the knee but I checked the dates and he took the Labell lock a year before Dbry took the knee. Dbry had the Labell first.

 

[Silkk]

Would’ve been no more believable first L other than Ishii. Wonder when it’s coming.

And wtf are they doing with Naito

And Jay White for that matter

 

[Silkk]

All those headbutts in the Moxley vs Ishii match.

Is it up online yet?

 

[TrueEpic08]

Just finished Ibushi/Ospreay...

Anyone who doesn't think that Ospreay isn't the 2019 version of Best in the World era Davey Richards might need their head examined. Same flaws, same match structure, slightly different type of wrestler.

Match made me feel deep ambivalence besides wanting to see Ibushi wrestle somebody else. Didn't hate it or even think it was a complete waste of 27 minutes (I totally didn't need 27 minutes of this though). But I could have done many more productive things with my life than watch those two abandon story and selling to get their shyt in.