14 Ups & 3 Downs From NJPW/ROH G1 Supercard

5. Check The Technique

Hiroshi Tanahashi Zack Sabre Jr
NJPW/ROH

It speaks to Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre Jr.'s skill as performers that they were able to pull the MSG crowd into their careful, methodical technical batter after the insanity of Enzo and Big Cass' arrival.

Lesser wrestlers would've been lost. This chess battle would have gone down like a fart in an elevator, and the G1 Supercard may have fallen off a cliff. It didn't, though. ZSJ and Tana delivered a smart continuation of their awesome New Japan Cup clash in a 15-minute battle punctuated by an undercurrent of nastiness, concluding in one of the biggest victories of Sabre's career.

His Orienteering With Napalm Death submission had The Ace knotted like a pretzel, forcing the icon to verbally submit on this special night. Tanahashi had no choice. He failed in his quest to become RevPro British Heavyweight Champion, and Sabre celebrated his victory like a last-minute winner in a football match,

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