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10/10 NEW JAPAN G1 CLIMAX 30 A BLOCK RESULTS

Opening Match:

1.  Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

Uemura pins Tsuji with a double overhook suplex with a bridge.

A Block Tournament Matches:

2.  Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb

Both used their speed and power to get the upper hand early on in the match.   Ishii plants Cobb with a back suplex. Both men start throwing chops and punches.   Ishii comes off the ropes with a running kick.  Cobb catches him and pulls him into an overhead suplex.    Cobb with a running uppercut and a running back suplex.   Cobb attempted a suplex but Ishii reverses it into one of his own.    Ishii with more chops and punches.  Ishii drops Cobb with a wild elbow.  Cobb hits an over-the-head belly to belly suplex.   Ishii shrugs it off and hits a powerslam on Cobb.   Cobb throws Ishii with another overhead suplex.   Ishii is wobbly.   They trade headbutts.  Cobb with a super kick and a bridging German suplex.  Two count.    Ishii avoids a Tour of the Islands with a lariat.  Cobb counters with a lariat and a standing moonsault for a two count.   Ishii hits a jumping high kick.   Ishii with another lariat.  Cobb blocks Ishii’s running lariat and goes for another suplex.  Ishii reverses into a Dragon Suplex.   Ishii with a lariat.  Two count.   Cobb throws Ishii with a spinning back suplex.   They trade headbutts.  Ishii with more strikes and headbutts.   Cobb with a pop up powerbomb.   He pulls Ishii up from off the mat, catches him and hits Tour of the Islands.   Cobb pins Ishii!

Great match!   Cobb is awesome and Ishii is a warrior.   Ishii pounds the mat in frustration.  Both men leaving the ring looking exhausted and spent.

3.  Jay White, with Gedo vs. Yujiro Takahashi

Bullet Club vs. Bullet Club.   I expect shenanigans.

White came to the ring wearing his locker clothes, not wrestling gear.   All three did the “Too Sweet” pose.   Takahashi gets on the mat and lays down in the middle of the ring.  White goes to pin him.   Referee counts and White stops the count, several times.  White is finally serious and referee counts the pin.  Takahashi kicks out at two.   Takahashi has a disgusted look on his face.   White tells him to lie down.   Takahashi does and White tries to pin him.  Two count again.   White starts yelling at Takahashi to take the pin.   White turns to Gedo and asks him what is going on.   Takahashi rolls up White for a two count.   Takahashi small packages White for a two count.  White pushes Takahashi and screams “What the F*** are you doing?”   Takahashi nails a lariat.    Takahashi with an Olympic Slam.   Two count.    Takahashi goes for Miami Shine.  White wiggles out.  Takahashi with a low blow and rolls up White.  Two count.  Takahashi hits Miami Shine.  Two count.   Takahashi goes for Pimp Juice.  White with a low blow and a Bladerunner.   White gets the pin and the win.  White has 10 points in A Block.

Fine for what it was.    I am disappointed that Yujiro did not get a win yet in the G1.   

White raced outside the ring to grab a chair to attack Takahashi.  Gedo stopped him and got White to back down.    

4.  Will Ospreay vs. Taichi

Taichi was keeping his distance till Ospreay hits a Frankensteiner off the ropes.   Taichi heads to the outside and grabs the ring bell hammer.   He smashes it into the ribs of Ospreay and chokes him with it.   Taichi chokes Ospreay with cords at ringside.   Back in the ring, Taichi continues to choke out Ospreay and attack his neck.   Ospreay counters with a flipping spin kick.   Ospreay dropkicks Taichi out of the ring and hits a running flipping senton on the floor.  Back in the ring, Pip Pip Cheerio on Taichi for a two count.   Ospreay hits a standing shooting star press then a twisting corkscrew senton from the ropes.   Two count.  Jumping high kick by Taichi stuns Ospreay.   They start throwing kicks and elbows.   Coming off the ropes, Ospreay tries a handspring maneuver, but Taichi catches him and plants him with a Dangerous Backdrop (Saito Suplex).  Ospreay immediately clutched his neck.  Taichi attempts a Black Mephisto from the top rope.  Ospreay wiggles out and super kicks Taichi.   Ospreay tries for a 450 splash but Taichi gets his knees up.   Taichi hits a Pumping Bomber to the back of Ospreay’s head.   Taichi hits a Last Ride.   Two count.   Ospreay hits two super kicks and goes for an Oscutter.  Taichi catches him in the head with a super kick of his own.   Ospreay is grasping his neck.  Taichi goes for his finisher.  They counter out of each one’s moves.   Ospreay hits an Oscutter and only gets a two count.    Ospreay with a Hidden Blade and a Stormbreaker.    Ospreay pins Taichi.

Awesome match.   Ospreay is the second to get to 10 points.

5.  Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki

They start of like boxers with leg strikes, slaps and chops.   Suzuki takes down Ibushi and tries to attack a body part.    Ibushi gets a rope break.   Ibushi takes down Suzuki and tries for an arm submission.    Suzuki reverses Ibushi into a leg submission.   Ibushi kicks himself out of the hold.   Suzuki escapea to the ring apron Ibushi dropkicks Suzuki off the apron into the guardrail.   Suzuki gets whipped into the guardrail again.   Suzuki walks to the entryway and motions to Ibushi to fight him.  Ibushi obliges.   They start throwing elbows.    Suzuki connects with a punch which drops Ibushi.   Suzuki rocks Ibushi with another sick elbow.   The referee starts the count.  Suzuki gets back to the ring and stops the count, which allows Ibushi back to the ring.    They start throwing fists and kicks again.    Ibushi hits a dropkick.    As Ibushi gets to his feet, the camera catches how red Ibushi’s face is from Suzuki’s elbows.   Sick!   Ibushi throws a kick.  Suzuki screams and stares at Ibushi.   Suzuki absorbs more kicks from Ibushi, screaming and grunting at him.   Ibushi starts kicking Suzuki mockingly.   Suzuki drops Ibushi with another sick elbow.    It is a slugfest.   They knock each other down with elbow attacks.    A series of slap attacks.  Ibushi was losing steam.   Suzuki locks in a sleeper.   Suzuki switches to a Gotch Piledriver but Ibushi back drops him.   Ibushi tries for Kamagoye but Suzuki grabs his leg and goes for a submission.   Suzuki gets in him a Boston Crab.  Ibushi fights out of the hold and connects with a knee strike.   Ibushi tries for a running knee strike but Suzuki traps him another sleeper.    Ibushi eacapes and hits another knee strike.   Ibushi hits a Kamagoye and pins Suzuki.  Ibushi earns a total of 10 points in A Block.

Awesome match!   This was different match in that it was a fight and an endurance test for both men.   Suzuki had a crazy “Joker-like” smile on his face as he was pinned and the young lions assisted him out of the ring.   Both men looked like exhausted. 

6.  Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi

Match starts slow with both men feeling each other out.    Takagi rolls out to the floor to avoid a senton from Okada.   Okada tries to hit a plancha but Takagi moves.   He grabs Okada’s legs sending him face first into the ring apron.   Takagi hits a DDT to the ring floor.    Okada is thrown into the guardrails.  Takagi hits two elbows and a senton.   He locks Okada in a body scissors.   Okada gets a break from the ropes.    Takagi with a suplex.   Okada counters with a flapjack.  Okada with a DDT.   Takagi gets a pop up into a fireman’s carry into a Death Valley Driver.   Okada with a neck breaker.   Okada dropkicks Takagi out of the ring.  Takagi is thrown into the guardrail and Okada gets him with a draping DDT to the floor.  Back in the ring, Takagi hits a lariat.   Takagi hits a Noshigami.   The pace of the match picks up.   Okada with a dropkick, a tombstone and Money Clip.   Takagi gets a break from the ropes.   Takagi hits a Superplex.  Two count.  Too fast when too much to call here.    Okada with another tombstone and the Money Clip.   Okada with a lariat.  They trade blows.   Takagi hits a Rainmaker of his own.   Announcers pop for this.    Takagi does the Rainmaker pose and goes for a Pumping Bomber.   Okada blocks it.  Okada misses his own lariat.  Takagi hits Made in Japan for a CLOSE two count.   Takagi hits a Pumping Bomber.   Two count.    Takagi goes for Last of the Dragon but Okada locks in a Money Clip.   Takagi arm drags him out.   Okada hits him with a dropkick and a lariat.    Okada puts on the Money Clip again.  Takagi powers to his feet.  Okada with a back breaker and reapplies the Money Clip.   Takagi tries to punch his way out.   Okada locks in tighter.   Referee checks on Takagi.   He is out.    Referee stops the match.   Okada wins and adds two points for a total of 10.

Awesome match!   With the exception of Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi, all the G1 A Block matches were fantastic.  

Thoughts:    One of the things missing from this tournament are storylines for future IWGP Title matches.   We know the winner of the tournament will get a shot at the IWGP Champion at Wrestle Kingdom, but we don’t know much about the  rest of the titles.   As World Tag League and Super Junior 27 is coming soon, I would expect storylines to develop as the G1 Climax 30 comes to an end soon.

G1 Climax 30 A Block Standings as of Oct. 10

Wrestler	Points Earned
Jay White	10
Jeff Cobb	6
Kazuchika Okada	10
Kota Ibushi	10
Minoru Suzuki	6
Shingo Takagi	6
Taichi	6
Tomohiro Ishii	6
Will Ospreay	10
Yujiro Takahashi	0

The order of the remaining matches of the tournament will be adjusted based upon the standings.

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