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

NJPW, 8/13/10 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,005 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. G1 Climax - Block B: Wataru Inoue [2] beat Yujiro Takahashi [0] (8:19) with the Spear of Justice.
2. G1 Climax - Block A: Manabu Nakanishi [8] beat Strong Man [2] (8:41) with the Hercules Cutter.
3. G1 Climax - Block B: Satoshi Kojima [8] beat Giant Bernard [6] (11:44) with a lariat.
4. Special Tag Match: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Gedo (12:19) when Shiozaki used the Go Flasher on Gedo.
5. G1 Climax - Block A: Togi Makabe [6] beat Karl Anderson [2] (11:07) with a King Kong kneedrop.
6. G1 Climax - Block B: Hirooki Goto [8] beat Yuji Nagata [6] (15:22) with a foot-arrangement cradle.
7. G1 Climax - Block A: Prince Devitt [6] beat Tetsuya Naito [5] (11:42) with the Bloody Sunday.
8. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi [7] beat Toru Yano [6] (14:49) with the Sling Blade.

* Tanahashi follows up on his Hair vs. Hair win over Yano by beating him today, moving ahead of Yano, Makabe, and Devitt into second place, behind only the on-fire Nakanishi.
* Goto and Kojima move ahead in Block B after both pick up huge wins today, Goto pinning Nagata in a reportedly excellent match and Kojima lariating Bernard, whose strong G1 Climax has slowed down a bit now.
* Wataru won the battle of the winless today, beating Yujiro in the opener to finally get off 0 points and leave Yujiro rock bottom, far behind the top six.

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

Block B:
1. Hirooki Goto [8]
- Satoshi Kojima [8]
3. Yuji Nagata [6]
- Giant Bernard [6]
- Shinsuke Nakamura [6]
- Go Shiozaki [6]
7. Wataru Inoue [2]
8. Yujiro Takahashi [0]