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Not sure if anyone here uses XWT but they have a G-1 Climax pack that was uploaded today that is the entire final day of the G-1 from 2007-2016. If anything, I recommend getting the 2011 version (and 2016 but I think ppl here have seen that) for the shocker that was Naito beating Tanahashi in the semis (semis and finals were on the same day back then) and the finals of Nakamura vs. Naito. This was also the year before the briefcase became a thing.

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07-17-2017 , 03:25 AM

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I did not realize the G-1 was starting right now

. Gogogo NJPW! Naito ftw and a ***** finals match vs. Omega

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07-17-2017 , 05:08 AM

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Ugh.. spoiler

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07-17-2017 , 06:01 AM

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Kota/Naito was unsurprisingly very good.

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07-17-2017 , 12:28 PM

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I really do enjoy njpw a lot but (re: g1 naito vs ibushi)

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07-17-2017 , 05:12 PM

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Ugh.. spoiler

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07-17-2017 , 07:16 PM

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This is the first I've watched ZSJ. He's a twig. It's really off-putting.

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07-17-2017 , 07:33 PM

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I didn't mind the result, though. With an injury like Tanahashi's, a technical wizard should be able to isolate the arm and get a submission. And it's not like Tanahashi should be winning the tournament anyway.

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07-17-2017 , 08:12 PM

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I'm not a big critic of finisher kickouts in general (they've been going on in big Japanese matches dating to the 90s AJPW epics), but yeah, the Naito kickout from the Ibushi second-rope piledriver is over-the-top ridiculous.

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07-17-2017 , 08:15 PM

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Good grief Ibushi's sell job for Naito's second Destino is amazing.

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07-17-2017 , 08:19 PM

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Good grief Ibushi's sell job for Naito's second Destino is amazing.

This was a thing of beauty

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07-17-2017 , 08:33 PM

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Ishii-Goto is fantastic. Probably my favorite type of match, just two tough hosses beating the hell out of each other.

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07-18-2017 , 09:10 AM

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Turned off the last half hour of Raw and decided to check out Ibushi/Naito. Both these guys are good (like, really good), but towards the end of the match, it just seemed like a contest to see who could land on their neck the most.

2nd rope piledriver, 2nd rope German suplex, reverse hurricanrana from the top rope, first destino...These things should really be finishing matches.

Will check out some of the other matches today hopefully.

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07-22-2017 , 05:41 PM

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Watched Omega/Suzuki. Suzuki is a boss, and if I were in charge I'd absolutely think about strapping him with one of the big belts at some point (I don't know what his contract situation is/if he works for other promotions etc.) ... match was solid other than Suzuki not being able to take a reverse hurricanrana correctly, and I can forgive that. Thought Suzuki came out of this match looking better than Omega, and I thought the same thing (and then some) about the Okada/Suzuki match early in the year. I guess I'm a Suzuki fanboy.

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07-22-2017 , 07:42 PM

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Only saw the highlights of Ibushi/ZSJ, but they were pretty great.

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07-22-2017 , 10:34 PM

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I liked Omega/Tonga a lot, fun little sprint.

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07-23-2017 , 06:07 PM

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Okada/Elgin is a must-watch, easily (IMO) Okada's best non-Omega effort of the year.

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07-23-2017 , 09:42 PM

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Tanahashi-Nagata was really freaking good, too.

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07-23-2017 , 10:11 PM

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Add Ibushi-Ishii to the must-see list. God, the G1 is awesome.

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07-27-2017 , 05:09 PM

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Have not been able to watch additional matches while on vacation, but I figured they'd go Elgin over Omega. Sure seems like they may be setting up to have Tanahashi/Naito and Okada/Omega as the matches that decide the final, as was most likely. I gotta think a Naito/Omega finals rematch is in the cards, but maybe they go Tanahashi/Omega. Can't see Okada in the final. Please dear God don't put ZSJ in the final. Ibushi, Ishii and Goto still have a shot but seems unlikely.

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07-27-2017 , 05:59 PM

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ZSJ sucks so much, I just have no idea what his appeal is. Dude is the king of nonsense holds

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07-27-2017 , 07:12 PM

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ZSJ sucks so much, I just have no idea what his appeal is. Dude is the king of nonsense holds

ZSJ vs. Matt Riddle at EVOLVE 86 was pretty great.

Gonna try to hit EVOLVE 90 in Joppa MD on 11 August.

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07-27-2017 , 07:34 PM

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I've caught a bit of the G1.

Can someone familiar with NJPW fill me in on what the hell Toru Yano is? That "match" with Kenny Omega was ****ing terrible. Is it supposed to be funny?

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07-29-2017 , 11:26 AM

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Fale (which autocorrected to Fake which I thought was hilarious) beat Ibushi, which pretty much ends Ibushi's chances of making the final.

Ishii beat Naito. Block A is something else.

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08-01-2017 , 07:57 PM

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Catching up on my G1 viewing. Omega and Elgin are just magic together.

Wow, Elgin used a Burning Hammer. Didn't see that coming. A couple backdrop drivers too. Actually in a lot of ways this felt like a late-1990s AJPW main event (Kings Road style).

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