Get All The Results From Both Nights Of The NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING G1 SPECIAL Right Here
Over the weekend, the first-ever solely New Japan-promoted show to originate in the United States took place in Long Beach, and there were some incredible matches on the card. Full results after the jump...
For the first time ever, New Japan Pro Wrestling held an event on US soil, and it was certainly a memorable couple of nights.
The New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Special took place in Long Beach over the course of Saturday and Sunday,and featured plenty of terrific bouts - although the IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between Kazuchika Okada and “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes was marred by some controversy when Brandi Rhodes and Kenny Omega got involved. Still, most fans seemed to be very happy with the show overall.
Below you'll find the results in full, with some added details on each match courtesy of With Spandex:
New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Special Night One results:
1. Roppongi Vice, Mark Briscoe, Jay Briscoe and Will Ospreay defeated The Young Bucks, Bad Luck Fale, Marty Scurll and Yujiro Takahashi. Ospreay interrupted the Bucks mid-Meltzer Driver, allowing Romero to roll up Matt Jackson for the pin.
2. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL and SANADA defeated Titán, Volador Jr., Dragon Lee and Jushin Thunder Liger. Takahashi hit the Time Bomb on Titán to get the win for his team.
3. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: Jay Lethal defeated Hangman Page. Lethal got the pin after hitting the Lethal Injection.
4. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Juice Robinson. Sabre won by submission with a modified double-arm octopus hold.
5. Jay White, David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and KUSHIDA defeated Yohei Komatsu, Sho Tanaka, Yoshitatsu and Billy Gunn. Jay White hit a swinging reverse STO and got the pin for his team.
6. No Disqualification IWGP Tag Team Championship match: War Machine defeated the Guerrillas of Destiny (c). Hanson got the pin after a Demolition leg drop through a table to win the championship for War Machine.
7. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: Tomohiro Ishii defeated Tetsuya Naito. Ishii advanced via pinfall after two lariats and a brainbuster.
8. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: Kenny Omega defeated Michael Elgin. Omega got the pin after hitting the One Winged Angel.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Cody Rhodes. Kenny Omega came to ringside during the match and tried to convince Brandi Rhodes to throw in the towel for Cody. Cody threw the towel back at Omega instead, seemingly splitting from the Bullet Club. Okada hit a spinning tombstone and the Rainmaker and got the pin.
New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Special Night Two results:
1. David Finlay, Jushin Thunder Liger and KUSHIDA defeated Yoshitatsu, Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu. Finlay got Yoshitatsu to tap out to the Stretch Muffler.
2. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Semifinal: Kenny Omega defeated Jay Lethal. Omega advanced to the finals by pinning Lethal after hitting the One Winged Angel.
3. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Semifinal: Tomohiro Ishii defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Ishii won via pinfall with a brainbuster to advance to the finals.
4. Juice Robinson, Jay White, Titán, Dragon Lee and Volador Jr. defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA and Hiromu Takahashi). Jay White scored the pinfall after hitting BUSHI with a swinging reverse STO.
5. Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) defeated War Machine and Michael Elgin. Page hit Ray Rowe with the Rite of Passage and got the pin.
6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: The Young Bucks (c) defeated Roppongi Vice. The Bucks retained via submission when they hit a Meltzer Driver on Rocky Romero and then locked in a Sharpshooter. — After the match, Ricochet appeared and ran off the Young Bucks. He challenged the Bucks to a tag title match against himself and Ryusuke Taguchi.
7. Bullet Club (Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll, Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Chaos (Will Ospreay, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe and Jay Briscoe). Cody was fully on board with the Bullet Club after his seeming split with Kenny Omega on Saturday. Cody hit Will Ospreay with the Cross Rhodes to get the pin.
8. IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Billy Gunn. Tanahashi hit the High Fly Flow to retain by pinfall.
9. IWGP United States Championship Tournament Finals: Kenny Omega defeated Tomohiro Ishii. Omega hit the One Winged Angel to get the pin and become the inaugural IWGP United States Champion. — After the match, Cody hugged Omega and put the title on him. The entirety of the Bullet Club came to the ring to celebrate. Omega addressed the crowd and said next year New Japan would be even bigger in the United States.