G1 Climax 24 Spoilers Thread

[DirtyDave]

who's looking forward to honma/Shibata tomorrow?

i remember they had a match this wrestling observer year. Honma took a brutal beating and gave very little back. it was a great match. fast forward to tomorrow and Honma's probably much hotter and on this big stage, this match should be extremely physical. can't wait!

[Mr. Orange]

I'm so excited for Honma and Shibata but I'm even more excited for when Ishii vs. Shibata happens though. The finals are about a week away and I absolutely cannot wait. My guess is Nakamura vs. Styles in the Finals and Tanahashi vs. Okada in the runner up match.

[SamoaNOAH]

I'm so excited for Honma and Shibata but I'm even more excited for when Ishii vs. Shibata happens though. The finals are about a week away and I absolutely cannot wait. My guess is Nakamura vs. Styles in the Finals and Tanahashi vs. Okada in the runner up match.

I might put Naito in myself, but it's so competitive this year, who knows!

[ROHFan25]

If I'm booking the Seibu Dome this is what I'm having

Okada vs Nakamura G1 Finals
AJ vs Tanahashi Runner Up
Naito vs Fale IC title (Naito goes over)
Goto/Shibata vs Honma/Ishii
Anderson/Gallows/Takahashi/Tonga vs Nagata/Makabe/Kojima/Tenzan
Cole/Bennett vs CNJ and Liger
reDRagon vs TimeSplitters


Just a basis for the card.

[DXvsNWO1994]

Night 7 Review:

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

[Northwoods_Nightmare]

You guys weren't lying about Styles vs Suzuki...that match was incredible! My MOTY for sure up to this point.
I also found Nagata vs Shibata to be particulary awesome.

[JigsawVs.Jason]

Day 7 was the best show of the tournament so far, last 4 matches were amazing with Styles/Suzuki being the best singles match of the year!

[Robareid]

Day 8

Voices of Wrestling Ratings:

Smith vs. Ishii ****
Yano vs. Tenzan **1/2
Benjamin vs. Nagata **3/4
Gallows vs. Kojima ***
Naito vs. Goto ****1/4
Archer vs. Styles ****1/4
Suzuki vs. Makabe ****1/4
Honma vs. Shibata ****1/2
Takahashi vs. Okada ***1/2
Tanahashi vs. Nakamura ****1/4

6 amazing matches! 6!

[Mr. Orange]

Just finished watching it and another awesome show but I still think Day 7 is my favorite day so far. Star Ratings for the big matches below. It's truly unbelieveable how good this tournament is. It's a damn shame it's going to be over soon. Let's cherish it while it lasts lol.

Smith vs. Ishii - ***3/4
Naito vs. Goto - ****
Archer vs Styles - ****
Suzuki vs. Makabe - ****
Honma vs. Shibata - ****1/2
Okada vs. Takahashi ***1/2
Tanahashi vs Nakamura ****1/4

[DirtyDave]

another amazing show on Day 8.

Ishii vs DBS Jr ***1/2
Tenzan vs Yano **
Nagata vs Benjamin ***
Kojima vs Gallows **1/2
Goto vs Naito ***1/2
Archer vs Styles ****
Makabe vs Suzuki ***1/4
Honma vs Shibata ****3/4 Currently 2nd favorite match of the year behind Naito/Ishii on Feb 9. 3rd is now Suzuki/Styles from Day 7
Okada vs Yujiro ***1/4
Tanahashi vs Nakamura ****1/2 The best of their 4 matches this year I think

[DirtyDave]

standings through Aug 3

A Block...

t1) Shinsuke Nakamura... 5-2... 10 pts
t1) Katsuyori Shibata... 5-2... 10 pts
t1) Hiroshi Tanahashi... 5-2... 10 pts
4) Bad Luck Fale... 4-3... 8 pts
5) Yuji Nagata... 4-3... 8 pts
t6) Shelton Benjamin... 4-4... 8 pts
t6) Tomohiro Ishii... 4-4... 8 pts
t6) Satoshi Kojima... 4-4... 8 pts
9) Davey Boy Smith Jr... 3-4... 6 pts
10) Doc Gallows... 2-5... 4 pts
11) Tomoaki Honma... 0-7... 0 pts

B Block...

1) Kazuchika Okada... 5-2... 10 pts
2) AJ Styles... 5-2... 10 pts
t3) Tetsuya Naito... 4-3... 8 pts
t3) Minoru Suzuki... 4-3... 8 pts
5) Hiroyoshi Tenzan... 4-4... 8 pts
6) Hirooki Goto... 4-4... 8 pts
t7) Togi Makabe... 3-4... 6 pts
t7) Lance Archer... 3-4... 6 pts
t7) Karl Anderson... 3-4... 6 pts
10) Toru Yano... 3-5... 6 pts
11) Yujiro Takahashi... 2-5... 4 pts

[DirtyDave]

what's the story? Ishii with a separated shoulder John Pollack says?

Benjamin playing through a knee injury

[DXvsNWO1994]

Night 8 Review

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

Didn't think they could top Night 7, but they did.

[Robareid]

Day 9 VoW star ratings:

Honma vs. Smith ***1/4
Takahashi vs. Archer **1/2
Nagata vs. Gallows **3/4
Makabe vs. Tenzan ***1/2
Suzuki vs. Naito ****1/2
Fale vs. Shibata **3/4
Nakamura vs. Kojima ****
Styles vs. Anderson ***3/4
Benjamin vs. Tanahashi ***1/2
Okada vs. Goto ****1/2

It's amazing that this is considered a weak show in this tournament. This show happens anywhere else in the world and it's one hell of a show.

Also, Tenzan continues delivering. He's going to end up in the middle of the pack for match quality, ahead of guys like Takahashi, Yano, Fale, Gallows, Benjamin and maybe even Archer and Smith. If you'd have said that before the tournament had started I'd have laughed at you.

[stay gold]

I personally don't think Day 8 was anything close to Day 7, but I did like it. I've liked all shows so far. Haven't seen 9 yet.

[DXvsNWO1994]

Night 9 Review:

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

[DirtyDave]

Another good show on Day 9. I didn't think it reached then level of some shows in the tourny but still good

Honma vs DBS Jr ***1/2
Archer vs Yujiro ***1/4 Loved Archer selling for AJ a day later lol Good attention to detail so I enjoyed this.
Nagata vs Gallows **3/4
Makabe vs tenzan **3/4
Naito vs Suzuki ***3/4
Shibata vs Fale ***1/2
Kojima vs Nakamura ***3/4
Styles vs Anderson ***3/4 Some hilarious stuff at the start
Tanahashi vs Benjamin ***1/2
Goto vs Okada **** What's up with the purple streaks in okada's hair the last 2 shows?

[DirtyDave]

current standings through Aug 4

A Block...

1) Hiroshi Tanahashi... 6-2... 12 pts
2) Shinsuke Nakamura... 6-2... 12 pts
3) Bad Luck Fale... 5-3... 10 pts
4) Katsuyori Shibata... 5-3... 10 pts
t5) Yuji Nagata... 4-4... 8 pts
t5) Tomohiro Ishii... 4-4... 8 pts
t5) Davey Boy Smith Jr... 4-4... 8 pts
8) Satoshi Kojima... 4-5... 8 pts
9) Shelton Benjamin... 4-5... 8 pts
10) Doc Gallows... 3-5... 6 pts
11) Tomoaki Honma... 0-8... 0 pts

B Block...

1) Kazuchika Okada... 6-2... 12 pts
2) AJ Styles... 6-2... 12 pts
3) Minoru Suzuki... 5-3... 10 pts
4) Togi Makabe... 4-4... 8 pts
5) Tetsuya Naito... 4-4... 8 pts
6) Hiroyoshi Tenzan... 4-5... 8 pts
7) Hirooki Goto... 4-5... 8 pts
t8) Lance Archer... 3-5... 6 pts
t8) Karl Anderson... 3-5... 6 pts
t8) Toru Yano... 3-5... 6 pts
t8) Yujiro Takahashi... 3-5... 6 pts

[Hellfont93]

I cannot wait for Honma to pick up a win, it will be glorious.

[Robareid]

I think he beats Benjamin on the last day.