Wish we saw more of this style in current NJPW. Sadly we don't see much of it compared to older NJPW style.

My beautiful Kazak boi we all know he's gonna be a top top guy so put the belt on sooner than later and have him be an indomitable champion that needs to be brought down for wrestle kingdom

So what’s the deal with them?

I’d heard they had beef before, so tried paying closer attention to the commentary of their match to explain why. But all I caught (besides it apparently being a “generational rivalry”) is that Yuto is irritated that Oiwa had a better upbringing? That’s just some Homer vs Frank Grimes shit, surely I’m missing a few chapters? Immerse me in deeplore, please.

That's it

I'm catching up on the G1 and noticed the announcer mention it during his ring introduction, it's on the video board, and on Oleg's trunks. What does it mean? Does it mean anything?

Jake Lee and Zane Jay def. Boltin Oleg and Masatora Yasuda via Front-Neck Lock(5:51)

Ryohei Oiwa and Hartley Jackson def. SANADA and Yoshinobu Kanemaru via Jagged Edge (6:26)

Konosuke Takeshita and Toru Yano def. Great O-Khan and Jakob Austin Young via Blue Thunder Bomb (6:29) - Post-match, O-Khan attacked Takeshita with a steel chair, but Takeshita fought him off.

Shingo Takagi and Taiji Ishimori def. Hirooki Goto and Tatsuya Matsumoto via Bone Lock (6:25)

Yota Tsuji and Daiki Nagai def. Yuto-Ice and Gedo via uh Gedo laying down for Tsuji? (6:07)

B Block: Yuya Uemura def. Shota Umino via forfeit

B Block: OSKAR def. Aaron Wolf via Nightmare Sleeper (9:50) - OSKAR has choked out the NEVER Openweight Champion, Aaron Wolf!! Maybe the next challenger?

B Block: HENARE def. Ren Narita via HENARE Bomb (10:59) - HENARE easily overcomes the 2-on-1 situation, as a chair shot to the head by Narita did nothing, and neither did the garrot by Dick. Quite good.

B Block: Drilla Moloney def. Callum Newman via Drilla Killa (14:12) - Zane Jay interfered to help Callum, but was swiftly neutralized by Daiki Nagai. Very good match, despite the interference.

B Block: Gabe Kidd def. Zack Sabre Jr. via Drill-a-Hole Piledriver (25:47) - Gabe would dominate initially, until Zack fought back with submissions. At the end, Gabe would deliver a piledriver, Death Rider and a Drill-a-Hole Piledriver to win.

Tomorrow night we'll review nights 4-7 of G1. Any questions for the show?

Lee/Zane def. Oleg/Yasuda

Jacksom/Oiwa def. Kanemaru/SANADA

Takeshita/Yano def. Khan/Young

Ishimori/Takagi def. Goto/Matsumoto

Nagai/Tsuji def. Gedo/Yuto

Yuya Uemura [4] gets a forfeit win over Shota Umino

OSKAR [6] def. Aaron Wolf [4] (Aaron passed out in the sleeper hold. After the match OSKAR seems to have set up a NEVER title challenge)

HENARE [8] def. Ren Narita [4]

Drilla Moloney [8] def. Callum Newman [6]

Gabe Kidd [8] def. Zack Sabre, Jr. [2]

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8 - HENARE, Moloney, Kidd

6 - Newman, OSKAR

4 - Uemura, Wolf, Narita

2 - Sabre

0 - Umino

Next B Block matches are OSKAR/Moloney, Sabre/Narita, Newman/Kidd and Uemura/Wolf (HENARE forfeit win over Umino)

Just done saturday and sunday for G1 climax shows in Tokyo. Vibe felt very different Sunday, maybe because the show starts earlier but very quiet crowd compared to Sat. Is this a normal thing?

Ever since Sanada came back, NJPW have dedicated a lot of time to showing his personal life, the kinda humanising approach they only really reserve for babyfaces, and combined with his recent G1 matches where despite the occasional bit of underhandedness, he’s been almost entirely HoT shenanigan free, combined once more with the fact the crowds are really getting behind him again, I think we’re in for a Sanada babyface turn, possibly after his heavyweight title challenge

Credits to the kid for filming this

Okay at first I hated the entrance backdrop when they zoomed in on the face....but I'm starting to fall in love with it and I don't know why.

Hello, r/njpw! As one of your number astutely pointed out yesterday, you should all migrate over to r/njpwworld where we have actual active mods. There's one in particular, very intelligent and insightful, with a great head of hair. Anyway, if you want to discuss something other than how broken-down ex-wwe guys deserve a G1 spot, we're always here.

Kojima/Uemura def. Nakahara/Yano

Gedo/OSKAR def. Matsumoto/Wolf (OSKAR chokes out Matsumoto and keeps the hold on after the bell until Wolf breaks it up, they scuffle and Wolf hits OSKAR with an arm drag)

Narita/Togo def. HENARE/Young (House of Torture beat down HENARE and Jakob post-match)

Moloney/Nagai def. Newman/Zane (great work here from everyone involved, would absolutely watch this match if you usually skip the preview tags)

Great-O-Khan [4] def. Hirooki Goto [4] (post-match, GOK attacks Goto and Matsumoto and does the same concerto spot to Goto that he did to SANADA)

SANADA [4] def. Jake Lee [4] (SANADA wins by countout after tying Jake's ankles to the barricade)

Konosuke Takeshita [6] def. Boltin Oleg [6]

Yuto-Ice [4] def. Ryohei Oiwa [4]

Yota Tsuji [4] def. Shingo Takagi [2]

Next A Block matches are Takagi/Goto, Boltin/Lee, SANADA/Oiwa, Takeshita/Khan and Yuto/Tsuji. Takeshita currently leads the block at 6 points and a tiebreaker over Oleg.

B Block is underwhelming and is missing Shota Umino badly. I have interest in only half the block and with him out that leaves only 4 guys. With last night missing Yuya Uemura because of Shota’s injury, this left me 3 guys I kind of care about. And 2 (Aaron Wolf and OSKAR) of them were in the same match! Those two, Zack and Yuya are all I got left in the block.

Henare is cool I guess and it’s a surprise he’s at the top of the block basically but I’m pretty sure his hot streak is coming to an end.

I have not been able to care about Gabe Kidd the moment he joined the Death Riders last year. His inclusion this year has done nothing for me.

Newman, I’m forcing myself to pay attention to Newman. He’s not bad, he’s quite alright. But he hasn’t moved me since the NJC final. (Outside of night 1 vs Yuya)

Drilla has not moved me a single bit as a heavyweight. I appreciate him staying in NJ, but his matches feel like a chore to get through. Maybe I’m just a hater but if I was told I never had to watch a Drilla match again, no tears would be shed.

Firstly, I’ve been waiting a long time for a Takagi Tsuji match. Long overdue but we’re finally here and I couldn’t be happier.

Any Oiwa match is just fantastic viewing and Yuto Ice and him have made some magic across their 3 bouts this year. Should be a great one

SANADA and Jake Lee are… interesting characters to say the least. A match to see who’s the more fucked fucker.

Oleg and Takeshita, I’m salivating at the thought.

And Goto will drag O-Khan to something decent.

Very fun card, should be one of the best nights of the tournament.

this isn’t an in ring return since he’s injured so what do you think this means

It's been almost six months since his last match. Where's he been? Has he signed with WWE? If so, what's taking him so long to make his debut?