10 G1 Climax 27 Matches That You Need To See

10. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (11/8/2017)

The brawler versus the wrestler. Both Zack Sabre Jr and Tomohiro Ishii are capable of slipping into the other's world but Zack is at his best on the mat and Ishii is at his best when he’s being built of granite and hitting people in the face. It was a mesh of styles that would break or make this match.

It made it and it gave it the simple story that it needed. When they traded blows it was overwhelmingly Ishii’s game, Zack crumbling under just one big elbow from the Stone Pitbull. However, the second it went to the ground Sabre was in his element, twisting and prodding the man with no neck and bending him up in ways that someone built like that should not bend.

In the end, Zack caught Ishii one time too many and managed to wrap up in a bow that no one could have escaped from. If there is one thing Ishii isn’t, however, it’s a quitter and as Zack pulled harder and harder on his limbs bending him, it only seemed to reinforce his determination never to give up. In the end, the ref had to decide for him and called for the bell bringing an end to a fascinating competition.