–> G1 CLIMAX 24 (7/21/14 to 8/10/14) <--

NJPW, 7/28/14 (TV Asahi ch2/iPPV)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
2,850 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii [6] beat Doc Gallows [2] (8:11) with a brainbuster.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer [4] beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] (10:44) with the Blackout.
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. [4] beat Satoshi Kojima [4] (11:30) with the Bulldog bomb.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki [4] beat Yujiro Takahashi [2] (8:39) with a sleeper hold.
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano [6] beat Karl Anderson [2] (5:46) with the Uragasumi.
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata [6] beat Shelton Benjamin [8] (14:01) with a PK.
7. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles [4] beat Hirooki Goto [6] (14:58) with the Styles Clash.
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Bad Luck Fale [6] beat Hiroshi Tanahashi [6] (12:27) with the Bad Luck Fall.
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura [6] beat Tomoaki Honma [0] (10:19) with the Boma Ye.
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito [8] beat Kazuchika Okada [6] (13:54) with a Stardust press.

Block A:
1. Shelton Benjamin [8]
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi [6]
- Shinsuke Nakamura [6]
- Tomohiro Ishii [6]
- Bad Luck Fale [6]
- Katsuyori Shibata [6]
7. Davey Boy Smith Jr. [4]
8. Satoshi Kojima [4]
9. Yuji Nagata [2]
- Doc Gallows [2]
11. Tomoaki Honma [0]

Block B:
1. Tetsuya Naito [8]
2. Hirooki Goto [6]
- Kazuchika Okada [6]
- Toru Yano [6]
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4]
- Togi Makabe [4]
- AJ Styles [4]
- Minoru Suzuki [4]
- Lance Archer [4]
10. Yujiro Takahashi [2]
- Karl Anderson [2]

Check out part one of an interview with Karl Anderson by culturecrossfire.com.

–> Q and A with Machine Gun Karl Anderson (Part 1)

NJPW/AJPW/NOAH “ALL TOGETHER”, 2/19/11 (PPV)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
3,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. ALL TOGETHER Opening Match – CHEER UP NIPPON: The Great Sasuke , Tiger Mask , Ryusuke Taguchi & Taiji Ishimori beat Jado , Gedo , Kenou & Taro Nohashi (11:12) when Sasuke used the Sasuke Special 10 ver10.2 Segway on Nohashi.
2. HERO IS COMING!!: Hiroyoshi Tenzan , Satoshi Kojima & Kentaro Shiga beat Captain New Japan , Captain All Japan & Captain NOAH (10:27) when Tenzan used the Anaconda Vice on Captain New Japan.
3. SHINE ON TOMORROW: Yoshinobu Kanemaru , Kaz Hayashi , Shuji Kondo & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jushin Thunder Liger , Kotaro Suzuki , Minoru Tanaka & KAI (14:38) when Kondo used a King Kong lariat on KAI.
4. BRAVE NEW WORLD: Takashi Sugiura & Yujiro Takahashi beat Togi Makabe & Manabu Soya (11:46) when Sugiura used an Olympic slam on Soya.
5. SUN PLAZA QUARREL FESTIVAL: Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata , Akebono & Naomichi Marufuji beat Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takayama, Taichi & Masayuki Kono (13:58) when Akebono used a running body press on Taichi.
6. BE STRONG JAPAN: Hirooki Goto , Akitoshi Saito & Jinsei Shinzaki beat Shinsuke Nakamura , Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (13:30) when Goto used the Shouten Kai on Iizuka.
7. Double Main Event I – THIS IS “PROWRESTLING”: Keiji Muto & Kenta Kobashi beat Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (20:20) when Muto used a moonsault press on Akiyama.
8. Double Main Event II – FIGHTING TOGETHER NOW: Hiroshi Tanahashi , Suwama & Takeshi Morishima beat Tetsuya Naito , Seiya Sanada & Go Shiozaki (23:13) when Morishima used a backdrop suplex on Shiozaki.

* The second chapter of “ALL TOGETHER” was again a great success with the building sold out and fans entertained by a huge variety of matches featuring combinations from the top three promotions in Japan as well as various others.

* After the main event, Tanahashi again closed the show with one of his microphone performances to send the fans home happy. No word as yet if there will be a third chapter of this charity concept.

–> “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]