NJPW G1 Climax 28 Night 8: Results, Review, Standings, Grades

Gedo & PARTYTIME Okada vs Sho & YOSHI-HASHI

Before the match, Okada playfully throws his shirt at Yoshi-Hashi, who doesn’t think it’s at all funny. Dude’s got issues.

To begin, SHO dominates Gedo while PARTYTIME hurls Yoshi-Hashi into the barricade outside. Okada Tags in and humbles SHO, but before he can put him away, Hashi’s back in to save the day. He goes for the Butterfly lock (SIGH), but Gedo immediately breaks it up and some messy brawling ensues. The Shock Arrow spells the end for Gedo.

Romero said he might put SHO in a G1 soon… YES PLEASE.

This was a match. Okada vs Yoshi-Hashi is another weird main event for A Block, but I’m sure they’ll make it somewhat interesting.

Rating: **1/2

B BLOCK MATCHES:

Hirooki Goto vs Toru Yano

Chaos vs Chaos here. You’d think that would mean a good, clean, respectful match, but it’s Yano. Of course it’s not going to be clean or respectful. Yano pulls off the turnbuckle pad and hits Goto with it before the bell even rings. Lol.

The match begins and Yano gets three incredible near falls. The crowd buys into all of them. Goto powers through and just isn’t having it. Ushiguroshi. GTR. 1. 2. 3. Done.

This was a classic Yano Sprint. Good, quick, near falls. Straight to the point. I’m here for it. Goto needed a break with how physical his first three matches were, and this gave him that without ever feeling like a total throw away match.

Rating: ***