–> “G1 CLIMAX XX ~20TH YEARS ANNIVERSARY~” <--
NJPW, 8/6/10 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,900 Fans - Super No Vacancy
1. G1 Climax - Block B: Giant Bernard [2] beat Wataru Inoue [0] (9:19) with a neck-hanging bomb.
2. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi [2] beat Toru Yano [0] (7:30) with the Dai*Nakanishi German.
3. G1 Climax - Block A: Prince Devitt [2] beat Strong Man [0] (7:36) by pinfall.
4. Satoshi Kojima Return Match: Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Satoshi Kojima & El Samurai (13:50) when Taguchi used the Dodon on Samurai.
5. G1 Climax - Block B: Go Shiozaki 
[2] beat Yujiro Takahashi [0] (10:36) with the Go Flasher.
6. G1 Climax - Block A: Karl Anderson [2] beat Hiroshi Tanahashi [0] (11:42) by pinfall.
7. G1 Climax - Block A: Tetsuya Naito [2] beat Togi Makabe [0] (14:34) with a high-angle front cradle.
8. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata [2] beat Shinsuke Nakamura [0] (17:43) with a backdrop hold.
* A day of surprises, even Nagata beating Nakamura in this day and age being quite an upset.
* Last year’s winner and IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Makabe, loses to Naito who you may remember also beat Tanahashi in the New Japan Cup.
* Tanahashi, after an unceremonious start last year too, was upset by Karl Anderson on day one this year.
* A day after being announced as Marufuji’s replacement, Prince Devitt scores a surprise win over the massive Strong Man.