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The G1 Climax 27 has concluded and NJPW stacked the card with tag team matches -- two of which featured the IWGP Heavyweight and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships defended.
However, the most anticipated match on the card was the bout between Tetsuya Naito of Los Ingobernables de Japon and Kenny Omega of The Bullet Club.
#1 Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Desperado, Taichi and Taka Michinoku vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA and Hirai Kawato
This match saw a lot of fast paced, high-speed action for the majority of the match. Everyone in the match hit several big spots and it was a constant cycle of non-legal partners going in and out of the ring breaking up pinfalls and hitting their signature moves.
The match ended when Taichi hit Kawato with a powerbomb, rolled through and picked Kawato up only for Kanemaru to jump off the top rope and hit a deep impact DDT for the victory.
Results: Kanemaru, Desperado, Taichi, and Taka Michinoku defeat Kawato, KUSHIDA, Tiger Mask, and Jushin Thunder Liger
#2 Guerillas of Destiny vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
This match was a complete change of pace as the heavyweights clashed in a very physical encounter. The match started off with fists flying and all four competitors ended up on the outside.
The Guerillas of Destiny dictated the pace and used frequent tags to keep Nagata away from his tag partner, Nakanishi. Nagata managed to gain momentum by hitting Tama Tonga with a belly to belly overhead suplex and a swift kick to Tanga Loa before making the tag to Nakanishi.
Nakanishi and Nagata both landed big strikes and attempted dual submissions, but Tonga countered and got his brother free.
The match ended when Tanga hit a sit-out piledriver on Nakanishi for the victory.
Results: Guerillas of Destiny defeat Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
#3 YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Togi Makabe & David Finlay
This match was a bit more technical starting with lockups and the usual back and forth on the ropes action.
YOSHI-HASHI and Goto maintained momentum for the early minutes, but Finlay managed to turn the tides and make a tag to Makabe. The bout got a lot more physical when Makabe and Goto started exchanging strikes and both men went down after several clotheslines.
The match ended when YOSHI-HASHI hit Finlay with karma for the victory.
Results: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto defeat Togi Makabe & David Finlay
#4 Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, & Chase Owens vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Juice Robinson and Satoshi Kojima
The match had a bit of a chaotic start with Tenzan, Juice, and Kojima all ganging up on the Bullet Club.
The Bullet Club regained control when Bad Luck Fale blindsided Kojima and hit some big splashes in the corner. Kojima would eventually fight them off and with some quick DDTs and clotheslines before getting Juice for the hot tag,
Juice’s athleticism in this match was fantastic and he was clearly the standout in this encounter. Juice ended the match by hitting Pulp Friction on Owens for the victory.
Results: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Juice Robinson and Satoshi Kojima defeated Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens
#5 Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs. The Young Bucks – IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships
The momentum in this match was a lot more back and forth in the early going, but The Young Bucks got the upper hand by targeting Taguchi’s back and Ricochet’s knee.
Taguchi’s back was targeted for a good portion of the match until he hit The Young Bucks with one regular and one reverse DDT before tagging in Ricochet, whose knee was heavily targeted in the match.
The Young Bucks both used dual Sharpshooters, but Taguchi countered by pushing one of the Young Bucks into the other to break the submission on Ricochet.
The Young Bucks regained control and attempted an Indytaker, but Taguchi knocked down Nick Jackson in mid-air with a springboard hip attack. This allowed both men to lay out Jackson while Ricochet climbed the top rope.
Nick attempted to move Matt out of the way, but Taguchi put an ankle lock on Nick, preventing him from getting involved. The match ended when Ricochet hit a shooting star press on Matt to win the titles.
Results: Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi defeat The Young Bucks to win the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships
#6 Hangman Page & Cody Rhodes vs. War Machine – IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
War Machine were clearly the more dominant tag team in this bout t as Ray Rowe and Hanson used their size and athleticism to control the pace of the match.
Page and Rhodes eventually gained control and focused the majority of their offence on the midsection of their opponents. Rhodes and Hanson had an especially interesting spot where they both traded cartwheels and hit each other with clotheslines.
Hanson showed off his athleticism once again when he broke up a double team on Rowe by hitting a handspring elbow.
Rhodes was thrown on the English Commentary table while Rowe and Hanson hit their elevated clothesline/German suplex combo on Page for a near fall.
Hanson hit a big moonsault from the top rope, but Rhodes moved Page’s foot to the rope to break up the pinfall.
The match ended when Rowe and Hanson hit Fall-Out on Page for the victory.
Results: War Machine defeats Cody Rhodes & Hangman Page to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
#7 Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iuka vs. Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin
This was the second match of the night where the participants of the G1 all met in tag team action and saw the heels dominate the match early on with referee distractions, foreign objects, and more run-ins from both teammates.
The clash between Michael Elgin and Minori Suzuki was the most physical portion of the match, but eventually, both men tagged in Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre Jr.
Tanahashi attempted to regain momentum during his confrontation with Sabre, but Sabre continued to wear down Tanahashi with submissions.
The match ended when Sabre locked an Octopus Hold on Tanahashi for the victory -- the second time Sabre has made the IWGP Intercontinental Champion tap out.
Results: Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka defeated Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin
#8 SANADA, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Gedo and Toru Yano
This was the final tag team match of the night before the main event.
Okada’s back was targeted heavily in this match leading to him tagging in Toru Yano, who was placed in the paradise lock by Sanada.
Eventually, Yano made the tag to Ishii, who dominated the contest until he made the tag to Gedo, who temporarily got the upper hand on Hiromu Takahashi before the EVIL broke it up and Takahashi locked in the triangle choke for the victory.
The match ended, but EVIL laid out Okada with a darkness fall on the chairs which Dave Meltzer reported as the next program for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Results: Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, Bushi, and Evil defeated Gedo, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, and Kazuchika Okada
#9 Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega – G1 Climax Tournament Finals
The main event of the G1 saw the two stables collide in a fantastic bout to determine who gets to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 12.
The match started off slow with neither man being eager to lock up with each other. Naito got the upper hand when they finally locked up and did his usual dive-fake out followed by his signature pose. The fight moved to the outside of the ring and Omega was almost thrown into the barricade, but he stopped himself and hit a moonsault on Naito on the outside.
Naito maintained dominance with strikes and a suicide dive to the outside. Naito attempted a piledriver through the announcement table, but it seemed like the table shifted or Naito slipped causing Omega to land on his head on the concrete.
Naito’s offense focused primarily on the head of Omega, while Omega’s offense seemingly focused on the body of Naito as he countered one of Naito’s move with a reverse hurricanrana and hit a beautiful tope con Hilo, then brought Naito into the ring for a missile dropkick to the back of Naito’s head for a near fall.
Omega attempted a V-Trigger, but Naito countered with a German suplex attempt which Naito countered with a satellite DDT. Naito was climbing the top rope, but was cut off by Omega who dropped Naito face first on the turnbuckle, hit a snap dragon suplex, and finished his sequence with a V-Trigger for another near fall.
Naito attempted a top rope suplex, but Omega dropped Naito on the turnbuckle and set him up for a top rope powerbomb only for Naito to counter and hit Omega with a hurricanrana. Then Naito hoisted Omega on the top rope to hit him with a reverse hurricanrana for a near fall.
After hitting a spinning Destino for a near fall, Naito hit Omega with a Destino for the fourth time to win the match and the G1 Climax for the second time in his career.
Results: Tetsuya Naito defeats Kenny Omega to win the G1 Climax Tournament
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