Night Two of the G1 Climax Tournament took a comedic turn as Yano Toru unleashed his “sneaky style” on an unsuspecting Hirooki Goto in their match.
Yano came out with some sort of official mascot. Not sure who they were, sorry.
Yano almost pins Goto in the first few seconds. The fight goes to the floor where Yano misses with a turnbuckle pad and is thrown into the ringside barricade. Yano heaves Goto into the barricades, rolls him under the ring along with the mascot to block him in.
Yano then disappears under the ring as well. The official begins his count. At the count of 16, Yano pops out from under the ring to beat the count. Goto emerges with the mascot’s head on his head. Unable to see, Goto bumbles around the ringside area stumbling into steel posts and rails.
Goto has trouble navigating the match. Courtesy: NJPW.
Goto finally ditches the costume rolling back into the ring to beat the count. Goto charges at Yano. Yano ducks out of the way and Goto hits the exposed turnbuckle for a two count. Goto battles back with a clothesline off the ropes, a flying leg lariat and a bulldog for a two count. Goto gets slung into the exposed buckle again damaging his back. Yano attempts to punch Goto in the “lower abdomen”. Goto blocks it.
Goto blocks Yano. Courtesy: NJPW.
Goto traps Yano’s arms and head butts him again and again and again. A GTR pins Yano as Goto scores two points.
G1 Climax 33 – Standings
Block A
Block B
Block C
Block D
G1 Climax 33 – Night Two Results
Tomohiro Ishii versus David Finlay – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Finlay escapes Ishii’s Brainbuster to pin him with Oblivion.
Winner: David Finlay
Hirooki Goto versus Toru Yano – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Winner: Hirooki Goto
Mikey Nicholls versus Aaron Henare – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Henare looks a little different now. Courtesy: NJPW.
Aaron Henare is sporting a new look. He has shaved his head and has tattooed his face. Henare and Nicholls start head butting each other. Nicholls ends up busted open.
Mikey Nicholls wears the wounds of battle. Courtesy: NJPW.
Nicholls pins Henare with his new Master Blaster Driver dropping Henare right on his head in a scary moment. Medical officials do check on Henare helping him to the back.
Winner: Mikey Nicholls
Shane Haste versus Alex Coughlin – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Coughlin takes a header. Courtesy: NJPW.
Coughlin starts throwing chairs into the ring then slams Haste’s head into the timekeeper’s table. Coughlin snatches his tag team title belt to whack Haste upside the head. The official interferes. Haste gives Coughlin a German Suplex on the steel chairs he himself brought into the ring. Haste pins Coughlin with his uranage slam.
Winner: Shane Haste
Eddie Kingston versus Shingo Takagi – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
After a knockdown, drag-out fight Kingston pins Henare with a back-fist and a Northern Lights Bomb.
Winner: Eddie Kingston
Zack Sabre Jr. versus Hiroshi Tanahashi – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Hiroshi has Sabre Jr. in an arm lock but Sabre rolls him over for a pin.
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr.
Tama Tonga versus Evil – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
It doesn’t take long for the match to go to the floor. Tonga slams Evil’s head against the ring apron over and over. Evil suplexes Tonga on the rampway. Evil takes Tonga through the crowd slamming and throwing him threw chairs. With the official out, Dick Togo and Evil give Tonga a Magic Killer. Tonga kicks out at one. Tonga gets whipped into an exposed turnbuckle. He battles back though dropping Togo with a Gun Stun. Evil shoves Red Shoes to the mat. Evil punches Tonga in the “lower abdomen” and pins him with Everything Is Evil.
Winner: Evil
Jeff Cobb versus Tetsuya Naito – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Cobbs muscles a win with a Tour of the Islands.
Winner: Jeff Cobb