Originally published at REWIND-A-WAI #84: NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco – Omega vs. Cody (2018) - POST Wrestling | WWE NXT AEW NJPW UFC Podcasts, News, Reviews
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John Pollock & Wai Ting review NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco from the Cow Palace in San Francisco on July 7th, 2018 headlined by Kenny Omega vs. Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
We discuss the placement of NJPW in the U.S. market in a pre-AEW era and how significantly the industry has changed since this show. Plus, two matches highlighted by unfortunate real-life injuries in Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee and Jay White vs. Juice Robinson.
This edition of the Rewind-A-Wai is presented by Espresso Executive Producer, Sean La Vigne.
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NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco
Saturday, July 7, 2018
San Francisco, CA at the Cow Palace
*IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Cody
*IWGP U.S. Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Juice Robinson
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Dragon Lee
*Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI
*IWGP Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (c) vs. EVIL & SANADA
*NEVER Openweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (champion) vs. Jeff Cobb
*Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Hangman Page & Marty Scurll
*Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
*Guerrillas of Destiny, Yujiro, Chase Owens & Haku vs. Roppongi 3K, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Rocky Romero
Photo Courtesy: NJPW
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