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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:16:16 GMT
 Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanWednesday, August 2, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka welcomes us to the first show of the 1993 G1 Climax series! This will be the first of seven consecutive shows here at Sumo Hall, and over the next seven days, we’ll see the 16-man, single-elimination G1 tournament! Tanaka then introduces the 16 men that will participate, and they all come out to the ring, forming two lines in the ring: Akira Taue, from AJPW!
Takayuki Iizuka!
Super Strong Machine, representing Raging Staff!
Shiro Koshinaka, of Heisei Ishingun!
Masahiro Chono!
Genichiro Tenryu, from All Japan!
Toshiaki Kawada, also representing AJPW!
Norio Honaga!
Kengo Kimura, of Heisei Ishingun!
Hiro Saito, representing Raging Staff!
Mitsuharu Misawa, the ace of AJPW!
Osamu Nishimura!
Keiji Mutoh, the reigning Triple Crown champion!
Kensuke Sasaki!
Yoshiaki Fujiwara!
Tatsumi “the Dragon” Fujinami!Tanaka says that the first four matches of the tournament will take place tomorrow night, here at Ryogoku Kokugikan! RAGING STAFF: TATSUTOSHI GOTO & HIRO SAITO & NORIO HONAGA beat TAKAYUKI IIZUKA & BLACK CAT & SATOSHI KOJIMA in just under 13 minutes when Goto drove Black Cat into the mat with a Backdrop Suplex for the 1, 2, 3! SUPER STRONG MACHINE beat MASASHI AOYAGI. The masked man takes on the karateka Aoyagi in the second bout of the evening, in another match between the two warring factions, Raging Staff and Heisei Ishingun. Aoyagi gets plenty of offense in, utilizing his karate background, but Super Strong Machine picks up the win after connecting with a devastating Lariat at the 10-minute mark to gain the pinfall victory. AKIRA TAUE (AJPW) defeats YUJI NAGATA in 9:40 by pinfall after hitting Nagata with the Nodowa Otoshi. The rookie Nagata put up a valiant effort, but the experience of Taue was just too much for Nagata to overcome on this night. ULTIMO DRAGON & JUN AKIYAMA (AJPW) defeat JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER & EL SAMURAI at around the 15-minute mark when Dragon hit Samurai with his version of the Liger Bomb for the 1, 2, 3. That didn’t sit well with Liger, and he and Dragon exchanged heated words after the bout. NEW JAPAN SEIKIGUN: KEIJI MUTOH & HIROSHI HASE & AKIRA NOGAMI defeat HEISEI ISHINGUN: KUNIAKI KOBAYASHI & AKITOSHI SAITO & MASA SAITO. We’re treated to a mix of styles in this one. We see not only high-flying action from the IWGP champ Mutoh and Nogami, but some crisp matwork from Hase and Kobayashi. Saito breaks out his karate every chance he gets, and Saito just pounds his opponents into the mat! Saito, the least experienced member of the Heisei Ishingun team, takes a lot of punishment in this match, and ends up being the one to take the fall, as Mutoh hits him with the handspring back elbow in the corner, and after slamming Saito to the mat, Mutoh follows it up with a Moonsault for the 1, 2, 3! HEISEI ISHINGUN: KENGO KIMURA & SHIRO KOSHINAKA defeat YOSHIAKI FUJIWARA & OSAMU NISHIMURA. The leaders of Heisei Ishingun, Kimura and Koshinaka, face two freelancers in Fujiwara, and his protégé Nishimura. In the end, Kimura gets the submission win for his team, locking Nishimura in the Wakigatame, while Shiro kept Fujiwara from breaking it up. STAN HANSEN & DAN SPIVEY beat HAKU & CACTUS JACK. Haku and Cactus have come to Japan for this G1 Climax series, but unfortunately for them, their tour debut is not a successful one. This match is a wild brawl, and could go either way, but in the end, Spivey drives Cactus into the mat with a Powerbomb and that’s enough for the 1, 2, 3! 6-MAN NEW JAPAN VS ALL JAPAN BATTLE:
MITSUHARU MISAWA & TOSHIAKI KAWADA & GENICHIRO TENRYU (AJPW) defeat TATSUMI FUJINAMI & ANTONIO INOKI & MASAHIRO CHONO. The animosity boils over here, as the two teams jaw back and forth with each other before the match starts, and then as soon as the bell rings, they tear into each other with reckless abandon! The action and fast and furious, with both teams getting plenty of offense. After about 20 minutes, Kawada catches Chono in the side of the head with the Gamengiri, and then drives him into the mat with a Folding Powerbomb for the 1, 2, 3! |
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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:16:57 GMT
Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanThursday, August 3, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Before the first match, ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka informs the fans in attendance that the 16-man, single elimination G1 Climax tournament will begin today! MIGHTY INOUE & MASA FUCHI & ULTIMO DRAGON (AJPW) defeat OSAMU NISHIMURA & SATOSHI KOJIMA & SHINJIRO OHTANI. The All Japan teams gets the victory in the opener, when Fuchi locks Nishimura in the STF for the submission. HEISEI ISHINGUN: KENGO KIMURA & MASA SAITO & MASASHI AOYAGI beat YUJI NAGATA & AKIRA NOGAMI & MANABU NAKANISHI in around 11 minutes, when Saito drove Nakanishi into the mat with the Saito Suplex for the 1, 2, 3. SHOOT WRESTLING VS KARATE MATCH:
YOSHIAKI FUJIWARA defeats AKITOSHI SAITO in just under 9 minutes. Fujiwara attacks Saito as soon as the bell rings, and even starts choking Saito with Akitoshi’s own belt! Saito fires back with some brutal kicks, that leave Fujiwara stunned. Saito takes Yoshiaki to the mat, and proceeds to bust him open with some vicious elbow strikes to the head! As blood starts to run down Fujiwara’s face, that seems to fire him up, and he tears into Saito, hitting some devastating headbutts. However, Saito fights back, putting Fujiwara flat on the mat with several kicks. However, as Fujiwara gets to his feet, Saito goes for another kick, and Fujiwara catches his foot! Fujiwara then slaps on a standing Achilles Lock for the submission! Afterwards, Fujiwara offers his hand to Saito, but Akitoshi just kicks his hand away, and hobbles out of the ring. PEGASUS KID defeats TIGER MASK III by pinfall in just under 15 minutes, after a snap suplex and diving headbutt from the top turnbuckle. STAN “THE LARIAT” HANSEN & DANNY SPIVEY beat THE NASTY BOYS: BRIAN KNOBBS & JERRY SAGS. We’re treated to a wild brawl between these two gaijin teams. They spend just as much time brawling on the arena floor as they do inside the ring! In the end, Spivey hits Sags with a Superplex from the top rope for the 1, 2, 3! NJPW VS AJPW BATTLE:
MITSUHARU MISAWA & KENTA KOBASHI (AJPW) defeat “THE DRAGON” TATSUMI FUJINAMI & JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER (NJPW). The feature bout of the show takes place before the four G1 Climax matches, and it’s a great one! Misawa, the ace of All Japan, and the long-time New Japan ace Fujinami match up well, neither man can really get a clear advantage over the other whenever they’re in the ring together. Kobashi and Liger also seem to gel as opponents, and though Kobashi is bigger than Liger, he keeps pace with the IWGP Jr heavyweight champ. In the end, Misawa and Liger are the legal men. Misawa has the upper hand, and hits the Tiger Suplex for a nearfall, then the original Tiger Driver, but again only gets a nearfall. Misawa then stuns Liger with several elbow shots, before picking Jushin up and driving him down on the back of his neck with the Tiger Driver ’91! Liger isn’t getting up from that, and Misawa gets the pinfall for the All Japan team! G1 CLIMAX; FIRST ROUND:AKIRA TAUE (AJPW) beats TAKAYUKI IIZUKA by pinfall after hitting Iizuka with the Nodowa Otoshi. SUPER STRONG MACHINE defeats SHIRO KOSHINAKA after a Lariat and a German Suplex into a bridge for the pinfall. MASAHIRO CHONO beats GENICHIRO TENRYU (AJPW) via submission with the STF. TOSHIAKI KAWADA (AJPW) defeats NORIO HONAGA. Kawada gets a decisive win over Raging Staff’s Norio Honaga. Kawada uses the Stretch Plum to get the submission. Ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka informs the fans that the other half of the first round will take place tomorrow night. On that card, we’ll see: Kengo Kimura meets Hiro Saito! Mitsuharu Misawa squares off with Osamu Nishimura! Keiji Mutoh faces Kensuke Sasaki! Tatsumi Fujinami meets Yoshiaki Fujiwara! |
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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:17:32 GMT
Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanFriday, August 4, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Before the opening bout, ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka says that the remaining four matches in the first round of the G1 Climax will take place today! Plus, Shinjiro Ohtani has asked Seiji Sakaguchi and the New Japan promoters to put him in a 5-match “proving” series against the best junior heavyweights they can find. That series will kick off today, as Ohtani meets the reigning IWGP Jr heavyweight champion Jushin Thunder Liger! RAGING STAFF: TATSUTOSHI GOTO & NORIO HONAGA defeat SATOSHI KOJIMA & MANABU NAKANISHI. The youngsters Kojima and Nakanishi put up a valiant effort, but the experience, and willingness to bend the rules, of Goto and Honaga proves to be too much for them to overcome. In the end, Goto catches Nakanishi with a Backdrop Suplex for the 1, 2, 3! KUNIAKI KOBAYASHI (w/ Shiro Koshinaka) beats KENTA KOBASHI (w/ Jun Akiyama) (AJPW). Despite being a member of the invading All Japan faction, the fans seem to have taken a liking to Kobashi. He’s a scrappy underdog who takes a beating during his matches, but never stops fighting back, and the fans respect that. Kobayashi spent a few years in All Japan in the mid-80s as part of Riki Choshu’s army, but left before Kobashi turned pro. Kobashi gives it his all here, and gives Kobayashi a tough match. In the end, it’s a distraction by Koshinaka at ringside that makes the difference, giving Kobayashi the opportunity to jump Kobashi from behind and deliver the Fisherman Suplex with a bridge for the 1, 2, 3! The fans seemed to be behind Kobashi here moreso than the New Japan regular Kobayashi. Heisei Ishingun have made it very clear in the past that they don’t care about New Japan, and their goal is to take over the promotion, and rid it of fan favourites like Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami! NEW JAPAN SEIKIGUN: HIROSHI HASE & AKIRA NOGAMI & TAKAYUKI IIZUKA defeat HEISEI ISHINGUN: SHIRO KOSHINAKA & MASASHI AOYAGI & AKITOSHI SAITO. Hase and the J-J-Jacks face Koshinaka and the Karatekas Aoyagi and Saito in our next bout. The Seikigun team have the advantage in experience, as Aoyagi and Saito are fairly new to professional wrestling. Hase and Koshinaka put on a clinic, going move for move, hold for hold whenever they’re in the ring together. In the end, It’s Hase that gets the win for the Seikigun team, pinning Saito with a Northern Lights Suplex into a bridge. SHINJIRO OHTANI 5-MATCH PROVING SERIES, MATCH #1:
JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER beat SHINJIRO OHTANI. Ohtani wanted the opportunity to prove himself against the very best junior heavyweights in the world, and they don’t get any better than the reigning IWGP Jr heavyweight champ Liger! Ohtani holds his own, going more than 13 minutes with the champion, but in the end, Liger delivers a Frankensteiner from the top rope for the pinfall victory! Liger offers his hand afterwards, and the two men shake hands as a show of respect. STAN “THE LARIAT” HANSEN & DANNY SPIVEY defeat GENICHIRO TENRYU & TOSHIAKI KAWADA (AJPW). This is a wild one, as Tenryu and Kawada aren’t afraid to stand toe to toe and throw down with anyone! They take the fight to the gaijin team as soon as the bell rings, which seems to catch Hansen and Spivey off-guard. They quickly battle back though, and the next 10 minutes or so see both teams throw everything they’ve got at the other! Kawada gets busted open late in the match, after having his head slammed into the ringpost by Spivey, and as the match progresses, the blood loss takes it’s toll. However, Toshiaki gets his second wind in the final stage of the match, and he and Tenryu go for broke, hitting some big moves and getting several nearfalls. In the end, though, it’s the gaijin team that gets the win, when Hansen nearly takes Kawada’s head off with a Lariat, and covers him for the 1, 2, 3 while Spivey and Tenryu brawl on the arena floor. G1 CLIMAX TOURNAMENT; FIRST ROUND:
KENGO KIMURA beats HIRO SAITO. These two rivals stare each other down before the bell, you can cut the tension with a knife. As soon as the bell sounds, they tear into each other. They don’t let up at all, until Kimura drops Saito with a Powerbomb for the 1, 2, 3! Kimura advances to the quarterfinals of the G1 Climax! MITSUHARU MISAWA (AJPW) beats OSAMU NISHIMURA. The All Japan ace gets the win in about 10 minutes after hitting the Rolling Elbow smash, knocking Nishimura senseless and allowing Misawa to get the pinfall to advance to the quarterfinals! KEIJI MUTOH defeats KENSUKE SASAKI. We get an interesting contrast in styles here, as the technical wrestler Mutoh meets the power wrestler Sasaki. Sasaki dominates the early going, but the IWGP champ eventually battles back. As the match progresses, Mutoh gains the upper hand, and after hitting the handspring elbow into the corner, the champ connects with a Moonsault Press for the 1, 2, 3! “THE DRAGON” TATSUMI FUJINAMI defeats YOSHIAKI FUJIWARA. Two grizzled veterans go at it in our final match of the evening, and the final match of the first round of the G1 Climax. Fujiwara is a shoot-style wrestler, and while Fujinami is more a traditional strong-style wrestler, he shows that he can still go hold for hold with Fujiwara! In the end, Tatsumi catches Fujiwara with the Dragon Suplex for the 1, 2, 3! |
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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:18:31 GMT
Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanSaturday, August 5, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Before the opening bout, ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka says that the quarterfinals of the G1 Climax will start today! Shinjiro Ohtani’s 5-match proving series continues today, as he’ll face Mexican star Negro Casas! Plus, the IWGP championship committee have reached a decision regarding the vacant IWGP tag team titles. Two gaijin teams that have had some absolute wars against each other in recent weeks will meet today, Stan Hansen and Danny Spivey face the Jurassic Powers, Scott Norton and Hercules Hernandez, to crown new champions! JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER beats BLUE DEMON JR. We kick off the card with a fantastic match between the best junior heavyweight wrestler in Japan and one of the top junior heavyweights from Mexico in Blue Demon Jr! Demon shows off the lucha style, which quickly draws the fans in and several of them cheer wildly for Demon. Liger mixes mat wrestling with plenty of high-risk offense. Late in the match, Liger goes on the attack, and hits a Liger Bomb, but Demon kicks out. Liger hits a Frankensteiner and another Liger Bomb, but again Demon kicks out! Liger starts to get frustrated, wondering what he needs to do to put the other man away. Finally, after a brief flurry of offense from Demon, Liger once again takes control. He sets Demon up on the top turnbuckle . . . and hits an AVALANCHE BRAINBUSTER!!!! There’s no kicking out from that, and Liger gets the hard-earned pinfall victory! SHINJIRO OHTANI 5-MATCH PROVING SERIES, MATCH #2:
NEGRO CASAS beat SHINJIRO OHTANI. Here we see another top luchador from Mexico, in Negro Casas. Ohtani, looking to rebound from his loss yesterday to Liger, takes the fight right to Casas to start, and he controls the early going. Casas battles back, and takes control of the match after a dropkick to the knee of Ohtani. After that, Casas targets the knee, looking to ground Ohtani. As the match progresses, Casas wears the youngster down, and eventually gets the pin after rolling Ohtani up with La Casita for the 1, 2, 3! The frustration is clear on the face of Ohtani after the match, he’s now lost the first two matches in this 5-match series, and he’s not happy about it. KENTA KOBASHI (AJPW) & RAGING STAFF: TATSUTOSHI GOTO & HIRO SAITO defeat HEISEI ISHINGUN: SHIRO KOSHINAKA & KUNIAKI KOBAYASHI & MASASHI AOYAGI. Raging Staff seem to have aligned themselves with the outsiders from All Japan Pro Wrestling, as Goto and Saito join forces with Kenta Kobashi for this 6-man tag match. About 10 minutes in, Kobashi picks up the win for his team, hitting Aoyagi with a Moonsault for the 1, 2, 3! THE NASTY BOYS: BRIAN KNOBBS & JERRY SAGS defeat TAKAYUKI IIZUKA & SATOSHI KOJIMA. This is more like a back-alley mugging than a wrestling match, as Knobbs and Sags attack their opponents before the bell and pound them into the mat. The match only lasts about 5 minutes, before Sags hits a diving elbowdrop from the top rope onto Kojima for the 1, 2, 3! YOSHIAKI FUJIWARA beats AKIRA NOGAMI. Nogami puts up a valiant effort, but the rugged veteran Fujiwara is just too much for Nogami to overcome. Fujiwara gets the submission victory in just over 7 minutes with a Cross Kneelock. MATCH FOR THE VACANT IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
THE JURASSIC POWERS: SCOTT NORTON & HERCULES HERNANDEZ defeat STAN “THE LARIAT” HANSEN & DANNY SPIVEY to win the titles. Hansen and Spivey won the previous two matches between these two teams, the first by DQ and then by pinfall in a No DQ rematch. However, Norton and Hernandez manage to get the win here when it really matters, with the vacant titles up for grabs! The match is a wild, bloody slobberknocker from bell to bell! There isn’t much in the way of scientific wrestling, just four big, mean bastards beating the hell out of each other. In the end, Hercules has Norton stunned, but when he runs the ropes, Norton surprises him with a vicious Powerslam out of nowhere for the 1, 2, 3! The Jurassic Powers are the new IWGP tag team champions! G1 CLIMAX TOURNAMENT; QUARTERFINALS:MITSUHARU MISAWA (AJPW) defeats KENGO KIMURA. Kengo is a wily veteran who knows every trick in the book, but that doesn’t help him here, as Misawa wears him down, before hitting the Rolling Elbowsmash, followed up with a Tiger Suplex for the 1, 2, 3! With the win, Misawa advances to the semifinals on tomorrow’s card! MASAHIRO CHONO beats AKIRA TAUE (AJPW). Chono has won the previous two G1 Climax tournaments, and he’s looking to make it three in a row. Taue is as tough as they come, but Chono manages to wear him down, and eventually lock on the STF for the submission victory. With the win, Chono moves on to tomorrow’s semifinals, and is one step closer to a three-peat! “THE DRAGON” TATSUMI FUJINAMI defeats TOSHIAKI KAWADA (AJPW). Kawada has been on a tear since the All Japan wrestlers showed up in NJPW, but unfortunately today he comes up against the long-time ace of the company, in the Dragon! Kawada gives Fujinami all he can handle, but in the end, Fuji locks on the Dragon Sleeper. Kawada doesn’t submit, but passes out in the hold, so the referee calls the match, awarding it to Fujinami! KEIJI MUTOH beats SUPER STRONG MACHINE. Mutoh is at the top of his game here, taking the fight to the masked man, and eventually getting the win with a Moonsault Press for the 1, 2, 3! Tomorrow afternoon, the semifinals will take place, with Mitsuharu Misawa squaring off with Masahiro Chono, and Tatsumi Fujinami taking on the reigning IWGP champion Keiji Mutoh! |
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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:19:23 GMT
Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanSunday, August 6, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Before the opening bout, ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka says that the semifinals of the G1 Climax will take place on today’s show! Mitsuharu Misawa meets Masahiro Chono, and Tatsumi Fujinami faces Keiji Mutoh! Plus, Shinjiro Ohtani’s 5-match proving series continues, with a match against another Mexican legend in Fuerza Guerrera! MASASHI AOYAGI defeats YUJI NAGATA in around 7 minutes after a jumping high kick for the pinfall. AKIRA TAUE (AJPW) beats SATOSHI KOJIMA. Kojima has been improving with each and every match, but unfortunately for him, he just can’t overcome Taue here. The All Japan star gets the win after driving Kojima into the mat with the Nodowa Otoshi. SHINJIRO OHTANI 5-MATCH PROVING SERIES, MATCH #3:
SHINJIRO OHTANI beat FUERZA GUERRERA. Ohtani picks up his first win of this 5-match series here. Guerrera is a veteran, and he uses his experience to control the early going in the match. But Ohtani shows his fighting spirit, as he just won’t stay down, no matter how much punishment he takes. In the end, Ohtani pulls off the surprise victory, as Guerrera sets him up for a suplex, Ohtani instead rolls Fuerza up, catching him completely by surprise, and Ohtani gets the 1, 2, 3! NEGRO CASAS & PEGASUS KID defeat JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER & EL SAMURAI. These two teams put on a great, fast-paced match with plenty of high-flying offense! Casas and Pegasus have no problems with bending the rules, and use that to their advantage. After a tag, both men stay in the ring and double-team their opponent, and whenever there’s a rope break, they don’t let go of their opponent until the very last second. Pegasus is particularly focused on Jushin Liger, and at one point, he even tries to pin Liger using the champion’s own Liger Bomb! That doesn’t sit well with Liger, and he goes after Pegasus, with a flurry of palm strikes that leave Pegasus stunned. Liger and Samurai then control the next several minutes, until the champion is double-teamed by Casas and Pegasus, and that turns the tables. In the end, Pegasus hits a top-rope Superplex on Liger, and pins the champion for the 1, 2, 3! After the decision is announced, Pegasus gets on the house mic and says that he pinned Liger today, and he can do it again! He challenges Liger to put the belt on the line against him on the final day of the tour! Liger agrees, and we’ve got an IWGP Junior Heavyweight title match set for August 8! HAKU & CACTUS JACK defeat THE NASTY BOYS: BRIAN KNOBBS & JERRY SAGS. This is a wild one that sees both team throw the rulebook out the window, and just brawl for the entire match! We see both teams come close to victory, at one point Cactus hits Knobbs with the Double-Arm DDT and covers him, but Sags breaks it up at the last second. A few minutes later, after double-teaming Cactus, Sags hits him with a diving elbowdrop off the top rope, but Haku breaks up that pin attempt at the last second as well! In the end, Cactus and Sags are brawling on the floor, with Cactus delivering the Double-Arm DDT ON THE FLOOR! Inside the ring, the two legal men, Haku and Knobbs, are brawling. Haku connects with a vicious savate kick, and then drives Knobbs into the mat with a Powerbomb for the 1, 2, 3! THE JURASSIC POWERS: SCOTT NORTON & HERCULES HERNANDEZ defeat MASA SAITO & MANABU NAKANISHI. On yesterday’s show, the Jurassic Powers defeated Hansen and Spivey for the vacant IWGP tag titles, but the belts are not on the line here. The gaijin team simply overpower their opponents here, and after about 11 minutes of hard-hitting action, Hercules hits Nakanishi with a thunderous powerslam for the 1, 2, 3! HEISEI ISHINGUN: KENGO KIMURA & SHIRO KOSHINAKA (w/ Masashi Aoyagi) defeat RAGING STAFF: SUPER STRONG MACHINE & HIRO SAITO (w/ Mighty Inoue). Despite both stables being somewhat “anti-NJPW”, they’ve also been at war with each other since late last year. Raging Staff has joined forces with the wrestlers from AJPW, with All Japan’s Mighty Inoue accompanying Raging Staff to the ring. These two teams attack each other before we even get through the ring introductions! Aoyagi and Inoue even get in on the opening brawl, and we’ve got the six men brawling all over the place. Super Strong Machine throws Koshinaka through the ropes and to the floor, and proceeds to suplex him on the floor! Machine then runs Shiro into the ringpost, before throwing him back into the ring. The referee is finally able to restore order, but Koshinaka is already in a bad way, and the next few minutes see Machine and Saito taking turns pummeling him. Koshinaka slowly starts to fight back, he gets some shots off that stun Super Strong Machine, then he lays into the masked man with some vicious kicks. Machine catches Shiro’s foot, but Koshinaka responds with an enziguri, then hits the running hip attack. Koshinaka tags Kimura in, but Machine has recovered, and he attacks Kimura as he’s climbing through the ropes! Machine grabs Kengo’s head, bends him over, and repeatedly drives his knee into Kimura’s face! The next few minutes are all Raging Staff, as they keep Kimura isolated in the ring, and wear him down. Several times, Koshinaka has to come in and make the save as Kimura is covered for a pin, or locked in a submission. Finally, Kimura is able to fight his way to his corner, and tag in Koshinaka. Koshinaka cleans house, hitting a pair of dropkicks, sending both Machine and Saito through the ropes and to the floor. When the Raging Staff members return to the ring, Koshinaka keeps on the attack, wearing Saito down. He hits Saito with the Samurai Driver ’84, but Super Strong Machine breaks that up. Shiro tags Kimura in, then brawls with Super Strong Machine, while Kengo hits Saito with an Inazuma Leg Lariat for the 1, 2, 3! The two teams, and their seconds, continue to brawl after the match, eventually making their way down the aisle and out of sight. G1 CLIMAX TOURNAMENT; SEMIFINALS:KEIJI MUTOH beats “THE DRAGON” TATSUMI FUJINAMI. Our first semifinal match is a clash between the old and new guard here in NJPW. Fujinami has been considered the ace of New Japan for many years, and now Keiji Mutoh is ready to take that spot for himself! These two know each other very well, they were tag team partners early in Mutoh’s career, and Fujinami was the one mainly responsible for training Mutoh. They met in the very first G1 Climax in 1991, with Mutoh getting the upset victory, so we’ll see if history repeats itself today, or if Fujinami can avenge that loss, and prove that he’s still the ace of New Japan! They trade holds and counters to start, with neither man really getting much of an advantage. When Fujinami starts to gain the upper hand, Mutoh quickly rolls to the outside to regroup. Back inside, Mutoh goes after Fuji’s leg, and applies a cross kneelock, but Fujinami reaches the ropes for the break. Mutoh then starts to focus on the arm on the Dragon, taking Fuji down to the mat, and spending the next few minutes working over the arm of Fujinami. Mutoh keeps applying different submission holds on the Dragon’s arm, but Fujinami always manages to either get to the ropes, or find a way out of the hold, which frustrates Mutoh. Fujinami turns the tables, he takes Mutoh over with a snapmare, then goes for the Dragon Sleeper, but Mutoh quickly gets to the ropes. Mutoh goes back to work on Fujinami’s arm, and again goes for a submission, but Fujinami is able to reach the ropes. So far, despite Mutoh controlling most of the match, Fujinami always seems to have an answer for everything, as he’s pretty much seen it all in this sport. The familiarity between the two men comes to light again, when Mutoh whips Fujinami into the corner, and goes for the handspring elbow, but Fuji catches him! He transitions into the Dragon Sleeper, but Mutoh again quickly gets out of it before Fuji can get the hold cinched in. Mutoh heads to the floor to regroup again, but this time Fujinami pulls out something we haven’t seen much from him since his junior heavyweight days, the Dragon Rocket, he runs the ropes and dives between the middle and top ropes, right into Mutoh on the floor! Back inside, Fujinami goes to the top turnbuckle and delivers a kneedrop, then picks Mutoh up and hits him with a vicious backbreaker. Fuji again goes for the Dragon Sleeper, but Mutoh responds with knees to the head, breaking it up. Fuji goes for the Dragon Suplex, but Mutoh slips out of it, and hits a Dragon Suplex of his own for a 2-count! Mutoh then sets the Dragon on the top turnbuckle and hits a top-rope Frankensteiner, again for a VERY close nearfall! Mutoh suplexes Fujinami, and then heads up top. Mutoh goes for the Moonsault . . . but the Dragon gets his knees up! Mutoh is hurt, but he still tries to stay on the offensive. He grabs Fujinami . . . but the Dragon rolls him up in a small package! Mutoh is caught completely off-guard, but manages to kick out at the very last possible second! Fujinami goes for the Dragon Suplex, but Mutoh again slips out of it, then stuns Fuji with several lightning-quick kicks! Mutoh whips Fujinami into the opposite corner, and hits the Space Rolling Elbow! Mutoh follows that up by slamming Fuji to the mat, and heads to the top turnbuckle! Mutoh delivers the Moonsault, and this time, Fujinami doesn’t kick out! Keiji Mutoh has defeated the legend Tatsumi Fujinami, and will move on to the finals tomorrow, to meet either Masahiro Chono or Mitsuharu Misawa! MITSUHARU MISAWA (AJPW) beats MASAHIRO CHONO. Our other semifinal bout features another of the Three Musketeers, Masahiro Chono, taking on the ace of All Japan Pro Wrestling, Mitsuharu Misawa! Chono has won the previous two G1 Climax tournaments, and he’s looking to move to the finals for a shot at a third! Misawa has other ideas though, and immediately targets Chono’s neck, which was injured by Steve Austin in a match last September. Misawa is vicious in his assault on Chono’s neck, but Masahiro withstands this, and slowly starts to make a comeback, targetting Misawa’s leg. At one point, Chono sends Misawa into the corner, and follows him in with a big Lariat. Misawa crumbles to the mat, and Chono slides to the floor, grabs Misawa’s leg, and repeatedly wraps Misawa’s knee around the ringpost! Back inside, Chono continues to work on the knee, then goes for the Figure-4 Leglock. Misawa quickly gets to the ropes to put a stop to that. Chono drags him out to the middle of the ring, and goes for the Figure-4 again, but this time, Misawa grabs his head, and rolls Chono up for a VERY close nearfall! At that point, the match kicks into overdrive, as the two men throw bombs at each other, Misawa hits a Tiger Suplex and Tiger Driver, but both only get two. Chono hits a Yakuza kick, and then another, but can’t put Misawa away. Chono goes back to the leg, and then goes for the STF, but Misawa is close enough to drag himself to the ropes to force a break! Misawa hits a DDT, again focusing on Chono’s neck, and then a jumping Piledriver, but Chono STILL kicks out! Chono goes for another Yakuza kick, but Misawa avoids it, and hits the Rolling Elbow. Misawa then drives Chono down onto the back of his neck with the Tiger Driver ’91, and that’s all she wrote! Misawa covers Chono and gets the 1, 2, 3! Mitsuharu Misawa will face Keiji Mutoh in the G1 Climax final on tomorrow’s show! |
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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:20:03 GMT
Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanMonday, August 7, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Before the opening bout, ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka says that the finals of the G1 Climax will take place today, as Keiji Mutoh squares off with Mitsuharu Misawa! Plus, Plus, Shinjiro Ohtani’s 5-match proving series continues today! Yesterday, Ohtani picked up the win over Fuerza Guerrera from Mexico, today he’ll face Ultimo Dragon! SATOSHI KOJIMA & KENSUKE SASAKI defeat MASA FUCHI & MIGHTY INOUE (AJPW). Our opening bout is a good one, as the veterans from All Japan face the younger team representing NJPW. After about 12 minutes of action, Sasaki hits a Northern Lights Bomb on Mighty Inoue for the 1, 2, 3! HEISEI ISHINGUN: SHIRO KOSHINAKA & MASA SAITO defeat RAGING STAFF: TATSUTOSHI GOTO & HIRO SAITO. This is another heated match between these two warring factions. Saito just pummels his smaller opponents, while Koshinaka relies more on technical wrestling. In the end, Masa Saito hits Goto with a vicious Lariat for the 1, 2, 3! SHINJIRO OHTANI 5-MATCH PROVING SERIES, MATCH #4:
ULTIMO DRAGON (AJPW) beats SHINJIRO OHTANI. Ohtani picked up his first win in this proving series yesterday, beating Fuerza Guerrera. Unfortunately for Shinjiro, he doesn’t fare so well today, as he faces Ultimo Dragon. They start off with a handshake, and then immediately tear into each other! They wrestle a lightning-quick pace, trading holds and counters. A dropkick from Dragon sends Ohtani to the floor, Dragon then launches himself over the top rope, but Ohtani sidesteps him at the last second and Dragon crashes to the floor! Ohtani heads back into the ring, looking for a count-out victory. Dragon makes it back into the ring at the count of 19, and the match continues! The win yesterday seems to have built the confidence in Ohtani, as he’s wrestling a more aggressive style here today. A jumping back kick sends Dragon through the ropes and to the floor again, and Ohtani then jumps off the ring apron with a dropkick! Ohtani gets back into the ring, and then goes for the same dive that Ultimo Dragon missed earlier. Ohtani connects, and then rolls Dragon back into the ring, and hits a missile dropkick off the top turnbuckle! Dragon may have underestimated Ohtani, and he’s paying for it now, as Ohtani keeps the pressure on. However, as Ohtani heads to the top rope again, Dragon is back to his feet, and dropkicks Ohtani to the floor! Dragon hits the Asai Moonsault from the middle rope to Ohtani on the floor! Back inside the ring, Dragon keeps the pressure on, he gets several nearfalls, but Ohtani is always able to kick out. Dragon drops Ohtani on his head with a Tombstone Piledriver, but Ohtani manages to get a shoulder up at the last second! Ohtani recovers, and attempts a bodypress from the top rope, but Dragon dropkicks him in mid-air! Dragon sets Ohtani up on the top turnbuckle, and then delivers a Superplex, but again Ohtani kicks out at the last second! Dragon delivers a sitout Powerbomb, and that finally does it, as Ohtani can’t kick out, and Dragon gets the pinfall victory! The two men shake hands again after the match. Tomorrow, Ohtani will finish up the proving series against Blue Demon Jr. THE NASTY BOYS: BRIAN KNOBBS & JERRY SAGS defeat THE J-J-JACKS: AKIRA NOGAMI & TAKAYUKI IIZUKA. Nogami and Iizuka have really started to gel as a team, but they’ve got a tough test ahead of them today with the Nasty Boys! Knobbs and Sags attack the Jacks as soon as the bell sounds, beating them down to the mat, and then putting the boots to them. The Jacks do manage to get some offense in, but for the most part the match is all Nasty Boys, as they just don’t give Nogami or Iizuka a chance to catch their breath. After about 7 minutes of action, the Nasty Boys get the win when Sags hits a diving elbow drop from the top rope on Nogami for the 1, 2, 3! JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER & BLUE DEMON JR & BLACK CAT defeat NEGRO CASAS & PEGASUS KID & FUERZA GUERRERA. This is a wild match, with the six junior heavyweight stars flying all over the place! The story of the match is the developing rivalry between Liger and Pegasus, who will meet on tomorrow’s tour finale for Liger’s IWGP Jr heavyweight title. After almost 20 minutes of fast-paced, high flying action, Blue Demon Jr locks Fuerza Guerrera in his La Estaca Mortal, and gets the submission victory! SUPER STRONG MACHINE & YOSHIAKI YATSU defeat MASAHIRO CHONO & MANABU NAKANISHI. In yesterday’s G1 Climax semifinal, Chono took a lot of punishment to his neck from Mitsuharu Misawa, and that’s where Machine and Yatsu focus their attacks today. They constantly apply holds that focus on the neck, and hit moves like Piledrivers, to further hurt Chono’s neck. Chono, showing his fighting spirit, continues to fight through the pain, and very nearly comes away with a win for his team when he locks Yatsu in the STF right in the middle of the ring. Nakanishi tries to keep Super Strong Machine from breaking it up, but Machine fights him off, and breaks up the STF. In the end, Super Strong Machine gets the win for his team, when he hits a devastating Lariat on Nakanishi, then delivers a diving headbutt from the top turnbuckle for the pinfall victory! THE JURASSIC POWERS: SCOTT NORTON & HERCULES HERNANDEZ defeat HAKU & CACTUS JACK. Haku and Cactus give Norton and Hercules all they can handle, but in the end, Norton drives Cactus into the mat with a running Powerslam for the 1, 2, 3! G1 CLIMAX FINAL:
MITSUHARU MISAWA (AJPW) defeats KEIJI MUTOH. Mutoh’s strategy is clear right from the beginning, he goes after the knee that Masahiro Chono did so much damage to in the semifinal match yesterday. Misawa is visibly favouring the leg as the match starts, and Mutoh immediately targets it. Mutoh dominates the early going, working on the leg, and keeping Misawa on the mat. Misawa manages to fight back, but with his bad wheel, he can’t keep up Mutoh’s speed, and the reigning IWGP champ looks to be on his way to winning his first G1 Climax! Misawa has other ideas though, and he targets Mutoh’s leg as well, looking to slow his opponent down. Misawa lands the first big blow of the match, when he connects with the Rolling Elbow! Misawa covers Mutoh, and the only thing that saves Mutoh is that he’s close enough to drape his foot over the bottom rope. Misawa looks to take advantage of the stunned Mutoh, and delivers a Tiger Suplex, but Mutoh kicks out. A moment later, Misawa hits the Tiger Driver, but Mutoh again kicks out! Mutoh then turns the tables, blasting Misawa with several lightning-quick kicks, and then with Misawa on the mat, he hits the Flashing Elbowdrop. Mutoh gets a 2-count, and continues to punish Misawa, catching him with the Space Rolling Elbow in the corner, but that only gets a 2-count as well. We’re nearing the 20-minute mark as Mutoh goes for the Moonsault . . . but Misawa gets his knees up! Misawa hits the Tiger Suplex, but Mutoh kicks out. Misawa hits the Tiger Driver, but again just a nearfall! Misawa hits a second Tiger Driver, and again Mutoh kicks out at the last second! Misawa hits his deadly Rolling Elbow again, but Mutoh manages to kick out! Misawa hits a second Rolling Elbow, then hoists Mutoh up and drops him right on his neck and back of the head with the Tiger Driver ’91! This time, Mutoh doesn’t kick out, and Misawa gets the 1, 2, 3! Mitsuharu Misawa has pinned the IWGP champion Keiji Mutoh to win the 1993 G1 Climax tournament! |
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Post by Chitohausen on Sept 11, 2023 19:20:32 GMT
Sanctioned by International Wrestling Grand Prix; Seiji Sakaguchi, president G1 CLIMAX 1993From Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, JapanTuesday, August 8, 1993Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka Referees: Red Shoes Unno, Tiger Hattori and Kyohei Wada Before the opening bout, ring announcer Hidekazu Tanaka says that, on this final day of the G1 Climax tour, the IWGP tag team champs the Jurassic Powers will defend the titles against the team they beat to win them, Stan Hansen and Dan Spivey! We’ll also see Pegasus Kid challenge IWGP Jr heavyweight champion Jushin Thunder Liger for the title! And, two big New Japan vs All Japan matches! First, in our semi main event, Riki Choshu meets Genichiro Tenryu! And then the main event, the legendary Dragon, Tatsumi Fujinami, faces the winner of the G1 Climax tournament, Mitsuharu Misawa! AKITOSHI SAITO (w/ Masashi Aoyagi) defeats OSAMU NISHIMURA. Saito gets the win in about 7 minutes after stunning Nishimura with several knee strikes, then caps it off with a big roundhouse kick for the 1, 2, 3! SHINJIRO OHTANI 5-MATCH PROVING SERIES, MATCH #5:
BLUE DEMON JR beats SHINJIRO OHTANI. Ohtani falls in defeat to the Mexican superstar in the final match of his proving series, but it was by no means an easy win for Demon. Ohtani puts up a valiant effort, but in the end, Demon locks him in the Gori Special for the submission. After the match, Demon offers his hand as a show of respect, and the two men shake hands. THE NASTY BOYS: BRIAN KNOBBS & JERRY SAGS defeat RAGING STAFF: SUPER STRONG MACHINE & HIRO SAITO. This match is short, but wild, as the two teams brawl all over the place! Saito is the smallest participant in the match, but he shows that he’s not afraid to brawl with the bigger Nasty Boys. The end comes when Knobbs whips Sags into Saito in the corner, with Sags then going to the top rope and hitting a diving elbowdrop for the 1, 2, 3! TOSHIAKI KAWADA & KENTA KOBASHI (AJPW) defeat THE J-J-JACKS: AKIRA NOGAMI & TAKAYUKI IIZUKA. The fans are treated to an exciting, action-packed tag team match here, with plenty of offense from both teams. The All Japan team gets the win after Kawada hits the Gamengiri on Iizuka and covers him for the 1, 2, 3! IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER (champion) (2nd defence) defeats PEGASUS KID. Pegasus pinned Liger in a tag team match on August 6, and afterwards, he challenged Liger to a match on this show. Pegasus attacks the ribs of the champion to start, and throughout the match, he keeps going back to the ribs. Liger fights through the pain, and goes on the offensive, but Pegasus turns the tables, again targetting the ribs, and then sends the champion to the floor. Pegasus stuns the crowd when he climbs up to the top rope and hits a DROPKICK ONTO LIGER ON THE FLOOR!!! Pegasus took some damage from the landing too, and both men are slow to get up. Back inside, it’s all Pegasus Kid, with Liger attempting to fight back, but his ribs are really bothering him. Pegasus Kid hits the snap suplex, and heads to the top rope, but instead of the usual diving headbutt, he splashes Liger, landing right on the champion’s midsection, causing even more damage to the ribs! In the end, Pegasus hits several top rope moves, including his diving headbutt, but just can’t put Liger away! Frustration is setting in, and when Pegasus goes to pull Liger back up by his hair, the champion rolls Pegasus up in a small package for the surprise 1, 2, 3! Pegasus is livid, and he throws Liger over the top rope and to the floor after the decision is announced! IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
JURASSIC POWERS: SCOTT NORTON & HERCULES HERNANDEZ (champions) (1st defense) battle STAN HANSEN & DAN SPIVEY to a DOUBLE COUNT-OUT. The two teams brawl in the ring for the first few minutes, then make their way to the floor, and that’s where they’ll stay for the rest of the match! Referee Tiger Hattori counts to 20, and declares the match a double count-out! RIKI CHOSHU beats GENICHIRO TENRYU (AJPW). These two legends bring out the heavy artillery here, as they hit each other with everything they’ve got! The match goes back and forth, and could really go either way, but in the end, Choshu stuns Tenryu with an enziguri, then hits a Lariat. Tenryu manages to kick out at 2, so Choshu hits a second Lariat, but again Tenryu kicks out! The third Lariat does the trick, and Choshu gets the hard-fought victory. MITSUHARU MISAWA (AJPW) beats “THE DRAGON” TATSUMI FUJINAMI. Misawa won the G1 Climax tournament, beating IWGP champion Keiji Mutoh in the finals on yesterday’s show. Today, he picks up a win over one of the best ever in the Dragon! The match is pretty even for the most part, at the end, Fujinami has the upper hand, and goes for the Dragon Suplex, but Misawa slips out of it, and then hits Fuji with a Tiger Suplex and gets the 1, 2, 3! |
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