[7/7] NJPW Presents: G1 Special at the Cow Palace - Kenny vs Cody for the IWGP Title

[Jmare007]

Couldn't find if there was a thread about this already, if there is just merge this one.



Shocked there's no Jericho, and even if he does get a match eventually there's no real threat as a challenger as anyone who could be is already booked for a match.

I think this is the first gaijin vs gaijin IWGP title match

Let's see how the ticket sales go up. They sold 3k their first weekend and there hasn't been any updates about it I think

FULL CARD:

G-1 Special in San Francisco

IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kenny Omega defends vs. Cody

IWGP United States Heavyweight ChampionshipMatch: Jay White defends vs. Juice Robinson

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Hiromu Takahashi defends vs. Dragon Lee

Special Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Will Ospreay & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito)

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) defend vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & EVIL)

NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto defends vs. Jeff Cobb

Tag Team Match: Taguchi Japan (KUSHIDA & Hiroshi Tanahashi) vs. Bullet Club (Marty Scurll & Hangman Page)

Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki)

Ten-Man Tag Team Match: CHAOS (SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Gedo & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga & King Haku)

 

[Legal]

Couldn't find if there was a thread about this already, if there is just merge this one.



Shocked there's no Jericho, and even if he does get a match eventually there's no real threat as a challenger as anyone who could be is already booked for a match.

I think this is the first gaijin vs gaijin IWGP title match

Let's see how the ticket sales go up. They sold 3k their first weekend and there hasn't been any updates about it I think [/QUOTE

Jericho ain't tryna piss Vince off, breh.

 

[Jmare007]

Jericho ain't tryna piss Vince off, breh.

True, I'm just surprised they gave him the belt only to not book him for this show, weird timing.

 

[Legal]

True, I'm just surprised they gave him the belt only to not book him for this show, weird timing.

I guess they wanted the belt off Naito to build him for another IWGP shot, and didn't want him to eat another loss while he was challenging? Kind've makes sense when combined with the random shot Omega sent at him in his post match promo.

Still agree with you that it's dumb to put the title on Jericho and then not use him stateside.

 

[Jmare007]

I guess they wanted the belt off Naito to build him for another IWGP shot, and didn't want him to eat another loss while he was challenging? Kind've makes sense when combined with the random shot Omega sent at him in his post match promo.
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I mean, yeah, but that's another discussion about how retarded Naito's booking has been since WK.

 

[The Rainmaker]

Cody... NWA... ROH... IWGP champ?

 

[MightyHealthy]

Jericho ain't tryna piss Vince off, breh.

Correct name and first post

 

[MightyHealthy]

I mean, yeah, but that's another discussion about how retarded Naito's booking has been since WK.

I accepted that simply getting to the Tokyo Dome, in the main event where the fans WANTED him, was Naito's payoff for a redemption arc.

He pretty much manned up that he fukked up, the opportunities opened up for his crew, and kept Suzuki-gun under the armpit to rebound. Said that even if he hated the IC title, it was better off on him than Su, and took that shyt.

Just when Los looked poised to have a stranglehold on titles again, and it was time to move forward, Jericho actually came through with the Yano special and blindsided him.

He's doing some soul searching, and I'm sure he will be challenging Omega by the end of the year.

 

[Vinny Lupton]

 

[MenacingMonk]

Eh, now Ima pass on making the trip. The 1/2 Card doesn't look worthy of driving up there.

 

[Superkick Party]

Cody... NWA... ROH... IWGP champ?

The reaction alone is worth it

 

[Silkk]

Kenny gets his win back

Doesn't align with the story they were trying to tell on being the elite though with Cody though.

 

[Jmare007]

I accepted that simply getting to the Tokyo Dome, in the main event where the fans WANTED him, was Naito's payoff for a redemption arc..

You can convince yourself all you want breh, but that does not justify what Gedo did. That's a HORRIBLE consolation price for your most over superstar and legit draw at your biggest show in 15 years.

He pretty much manned up that he fukked up, the opportunities opened up for his crew, and kept Suzuki-gun under the armpit to rebound. Said that even if he hated the IC title, it was better off on him than Su, and took that shyt.

Just when Los looked poised to have a stranglehold on titles again, and it was time to move forward, Jericho actually came through with the Yano special and blindsided him.

He's doing some soul searching, and I'm sure he will be challenging Omega by the end of the year.

I've said since WK he's most likely going to win the IWGP Title this year anyway, it's what makes the most sense out of a very badly booked situation.

All the stuff you mentioned has been a very lackluster filler arc were he has been trading wins and losses like a WWE uppermidcarder, which is never a good thing to maintain the momentum he impressively was able to keep for 2 years.

He basically got a run of the mill angle with Suzuki-Gun to get a title reign he didn't need. Now he might get an interesting feud with Jericho for a belt he still doesn't need. All so he can be kept busy before having a good G-1 that will probably give him a random title shot where he gets the strap.

That's really retarded when it comes to treating your most over guy after a crushing L that shouldn't have happened anyway.

 

[TBdaGhost]

The heat for Codys gonna be through the roof at this show

 

[DoubleJ13]

So Cody wins the ROH title at their PPV & then about a week later gets beat by the IWGP champion Omega


Sounds about right