PREVIEW: G1 Special in San Francisco

The G1 Special marks the second time in 2018 that NJPW are holding a show in the USA.
The G1 Special marks the second time in 2018 that NJPW
are
holding a show in the USA.

Match 2- CHAOS (Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii) VS SUZUKI-GUN (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr)

Zack and Suzuki are currently in their first reign as RPW British Tag Team Champions.
Zack and Suzuki are currently in their first reign as RPW British Tag Team Champions.

This match is repeat of Dominion 6.9, but on that date at Osaka-Jo Hall, Suzuki Gun were victorious, with Suzuki and Ishii having a physical war after the match.

With the 2 recent Strong Style Evolved UK shows, having Suzuki-gun defend their titles against Okada and Ishii on night 1 and then having Ishii defend his RPW British Heavyweight Title against Suzuki on night 2, whoever wins those could help to determine the winners of this match.

Prediction- CHAOS. I reckon Yano and Ishii will avenge their loss from Dominion 6.9 and possibly be the next challengers to Suzuki and Zacks tag titles and with Ishii and Suzuki showing no signs of stopping, I believe that the tag team match will happen again at RPW Summer Sizzler taking place on 17th August.


Match 3- TAGUCHI JAPAN (KUSHIDA and Hiroshi Tanahashi) VS BULLET CLUB (Hangman Page and Marty Scurll)

This match is going to be interesting to say the least. With Marty pursuing his legend killer act with Tanahashi and continuing a rivalry with KUSHIDA, I see the Villain pulling an upset.

This match is very well balanced as well, as with Hangman recently losing to Tanahashi in ROH and Scurll losing to KUSHIDA in the Best of the Super Juniors, I see the Bullet Club winning this match, so the two have an edge and also Hangman will have a decent amount of momentum heading into this summer's G1 Climax Tournament.

Prediction- Bullet Club. KUSHIDA and Tanahashi don't need the win. With both of them being the respective aces of their divisions, they don't need the win, whereas Marty and Page need the win so that they don't look weak going into the future.

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