G1 Climax Preview and Results Prior to the final night.

July 18-Aug 14 is the G1 Climax tournament. For the aforementioned dates, 20 wrestlers will compete in a series of matches against everyone in their block. For every win, you get points, for a tie you get points, and no points for a loss. After everyone in the block has faced each other once, whomever has the best record in the block advances to the finals. When dealing with tiebreakers, you start with head to head matchups, followed by records against common opponents.

Block A
Hiroshi Tanahashi(New Japan's answer to John Cena)
Toni Makabe(The unchained Gorilla and former IWGP heavyweight Champion)
Hirooki Goto (newest member of CHAOS and reputation for choking in the big matches)
Bad Luck Fale (Bullet Club's hitman and former IWGP Intercontinental ChampioN)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Originally this spot was for TenCozy teammate Satoshi Kojima, but Kojima gave up his spot for Tenzan since he is now a holder of the NEVER Openweight 6 man championship. Tenzan is a multi-time Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion, as well as a multiple time G1 Climax winner)
Tama Tonga(Bullet Club's rebel and former IWGP Tag Team Champion)
Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS's stone pitbull and multiple time NEVER Openweight Champion)
Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS's leader and current IWGP Heavyweight Champion)
Seiya Sanada(Former Ace of Keiji Mutton's Wrestle-1 promotion, and current hitman for Los Ingovernables De Japon)
Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NoAH's Ace)

Matchups I'm most looking forward to
Tanahashi vs. Marufuji(New Japan's Ace vs. Pro Wrestling NoAH's Ace)
Goto vs. Okada(Rematch from The New Beginning in Osaka)
Okada vs. Marufuji
Sanada vs. Okada
Sanada vs. Tanahashi
Sanada vs. Marufuji
Ishii vs Tenzan
Ishii vs Makabe
Ishii vs. Goto



Block B
Yuji Nagata (Blue Justice, Former IWGP Heavyweight Champion)
Katsuyori Shibata (Current NEVER Openweight Champion)
Michael Elgin (Current IWGP Intercontinental Champion)
Tetsuya Naito (Former NEVER Openweight, IWGP Jr, Heavyweight, Jr Tag, and Hvy Tag Team Champion, Leader of Los Ingovernables de Japon)
EVIL(Right hand man of Naito)
Tomoaki Homna (Headbutt Enthusiast, and former IWGP Tag team Champion....worst W-L record ever)
Toru Yano(Weird Funny Guy)
YOSHI-HASHI (Protege of Okada)
Kenny Omega(Leader of the Bullet Club)
Katsuhiko Nakajima (Top Heavyweight from Pro Wrestling NoAH)

Matchups I'm most looking forward to
Nagata vs. Shibata (rematch)
Elgin vs Shibata
Shibata vs. Naito
Omega vs. Shibata
Omega vs. Elgin
Omega vs. Naito
Nakajima vs Nagata
Nakajima vs. Naito
Nakajima vs. Shibata

Predictions
Block A
Tanahashi(1)
Makabe(8)
Goto(9)
Fale(7)
Tenzan(5)
Tonga (10)
Ishii (6)
Okada (2)
Sanada (4)
Marufuji(3)

Block B
Nagata(6)
Shibata(4)
Elgin(5)
Naito(2)
EVIL(10)
Homna(9)
Yano(8)
HASHI(7)
Omega(1)
Nakajima(3)

Finals: Kenny Omega defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the G1 Climax


NIGHT 1 Results:
Non Tournament

Lyger, Shibata, Nakanishi, Tiger Mask over Captain New Japan, KUSHIDA, Taguchi, Homna

Nakajima and Yano over Robinson and Kojima

OMEGA and Yujiro over Gedo and HASHI

BUSHI, EVIL, Naito over Finlay, Elgin, and Nagata

Tournament Results:

Tenzan (2) over Ishii
Makabe (2) over Tonga
Goto (2) over Fale
Sanada (2) over Tanahashi (UPSET!)
Marufuji(2) over Okada (UPSET!)

NIGHT 2 Results:
Kojima/Nakanishi/Tenzan over Robinson/Finlay/Captain
Marufuji/Ishii/Goto over Fale/Tonga/Yujiro
Tanahashi/KUSHIDA/Taguchi over Makabe/Lyger/Tiger Mask
SANADA/BUSHI over Okada/Gedo

Tournament Results:
Nakajima (2) over Yano
HASHI (2) over Omega (UPSET!)
EVIL(2) over Elgin (UPSET!)
Nagata(2) over Naito (UPSET!!!!!!!!!!)
Honma (2) over Shibata (DEAR GOD UPSETS EVERYWHERE!)

NIGHT 3 RESULTS
Lyger/Nakanishi/Kojima/Mask over Captain/Finlay/Juice/KUSHIDA
Nakajima/HASHI over Shibata/Honma
Omega/Yujiro over Gedo/Yano
BUSHI/EVIL/Naito over Elgin/Taguchi/Nagata

Tournament Results:
Fale (2) over Marufuji (2)
Goto (4) Over Ishii (0)
Okada(2) over Sanada (2)
Tenzan (4) over Tonga (0)
Makabe (4) over Tanahashi (0)

NIGHT 4 Results
Robinson over Finlay
Makabe/Taguchi Over SANADA/BUSHI
Fale/Tonga/Yujiro Over Tanahashi/KUSHIDA/Captain
Okada/Marufuji/Goto/Gedo/Ishii Over Tenzan/Kojima/Nakanishi/Lyger/Mask

Tournament Results:
Honma (4) Over HASHI (2)
Nagata (4) Over EVIL (2)
Omega (2) over Yano (2)
Shibata (2) Over Nakajima (2)
Naito (2) over Elgin (0)

NIGHT 5 Results
Hashi over Finlay
Lyger, Nakanishi, Kojima, Nagata, Shibata over Mask, Taguchi, Robinson, KUSHIDA, and Elgin
Yujiro/Omega over Honma/Captain
BUSHI/EVIL/Naito over Nakajima/Gedo/Yano

Ishii (2) over Fale(2)
Makabe (6) over SANADA(2)
Marufuji (4) over Tenzan (4)
Tonga(2) over Tanahashi (UPSET!!!!!!!!)
OKADA (4) over Goto (4)

NIGHT 6 Results

- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi over Togi Makabe, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. 
- Hirooki Goto & Naomichi Marufuji over SANADA & BUSHI
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi over Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Captain New Japan
- Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi over Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo 
B BLOCK : Katsuhiko Nakajima(4) over EVIL(2)
B BLOCK : Kenny Omega (4) over Honma (4)
B BLOCK : Yuji Nagata(6) Over YOSHI-HASHI(2)
B BLOCK : Michael Elgin (2) over Katsuyori Shibata (2)
B BLOCK : Tetsuya Naito(4) over Toru Yano(2)

NIGHT 7

- Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV over Ryusuke Taguchi & David Finlay
- Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi over Michael Elgin & Captain New Japan 
- Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & BUSHI over Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson 

A BLOCK : Togi Makabe(8) over Hiroyoshi Tenzan(4)
A BLOCK : Kazuchika Okada(6) over Tama Tonga(2)
A BLOCK : Hiroshi Tanahashi(2) Over Bad Luck Fale(2)
A BLOCK : Sanada (4) over Goto (4)
A BLOCK : Tomohiro Ishii (4) overNaomichi Marufuji(4)

NIGHT 8

- Ryusuke Taguchi Over David Finlay
-  Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi Over Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan 
- SANADA and BUSHI over KUSHIDA and Juice Robinson
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV Over Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji

B BLOCK : YOSHI-HASHI(4) Over EVIL(2)
B BLOCK : Yano (4) over Honma (4)
B BLOCK : Nakajima(6) over Nagata(6)
B BLOCK : Katsuyori Shibata(4) Over Tetsuya Naito(4)
B BLOCK : Michael Elgin(4) Over Kenny Omega(4)

NIGHT 9

- Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask IV Over Michael Elgin & David Finlay
- Katsuyori Shibata, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger Over Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi Over Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan  
-  Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & BUSHI OverTomoaki Honma, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson 

A BLOCK : Fale (4) over Sanada (4)
A BLOCK : Tonga(4) over Ishii (4)
A BLOCK : Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuchika Okada
A BLOCK : Marufuji Over Makabe
A BLOCK : Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto

Block A Rankings after Halfway Point
(8)Togi Makabe-8 Points (Tanahashi, Tenzan, Sanada, Tonga)
(2)IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada-8 Points (Goto, SANADA, Tonga, Tenzan)
(3)GHC Tag Team Champion Naomichi Marufuji- 6 Points (Okada, Tenzan, Makabe)
(5)Hiroyoshi Tenzan-4 Points (Ishii, Tonga)
(6)Tomohiro Ishii-4 Points(Fale, Marufuji)
(10)Tama Tonga-4 Points (Tanahashi, Ishii)
(4)Seiya SANADA-4 Points (Goto, Tanahashi)
(1)Hiroshi Tanahashi-4 Points (Fale, Goto)
(9)Hirooki Goto-4 points (Fale, Ishii)
(7)Bad Luck Fale-4 Points (Marufuji, Sanada)

(parenthesis were my original predictions for the final results.) 

Tanahashi being in the same point value as Tonga is surprising. Marufuji in striking distance is fantastic. Makabe being in the lead is baffling to say the least. How he deserved wins over both Tanahashi and Sanada is beyond me.

NIGHT 10

- Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay Over Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Captain New Japan
-  Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi Over Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi 
- Hirooki Goto & Naomichi Marufuji Over SANADA & BUSHI
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & KUSHIDA Over Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo 

B BLOCK : Kenny Omega(6) over. EVIL (2)
B BLOCK : Yano (4) over Shibata (4) (WTF??????)
B BLOCK : Elgin (6) over Nagata (6)
B BLOCK : Naito(6) over Honma(4)
B BLOCK : HASHI (6) over Nakajima (6)

Block B Rankings at Halfway mark

(2)Tetsuya Naito-6 Points (Elgin, Yano, Honma)
(5)Michael Elgin-6 Points (Omega, Shibata, Nagata)
(3)Katsuhiko Nakajima-6 Points (Nagata, EVIL, YANO)
(6)Yuji Nagata-6 Points (EVIL, Naito, YOSHI-HASHI)
(7)YOSHI-HASHI-6 Points (Omega, EVIL, Nakajima)
(1)Kenny Omega-6 Points (Honma, Yano, EVIL)
(8)GHC Tag Team Champion Toru Yano-4 Points (Honma, Shibata)
(9)Tomoaki Honma-4 Points (Shibata, YOSHI-HASHI)
(4)Katsuyori Shibata-4 Points (Naito, Nakajima)
(10)EVIL-2 Points (Elgin)

So....first off, HOW THE HELL DID SHIBATA LOSE TO YANO!?!?!??! With that loss, Shibata is in 9th technically due to direct losses to both Honma and Yano). After that there's a cluster of people at 6 points in the much more open B Block. 

NIGHT 11

- Lyger and Mask def. Finlay and Taguchi
- Yuji Nagata, Michael Elgin, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi Over Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Omega and Yujiro def. Shibata and Captain New Japan (Because CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN SUCKS)
- Naito, EVIL, BUSHI over Robinson, KUSHIDA, and Honma

A BLOCK : Naomichi Marufuji(8) Over SANADA(4)
A BLOCK : Hirooki Goto(6) Over Tama Tonga(4)
A BLOCK : Fale(6) over Tenzan(4)
A BLOCK : Okada (10) over Makabe (8)
A BLOCK : Hiroshi Tanahashi(6) Over Tomohiro Ishii(4)

Updated Standings: 1)Okada-10, 2-3)Marufuji-8, Makabe-8, 4-6)Tanahashi-6, Goto-6, Fale-6, 7-10) Ishii, SANADA, Tonga, Tenzan-4
Due to Okada's victory over Makabe clinching 10 points, the following wrestlers have been eliminated from the A Block: Seiya Sanada, Tama Tonga, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan.

NIGHT 12

- Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay Over Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Captain New Japan
- Fale, Tonga, and Yujiro def. Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & KUSHIDA Over Hirooki Goto, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji
- Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii Over SANADA & BUSHI

B BLOCK : Yano(6) Over Nagata(6)
B BLOCK : EVIL(4) over Honma (4)
B BLOCK : Naito (8) over Nakajima (8)
B BLOCK : Shibata (6) over Omega (6)
B BLOCK : Elgin(8) over HASHI(6)

Updated Standings: 1-2)Naito & Elgin-8, 3-8)HASHI&Nakajima&Shibata&Omega&Yano&Nagata-6, 9-10)EVIL & Honma-4

NIGHT 13

- Lyger and Mask over Taguchi and Captain, Because Captain Sucks.
- Naito, EVIL, and BUSHI over Satoshi Kojima, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson
- Yujiro and Omega  over Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
- Yano, HASHI, Gedo, and Nakajima over Michael Elgin, Katsuyori Shibata, Tomoaki Honma & David Finlay 

A BLOCK : Tonga (6) over SANADA (4)
A BLOCK : Goto (8) over Tenzan (4)
A BLOCK : Fale (8) over Makabe (8)
A BLOCK : Ishii(6) Over Okada(10)
A BLOCK : Hiroshi Tanahashi(8) Over Naomichi Marufuji(8)

Updated Standings(2 nights to go):1)Okada (10), 2-6)Makabe, Tanahashi, Marufuji, Fale, Goto-8, 7-8)Ishii, Tonga-6. Eliminated:Sanada, Tenzan

NIGHT 14

-  Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Captain New Japan Over? KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & David Finlay (Uh....Captain's team wins?)
- Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto Over SANADA & BUSHI
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Juice Robinson Over Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
- Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi Over Kazuchika Okada, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji 

B BLOCK : Yano(8) over Elgin(8).....WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!??!?!
B BLOCK : Omega (8) over Nagata (6)
B BLOCK : Katsuyori Shibata(8) Over YOSHI-HASHI(6)
B BLOCK : Katsuhiko Nakajima(8) Over  Tomoaki Honma(4)
B BLOCK : Tetsuya Naito(10) over EVIL (4)
With Naito's victory over EVIL and Nakajima's Victory over Honma, EVIL and Tomoaki Honma are now eliminated from the B Block.

Updated Standings: 1)Tetsuya Naito (10), 2-6) Elgin, Shibata, Yano, Nakajima, Omega(8), 7-8)Nagata, Hashi (6), Eliminated: EVIL, Tomoaki Honma

NIGHT 15

- Katsuhiko Nakajima Over David Finlay
- Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi Over Satoshi Kojima & Captain New Japan 
- Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & BUSHI Over Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo  
- Katsuyori Shibata, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Juice Robinson Over Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma, Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV

A BLOCK : Naomichi Marufuji(10) Over Tama Tonga(6)
A BLOCK : Hiroshi Tanahashi(10) Over Hiroyoshi Tenzan(4)
A BLOCK : Fale (10) over Okada (10)
A BLOCK : Goto (10) over Makabe(8)
A BLOCK : SANADA (6) over Ishii (6)
With Marufuji's victory over Tonga , SANADA's victory over Ishii, and Goto's victory over Makabe, the following wrestlers have been eliminated: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Seiya Sanada, Tama Tonga, Tomohiro Ishii, and Togi Makabe.  

NIGHT 16

- Ryusuke Taguchi Over David Finlay
-  Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi Over Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Juice Robinson
- SANADA & BUSHI Over Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan 
- Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji Over Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, KUSHIDA, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV 

B BLOCK : Evil (6) over Yano (8)
B BLOCK : Naito (12) over HASHI(6)
B BLOCK : Omega (10) over Nakajima (8)
B BLOCK : Katsuyori Shibata(10) over Yuji Nagata(6)
B BLOCK : Elgin (10) over Honma (4)

With EVIL's, Naito's, Shibata's, and Omega's victories, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Yuji Nagata have been eliminated.

Remaining Rankings.
10)Tomoaki Honma
9)EVIL
8)YOSHI HASHI
7)Yuji Nagata
6)Toru Yano
5)Katsuhiko Nakajima

Remaining wrestlers alive:
1)Tetsuya Naito (12 Points)
2)Michael Elgin (10)
3)Kenny Omega (10)
4)Katsuyori Shibata (10)

And with that, I'll have the final two league nights and the G1 Climax Final results in the next blog. After that will be the Super J Cup Final Results. 

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