G1 Climax 24 Best & Worst:
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Best Wrestler: KAZUCHIKA
OKADA
Now, I do realize AJ Styles,
Tomohiro Ishii and Tomoaki Honma dominate most of the lists, but I gotta go
with the Rainmaker here. Thing is, his stuff mostly went under the radar since
everyone was talking about the other three, and rightfully so, because those
three were truly glorious, but Okada was patient, scooping one good performance
after other, like a silent killer, and it all paid off later, when he busted
out three great matches: Goto, Suzuki, Nakamura. Add that to the early classics
with Makabe and Naito, and bang, you got the guy with FIVE great matches, and
his weakest rated match was ***1/4 with Yano, so there you go. The Styles match
was borderline great, but got clipped down a little bit due to useless
interference by Yujiro, then you got the Tenzan match, the Anderson match, the
Archer match, all good stuff.
Dude’s only 26, and is one
of the best wrestlers in the world for two and a half years now, consistently. Mad!
He’s technically insanely crisp, tall, good looking, popular and very over with
the crowds, people are not tired of him, and Gedo & Jado are taking every
advantage of it.
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Best Matches:
*****
Styles/Suzuki
(8/1)
****3/4
Ishii/Honma
(7/26)
Styles/Naito
(7/26)
Suzuki/Okada
(8/8)
****1/2
Honma/Tanahashi
(7/21)
Ishii/Nakamura
(8/1)
Shibata/Honma
(8/3)
Nakamura/Tanahashi
(8/3)
Okada/Goto
(8/4)
Ishii/Nagata
(8/8)
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Best Show: 8/1
in Korakuen Hall, one of the best shows I’ve seen in my life
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Biggest Letdown: YUJIRO
TAKAHASHI
For the second straight
year, brothers, and at this point, I truly believe dude’s hopeless.
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Worst Match: Yujiro/Yano
(8/8)
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Worst Show: 8/8
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