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Csonka’s NJPW G1 Climax 28 Night 13 Review
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Csonka’s NJPW G1 Climax 28 Night 13 Review
OFFICIAL RESULTS
– A Block Match: Michael Elgin defeated Bad Luck Fale @ 11:10 via DQ [*]
– A Block Match: Hangman Page vs. Togi Makabe @ 9:05 via pin [**½]
– A Block Match: Jay White defeated YOSHI-HASHI @ 9:53 via pin [**½]
– A Block Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated EVIL @ 12:50 via pin [***¼]
– A Block Match: Kazuchika Okada defeated Minoru Suzuki @ 18:35 via pin [****]
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– Night One Review
– Night Two Review
– Night Three Review
– Csonka’s NJPW G1 28 Undercard Thoughts (Days 1-3)
– Night Four Review
– Night Five Review
– Night Six Review
– Night Seven Review
– Csonka: Early Title Match Implications From The NJPW G1 28
– Csonka’s NJPW G1 28 Undercard Thoughts (Days 4-7)
– Night Eight Review
– Night Nine Review
– Night Ten Review
– Csonka’s NJPW G1 28 Undercard Thoughts (Days 8-10)
– Night Eleven Review
– Night Twelve Review
Bad Luck Fale vs. Michael Elgin: Loa is out with Fale, Elgin is finishing the tour with a torn bicep. They push and shove, Loa gets involved but Elgin takes him out. Fale and Elgin brawl to the floor, with Fale taking control. Back in and Fale takes the heat, working the arm of Elgin. Elgin slowly fires up and makes his comeback with a series of kicks and left-handed strikes. The superkick follows for 2. Fale cuts him off with a corner splash and running splash for 2. Fale looks for grenade, Elgin counters out, hits an enziguri follows with clotheslines and the cover gets 2. Elgin looks for a powerbomb, but Fale fights him off, and hits a Samoan drop for 2. Elgin counters bad luck fall and hits a German. The rolling elbow follows for 2. We get a ref bump, because of course. Loa attacks, Elgin fights him off and he slams Fale. Elgin heads up top Tonga arrives and takes him out with chair shots for the DQ. Michael Elgin defeated Bad Luck Fale @ 11:10 via DQ [*]
Hangman Page vs. Togi Makabe: This is a first time singles match. Makabe hits a shoulder tackle and they brawl to the floor. Page fires up and hits a suicide dive and the floor brawling continues. Back in and Page lays the boots to Makabe, and follows with strikes. The dropkick follows and the cover gets 2. Page hits the bridging pump handle slam for 2.Makabe fires up and they trade strikes. The powerslam follows, and Makabe connects with clotheslines and rights. The northern lights gets 2 for Makabe. They trade strikes again, Page hits a German and that gets 2. Page lays in chops but Makabe drops him with a lariat. He takes Page up top and looks for the spider German and instead hits the overhead belly to belly. The king kong knee drop misses. They trade clotheslines, Page counters the German but runs into a lariat. Page to he apron and Makabe attacks. Page hits buckshot lariat and rite of passage for the win. Hangman Page vs. Togi Makabe @ 9:05 via pin [**½] This was a perfectly solid back and forth match, with Page picking up a much needed win. He continues to work hard.
Jay White vs. YOSHI-HASHI: CHAOS EXPLODES. White attacks before the bell but HASHI quickly fights back. He fires away with strikes until White dumps him to the floor. White follows and repeatedly slams him to the apron and barricade, taking control. Romero is absolutely disgusted by White’s actions here. Back in and they trade strikes until White gets the Muta lock. HASHI fights and makes the ropes. White to the floor and gets a chair. HASHI dropkicks it into his face and rolls him back in. The running blockbuster follows. HASHI now hits the draping dropkick and heads up top. The blockbuster connects for 2. White fights off a powerbomb, and hits a German. The twister suplex follows for 2. White looks for blade runner, but HASHI cradles him for 2. White lays in strikes but HASHI hits a lariat and powerbomb for 2. HASHI heads up top and White uses the ref as a shield and crotches HASHI. HASHI counters blade runner, we get another fucking ref bump and a low blow. HASHI fires back and hits a superkick. The back stabber follows. The fisherman’s buster connects for 2. White counters karma into blade runner for the win. Jay White defeated YOSHI-HASHI @ 9:53 via pin [**½] This was another solid at best match that ended up being every Jay White G1 match so far including the ref bump and low blow. It just all runs together and none of it feels important. There was also no intensity or sense of urgency to any of the work.
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL: They lock up and work into some back and forth. Tanahashi grounds the action, but EVIL fights back and attacks the arm. He then follows with a senton and covers for 2. EVIL grounds things, continuing to focus on the arm of Tanahashi. Tanahashi finally escapes and hits a flying forearm, elbow drop, and senton for 2. The slam follows, Tanahashi to the ropes and EVIL dumps him to the floor. EVIL follows, and slams Tanahashi to the barricade and follows with a lariat. Tanahashi barely beats the count, and rolls into a broncobuster by EVIL for 2. Tanahashi counters darkness falls, but EVIL levels him with a lariat for 2. The fisherman’s buster follows for 2. Tanahashi gets a cradle for 2. Twist and shout follows, and then sling blade connects and that gets 2. Tanahashi up top and EVIL shoves the ref at him. Tanahashi fights back with a dragon screw in the ropes and the high fly high cross follows, but the high fly flow misses. EVIL hits darkness falls and gets a good near fall. The lariat connects for 2. Everything is evil is countered, and Tanahashi hits everything is evil and heads up top. The high fly flow finishes it. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated EVIL @ 12:50 via pin [***¼] This was a good back and forth match, they work well together, and it had the most energy of anything on the show so far.
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki: These two are 3-1-2 against each other all time in favor of Okada. They had a spectacular draw in last year’s G1. A draw feels in play here. Suzuki attacks before the bell and they immediately brawl to the floor. Suzuki kicks the shit out of him with chairs and barricades, dominating early on. They brawl into the crowd, more chair shots by Suzuki follow. Okada drags himself back to ringside and is met with more chair shots for the countout tease. Suzuki now gets the hanging arm bar in the ropes. He kicks Okada back to the floor. Okada beats the count back in so Suzuki stomps on his face, and then chokes out Okada with his own shirt. Okada tries to fire up, lays in strikes and hits a neck breaker. The running back elbow connects, and then a DDT gets 2 for Okada. Suzuki counters the neck breaker into an arm bar, but Okada makes the ropes. Suzuki hits the PK and goes right back to the arm as he works a double arm bar submission. Okada makes the ropes and gets the break. Suzuki now pummels him with strikes in the corner, but Okada fires up and hits John Woooooooo. They trade strikes, Suzuki laughs at Okada, and Suzuki mocks Okada as he delivers more strikes. They continue to light each other up, Suzuki laughs like a maniac and drops Okada with huge forearms. Okada counters the Gotch into a cradle for 2. The dropkick connects but Suzuki starts laying in rapid-fire strikes. Okada answers but Suzuki wipes him out with the running dropkick. Knee strikes follow, and now a guillotine. Okada fades, and Suzuki gets the sleeper. Okada drops to the mat and tries to power out, but Suzuki looks for the Gotch, but Okada counters out and they trade strikes. Suzuki locks on the octopus hold. Okada then counters out and hits the tombstone for the double down. Okada now works a sleeper, teases the Gotch, Suzuki counters and looks for a tombstone but Okada counters into a Gotch style tombstone. Rolling rainmaker by Okada and a regular rainmaker follows for the win. Kazuchika Okada defeated Minoru Suzuki @ 18:35 via pin [****] This was a rather great match, with Suzuki sadistically beating on Okada for the majority of the match. The work was fun and engaging, I thought that they worked the right match, and in the end, Okada overcame and continues to have a chance to win the block. I thought it was just really hitting it’s stride when it ended, and that there was more meat on he bone to work with, but I still really enjoyed it.
G1 BLOCK A
* Hiroshi Tanahashi: 6-1 (12pts.)
* Jay White: 5-2 (10pts.)
* Kazuchika Okada: 5-2 (10pts.)
* Minoru Suzuki: 4-3 (8pts.)
* EVIL: 4-3 (8pts.)
* Michael Elgin: 3-4 (6pts.)
* Bad Luck Fale: 3-4 (6pts.)
* Adam Page: 2-5 (4pts.)
* Togi Makabe: 2-5 (4pts.)
* YOSHI-HASHI: 1-6 (2pts.)
G1 BLOCK B
* Kenny Omega: 6-0 (12pts.)
* Tetsuya Naito: 5-1 (10pts.)
* Kota Ibushi: 4-2 (8pts.)
* SANADA: 3-3 (6pts.)
* Zack Sabre Jr: 3-3 (6pts.)
* Hirooki Goto: 2-4 (4pts.)
* Tomohiro Ishii: 2-4 (4pts.)
* Tama Tonga: 2-4 (4pts.)
* Juice Robinson: 2-4 (4pts.)
* Toru Yano: 1-5 (2pts.)
– End Scene.
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