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ROHFan25 wrote:How can you not love Swagsuke?

DieHard wrote:He's awesome. Always delivers.

Yes, been really impressed with him. One of my favorite New Japan guys.

I also think Yujiro Takahashi's character is pretty hilarious. Does anyone else feel like he'd fit right in with the HOT & the Hoopla Hotties?

Plan to check these out after my interview today. First time I will have watched NJPW since the Benoit DVD 9 years ago.

Here's my Night Three take:

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

Overall: 7.25/10

There was some good stuff on here but overall it was the weakest G1 Show thus far.

Just finished watching Night 4:

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

Overall: 9.0/10

Easily the best night of G1 thus far. You should go out of your way to see this.

When I watched Shibata/Ishii live I instantly thought *****. I honestly have no gripes about the match and every single thing they did felt so important.

Agree with pretty much all of your ratings. Was very surprised at how good Anderson and Nagata made Tenzan/Benjami look. Devitt with the real guitar>>>

Still in Day 3

Shibata vs Ishii sounds like the best match ever.

Literally just re-watched Ishii/Shibata and it's my MOTY. It's soooooo perfect. Literally everything in it is PERFECTION.

Day 3 was the worst day IMO and was still a pretty solid show.

DieHard wrote:Still in Day 3

Shibata vs Ishii sounds like the best match ever.

It was legalized murder in a wrestling ring. That match is the definition of Man Up!!!

Day 5 was not good. Definitely the weakest of G1 so far. The crowd was GOD AWFUL, and don't go out of your way to see this. Okada/DBSJ was my MOTN at ***1/2. Crowd really dragged this show down. Sucks but thankfully no more shows in Ishikawa!

ROHFan25 wrote:Day 5 was not good. Definitely the weakest of G1 so far. The crowd was GOD AWFUL, and don't go out of your way to see this. Okada/DBSJ was my MOTN at ***1/2. Crowd really dragged this show down. Sucks but thankfully no more shows in Ishikawa!

Really? Hm....I guess we were bound to get one of these shows at some point. Were their any bad matches or was it a case of a card that just had matches that were only good?

It wasn't really bad matches, I mean there were a few matches that were just eh. It was more or less that there was nothing that stood out and the crowd was just AWFUL. Like the crowd 100% ruined the show. 0 reaction for anything. Brought the matches down. I'm being generous with ***1/2 being MOTN btw. Most people have their MOTN at ***. It's skippable.

Lets put it like this, the crowd didnt even chant Kaze Ni Nare during Minoru Suzukis theme. If you don't know what that is, It's the Japanese equivalent of not chanting "It's the Final Countdown!" during Danielsons entrance.

ROHFan25 wrote:It wasn't really bad matches, I mean there were a few matches that were just eh. It was more or less that there was nothing that stood out and the crowd was just AWFUL. Like the crowd 100% ruined the show. 0 reaction for anything. Brought the matches down. I'm being generous with ***1/2 being MOTN btw. Most people have their MOTN at ***. It's skippable.

Lets put it like this, the crowd didnt even chant Kaze Ni Nare during Minoru Suzukis theme. If you don't know what that is, It's the Japanese equivalent of not chanting "It's the Final Countdown!" during Danielsons entrance.

how did u see it, from ustream or a link?

UStream. It's tough because the shows start at 5:30 AM where I live so I've been staying up for as late as I can and then watching the rest later. The final show starts at 2 AM so I'll be watching that live. G1 was worth $150 already IMO. I split it with a friend so it wasn't as bad.

Mike Adamle's Day 2 ratings:

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

Mike Adamle wrote:Match 10/Main Event- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ******

I gave that match about 20 1/4 stars.

BTW10 wrote:

Mike Adamle wrote:Match 10/Main Event- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ******

I gave that match about 20 1/4 stars.

Bullshit. 20 and 1/8 snowflakes.

Goto and Tenzan are hurt and are officially out of G1. Whoever is facing them for the next 3 nights will receive forfeit wins. Don't really care about Tenzan because he sucks...but no Goto/Shibata 4 fucking sucks!

So from today,going with 8 matches.
They had 3 hours show but today could be 2.5 hours.

They could go with Nakamura/Davey Boy though as a replacement match. It'll be a shorter show but not by much. I think they'll just extend each match 2-3 more minutes.

Feel sad about foreign people forced to watch CaptainNJ & Honma vs. YoshiHashi Iidsuka without enough info.