NJPW Presents: Sakura Genesis - Will The Rainmaker's legendary reign continue?

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

According to Dave Meltzer at f4wonline.com, the story on Katsuyori Shibata suffering a subdurnal hematoma and requiring emergency surgery may actually be a "storyline to put over the brutality of the match."

 

[Jmare007]

If that is true, Tokyo Sports stays working people in fukking 2017

 

[BlackDynamite310]

That shibata v okada match was down right masterful. Shibata is main event IWGP heavyweight champion ready and okada for me solidified himself as the best worker in the world. While we might not like him as champion, okada is the best main every worker and earns every title defense. Shibata def made him earn that win.

 

[mr heyzel]

I like this match a little more than the Omega match and I wouldn't be mad at a shibata run

 

[jackswstd]

Jesus Christ Shibata and Okada beat the ever loving shyt outta each other What a fukkin match, the slow build had me on the edge of my seat. The sound of Shibata's kicks is vicious, after the headbutt when he just started leaking that single stream of blood was his whole aura is intense and his style is just brutal old school shooter shyt. Okada gave as good as he got so I'm not downplaying his effort in this.

 

[TOAD99]

Main event was flames

Shibata was one of the first NJPW guys I saw and he's still a favorite

But, he needs to chill w the headbutts. shyt is so

Hopefully he gets a IC reign or a a heavyweight reign

Like y'all have said, okada needs a new/alternate finisher. His wins are starting to be Cena like

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Finally watching this

LOL @ Kushida catching that WORK

 

[MightyHealthy]

Finally watching this

LOL @ Kushida catching that WORK

THAT was what Lesnar/Goldberg wanted to be...a display that on Hiromu's good day, and KUSHIDA's bad one...any wrestler can catch a chain of moves, and simply be outwrestled into an early pin.

The biggest distinction is that it was technically a squash, but also explainable by the Time Bomb capitalizing off the high risk of that apron powerbomb, and following up with a string of powerful and increasingly dehabilitating moves.

I really want to see Takahashi vs. Okada one day. That absolutely has to happen.

And what a bummer this thread inadvertently is...Shibata

 

[Konnan]

I still haven't watched the last three matches of this show