Jun 25, 2017 Welcome to the Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling Thread Feel free to discuss all things puroresu (and Independent) in this thread Miscellaneous http://njpwworld.com/#googtrans(en) https://www.njpw1972.com/ NJPW-Related Subreddits: https://www.reddit.com/r/njpw/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/ NJPW-Related Podcasts: http://newjapanpurocast.com/ Join the usergroup @NJPWBros: https://forum.sectioneighty.com/joinable-user-groups/njpwbros.134/act?action=join ------------- Spoiler: G1 Climax 2017 Schedule Match listings, times, and other notes -- July 17th -- Hokkaido (A Block, 2 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito Yuji Nagata vs. YOSHI-HASHI Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii July 20th -- Korakuen Hall (B Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Minoru Suzuki vs. Kenny Omega SANADA vs. EVIL Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga Satoshi Kojima vs. Juice Robinson July 21st -- Korakuen Hall (A Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale July 22nd -- Korakuen Hall (B Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Kenny Omega vs. Tama Tonga Minoru Suzuki vs. SANADA EVIL vs. Juice Robinson Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin Satoshi Kojima vs. Toru Yano July 23rd -- Tokyo Machida Gymnasium (A Block, 5 a.m. ET) Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata July 25th -- Fukushima (B Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA Kenny Omega vs. Toru Yano Tama Tonga vs. EVIL Juice Robinson vs. Minoru Suzuki Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin July 26th -- Miyagi (A Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto Kota Ibushi vs. Togi Makabe Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale Tomohiro Ishii vs. YOSHI-HASHI Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata July 27th -- Niigata (B Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega Minoru Suzuki vs. EVIL SANADA vs. Toru Yano Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima July 29th -- Aichi (A Block, 5:00 a.m. ET) Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale Togi Makabe vs. Yuji Nagata July 30th -- Gifu (B Block, 3:30 a.m. ET) Kenny Omega vs. Satoshi Kojima Kazuchika Okada vs. Juice Robinson Michael Elgin vs. SANADA Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga EVIL vs. Toru Yano August 1st -- Kagoshima (A Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuji Nagata YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto Togi Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr. August 2nd -- Fukuoka (B Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) Kenny Omega vs. EVIL Minoru Suzuki vs. Satoshi Kojima Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga SANADA vs. Juice Robinson Michael Elgin vs. Toru Yano August 4th -- Ehime (A Block, 6 a.m. ET) Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe Kota Ibushi vs. Yuji Nagata Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale August 5th -- Osaka (B Block, 4 a.m. ET) Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL Satoshi Kojima vs. SANADA Minoru Suzuki vs. Michael Elgin Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano Kenny Omega vs. Juice Robinson August 6th -- Shizuoka (A Block, 3 a.m. ET) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii Tetsuya Naito vs. Togi Makabe Hirooki Goto vs. Bad Luck Fale Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuji Nagata August 8th -- Kanagawa (B Block, 5:30 a.m. ET) Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki Kenny Omega vs. SANADA Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano Michael Elgin vs. EVIL Satoshi Kojima vs. Tama Tonga August 11th -- Sumo Hall (A Block Finals, 5:30 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Bad Luck Fale vs. Yuji Nagata Togi Makabe vs. YOSHI-HASHI August 12th -- Sumo Hall (B Block Finals, 5:30 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano Tama Tonga vs. SANADA Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson Satoshi Kojima vs. EVIL August 13th -- Sumo Hall (G1 Climax 27 Finals, 2 a.m. ET) (English Commentary) Winner of the A Block vs. Winner of the B Block in the tournament finals
Jun 25, 2017 Should be an incredible two-night event, NJPW has delivered big time on every single show this year
Jun 25, 2017 @WrestlingBros who do ya'll got in the tournament? I want to say Kenny but part of me thinks they'll throw a curveball and elminate him first round like they did in the New Japan Cup Elgin would be a safe option and he just did the job for Cody at Dominion too
Jun 25, 2017 I don't think it will be Omega, he's too big for a midcard title. I'm gonna go with Zack Sabre Jr.
Jun 25, 2017 Not gonna make a pick and act like I know what I'm talking about. Ik I'm still a NJPW newbie.
Jun 25, 2017 bro they got Hiroshi Tanahashi (aka John Cena of japan) as the "mid card" champion right now and he's easily the biggest name in the entire country mid card titles are important over there tbh
Jun 25, 2017 I think Elgin is winning this but honestly I would love for Naito to win this thing and have Elgin or Juice defeat him the day they air the g1 climax finals.
Jun 26, 2017 So Omega/Page and Naito/ZSJ are very likely to happen. Almost certain that it'll be Omega/Naito for the title, with Omega winning. If he doesn't, it's pretty much a lock that he takes G1. Idk how he could lose to Elgin after the Okada match. I'd put the title on Naito. Gives him the win back from last years match, elevates him back to Tanahashi's level. Omega is untouchable at this point and G1 is the next big show(s) anyway.
Jun 30, 2017 Day 1 starts tomorrow @WrestlingBros if you're in America u should be able to see night 1 live if u use a vpn to fake your location
Jul 1, 2017 @Kon this is how good WWE would be if they let the wrestlers have freedom of what to do/say as Austin said the other day, even Stone Cold wouldnt get over in this managerial style