NJPW held the finals for the G133 last night, as the weekend gave us some surprises and a clearer picture of Wrestle Kingdom 18. G1Final NewJapanProWrestling
has been holding its annual G1 Climax event over the past month, with the 33rd tournament closing at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo last night. The event essentially serves as the beginning of their road to Wrestle Kingdom in January, as the winner of the G1 gets a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on January 4th, the same way the Royal Rumble winner gets a shot at the title at WrestleMania in WWE.
fans, and while we're not going to go over the entire tournament, we got highlights and some of the fallout from the tourney to talk about.The first of the many surprises actually came in the semi-finals on Saturday, as, decided to change the title up by declaring it was now the IWGP United Kingdom Championship, complete with a brand new design featuring the Union Jack design replacing the Stars & Stripes design. It's essentially the same belt, keeping the lineage of the U.S.
Does this change mean Ospreay will defend the belt in the U.K. more often now? There's a big announcement set to happen on August 14th from the company about their plans for a few shows happening there. But this could also be a great teaser for Ospreay coming to AEW's All Out show at Wembley. The latter is a longshot, as it looks more like Omega will be fightingon August 27th, and Ospreay has no clear opponent for the title now . While seeing it become the U.K.
's tour of Japan, in which he is basically a kid at Disneyland living out his NJPW fantasy of fighting across the country. Kingston has been a fan of Japanese wrestling for decades, and served as a major influence on him before he broke into the business. There's even been a documentary crew following him around for a special, and a few highlights have already been released on NJPW's YouTube channel., walking into the tourney as a champion .
in the G1 Climax 33 finals to see who would be going to Wrestle Kingdom 18 to challenge the champion. When the tournament was announced, it was almost painfully obvious, based on the way they structured the blocks, that Okada was going to the finals. It was just a matter of who they'd pair him up with. There were some interesting choices, such as Ospreay,, all in the tournament after the initial block totals were finalized.
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