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7/26 NEW JAPAN G1 CLIMAX 32 RESULTS FROM TOKYO, JAPAN

From Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan:

1 - Ryohei Oiwa and Yuto Nakashima vs. SHO and Yujiro Takahashi

Kosei Fujita was replaced by Oiwa as he was suffering an injury from his match with KENTA last week.  

SHO taps out Nakashima with The Snake Bite.

2 - Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Dude Tito and JONAH

Tito and JONAH attacked at the bell, still angry at losing to Yano last week.  

Tito gets thrown into a pad less turnbuckle and gets a lariat from Ishii.  

Yano pins Tito with a school boy roll up.

3 - Jado, Tama Tonga and Hirooki Goto vs. Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay

Henare traps Jado in Ultima.   Jado taps out.

4 - YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi and Zack Sabre, Jr.

YOSHI-HASHI pins TAKA after a big lariat.

5 - BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Gedo, El Phantasmo, Bad Luck Fale and Jay White

BUSHI pins Gedo after an MX.

G1 Climax 32 Matches:

6 - B Block:  Great O-Khan vs. Chase Owens

During introductions, Owens throws white powder in the face of O-Khan.   Owens with a Face Crusher and a neck breaker.   Two count.  O-Khan is blinded.   Owens punches O-Khan in the eye and gives him a rope burn in the eyes.  Owens with a Northern Lights suplex.  Two count.  Owens with another neck breaker.  Owens attacks the left leg and applies an ankle lock.  O-Khan counters with a cradle suplex for a two count.  O-Khan rebounds with Mongolian chops and hangs Owens on the Tree of Woe.  Owens gets a drop kick in the face.  Owens counters with a slingshot Codebreaker.  

O-Khan is stunned.  Owens drops him with a lariat.  They roll to the floor.  O-Khan bounces his face off the ring apron.  Owens is rolled into the ring.  Owen goes for a roll up with his foot on the ropes.  The referee catches him and stops the count.  O-Khan hits a lariat and climbs the ropes.  Owens kicks him in the head.  Owens goes for a Stunner off the top rope but O-Khan grabs his ear.  Owens kicks him in the gut and hits a sunset flip, throwing O-Khan into the turnbuckle.  Owens picks up O-Khan who traps him in a Sheep Killer.  Owens does not tap out.  Owens avoids the Eliminator but O-Khan picks him up and hits a TTD.  Owens escapes another Eliminator and drops O-Khan throat first on the top rope.  Owens follows with a C-Trigger.  Owens hits a Package Piledriver.

Owens pins O-Khan.

Chase Owens earns 2 points.

Wow!  Big surprising win for Owens.   This was O-Khan’s first match in the B Block and he is now way behind the Block leader Jay White.  This will be good momentum for Owens who faces White soon.

7 - C Block:  KENTA vs. EVIL, with Dick Togo

EVIL tried for Everything is Evil at the start but KENTA avoided his finisher.  KENTA poked EVIL in the eye and tried for GTS.  Togo got on the apron to argue.  KENTA leaves the ring and goes underneath the ring.  He grabs a copy of his book (KENTA’s legitimate biography which was published only in Japan).

KENTA gives it to EVIL.  EVIL pretends to read it and throws it in the air.  They fight to the floor.   KENTA throws EVIL into the ring apron and smashes his head into the ring post.   They fight back to the ring and EVIL throws KENTA into metal bolt in the corner.   KENTA throws a kick.  EVIL catches it and hits the referee who takes a bump.  EVIL and Togo hit a Magic Killer on KENTA.  Togo revives the referee but only a two count.  

Both men go for their finishers.  KENTA pushes EVIL into the referee who bumps again.  KENTA with a DDT.  KENTA pulls out a crutch from under the ring.  Togo takes it away.  The referee gets to his feet.  KENTA falls to the mat screaming and grabbing his head.  The referee sees Togo with the crutch.  Togo and EVIL argue their innocence.  KENTA grabs EVIL and bumps him into Togo and rolls him up in a school boy pin.  Two count.   Inside cradle by KENTA.  Two count.  EVIL whips KENTA into the metal bolt and goes for the Darkness Scorpion.   KENTA reverses into Game Over.

The lights go out.  The lights come on and EVIL is choking KENTA with a shirt.  They go to the floor and battle with chairs.  The referee starts counting.  They hammer each other on the floor and they try to get back in the ring.  EVIL beats the count.  KENTA tries to get in the ring but Togo appears from under the ring and grabs his legs. KENTA is counted out.

EVIL earns 2 points.

After the match EVIL and Togo apologize to KENTA and offer their hand in Bullet Club friendship.  SHO comes to the ring and House of Torture try to promote KENTA’s book.   Everyone does a Two Sweet Salute so all is good in Bullet Club.

KENTA and Tetsuya Naito are in tough spots in the C Block as both have yet to get a win.  Zack Sabre Jr. leads the way with 4 points.

8 - A Block:  Tom Lawlor vs. Lance Archer

Royce Isaacs comes to the ring with Lawlor.  

Both trash talk each other and exchange elbows.  Archer hits a Pounce.  They go to the floor and Archer bounces Lawlor off the guardrails.  Archer with a back suplex on the apron.   Lawlor with a drop toe hold sending Archer face first in the turnbuckle.  Lawlor hammers him with fists.   Archer with a lariat and open hand shots to the head.   Archer hits a fall away slam.  Archer goes for a Rainmaker, but Lawlor drop kicks his knee.   Lawlor traps him in a Dragon Sleeper then transitions to a double wrist lock.   Archer rolls out.  Lawlor hammers him with elbows.  Archer picks up Lawlor  on his shoulder.  Lawlor slides off and Archer hits a big boot.  Archer looked dazed after the elbows. Lawlor takes down Archer and tries for a cross arm breaker.  Archer powers out and both men get to their feet.  Lawlor throws elbows.  Archer absorbs them all.  Archer goes for another Pounce, but Lawlor takes him down with a Dragon Sleeper.  They battle to the ring apron.  Archer choke slams Lawlor off the ring onto Isaacs.  Archer hits a Black Hole Slam.  Lawlor kicks out at two.  Archer goes for another choke slam.  Lawlor escapes and picks up Archer for a half back suplex, half take down.  Two count.  Lawlor goes for the NKOTB, but Archer shakes him off.  Lawlor applies a sleeper.  Archer falls back with an Electric Chair.  Lawlor climbs to the top rope.  Archer with high knee and a stiff elbow.   Archer hits a Black Out.

Archer pins Lawlor.

Lance Archer earns 2 points.

Tough loss for Tom Lawlor.  He and JONAH are way behind with no wins, with Kazuchika Okada leading the A Block with 4 points.

9 - D Block:  David Finlay vs. Juice Robinson

Both men start aggressively.  Juice is a loud brash heel with lots of cursing.   They know each other well.  They fight to the floor and Juice attacks Finlay’s left arm , throwing him into the guardrail.  Juice picks up Finlay in a hammerlock and drops him on the ring apron.  Juice attacks the left arm.  Finlay fights back with his speed.   Juice slows the pace with a Fuijwara arm bar.  Finlay gets to the ropes.   They fight on the floor again.  Juice goes for a piledriver on the floor but Finlay back drops Juice on the floor.  Finlay whips Juice into guardrails.  Finlay hits a back suplex on the ring apron.  Finlay with an Irish Curse back breaker.  Two count.  Finlay hits a lariat to the back of Juice’s head.  Brutal!  Only a two count.  Finlay viciously stomps on Juice's left hand.  Juice screams in pain.  The announcers say Juice broke that hand in Korakuen Hall before.  Finlay brutally attacks Juice’s hand and arm.   Juice goes to the corner and Finlay continues to attack his hand.   Juice unties the turnbuckle pad.   Finlay grabs Juice’s arm and the turnbuckle pad comes off.  Juice throws Finlay into steel post.  Finlay’s left arm hits the post.  They battle to the top rope but they fight to the middle of the ring.  Juice tries for the Left Hand of God but he is in too much pain.  Juice hits a right punch to the jaw and a Juice Box.  Juice with a  Cannonball.  Juice puts Finlay on the top rope.  Juice hits a Superplex.  Finlay holds on and drops Juice with a Trash Panda.  Juice rolls to the floor to avoid the pin.  

Finlay tries for another Trash Panda, but Juice reverses out and connects with the Left Hand of God.   He follows with Pulp Friction.   Finlay kicks out!!!!  Crowd pops!!

Juice sets up Finlay for a Pulp Friction off the ropes.   Finlay reverses out and hits a Prima Nocta.  Finlay hits another Prima Nocta and covers Juice.  Juice gets his foot on the ropes.  Both men get to their feet.  Juice attacks the left arm.  Finlay hits a huge lariat, sending Juice over the top rope and hitting the guardrail.   Finlay goes for a plancha but Juice hits a right punch to the face.  Juice piledrives Finlay on the hard floor.  Brutal!!  Juice rolls him in the ring.   Juice hits another Left Hand of God and goes for a Rock Slide.  Finlay lands on his feet.  Juice charges.  Finlay moves.  Juice hits the referee.   Juice goes for the U.S. Title belt. Juice tries to hit Finlay with the belt, but misses  Finlay grabs his Shillelagh and hits Juice, but Juice blocks it with the belt.  Finlay swings again and hits Juice on the head.  Finlay throws everything out of the ring.  Finlay goes for the pin.  But he pulls up Juice before the three count.  Finlay hits another Trash Panda.  

Finlay pins Juice.

David Finlay earns 2 points in the D Block.

Wow!  Great match!   I am glad all the belt and weapons did not lead to the finish, which would happen in an American company.  I am happy Finlay finished the match and beat his opponent with wrestling.   Both Juice Robinson and David Finlay have looked awesome since they started this tour.  They have been gone a long time from New Japan, but they both add so much to the product.  Both can wrestle the Japanese style and tell great stories in the ring.  I think both of them looked very strong after this match despite Finlay getting the win.

D Block is very balanced.  Everyone has at least one win.  No one has pulled ahead and everyone is staying close in the standings.

David Finlay thanks the fans at Korakuen Hall.  He takes the U.S. Title.  He tells Juice that he is holding on to this belt.  He tells Will Ospreay, if he wants this title, he will have to take it from him.   He says he will win the G1.  And this is his year.

After the G1, I can see a feud between Will Ospreay and David Finlay, leading to perhaps a U.S. title match at Wrestle Kingdom.

A BLOCK	Record	Current Point Standings
Kazuchika Okada	2-0	4
JONAH	0-1	0
Toru Yano	1-1	2
Lance Archer	1-1	2
Tom Lawlor	0-1	0
Jeff Cobb	1-1	2
Bad Luck Fale	1-1	2
B BLOCK	Record	Current Point Standings
Jay White	2-0	4
Tomohiro Ishii	0-2	0
Tama Tonga	1-0	2
Taichi	1-1	2
SANADA	1-1	2
Great O-Khan	0-1	0
Chase Owens	1-1	2
C BLOCK	Record	Current Point Standings
Hiroshi Tanahashi	1-1	2
Hirooki Goto	1-0	2
Tetsuya Naito	0-2	0
Aaron Henare	1-0	2
EVIL	1-0	2
KENTA	0-2	0
Zack Sabre Jr.	2-0	4
D BLOCK	Record	Current Point Standings
Will Ospreay	1-0	2
Shingo Takagi	1-1	2
Juice Robinson	1-1	2
Yujiro Takahashi	1-1	2
YOSHI-HASHI	0-1	0
David Finlay	1-1	2
El Phantasmo	1-1	2

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