NJPW G1 Special Results July 7th 2018, Latest G1 Special Winners & Video Highlights

Omega and Cody squared-off in the main event
Omega and Cody squared-off in the main event

New Japan Pro Wrestling's inaugural show at the Cow Palace in San Fransisco as part of the G1 Specials in the US was definitely a huge success, considering the fact that NJPW, in general, has broken several records throughout the evening.

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The night featured some of NJPW's top stars as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito and Jr. Heavyweight stars like Will Ospreay all featured on the card, alongside the likes of Suzuki Gun, Marty Scurll, and even the legendary King Haku.

In the main event of the evening, new IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega defended his championship belt for the first time against fellow Bullet Club stablemate Cody Rhodes.


#1. Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens, and Haku) vs CHAOS (Sho, Yoh, Rocky Romero, Yoshi-Hashi, and Gedo)

The evening kick started with a huge 10-man tag team match as two of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest factions went head-to-head against each other in a fun little opener. The legendary King Haku initially started-off things for The Bullet Club, whereas, it was Yoshi-Hashi who represented CHAOS in the opening stages of the contest as every single member of both factions had a fair share of in-ring action.

Things eventually boiled down to both Tonga and Gedo, as the former eventually hit the Gun Stun to pick up the win for The Bullet Club.

Result: Bullet Club def. CHAOS


#2. CHAOS (Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii) vs Suzuki Gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.)

Tomohiro Ishii and Minoru Suzuki have been feuding for months now and the two men eventually engaged in yet another heated encounter on this occasion as well, following Ishii’s recent British Heavyweight Title loss to Suzuki in RevPro UK.

Yano, on the other hand, was very over with the crowd and used his hilarious shenanigans throughout the match. There were some stiff exchanges between Ishii and Suzuki, but once again it was Yano who played the vital role in this entire contest, as he eventually picked up the win in what was a very weird finish to a solid tag team match.

Result: CHAOS def. Suzuki Gun

#3. Bullet Club (Hangman Page and Marty Scurll) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kushida

This was another fun tag team match where heavyweights and junior heavyweights paired up with each other and with the upcoming G1 Climax showdown between Page and Tanahashi, we also had the chance of witnessing a little teaser of things to come.

Page and Scurll initially got the upper hand when they teamed up on Kushida and targeted him with several superkicks and it eventually came down to the ‘Time Splitter’ and ‘The Hangman’, as the latter connected with The Rite of Passage to pick up the win for The Bullet Club.

Scurll and Page definitely have an awesome chemistry with each other as a tag team and this was certainly a very important with for both men.

Result: Bullet Club def. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kushida


#4. Hirooki Goto vs Jeff Cobb- Never Openweight Championship

The first title match of the evening and the first singles match of the evening saw NJPW newcomer Jeff Cobb challenging the new Never Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto for his championship belt. Cobb, in particular, has been thoroughly impressive in NJPW so far and his effort in this championship match against veteran Hirooki Goto was no less than valiant as well.

Cobb dominated this contest in the opening stages of it and had the upper-hand for the most part, however, the resilient Goto eventually rallied back and connected with the ushigoroshi, which was followed up by the GTR for the win.

Result: Hirooki Goto def. Jeff Cobb to retain the Never Openweight Championship

#5. The Young Bucks vs Evil and Sanada- IWGP Tag Team Championships

Following their classic bout at Dominion, both The Young Bucks and Evil and Sanada put up yet another outstanding back-and-forth bout against each other that saw both Sanada and Evil work on Nick Jackson in the early stages on the contest.

Evil and Sanada literally hit The Bucks with every single move they had in their arsenal and even hit the Magic Killer on several occasions, but weren’t able to pick up the win as both Matt and Nick kept on kicking out of every single offence.

At one point of the match, The Bucks accidentally kicked the ref as a steel chair was introduced into the match by Evil, however, much to his frustration, the chair would eventually wound up on his face as Matt and Nick ignited a comeback.

The champs finally hit The Meltzer Driver on Sanada for the win as they retained their tag team titles in their very first title defence.

Result: The Young Bucks def. Evil and Sanada to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships


#6. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay) vs Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Bushi)

Since losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Kenny Omega, former champion Kazuchika Okada hasn’t been himself as of late, as ‘The Rainmaker’ came out to a new remixed version of his song and also sported a new pair of pants.

Okada and former Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay paired off pretty well with Naito and Bushi, both Naito and Okada had some brilliant back-and-forth offence with each other as they engaged into a wild brawl.

Meanwhile, Bushi and Ospreay also had some solid exchanges, as the latter successfully avoided the MX and connected with his new signature manoeuvre The Stormbreaker to pick up the win for CHAOS.

Result: CHAOS def. Los Ingobernables de Japon

#7. Hiromu Takahashi vs Dragon Lee- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship

Rivalry reunited as some would say, as arch rivals Dragon Lee and Hiromu Takahashi went toe-to-toe with each other once again in what was another absolute classic match, this time in the US.

Dragon Lee started off the match with a lot of momentum as he took out his opponent with a vicious dive to the outside and controlled the early bits of the match. Hiromu, however, hit Lee with a running dropkick to the outside and into the barricade and followed it up with a giant senton on the floor.

The two men kept trading some wicked shots with each other and the match had some absolutely scary spots through and through. In the closing stages, Lee attempted the powerbomb, but, Hiromu countered with the Canadian Destroyer, followed up by The Time Bomb as he retained Mr. Belt in his first title defense.

Another absolute classic match between Lee and Hiromu Takahashi and definitely a highly recommended match as well.

Result: Hiromu Takahashi def. Dragon Lee to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship


#8. Juice Robinson vs Jay White- IWGP US Heavyweight Championship

The two men started off this match in the typical ground and pound fashion, as they started to beat the living heck out of each other, the two men engaged in a wild brawl outside in the ring as they used the ringside barricades to their advantage.

Midway through the match, White suplexed Robinson into the barricade right in front of the commentary team of Jim Ross and Josh Barnett, as JR went down to the floor, this eventually prompted Barnett to get into the ring and confront White.

However, once things settled down, Juice started to make a comeback into the match, both men attempted to hit their finishing manoeuvres before the ‘Switchblade’ pushed the referee to cause a distraction and hit Juice with a low-blow. Juice’s tremendous show of resiliency paid off for him one way or the other as he connected with the Pulp Fiction, but wasn’t able to keep White down for the three count.

Juice once again attempted the Pulp Fiction, as White almost countered it into The Blade Runner, but the former eventually pinned ‘Switchblade’ via the roll-up pin for the win as we crowned a new IWGP US Heavyweight Champion and the first American man in NJPW history to win the IWGP US Title.

Result: Juice Robinson def. Jay White to win the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship

#9. Kenny Omega vs Cody Rhodes- IWGP Heavyweight Championship

Omega and Cody started things off in a brutal fashion, as both men went at it right from the get-go, before the champion put the latter on top of a table and went straight through it, with The Bucks stabilizing the guardrail.

After a bit of back-and-forth action, Omega introduces a ladder into the match as Cody counters it with a steel chair, however, ‘The American Nightmare’ capitalized on the situation and sent Omega stomach first on the ladder in what was an absolutely wicked spot. Cody then sets up the ladder inside the ring as he prepares for a big spot through the table with Omega on top of it, however, thanks to Matt Jackson’s outside interference, Omega managed to score a comeback as both men started fighting on top of the ladder. The champion eventually ate a suplex from top of a ladder and into the ring.

Shortly afterwards, Omega started showing signs of a comeback as he attempted a brutal powerbomb through the table on the outside, as ‘The Best Bout Machine’ looked for a V-Trigger, only for Brandi to intervene and shield Cody instead.

Omega, however, hits the butterfly piledriver and follows it up with a V-Trigger and The One-Winged Angel for the win. After the match, Omega eventually helped Cody back to his feet as the latter exited, whereas, the champion celebrated and cut a promo with The Young Bucks.

Up in the aisle, The Elite was joined by fellow Bullet Club members Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Haku who celebrated and shared Too Sweets with The Bucks and Omega, but, in a shocking turn of events Tonga, Loa, and Haku brutally started attacking taking them back to the ring and revealing their new shirts with a label that read ‘Firing Squad’.

The Tongan assault continued as the rest of The Bullet Club in Hangman Page and Marty Scurll came out to make the save but suffered the same fate as well. Fellow BC members Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens also came out to confront The Tongans, but, were also brutally beaten up as well, in what was a truly surprising move considering the fact that the two men have been very loyal to The Bullet Club thus far.

Cody eventually limps his way back to the ring, as Tama hands over a Steel Chair to ‘The American Nightmare’ as it seemed that Cody was the actual mastermind behind the attack, however, he instead attacks The Firing Squad with a Steel Chair, but the numbers advantage gets to him as well as Tama lays him out with The Gun Stun. The beatdown ended with Haku savagely laying out Omega with a piledriver, as Tanga Roa eventually cleared the entire message stating that: there is no leader, they are their own group and this is family.

Meanwhile, back in the ring, despite being brutally beaten up, Cody and Omega eventually help each other back on their feet and are apparently back on the same page, as the remaining Bullet Club members hug it out and close out the show.

Result: Kenny Omega def. Cody to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship


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