NJPW G1 Climax 26 Night 5 Results (7/25): Okada Vs. Goto, Tanahashi Vs. Tonga, Tenzan Vs. Marufuji

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING G1 CLIMAX 26

7/25/2016- FUKUSHIMA/BIG PALETTE FUKUSHIMA,JAPAN

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This is the fifth of 19 overall G1 events. This is the third slate of A block tournament matches.

THE UNDERCARD

YOSHI-HASHI DEFEATED DAVID FINLAY

Fairly short match here. Yoshi-Hashi is a crowd favorite while the very young David Finlay is still trying to find himself as a wrestler in Japan. Yoshi-Hashi wins here with his butterfly submission lock.

KATSUYORI SHIBATA, YUJI NAGATA, SATOSHI KOJIMA, JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER & MANABU NAKANISHI DEFEATED MICHAEL ELGIN, KUSHIDA, TIGER MASK, JUICE ROBINSON & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI

10 man tag comprised mostly of B block participants. Kojima got the win for his team by pinning Juice Robinson, The former CJ Parker with a lariat. Staredown between Elgin and Shibata to set up their next B block match up on wednesday.

KENNY OMEGA & YUJIRO TAKAHASHI DEFEATED TOMOAKI HONMA & CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN

The bullet club here gets the win over a popular yet strange duo in Honma and The Captain. Comedy style match as to be expected here involving the Captain, Omega and company. Who else would go down with the ship but The Captain after he is pinned here after Yujiro hit him with a modified DDT.

TETSUYA NAITO, EVIL & BUSHI DEFEATED GEDO, KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA & TORU YANO

Back to back heel faction victories on the undercard. Los Ingobernables is very over with the crowd and is neck and neck with The Bullet Club if not ahead as top heel faction in New Japan. A lot of heelish tactics in this one that got over with the crowd. Testsuya Naito acted liked he didn’t care to even be in this match. Staying away from the ring for awhile before finally getting involved. Bushi gets the victory here by hitting the MX on Gedo. Post match saw LIJ attack their fallen opponents and specific focus was put on EVIL’s attack on Nakajima of whom he will be facing on 7/27 at the next set of B block matches.

G1 …

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