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[Ithil]

Now they can frame him for murder.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Now they can frame him for murder.

lmao

Shibata seems more technical than last year where he was pretty much a wrecking ball with legs.

 

[Foffy]

Dat upset.

 

[British Monsoon]

Big, big win

Spoiler

for Davey Boy

. Good match as well, some nice mat wrestling from both guys.

 

[ghostmind]

Another great crowd today - G1 is on a roll!

 

[ghostmind]

Nagata sets the pace in his match with Fale. The man is a machine.

After his last match, I wonder if Suzuki will take it out on Goto?

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Waaaaaaaaat just happened?

I looked away for 2 seconds

 

[Ithil]

Suzuki's weakness, rollups. Though I wouldn't expect anyone to kick out of Goto's super pinfall.

 

[ghostmind]

Goto says:

"Fuck your sleeper hold!"

 

[Ithil]

Waaaaaaaaat just happened?

I looked away for 2 seconds

Goto used his super rollup where he wraps up all the limbs and spins them around onto the mat.

 

[ghostmind]

I hope Kojima gets the victory... getting tired of "Tanahashi wins - LOL!"

 

[British Monsoon]

That was a great match, best of the day so far for me. Kojima's so awesome, loved his reverse lariato on Tanahashi.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

This match is incredibly hype right now.

EDIT: Man the last like 5 minutes were so good.

 

[ghostmind]

Day 3 Top Matches
Kojima vs Tanahashi
Okada vs Makabe
Ishii vs Benjamin


Let's do this again in 19 hours.

 

[British Monsoon]

Awesome main event, loved the finishing stretch, Makabe worked his ass off. I'd probably have the top 3 as;

. Okada vs Makabe
. Tana vs Kojima
. Shibata vs Davey Boy

Random gifs from Day 3;

 

[Net_Wrecker]

That Day 4 lineup though

 

[FallingEdge]

Did not know this was on, I thought for sure it was tonight. In any case, hype hype hype!

 

[British Monsoon]

I'm enjoying 'The Wrestler' Katsuyori Shibata this G1, but I'm also kinda missing 'He's knows this is fake, right?' Katsuyori Shibata;

I expect he'll be making an appearance in the match with Ishii on Day 10.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Wow, tonight's card is probably the best one yet. Not only do we get the first inter-faction match between Shelton and DBS Jr,, but Nakamura/Nagata and Okada/Anderson are always fun, and two dream matches in Tanahashi/Shibata and Naito/AJ.

 

[ghostmind]

Day 3 post-match interviews:

http://youtu.be/GyWlAPJ9nzA

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Man Kojima has been looking like a million bucks. Here's hoping no hurts.

 

[FallingEdge]

I got my iced coffee, took a nap, I am fucking ready to go. Day 4 baby.

 

[British Monsoon]

Managed to awake just in time, show starts in 10 minutes. Here's the card;

NJPW, "G1 CLIMAX - DAY 4", 2014/07/26
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium

17:00 JST | 10:00 EU | 09:00 UK | 04:00 EDT | 01:00 PDT

01. G1 Climax - Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs Bad Luck Fale
02. G1 Climax - Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs Davey Boy Smith Jr.
03. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Minoru Suzuki
04. G1 Climax - Block B: Hirooki Goto vs Toru Yano
05. G1 Climax - Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs Tomohiro Ishii
06. G1 Climax - Block B: Togi Makabe vs Lance Archer
07. G1 Climax - Block A: Yuji Nagata vs Shinsuke Nakamura
08. G1 Climax - Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs AJ Styles
09. G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata

Goddamn, that main event.

 

[ghostmind]

The standings heading into Day 4:

A Block
Benjamin 3 0 6
Tanahashi 3 0 6
Fale 2 1 4
Smith Jr. 1 1 2
Nakamura 1 1 2
Shibata 1 1 2
Gallows 1 2 2
Ishii 1 2 2
Kojima 1 2 2
Nagata 1 2 2
Honma 0 3 0

B Block
Goto 3 0 6
Okada 3 0 6
Naito 2 1 4
Tenzan 2 1 4
Archer 1 1 2
Styles 1 1 2
Makabe 1 2 2
Takahashi 1 2 2
Yano 1 2 2
Suzuki 0 2 0
Anderson 0 3 0

 

[British Monsoon]

Beginning of the end for Shelton, there's no way he wins any of his next four matches, surely? He's got Davey Boy, Shibata, Tanahashi & Kojima coming up.

 

[FallingEdge]

Here we go!

 

[FallingEdge]

Beginning of the end for Shelton, there's no way he wins any of his next four matches, surely? He's got Davey Boy, Shibata, Tanahashi & Kojima coming up.

Shelton to go undefeated.

And lol. Kojima's dubbed music is too funny.

 

[ghostmind]

It looks so hot in these gyms and halls. The crowd is waving fans at themselves just sitting there, and the wrestlers are dripping with sweat shortly after starting the match.

 

[FallingEdge]

Really excited to watch this next match. C'mon Shelton. 4-0 is yours.

 

[ghostmind]

That was a good match to kick things off - Kojima knows how to pull a good match from his opponent.


EDIT: That step in the ramp is going to cause many entrance stumbles tonight.


EDIT2: Which side will Taka take in this match???

 

[ghostmind]

Oh wow,

Spoiler

Shelton is 4-0 now!

DBS Jr. has had some great matches since he seemed sluggish in the opener against Nak.

 

[FallingEdge]

Yesssss! 4-0!

 

[British Monsoon]

FFS, I hope Shibata kills Shelton on Monday.

 

[Showaddy]

Can't believe Shelton's 4-0 and Karl will probably be 0-4 by the end of the day.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

That sleeper judo throw is so ridiculous looking. Like some Metal Gear CQC. Love it.

 

[ghostmind]

That sleeper judo throw is so ridiculous looking. Like some Metal Gear CQC. Love that.

Good god that looked painful.

 

[British Monsoon]

Saka Otoshi, awesome move. Wish Suzuki used it more often. That was a real good match, I've been very impressed with the work Tenzan's been putting in so far.

 

[Foffy]

WAIT WHAT HAPPENED.

THE MATCH JUST STARTED.

 

[ghostmind]

Oh Yano, you jackass.


So much for Goto being undefeated.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Trollololololol

Spoiler

Yano pls

 

[FallingEdge]

So good.

 

[British Monsoon]

Yano truly does have the noblest of brains. Hell, he even managed to sell a DVD to a fan at ringside as he left.

 

[ghostmind]

What an exchange! Kokeshi!

 

[FallingEdge]

What a piledriver.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

That spike DDT lawd

 

[ghostmind]

What a piledriver.

What a DDT!


This match!!!

 

[Net_Wrecker]

THIS

MATCH

 

[FallingEdge]

What a DDT!


This match!!!

Yup!

I can never tell if Ishii is legit hurt or not. Sells so damn good.

 

[FallingEdge]

Ishii is a god damn beast. Honma deserves a ton of props as well. Prolly my fav match of the tournament.

 

[ghostmind]

That has to be MOTN at least, probably best match of G1 24 so far.

He may not be winning anything, but this tournament is making me a fan of Honma.