G1 Climax 24 Spoilers Thread

[DXvsNWO1994]

Night 11 Review:

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

[DXvsNWO1994]

Togi Makabe is off the Seibu Dome Show due to his jaw injury. BUSHI will be taking his place, and it is now BUSHI/Nakanishi/Nagata vs. The Bullet Club (Takahashi/Gallows/Fale).

[ROHFan25]

Hopefully that match lasts 45 seconds. Hopefully the first 3 matches last a combined 45 seconds actually.

[ROHFan25]

Dave, do you not enjoy Yano at all? I understand his matches are never going to be of a star rating quality, but they're all so much fun and a great change of pace. TBH I'd rather see Yano than Makabe/Goto/Yujiro/Tenzan/Fale/Benjamin etc

[DXvsNWO1994]

Hopefully that match lasts 45 seconds. Hopefully the first 3 matches last a combined 45 seconds actually.

Being a little harsh, don't you think?

Besides, I have a feeling this is going to be a long show (like Tokyo Dome Show long), so I think all the matches will get time.

[DXvsNWO1994]

Dave, do you not enjoy Yano at all? I understand his matches are never going to be of a star rating quality, but they're all so much fun and a great change of pace. TBH I'd rather see Yano than Makabe/Goto/Yujiro/Tenzan/Fale/Benjamin etc

Talking about Meltzer?

[DirtyDave]

Dave, do you not enjoy Yano at all? I understand his matches are never going to be of a star rating quality, but they're all so much fun and a great change of pace. TBH I'd rather see Yano than Makabe/Goto/Yujiro/Tenzan/Fale/Benjamin etc

I don't mind Yano. Some of his matches are funny, others are dumb. The lance Archer tourny match was funny. I recall the crowd doing the lance ar-cher at one point and a yano tor-u (rvd thumbs)

i do appreciate a break in a typical new japan 10 match card where everything else is so intense. yano does provide a good breather

[Robareid]

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Jarrett is Bullet Club? WTF

[DXvsNWO1994]

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Jarrett is Bullet Club? WTF

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According to everyone's good friend Puro Yottsume (though his Twitter), people in the Seibu Dome were legit getting up to take a piss break during the Jarrett stuff. Nobody cares about GFW!!

[ROHFan25]

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Jarrett joining the Bullet Club was actually awesome IMO. I wonder if GFW was just a hoax this whole time as a way to get him in the Bullet Club. Signs deal with NJPW and bam. Either way, was awesome. For people who wonder about the show, I'd skip everything up to AJ/Tanahashi. Okada/Nakamura is a MOTYC.

[Robareid]

That's a bit harsh on Honma-Naito, Goto-Shibata, reDRagon-Time Splitter, Ishii-Anderson and even Kingdom-Liger&Tiger

[ROHFan25]

Fuck, yeah definitely watch reDRagon/TimeSplitters. That match was great. Actually thought that was up to par with AJ/Tanahashi. Kingdom match was better than I expected. Was fine but nothing you need to see. Honma/Naito was meh. Ishii/Anderson was also meh but understandable. Ishii is a fucking warrior. That botch was unbelievably scary though. Ishii needs time off. Bring him back at WK9. Goto/Shibata I hated.

[ICHIFUJI]

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Jarrett is Bullet Club? WTF

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It sounds Bullet Club goes GFW

[ROHFan25]

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Bullet Club away from NJPW would make me cry tears of joy. All they do is fucking ruin matches and they all suck except for AJ/Karl. Bullet Club interference has been hurting NJPW shows since Devitt was the leader. It's stale. It sucks.

[Robareid]

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Young Bucks are fantastic, and I like Tama.

[ROHFan25]

Pretty sure the Bucks are done with NJPW for a while now. Think they were just doing a 1 year deal. Not much they can really do since NJPW doesn't really care too much about the Jr division.

[Robareid]

I wouldn't be surprised to see them back for Destruction.

[DXvsNWO1994]

Haven't seen anything that indicates they're done with New Japan. Yes they lost the Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, but that doesn't mean they're finished with the promotion.

[Robareid]

A lot of people thought Shelley was done with New Japan not long back, but he just took a short break.

[Robareid]

They apparently drew 18,000 for the final. Huge number, but I assume booking an arena that seats 33,000 they were hoping for better.