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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 21, 2015 15:54:10 GMT -5
Finally watching the G1 Day 1.
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 21, 2015 16:34:30 GMT -5
Really haven't enjoyed Michael Elgin much at all lately.
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Post by Jack on Jul 21, 2015 17:30:14 GMT -5
Well I thought I would post the first of what I hope will be 19 written reviews on my thoughts on G1. I will just quickly summarise my general thoughts for those who might care, and for those who do not want to read all of it, I have left any recommendations at the bottom as well.
White, Finlay, Dorada, Honma vs. Komatsu, Liger, Mask, Nagata **3/4 Hirooki Goto and Captain New Japan vs. Cody Hall and Yujiro Takahashi **1/2 Shinsuke Nakamura and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Tama Tonga and Karl Anderson *** Okada, Gedo and Ishii vs. Elgin, Kojima and Taguchi *** Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows **1/4 Toru Yano vs. Togi Makabe **1/2 Bad Luck Fale vs. Tetsuya Naito **1/2 Katsuyori Shibata vs. AJ Styles ***3/4 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi ****1/2
Opener was a better than average 6 man, I am taking a liking to White/Finlay/Komatsu, they all seem to know what they are doing. Next tag was pretty meh. The Nakamura tag was actually pretty good. Nakamura and Anderson had some pretty nice exchanges in the closing stages off the match which took it to the next level for me. The second 6 man was also good, turned out to be a nice way to build up for the upcoming singles matches. Elgin/Ishii should turn out to be pretty good.
Now we get to the start of G1. Tenzan/Gallows was pretty poor, really slow and pretty sloppy for me. Yano/Makabe was also pretty standard for a Yano match. He is very entertaining, and is good for comedy...just don't expect a fantastic match from him this tournament. Fale/Naito was a bit disappointing. Fale has good matches with Okada and Nakamura but a Heel vs. Heel really didn't lead for a good match to be delivered I think. We now enter the good bits...Styles/Shibata was a great match. Really good stuff right here. They didn't go crazy on nearfalls at all here, they didn't need too. The match had a great story behind it with Styles targeting both the Leg and Shoulders of Shibata. I marked hard for the Bloody Sunday as well. Tanahashi/Ibushi was just AMAZINGLY good. Such a great match. Great drama was built in the closing moments, I loved when Tanahashi caught Ibushi's leg when he attempted a pele, I marked for that. An incredible last few moments really made for a special match.
Recommendations: Styles/Shibata and Tanahashi/Ibushi [As you might have guessed].
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 21, 2015 18:05:18 GMT -5
Good review Jack. I'm just reaching Shibata/Styles now, I'll leave my ratings when I'm done.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 18:11:26 GMT -5
A true highlight of WK7. Nakamura goes from strength to strength... It was awesome! I thought Sakuraba kicked out! Also re-watched Nakamura vs Ibushi from WK 9. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME match. Still ranks as my best match of the year. Then I finally watched Okada vs Styles from a few weeks ago and holy shit. Okada damn near cut AJ in half with those drop kicks and that finishing sequence was fantastic. Gonna check out Nakamura vs Goto from that show tonight. I feel as if NJPW is really good once you get past the first few random tag matches. The junior tag division is great but it's lacking severely right now . Saku's contributions to MMA and puro cannot be understated; dude is amazing...you're right, that match is my favourite of this year too, Nakamura has truly risen to the top, as all good cream does...
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 21, 2015 18:55:36 GMT -5
G1 Climax 25 Day 1 - My ratings: Mascara Dorada, David Finlay, Jay White & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jushin Liger, Yohei Komatsu, Tiger Mask & Yuji Nagata - *1/2
Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall - *3/4
Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga - **1/2
Kazuchika Okada, Gedo & Tomhiro Ishii vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Michael Elgin & Satoshi Kojima - **
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows – **1/4
Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano - **1/2
Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale - **1/2
AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata – ***
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi - ****
Expected more of Shibata/AJ but it was still a fine match. Ibushi vs Tana was pretty damn great. That ending sequence was awesome. Decent way to kick off.
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Post by Steiner Recliner on Jul 21, 2015 19:19:45 GMT -5
It was awesome! I thought Sakuraba kicked out! Also re-watched Nakamura vs Ibushi from WK 9. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME match. Still ranks as my best match of the year. Then I finally watched Okada vs Styles from a few weeks ago and holy shit. Okada damn near cut AJ in half with those drop kicks and that finishing sequence was fantastic. Gonna check out Nakamura vs Goto from that show tonight. I feel as if NJPW is really good once you get past the first few random tag matches. The junior tag division is great but it's lacking severely right now . Saku's contributions to MMA and puro cannot be understated; dude is amazing...you're right, that match is my favourite of this year too, Nakamura has truly risen to the top, as all good cream does... Nakamura is what got me into New Japan from last year's G1 Climax finals with Okada. That match also was fantastic. The dudes really god damn good and his style is even better. His match with Roddy from ROH and RPW were both great. Ishii is also one of my top favorites in New Japan simply cause he is a brick shit house!
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 21, 2015 19:21:01 GMT -5
Who are your current top 5 NJPW guys?
1. Nakamura 2. Tanahashi 3. Makabe 4. Ishii 5. Shibata
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 19:26:16 GMT -5
1. Nakamura 2. Okada 3. Ibushi 4. Tanahashi 5. Goto
Bugger me, that was hard.
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Post by Hobbs on Jul 21, 2015 20:04:14 GMT -5
My Top 5 Easily 1. AJ Styles 2. Nakamura 3. Okada 4. Tanahashi 5. Ibushi
That was kinda an easy one for me.
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Post by Jack on Jul 21, 2015 20:49:29 GMT -5
Styles Shibata Nakamura Okada Tanahashi
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 22, 2015 2:46:08 GMT -5
Main event of the BJW show from Monday. Just started to watch it but I hear it was great.
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 22, 2015 14:03:04 GMT -5
Go watch Daisuke Sekimoto vs Yuji Okabayashi from BJW's show on Monday.
Definite ****1/2. MOTY candidate.
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Post by King Of Spice on Jul 22, 2015 14:13:59 GMT -5
Guess I'll finally watch Dominion
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Post by Hobbs on Jul 22, 2015 15:38:44 GMT -5
I've developed a liking for Takashi Sugiura this year.
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