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NJPW G1 CLIMAX DAY 11 REPORT

G1 Climax Day 11, October 7th:

A Block

Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yujiro Takahashi.  Of course Ishii got a good match out of Yujiro, he’s just that good. Ishii’s selling here was next level, and to the point where you’re questioning if he might actually be hurt. He took everything Yujiro had and sold his neck, and that he may have numbness in his hands. Ishii fired back as only he can, but he could continue to eat big moves from Yujiro. Ishii hit some lariats and struggled to get Yujiro up for the Brainbuster. Yujiro went for the low DDT, but Ishii blasted him with a headbutt and a sliding lariat to set up a final successful Brainbuster to secure another two points.

Kazuchika Okada defeated Jeff Cobb.   Okada worked over the neck early on with a series of neckbreakers. Cobb unloaded some ridiculous power. At one point he rag dolled Okada in a gut wrench and caught him in a swinging side suplex, then followed up with a standing moonsault. The Money Clip was no use on the large neck of Cobb. Cobb set up for Tour of the Islands, but Okada almost caught him in a small package, which was a great near fall. The finish saw Okada catch Cobb in the same pin he beat Suzuki with. Very good match.

Will Ospreay defeated Minoru Suzuki.  This was excellent. Ospreay usually forces everyone to wrestle his style of match, but no one changes what Suzuki does. Suzuki ground down Ospreay, using an armbar around the ringpost, torturing his arm. He used hard forearm strikes and Ospreay sold his arm brilliantly, unable to use it to strike back. Suzuki went back to the arm again and again. Ospreay used some kicks to gain some advantage at times. Suzuki hit a tilt a whirl into a sleeper (yes, you read that correctly).  Ospreay tried to wrestle Suzuki into Stormbreaker, but Suzuki kept going for the sleeper. Ospreay finally turned it around and caught Suzuki in Stormbreaker, kind of out of nowhere and picked up a major win over the NEVER Openweight Champion.

Jay White defeated Taichi.  This was a clash of the rule breakers, but as it went on, Taichi almost became the default babyface. There was lots of good back and forth wrestling from both men. Taichi used lots of kicks and White used suplexes. Things broke down when Gedo got involved after a ref bump. Taichi hit a low blow and a Gedo Clutch right in front of Gedo for a great near fall. Taichi was building momentum towards a finish when all of a sudden White caught him with Bladerunner to secure the win.

Shingo Takagi defeated Kota Ibushi.  There were major expectations surrounding this match, as two of Japan’s best of this generation met for the first time. Although it never hit those heights, and probably never would with a partly muted crowd, this was still a hell of a match. Shingo controlled things early on, until Ibushi began picking up the pace. Shingo hit the Death Valley Driver and Made in Japan for good near falls. Ibushi landed on his feet out of a German suplex, almost fell out of the ring, but still managed to nail a great kick to the back of the head. Shingo blasted Ibushi with Pumping Bomber. Shingo hit more short lariats, but Ibushi wouldn’t go down, and hit one of his own. A Bomb Ye got him a near fall, but Shingo blocked Kamagoye, and turned it into Last of the Dragon to score a major win against one of the tournament favorites. 
 

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