NJPW G1 Climax 24: Best tournament ever

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POSTER:
DATES: Below
HOW TO WATCH: Full tournament is $160 on New Japan's UStream Channel or the individual shows are available (prices below) on New Japan's UStream Channel
TOURNAMENT BLOCKS:
Block A:
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Satoshi Kojima
- Yuji Nagata
- Tomoaki Honma
- Katsuyori Shibata
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Shelton Benjamin
- Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- Doc Gallows
- Bad Luck Fale

Block B:
- Togi Makabe
- Hirooki Goto
- Tetsuya Naito
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan
- Kazuchika Okada
- Toru Yano
- Minoru Suzuki
- Lance Archer
- AJ Styles
- Yujiro Takahashi
- Karl Anderson


CONFIRMED MATCHES:
NJPW, 7/21/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Doc Gallows
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomoaki Honma
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles

NJPW, 7/23/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Lance Archer
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuchika Okada
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows

NJPW, 7/25/14
Price: $15
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Doc Gallows
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. Karl Anderson
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shelton Benjamin
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Minoru Suzuki
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika Okada

NJPW, 7/26/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Lance Archer
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata

NJPW, 7/28/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Doc Gallows
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Lance Archer
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Yujiro Takahashi
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Karl Anderson
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shelton Benjamin
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. AJ Styles
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada

NJPW, 7/31/14
Price: $15
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Katsuyori Shibata
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Lance Archer
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

NJPW, 8/1/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Lance Archer
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Karl Anderson
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Doc Gallows
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Luck Fale
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Minoru Suzuki vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii

NJPW, 8/3/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Shelton Benjamin
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Doc Gallows
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. AJ Styles
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

NJPW, 8/4/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Doc Gallows
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
8. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada

NJPW, 8/6/14
Price: $15
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomoaki Honma
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano
6. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Lance Archer
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Doc Gallows

NJPW, 8/8/14
Price: $25
1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Lance Archer
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Karl Anderson
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki

NJPW, 8/10/14
Price: $25
1. Special Eight Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer
2. Special Six Man Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe and Manabu Nakanishi vs. Bad Luck Fale, Doc Gallows and Yujiro Takahashi
3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka and Shelton Benjamin
4. Special Tag Match: Jushin Thunder Liger and Captain New Japan vs. Adam Cole and Michael Bennett
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Time Splitters of Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA (ch) vs. reDRagon of Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly
6. G1 Climax Special Single Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Tetsuya Naito
7. G1 Climax Special Single Match: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Karl Anderson
8. G1 Climax Special Single Match: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto
9. G1 Climax Special Single Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles
10. G1 Climax - Final: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada

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There's the full lineups for everything but the final night at Seibu Dome. Should be a damn good tournament.

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They learned from last year's mistake. All 12 shows for $110 or you can buy them individually. Most are $25 with only one or two at $15.

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Ibushi's out due to a concussion. There goes about half the matches I was looking forward to.

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Apparently Tomoaki Honma is being subbed in for Ibushi. That's an upgrade in some regards.

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G1 Day 1 Ratings

Ishii/Fale: ***
Benjamin/Gallows: **
Tenzan/Anderson: **
Kojima/Nagata: ***1/2
Yano/Suzuki: DUD
Naito/Yujiro: ***1/2
Makabe/Goto: ***3/4
Tanahashi/Honma: ****
Shibata/Nakamura: ****1/2
AJ/Okada: ****

Everything post-intermission (starting at Yujiro/Naito) is worth going out of your way to see.

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Day 2 Ratings
Kojima/Ishii: ***1/2
Benjamin/Fale: *1/2
Goto/Yujiro: ***
Naito/Archer: ***1/4
Nagata/Honma: ****
Nakamura/Davey Boy Jr: ***1/4
Yano/AJ: **3/4
Okada/Tenzan: ***
Makabe/Anderson: **1/2
Tanahashi/Gallows: **1/4

Very consistent show. Not on the level of the opening night in terms of great matches but a very good show top to bottom.

[wildfire]

I'm not up on Japan wrestling at all, but man that clip in your sig is brutal! That's how you sell a kick!

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Jul 23, 2014 15:58:19 GMT -4 wildfire said:

I'm not up on Japan wrestling at all, but man that clip in your sig is brutal! That's how you sell a kick!

That kick made a hell of a sound, too. The match itself was fantastic, here's a link to the video if you're interested:

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Day 3 Ratings.
Gallows/Honma: *1/2
Anderson/Archer: **
Tenzan/Yujiro: **
Ishii/Benjamin: **1/4
Naito/Yano: **1/4
Shibata/Davey Boy Jr: ***
Nagata/Fale: **1/4
Goto/Suzuki: ***
Tanahashi/Kojima: ***1/4
Okada/Makabe: ***1/2

Really not worth seeking any of this stuff out.

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Day 4 Ratings
Kojima/Fale: ***
Benjamin/Davey Boy Jr: **1/2
Tenzan/Suzuki: ***1/4
Goto/Yano: DUD
Honma/Ishii: ****3/4
Makabe/Archer: ***1/4
Nagata/Nakamura: ****1/2
Naito/AJ: ****
Okada/Anderson: ***
Tanahashi/Shibata: ****1/2

The 8/1 and 8/3 shows have a hell of a task ahead of them topping this. This might be show of the year.

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Ratings for Day 5
Ishii/Gallows: **
Tenzan/Archer: *
Kojima/DBS Jr: ***
Suzuki/Yujiro: *3/4
Yano/Anderson: **3/4
Shibata/Benjamin: ***
Goto/AJ: **1/2
Tanahashi/Fale: **
Honma/Nakamura: ***1/4
Naito/Okada: ***1/2

Another low level show, another one worth skipping.

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Day 6 Ratings~!
Fale/Gallows: *
Nagata/DBS Jr: ***1/2
Makabe/Yujiro: **3/4
Kojima/Shibata: ****
Goto/Anderson: ***3/4
Suzuki/Archer: **1/2
Nakamura/Benjamin: ***
Tenzan/Styles: ***1/4
Okada/Yano: **1/4
Tanahashi/Ishii: ****1/2

Very consistent show top to bottom. One of the better nights of the league to this point. Main event is must-see, but Nagata/DBS Jr, Kojima/Shibata, Goto/Anderson and Tenzan/Styles are worth going out of your way to see as well.

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Jul 31, 2014 8:33:21 GMT -4 @thedarknight said:

Day 6 Ratings~!
Fale/Gallows: *

YOU'RE OUT OF LINE! *****....all the stars! That was a classic "big man" match as if Sycho Sid split off into two slightly smaller and less physically impressive individuals and wrestled himself! It could have been a main event in any national guard armory in the country! Well, maybe the match right before intermission, but dammit it would have filled out the card!

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Ratings for Day 7~!
Kojima/Shelton: **
Yano/Archer: **1/4
Yujiro/MKGA: **
DBS Jr/Gallows: ***
Tenzan/Goto: ****
Honma/Fale: ***1/2
Makabe/Naito: ****
Suzuki/Styles: *****
Nagata/Shibata: ****1/2
Nakamura/Ishii: ****

Started off not-great, ended up as one of the best shows this year. Korakuen Hall helped a ton because the crowd was really hot for everything but the in-ring action was phenomenal as well.