–> “G1 CLIMAX XX ~20TH YEARS ANNIVERSARY~” <--

NJPW, 8/12/10 (J SPORTS)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
2,000 Fans

1. G1 Climax - Block A: Strong Man [2] beat Karl Anderson [2] (6:30) with a back flip.
2. G1 Climax - Block A: Toru Yano [6] beat Tetsuya Naito [5] (10:59) with the Uragasumi.
3. G1 Climax - Block B: Hirooki Goto [6] beat Yujiro Takahashi [0] (13:03) with the Shouten.
4. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & TAJIRI beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (9:39) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Honma.
5. G1 Climax - Block B: Go Shiozaki [6] beat Giant Bernard [6] (11:07) with a small package hold.
6. G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [6] beat Wataru Inoue [0] (11:18) with the Boma Ye.
7. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi [6] beat Prince Devitt [4] (9:23) with a German suplex hold.
8. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata [6] beat Satoshi Kojima [6] (16:18) with a backdrop hold.

* Nagata’s victory over Kojima, following his win over Shiozaki on the last show, have boosted his G1 but Block B is a major dogfight with six on 6 points, a mile ahead of Wataru and Yujiro, who share bottom place.
* Nakanishi now leads Block A after pinning Devitt, ahead of Yano on the “direct confrontatuion” rule.
* Yano’s win over Naito also put him in a qualification spot, with Tanahashi and Naito deadlocked in third.
* CMLL’s Strong Man finally won on his fifth attempt, pinning Anderson in the opening match.

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Block A:
1. Manabu Nakanishi [6]
2. Toru Yano [6]
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi [5]
- Tetsuya Naito [5]
5. Togi Makabe [4]
6. Prince Devitt [4]
7. Strong Man [2]
8. Karl Anderson [2]

Block B:
1. Yuji Nagata [6]
- Hirooki Goto [6]
- Giant Bernard [6]
- Shinsuke Nakamura [6]
- Satoshi Kojima [6]
- Go Shiozaki [6]
7. Wataru Inoue [0]
- Yujiro Takahashi [0]