11 Things We Learned From The 2018 NJPW G1 Climax

The 2018 G1 Climax was another incredible tournament, but what lessons were learned?

by John Bills
G1 Climax 2018
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Another G1 Climax is in the books, and what a tournament it was. Not a night seemed to pass without a five star classic, with B Block in particular providing some of the finest professional wrestling of the past few years. We are truly living in magnificent times.

Hiroshi Tanahashi prevailed over Kota Ibushi in the final, but there was a lot more to the tournament than the final throw of the dice from one of the all-time greats. All 20 individuals involved in the tournament faced a different challenge, and everyone responded in different ways.

What did we learn from the 28th edition of the famous G1 Climax? Was Tanahashi a worthy winner? What is going on with Kazuchika Okada? Whose stock improved by the end of the tournament, and who went backwards? Why was YOSHI-HASHI even there? Let's have a gander.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.