New Japan G1 Special in USA Night One: Welcome To Our Turf
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Japan G1 Special in USA Night One
Date: July 1, 2017
Location: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Commentators: Jim Ross, Josh Barnett
The opening video looks back at the history of the company (not exactly in depth) and the build tot he show. This includes a variety of big matches over both nights and how important it is for the competitors in a tournament for the inaugural IWGP United States Title.
Here are the tournament brackets:
Michael Elgin
Kenny Omega
Jay Lethal
Hangman Page
Juice Robinson
Zack Sabre Jr.
Tomohiro Ishii
Tetsuya Naito
We look at the tale of the tape for the World Title match between Kazuchika Okada and Cody Rhodes.
Roppongi Vice/Will Ospreay/Briscoe Brothers vs. Young Bucks/Marty Scurll/Yujiro Takahashi/Bad Luck Fale
Los Ingobernables de Japon vs. Titan/Dragon Lee/Volador Jr./Jushin Thunder Liger
IWGP United States Title Tournament First Round: Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page
IWGP United States Title Tournament First Round: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Juice Robinson
David Finlay/Jay White/Kushida/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Sho Tanaka/Yohei Komatsu/Yoshi Hashi/Billy Gunn
Tag Team Titles: War Machine vs. Guerillas of Destiny
Rating: B-. Sometimes you need four strong guys to beat the heck out of each other for a little over ten minutes. War Machine is a fun team and the Guerillas are the kind of team who can be right back due to pure charisma. A good power brawl is hard to come by and I had fun watching them beating on each other. Entertaining match and a nice change of pace to a lot of the other stuff on here.
IWGP United States Title Tournament First Round: Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
IWGP United States Title Tournament First Round: Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega
Kenny slams him onto the apron for a nineteen count and we hit the chinlock to slow things down a bit. Elgin raises his knees to block a middle rope moonsault as JR calls the Bucks very annoying. That might be the understatement of the year. A powerslam pulls Kenny out of the air for a close two (ignore the spitting onto the mat during the cover). Elgin powers him up again but gets caught in a snap dragon suplex to send him outside.
Jay Lethal
Kenny Omega
Tomohiro Ishii
Zack Sabre Jr.
IWGP World Title: Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody
That warrants a break for another kiss, followed by heading back inside for a standoff. They head outside to speed things up with Okada hitting a running dive over the barricade, only to have Cody go after the knee to take over. Cody chokes with his boot but Okada neckbreakers his way out.
A highlight reel ends the show.
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