It is down to just two superstars in A Block. It will either be Kota Ibushi or IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada who will be moving on to the finals of the G1 Climax tournament.
Following the action of night 15, all of the other A Block participants have been eliminated from the tournament.
Kota Ibushi was victorious over the Most Electrifying Wrestling in sports entertainment today, Zach Sabre Jr. Ibushi persevered all of Sabre’s stunning, dazzling and action-packed submission moves by just kneeing him in the face twice to win the match.
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We get the feeling that Evil ain’t taking any more of Okada’s crap. Photo: NJPW.
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With Evil already eliminated due to Ibushi’s win, Okada was looking to move ahead of the Golden Star in points. It wasn’t an easy task though. Evil stopped a Spinning Rainmaker with a head butt to the heart and a running clothesline off the ropes. Okada kicked out of the attempted pin. Okada’s shotgun drop kick sent Evil sailing across the ring. A Spinning Rainmaker and a Rainmaker pinned Evil.
In other tournament matches:
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Kenta works over Ospreay. Photo: NJPW.
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Sanada versus Lance Archer
Sanada scored the win with a sneaky roll-up on Archer.
Winner: Sanada.
Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Bad Luck Fale
Fale is just too much muscle for Tanahashi tonight. He upsets Tanahashi with a roll-up of all moves.
Winner: Bad Luck Fale.
Will Ospreay Versus Kenta
Ospreay obliterates Kenta with one of the most devastating Hidden Blades and Storm Breakers we have ever seen.
Winner: Will Ospreay.
In other matches:
Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji and Toru Yano. Kanemaru made Uemura submit.
Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) beat Shota Umino and Jon Moxley. Yoshi-Hashi made Umino submit to the Butterfly Lock.
Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma and Juice Robinson. Owens pinned Henare with the Package Piledriver.
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Ren Narita, Jeff Cobb and Tomohiro Ishii. Bushi pinned Narita with MX. Ishii and Shingo, Cobb and Naito brawled with Naito punishing Cobb’s knee.