New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual G1 Climax is widely regarded as the greatest tournament in pro wrestling today. Two blocks of competitors are competing in a round robin format to determine the number 1 contender to Kenny Omega’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship at January 4th’s Wrestle Kingdom.
SEScoops staff writers Ian Carey and Jake Jeremy have made their predictions for Night 7 of the tournament, here they are:
(You can check out the Predictions for Night 6 here)
Jake Jeremy – Ok so we’re talking Night 7 of the G1. Here are the scheduled matches:
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Hangman Page
- Togi Makabe vs Kazuchika Okada
- Michael Elgin vs YOSHI-HASHI
- Jay White vs Minoru Suzuki
- EVIL vs Bad Luck Fale
Ian Carey – Ok so Night 7: Kazuchika Okada will get his second win over Makabe.
Jake Jeremy – I can see that happening too, I really thought that Okada would not win any matches but he MIGHT still make the final at this rate
Ian Carey – Elgin beats Yoshi-Hashi. i don’t think Yoshi is going to win until the final couple of matches and then the story will be he needs to win a few to be invited back next year
Jake Jeremy – He definitely needs a win (YOSHI-HASHI) and I agree Elgin will win here
Ian Carey – Bad Luck Fale beats Evil I think – unless they are just going to have him get DQ’ed all the way through the tournament
Jake Jeremy – I’m actually going with EVIL by DQ, purely because this G1 has been infected with the things
Ian Carey – I’m going say Suzuki hands Jay White his first loss of the tournament
Jake Jeremy – Ahh ok I’m actually going to go against this, White is still my finalist and he will get the sweep here, granted I think he will beat Suzuki in a very screwy fashion
Ian Carey – While I would love to say Hangman Page beats Tanahashi, I doubt its in the cards, The Ace gets the win there
Jake Jeremy – I agree, Tanahashi gets the win here
Here are the full predictions:
Ian Carey
- Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Hangman Page
- Kazuchika Okada b. Togi Makabe
- Michael Elgin b. YOSHI-HASHI
- Minoru Suzuki b. Jay White
- Bad Luck Fale b. EVIL
Jake Jeremy
- Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Hangman Page
- Kazuchika Okada b. Togi Makabe
- Michael Elgin b. YOSHI-HASHI
- Jay White b. Minoru Suzuki
- EVIL b. Bad Luck Fale (via DQ)
What are your predictions for Night 7? Let us know in the comments