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5. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata

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DieHard wrote:5. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata

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DieHard wrote:NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day One Review:

1. G1 Climax – Block B: Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano - **1/4

2. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Lance Archer - ***3/4

3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shelton Benjamin - **3/4

4. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. - ***1/2

5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi - **

6. G1 Climax – Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki - ***1/2

7. G1 Climax – Block A: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto - ***1/2

8. G1 Climax – Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson - ***3/4-****

9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima - ***1/2 (Great match but I hated the finish)

10. G1 Climax – Block A: Kazuchika Okada vs. Prince Devitt - ***1/2

Awesome show, the only match I thought wasn't good was Naito/Takahashi, but other then that - great. Wasn't expecting DAY ONE to be that good.
just finished watching Day 1 and gotta say i agree with everythin u said
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Just got done with Day One, which is the first full New Japan Show I've ever watched. Here's my quick review:

1.) G1 Climax - Block B - Kota Ibusi vs. Toru Yano: **3/4

2.) G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Lance Archer: ***3/4

3.) G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shelton Benjamin: **3/4

4.) G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.: ***1/2

5.) G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi: ***

6.) G1 Climax – Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki: ***1/2

7.) G1 Climax – Block A: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto: ***1/4

8.) G1 Climax – Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson: ****

9.) G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima: ***1/2 (I agree the finish to this was bad)

10.) G1 Climax – Block A: Kazuchika Okada vs. Prince Devitt: ***3/4

Overall: 7.5/10

Pretty good show overall. Really impressed with DBS Jr. & Archer.
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So how does the G1 Climax scoring system work? Are there different amounts of points for pinfall, submission, DQ, and countouts? I'm just trying to keep score while I watch to make it a little more interesting to see who is where.
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Mike Adamle wrote:So how does the G1 Climax scoring system work? Are there different amounts of points for pinfall, submission, DQ, and countouts? I'm just trying to keep score while I watch to make it a little more interesting to see who is where.
Win=2, Draw=1 Loss=0. Nothing more.
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EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH ISHII/SHIBATA RIGHT FUCKING NOW. HOLY FUCK.
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Go watch Ibushi/Nakamura too. Night 4 was fucking incredible. Better than Night 2 and is a show of the year candidate. I'd say it's #3 on my ranking right now behind WK and Dominion. Holy fuck what a show!

Ishii/Shibata and Ibushi/Nakamura were both ****+ easy. Everything was really really good except Yano/Takahashi, but that match was perfectly fine for what it was.

GO WATCH NIGHT 4 ASAP. FUCK.
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NIGHT1-3 (&5-8) aired live by CATV
NIGHT4 (&9) live is PPV only.
So NIGHT4 quality is better than 1-3
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Shh I'm still stuck in Night Two

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G1 Night Two:

Benjamin vs Anderson **
Tenzan vs Takahashi **1/2
Yano vs Nagata **1/2
Devitt vs Archer ***1/4
Kojima vs Shibata ***3/4
Smith vs Makabe ***1/4
Naito vs Ibushi ***3/4
Suzuki vs Nakamura ***1/2
Okada vs Goto ***3/4
Tanahashi vs Ishii ****3/4 (Even better on second viewing :D)
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Mike Adamle's Day 1 Review

Match 1- Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano **1/2
Match 2- Lance Archer vs. Tomohiro Ishii ***1/4
Match 3- Shelton Benjamin vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan **
Match 4- Katsuyori Shibata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. ***1/4
Match 5- Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito ***
Match 6- Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki ***
Match 7- Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto ***1/4
Match 8- Karl Anderson vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ****
Match 9- Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****
Match 10/Main Event- Prince Devitt vs. Kazuchika Okada ***3/4

Show Thoughts: Awesome 1st day that instantly has me wanting to watch more. Every match on this card was enjoyable even if the rating doesn't make it look that way. Some of it was just better than the rest. MOTN IMO was Anderson-Nakamura, closely followed by Kojima-Tanahashi. The finish kept it from being better, but didn't take much away from it considering it was the refs fault and not anyone elses. I was very impressed with Prince Devitt's new character, really like him as a heel.
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Here's my Night Two Review:

1.) G1 Climax - Block B - Karl Anderson vs. Shelton Benjamin: **3/4
2.) G1 Climax - Block B - Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yujiro Takahashi: **1/2
3.) G1 Climax - Block B - Yugi Nagata vs. Toru Yano: **3/4
4.) G1 Climax - Block A - Lance Archer vs. Prince Devitt: ***1/2
5.) G1 Climax - Block A - Satoshi Kojima vs. Katsuyori Shibata: ****
6.) G1 Climax - Block A - Togi Makabe vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.: ***1/4-***1/2
7.) G1 Climax - Block B - Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi: ***3/4-****
8.) G1 Climax - Block B - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Minoru Suzuki: ***3/4
9.) G1 Climax - Block A - Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada: ***3/4
10.) G1 Climax - Block A - Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: ****1/2-****3/4

Overall: 8.75/10

Really enjoyed Night Two. Smith & Archer are really impressing me thus far. Glad to see Ibushi doing well. Goto/Okada & Kojima/Shibata were pretty good. I'm honestly really, REALLY into Nakamura...he's becoming one of my favorites. The main event was fantastic. Not sure if I'd call it my MOTY, because it'd be a toss-up between that and Punk/Taker at Mania, which I saw live.
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This whole tournament is insane so far.
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The fact that they're lighting up Japan with dead weight entrants like Tenzan and Shelton just shows you how stacked their upper card really is.

DAMN I can't watch fast enough.
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Juts curious but what does everyone think of Shinsuke Nakamura? I've really taken a liking to him...he keeps growing on me more & more...
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He has been one of the best and most popular for a long time. 3 reigns as IWGP Heavyweight Champion, he is awesome.
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How can you not love Swagsuke?
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He's awesome. Always delivers.
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I want to see him challenge Okada ... screw Chaos, it's all about those 2 anyway.
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G1 has been fantastic with my early predictions to win Prince Devitt. Also very impressed with Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
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