NJPW Presents: G1 Climax 27 (July 17 - August 13; Scores Updated 8/7)

[Jmare007]

Gonna suck to see Omega lose in the finals :

It's the right call

 

[Silkk]

It's the right call

Omega should've won the belt in January from Naito

 

[LordDeathwatch]

At the very least he should finally go over Okada. He also got that US heavyweight belt to defend Hopefully he can elevate it like Nakamura did for the IC belt.

They still bullshytting with Omega though, wasting the hype.

 

[Jmare007]

Omega should've won the belt in January from Naito

I think he should've won it at Dominion and kept it till the October Sumo Hall show, but given the current landscape the best card for the Dome is Okada/Naito and Omega/Ibushi

They still bullshytting with Omega though, wasting the hype.

They've wasted Naito's hype for longer.

 

[LordDeathwatch]

I think he should've won it at Dominion and kept it till the October Sumo Hall show, but given the current landscape the best card for the Dome is Okada/Naito and Omega/Ibushi



They've wasted Naito's hype for longer.

Absolutely, you'll never hear me say otherwise. Naito should have been on the reverse Tanahashi path a while ago.

They take shyt to the extreme, it's great to build tension, fill out a story arc but it's got a limit. You never want it to come off deflated when you finally pull the trigger.

 

[MightyHealthy]

I now skip everything before intermission, but even in the G1 I pick and choose matches and it's still too damn much. So easy to fall behind on, too.

No doubt.

As a night shifter, the G1 feels catered to my leisure. I'm at work when WWE is on, come home in time to watch New Japan live. Even if I got some OT...at worst, I'd miss a block match or two.

I also multitask like a motherfukker.

But there's so much you can still miss. The significance of Okada and Suzuki's draw on August 8th, which show had the smarkiest crowd, that Fale was originally mentored and rolled with Nagata (sidenote: I don't care for dude's in ring work...but he was entertaining, and further imposing this year).

The G1 is like March Madness. It's a lot of groundwork for the rest of the year, and there's tons of content to absorb with unique matchups galore...but when you pick and choose, you are feasting!

 

[Jmare007]

 

[Jmare007]

I think Kenny and Okada might pull an all timer tomorrow. It's gonna be a red hot Sumo Hall that kinda knows they are gonna watch Omega finally pull it off and they have to work less than 30 minutes. It has all the ingredients for them to finally have the amazing match they have in them

 

[The Rainmaker]

It really sucks the way they are dealing with these last tournament appearances of the legends. Not a single special "he still got it" moment. Just losing all the matches except for one or two.

 

[shanks]

Going to just finally sign up to NJPW World .

What are the must see matches from this tournament I can check out right away?

 

[mrken12]

any dailymotion links to the best matches

These are from July. I'll put the August matches when the tournament ends.

Spoiler

Day 1
Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii


Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito



Day 2
EVIL vs Sanada


Kenny Omega vs. Minoru Suzuki


Day 3
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.


Day 4
Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin


Day 5
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii


Day 6
Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA


Day 8
Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima


Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin


Day 9
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii


Day 10
Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada

 

[MenacingMonk]

Going to just finally sign up to NJPW World .

What are the must see matches from this tournament I can check out right away?

Naito/Ibushi
Okada/Suzuki
Elgin/Omega
Evil/Omega

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I've only been checking for NJPW since WK9 but have to admit that I was for Nagata's last match.

Zack Sabre Jr. is now officially Suzuki Gun's version of that one White goon in Hong Kong movies who is OD sadistic

. The transitions were just Choked Ishii the fukk out

Suzuki watched him torturing the Stone Pitbull like ...............

Naito The Gawd . Dude is ON right now. Damn near every spot they've been to is fukking with him. Merch checks must be

Tana still the Mayor Of Dragon Screw Leg Whip City

The G1 has been fun as hell to follow this year. For me the fact that everyone works a different style has kept it entertaining.

 

[Jmare007]

It really sucks the way they are dealing with these last tournament appearances of the legends. Not a single special "he still got it" moment. Just losing all the matches except for one or two.

I agree. There's nothing that's stops them from booking a really good run with a legend getting to the last day with legit chances to advance to the Finals.

I mean, the fact that the winner now gets the Dome title match changes things because you can't just give a "thank you" G-1 win unless you then book him to lose it in the coming months - which would feel kind of cheap - but there's no reason not to create a fun and compelling story with a retiring veteran instead of just making him job over and over again.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Yellow Barbie Yujiro's other girl bouncing that ass to Omega's theme

Tana heelin

The drama when Tana had Naito in the cloverleaf

to Nagata. Great moment at the end with Fale

The setup with Ishii losing via ref stoppage to ZSJ made that sequence all the more tense.

That booking