G1 Climax 25
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Terrible internet connection here, watched Naito/Fale and barely watched the AJ/Shibata match. Seemed good.
Pretty spot on. Can't add much else, other than while I was watching Ibushi vs Tanahashi, I thought those two were wrestling like they thought it was the final match and not the first match.
Okada vs Elgin in a few days though!
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Only watched the last two matches so I can catch day 2 in time, but Tanahashi/Ibushi was awesome. Damn near perfect.
Styles/Shibata ***3/4
Tanahashi/Ibushi ****1/2
Styles/Shibata ***3/4
Tanahashi/Ibushi ****1/2
I was really turned off by the no-selling of Ibushi and Shibata which doesnt allow me to rate them higher or consider their matches MOTYC.
This moment tho
This moment tho
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Ibushi's selling was problematic indeed, but thankfully Ace Tanashi once again proved why he's the greatest wrestler of our generation. Just like at Invasion Attack '14, he turned his opponent's obnoxious habit of refusing to sell the legwork properly into a story, into a subplot. No one is better at conveying narratives than Tana. Yet another masterful performance.
I can't wait until the spring of 2016 and marks writing him off once again.
I can't wait until the spring of 2016 and marks writing him off once again.
The co-main event (AJ vs Shibata was so stellar and enjoyable) and the main event (Tana vs Ibushi was just great). Everything else was pretty much skip-worthy.
- Oh, and I totally marked for this. It was one of those holy shit moments!
- Then this...
- Also, Bloody Sunday that AJ hit on Shibata here looked legitimately brutal, man!
- And last, but not least, Ibushi lawn darting Tana into the turnbuckles was a wild, kickass moment!
- Oh, and I totally marked for this. It was one of those holy shit moments!
- Then this...
- Also, Bloody Sunday that AJ hit on Shibata here looked legitimately brutal, man!
- And last, but not least, Ibushi lawn darting Tana into the turnbuckles was a wild, kickass moment!
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One thing I did notice is that Ibushi missed the springboard, top rope hurricanrana by a good margin. Props for Tanahashi seeing the move through the way he did.
It actually looked awesome they way Tana made it look.
This was wonderful.
Tana's offensive is just incredible. That's why when you are in a match with Tana and you actually sell, it becomes a masterpiece. (vs. Okada IA, KOPW2013, vs. Suzuki KOPW 2012) I believe he's truly the BITW
This was wonderful.
Tana's offensive is just incredible. That's why when you are in a match with Tana and you actually sell, it becomes a masterpiece. (vs. Okada IA, KOPW2013, vs. Suzuki KOPW 2012) I believe he's truly the BITW
I'm REALLY looking forward to Okada vs Elgin today. I'll really like to see how Okada approaches the match.
I think I'll be pulling for Nakamura for the tournament, though. Okada's my boy, of course, but I don't think he needs to be IWGP champ and the tournament winner. It would be like back in the old days when Hogan was WWF champ and still won the Royal Rumbles. I kind of have a feeling, though, that it might be AJ Styles for some reason. I'd also love the final to be Styles vs Nakamura... that could be a phenomenal match,
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I think I'll be pulling for Nakamura for the tournament, though. Okada's my boy, of course, but I don't think he needs to be IWGP champ and the tournament winner. It would be like back in the old days when Hogan was WWF champ and still won the Royal Rumbles. I kind of have a feeling, though, that it might be AJ Styles for some reason. I'd also love the final to be Styles vs Nakamura... that could be a phenomenal match,
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I'm pulling for Nakamura, too.
Aaand, as much as I love AJ, I don't want him to win.
And for all we know, Tanahashi might end up winning this tourney as well. Why? Because if they're looking to pass the torch, then the classic ME of WK10 will be Okada vs Tana.