G1 Climax 28 Review: August 1 – Goto vs. Ibushi, Omega vs. Sabre

system · August 1, 2018, 3:54pm

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review every tournament match from the G1 Climax 28.

Day 12 (August 1) is headlined by Hirooki Goto vs. Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

B BLOCK
Wednesday, Aug. 1
Kagoshima
Kagoshima Arena

Hirooki Goto vs. Kota Ibushi
Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Toru Yano vs. Tetsuya Naito
Juice Robinson vs. SANADA
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tama Tonga

(Recommended matches in bold)

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Christian · August 1, 2018, 7:12pm

I like John’s idea of having Omega lose to Ishii and then that puts more importance to Ibushi beating him on the last day. I’d go with that as well and have Ibushi win. My other idea was to have Omega lose just once to Ibushi and have Omega win the G1, allowing him to pick his opponent and wanting to avenge the lose. But thinking about it, it would take away from Ibushi a lot and having Ibushi just flat out win the G1 to make the title match is better.

RocketKing · August 1, 2018, 7:35pm

I love the idea of Omega winning the G1 with his only loss being to Ibushi. I don’t really know my NJPW history, but it seems like a pretty unique way to tell the story.

Though, admittedly, that’s not really getting the most out of the G1 to give it to a “made man” in Omega. I’m sure that eventual match/feud with Kenny and Kota would be just fine without it.