G1 Climax 25 Blocks

[Papa Pillman]

New Japan has revealed the blocks for this year's G1 Climax:

G1 Climax 25 Block A

Tetsuya Naito
Katsuyori Shibata
Kota Ibushi
Hiroshi Tanahashi
AJ Styles
Togi Makabe
Hiroshi Tenzan
Toru Yano
Doc Gallows
Bad Luck Fale

G1 Climax 25 Block B

Tomohiro Ishii
Shinsuke Nakamura
Kazuchika Okada
Hirooki Goto
Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata
Tomoaki Honma
Michael Elgin
Karl Anderson
Yujiro Takahashi

I love the way they set the blocks for this year. Very interesting to see them pile the three top Chaos guys into one block. Block B is absolutely insane and has the potential to produce double digit match of the year candidates on its own, its just sad that they didn't put Shibata in that block, though Styles/Shibata could be mind-blowing and it will kick off the tourney by stealing the first night, if Tanahashi/Ibushi doesn't one up them right after(fuck easing into shit)!

Here's the schedule(only tourney matches listed):

7/20
(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano

(Block A) Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Katsuyori Shibata vs. AJ Styles

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi

7/23
(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma

(Block B) Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson

7/24
(Block A) Kota Ibushi vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles

(Block A) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

7/25
(Block B) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson

(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

(Block B) Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada

7/26
(Block A) Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata

(Block A) Kota Ibushi vs. AJ Styles

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito

7/28
(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Tomoaki Honma

(Block B) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Karl Anderson

(Block B) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Kazuchika Okada

7/29
(Block A) Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

(Block A) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kota Ibushi

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles


8/1
(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Karl Anderson

(Block B) Tomoaki Honma vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada

8/2
(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kota Ibushi

(Block A) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) AJ Styles vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano

8/4
(Block B) Michael Elgin vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomoaki Honma

(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii

(Block B) Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

8/5
(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Toru Yano

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. AJ Styles

(Block A) Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi

8/7
(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Hirooki Goto

(Block B) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii

8/8
(Block A) Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano

(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJ Styles

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata

8/9
(Block B) Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata

(Block B) Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii

8/11
(Block A) Tetsuya Naito vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata

(Block A) Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano

(Block A) AJ Styles vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe

8/12
(Block B) Karl Anderson vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuchika Okada

(Block B) Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii

8/14
(Block A) Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale

(Block A) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows

(Block A) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito

(Block A) Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi

(Block A) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles

8/15
(Block B) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin

(Block B) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada

(Block B) Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi

(Block B) Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto

(Block B) Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderson

8/16
Finals

I'd feel comfortable setting the over/under for four star matches in the 20 range and I would still be likely to bet the over(and I'm being dead fucking serious).

 

[SJ5522]

awesome. too many intriguing matches, but one of the ones I am most looking forward to is Ishii v Elgin, that should be a whopper

 

[ヒュー　G.　レックション]

I'm very shocked Tenzan is still in, despite impressing last year. Where is Suzuki? And Honma?

 

[Shadowmancer]

Honma is in group B, Suzuki is currently seconded to NOAH so Gedo and Jado probably don't want him in the G1 for that reason

 

[Papa Pillman]

awesome. too many intriguing matches, but one of the ones I am most looking forward to is Ishii v Elgin, that should be a whopper

I second that, there are so many fresh matchups with Elgin involved. Elgin/Ishii and Elgin/Honma could be two of the major sleeper matches of the tournament.

 

[MrHashasheen]

Gotta love how this is the one tourney in the world where you don't know who will win.

 

[Shadowmancer]

Gotta love how this is the one tourney in the world where you don't know who will win.

you know who won't win, and that is every single Gaijin

 

[MrHashasheen]

you know who won't win, and that is every single Gaijin

Dunno, I believe in AJ Styles.

 

[Shadowmancer]

I am picking Shibata to win at this stage

 

[ヒュー　G.　レックション]

I'm very shocked Okada is now champ again! Fantastic match. Anyway while I would LOVE Shibata to win I don't think they will have him headline a Dome show. But if he did it would be stellar.

My prediction is that Styles will face Nakamura in the final where Nakamura will win and face Okada. Both of those matches will be amazing, I've no doubt.