NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco Results

New Japan Pro Wrestling presented the G1 Special in San Francisco tonight from the Cow Palace. 5 championships were defended on the show but none bigger than Kenny Omega defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Cody.

NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco Results

G1 SPECIAL IS UNDERWAY!
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1. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, and King Haku (Bullet Club) defeated Sho, Yoh, Rocky Romero, Gedo, YOSHI-HASHI (CHAOS

• Tama Tonga picked up the pin over Yoshi-Hashi to get the win for his team but King Haku was the real star of the match.
• “Haku” chants were heard throughout the Cow Palace. He even started the match for his team!
• The finish of this match came when Haku locked in the Tongan death grip on Yoshi-Hashi and then passed him off to Tama Tonga who hit him with a cutter and got the pin.

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— AXS TV (@AXSTV) July 8, 2018

2. Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS) defeated Zack Sabre Jr and Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki-Gun)

• Suzuki-Gun used their wide array of submissions early. They worked on Yano a lot until he made a hot tag to Ishii.
• Yano’s shenanigans led to the finish. ZSJ blocked a low blow by clenching his legs (he did that in the NJ Cup too) but ran into a lariat from Ishii and was cradled by Yano for a 3-count.
• After the match, Suzuki brought out a chair and looked to want to get at Yano but took his aggression out on young lions instead.
• Yano, Ishii, and Zack Sabre Jr are all in the same block in the G1 this year.

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— AXS TV (@AXSTV) July 8, 2018

3. Marty Scurll and Hangman Page (Bullet Club) defeated KUSHIDA and Hiroshi Tanahashi

• Hangman Page and Hiroshi Tanahashi are in the same block in the G1 this year. They paired off for much of this match while Scurll and KUSHIDA did the same.
• It would be Page pinning KUSHIDA, however, after giving him the Right of Passage to end the match.
• Tanahashi and Page will meet on Sunday, July 22nd in the G1.

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— AXS TV (@AXSTV) July 8, 2018

4. NEVER Openweight Championship
Hirooki Goto (CHAOS) (c) defeated Jeff Cobb

• Goto seemed to wrestle a bit more of a heel style here than normal. This was likely due to how popular Cobb was with the live crowd.
• The champ got the early advantage by throwing Cobb into the steel post on the outside.
• After Goto worked him over for a few minutes, Cobb started his comeback with a standing dropkick. He was cut off pretty quick after missing a standing moonsault and then they went into their bigger moves around the 10-minute mark.
• Cobb got a few near falls with a Stampede style power-slam and after hitting his standing moonsault.
• They reversed each other’s finishers a bit but Goto eventual hit the GTR and got the win. 

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5. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
the Young Bucks (Bullet Club) (c) defeated SANADA and EVIL (LIJ)

• The Young Bucks pick up their first title defense victory as IWGP Heavyweight champions.
• The match started with the Bucks doing some fun spots until LIJ took control and isolated Nick Jackson. Nick eventually made a hot tag to Matt and eventually all four wrestlers were brawling in the ring.
• The Bucks kept control but SANADA moved out of the way from More Bang For Your Buck and tagged in EVIL.
• EVIL hit a series of German suplexes and then LIJ got near falls from EVIL’s Darkness Falls powerbomb and a Magic Killer.
• EVIL ducked a double super-kick and the ref got taken out. LIJ then brought out a chair but EVIL eventually had it super-kicked into his face.
• The Bucks attempted the Meltzer Driver on a chair but LIJ reversed it and gave them their own Meltzer Driver onto a chair! They got a near fall on that as well.
• The Bucks eventually regained offense and quickly hit their Meltzer Driver and got the win.

15-minute intermission…

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6. Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS) defeated Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI (LIJ)

• JR and Barnett spent much of this match speculating if Naito and Okada could meet in the finals of the G1 this year.
• Ospreay introduced a new finisher here (I’m pretty sure) on Bushi for the win. JR referred to it as a “Hellacious Neckbreaker”.

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7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi (LIJ) (c) vs Dragon Lee (CMLL)

• Dragon Lee gave Takahashi a double foot stomp to the outside of the ring in a big spot early in the match.
• They did a dueling series of belly to back suplexes followed shortly after by dueling chops.
• Dragon Lee hit a standing Spanish Fly for a near-fall.
• Takahashi locked Dragon Lee in a triangle but Lee countered with a suplex and dropped him right on his head. He seemed fine, however.
• Dragon Lee picked him up and power-bombed him for a near-fall not long after.
• Takahashi countered a power-bomb into a Canadian Destroyer piledriver for a near-fall.
• The champ then hit Time Bomb and got a 3-count.

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IWGP United States Championship
Juice Robinson defeated Jay White (c) – New Champion

• Before the match, it was announced that if Juice uses his cast as a weapon he may be disqualified at the referee’s descretion. He teased using the cast early in the match.
• White cut off Juice’s early momentum by suplexing him to the outside.
• White then beat him up on the outside and sent him flying into guardrails.
• Juice started to make a comeback but White cut him off and put him in submissions based around his injured hand. He’d bend his fingers back and stuff like that.
• They spilled to the floor and White and Barnett got into a shoving match which caused Barnett to chase him into the ring but red shoes cut him off before he could get to White.
• White tried to hit Juice’s hand with a chair but Juice got out of the way.
• After taking some suplexes on the outside, Juice gave White a spinebuster on the ring apron.
• They brawled on the outside some more before Juice took control inside the ring, hitting a cannonball in the corner.
• White got control back shortly after and locked Juice in a crucifix. He then landed a series of unprotected elbow shots to the head.
• The ref ended up out of position and White landed a low blow, however with the ref distracted again Juice used his cast to hit White in the head. He then hit Pulp Friction but only got a near-fall.
• White got the advantage and went for the Slingblade but White countered with a roll-up for the win!

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega (Bullet Club) (c) defeated Cody (Bullet Club)

• They did a lot of working the crowd early
• Cody got an early near-fall on a power-slam and they went for some big moves early.
• Omega was going to springboard to hit Cody on the outside but Cody used Brandi as a shield and Omega stopped.
• Cody then took control and hit his own springboard move to the outside on Omega.
• Cody worked on Omega for a bit but Omega eventually made a comeback. Omega then hit several of his bigger moves for near-falls.
• Cody then hit a dragon suplex to get back into it and then locked in a traditional figure four-leglock (not Cody’s usual leglock move).
• After Omega got out of the figure four, he went to the outside and got a ladder. Then Cody got a chair. Cody then slammed Omega on the ladder.
• Cody then slammed him onto a ladder on the outside as well.
• Cody and Matt Jackson started arguing over the use of weapons as both Cody and Omega climbed the ladder on the outside.
• Omega teasted super-plexing Cody off the ladder on to the outside but Cody countered and super-plexed him inside the ring instead.
• After teasing leaving the ring with Brandi, Cody hit a Disaster Kick. He then grabbed the title belt and motioned as if he was going to hit Omega with him. The Young Bucks pleaded with him not to do it.
• Cody chose not to hit him with the belt and after some reversals he hit Cross Rhodes for a near-fall.
• The Bucks cleared the ladders out of the ring. The fans weren’t too happy with that.
• Omega then hit a series of V-Triggers to regain the offence. He power-bombed Cody to the outside on top of a table but the table didn’t break. Cody looked like he hit hard.
• Omega rolled him back in the ring but Brandi shielded Cody from taking another V-Trigger. After Brandi left the ring Cody clotheslined Omega as he was going for a V-Trigger.
• Omega regained the offense shortly after and hit his 1-Winged Angel for the win.

Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, King Haku Attack Kenny Omega and Other Bullet Club Members

After the match Omega cut a promo about how everyone, including Cody, deserves a second chance. He then thanked the nearly sold out crowd for being lively. As Omega and Bullet Club were celebrating on the stage area, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and their father, King Haku, attacked from behind.

They attacked Omega and the Bucks first and then Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens after they questioned what they were doing. Cody eventually came out and Tama Tonga handed him a chair to hit Omega with. He motioned as if he was going to hit Omega but then tried to take out the Guerillas of Destiny instead. They cut him off, however, and Haku gave him a piledriver on a chair.

After the Tongas left, Omega, Cody and the Bucks all hugged, solidifying they are all together again.