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January 6, 2022January 8, 2022

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 [Night 2 Review]: Reign Maker.

Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Gedo, Jado & Bad Luck Fale - 1.75/5 - As bad as you would imagine. Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - 2.5/5 - This was a neat way to get Master Wato over and make him the …

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January 4, 2022

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 [Night 1 Review]: Return of The Wrestler.

Pre-Show Rambo – 2/5 – The usual/usual far worse version of the Royal Rumble silliness, but some cool surprises, including Stronghearts’ CIMA and the legend Tatsumi Fujinami. Sho vs. Yoh – 2.5-2.75/5 – This feud only gets 12-minutes? What is this, WWE? 😃 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Kenta, El …

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August 11, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [A & B Block Finals]: Golden Ticket.

DAY SEVENTEEN - A BLOCK FINAL – Lance Archer v EVIL - Archer has had a very very good G1 and this was a huge win over EVIL, who just took Okada to the near distance just a couple nights ago. Perhaps that was the story. A chokeslam reversal of EIE, an F5 and the …

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August 8, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Fifteen & Sixteen Review]: Made In Japan.

DAY FIFTEEN - A BLOCK – SANADA v Lance Archer - A good match between two hungry guys, one who has shocked the world and had himself a tournament, and another, who's had a fine, albeit disappointing G1 (compared to 2018), but shocked the world with a win over the tournament favorite and IWGP champ …

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August 1, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Eleven & Twelve Review]: CHAOS From The Top Down.

DAY ELEVEN - A BLOCK – Kota Ibushi v Bad Luck Fale - Kota Ibushi in a *1/4 match. Nuff said. - 1.25/5 – Zack Sabre Jr. v Will Ospreay - As great as you'd imagine. Two of the, if not the two best, British wrestlers in the world go full out for 20-minutes. From …

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July 28, 2019July 28, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Nine & Ten Review]: Trankillo.

DAY NINE - A BLOCK – Kota Ibushi v Lance Archer - I'm happy that Archer's vast improvement is getting recognized in the thick of Moxley and KENTA's WWE-to-NJPW excellence. Big Lance has been great. This opener was no exception, with some of the most serious knee strikes you'll ever see (sorry, Omega!). One knee …

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July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Seven & Eight Review]: Starmakers.

DAY SEVEN - A BLOCK – Zack Sabre Jr. v Bad Luck Fale - I'll take a 6-minute count-out loss for Fale! - 2.75/5 – Hiroshi Tanahashi v Lance Archer - A really good match that felt more like an appetizer for the two than anything truly epic. But the story was great and Archer …

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July 20, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Five & Six Review]: Who Let The Dogs Out?

I'm at Comic-Con, marks, so some of these are coming in a little late (hell, I'm watching this morning's Day Seven event as we speak!). But you can thank the lovely cardio room at San Diego's Grand Hyatt hotel for my early morning, post-convention G1 viewing pleasure during this otherwise wild nerd-out weekend. Here's my …

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