NJPW G1 Climax 2019 Night 7 (July 20) - A BLOCK: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best
1. Kazuchika Okada Vs. Will Ospreay
Though not, in your writer's entirely subjective opinion, quite as good as Jon Moxley's tussle with Tomohiro Ishii from one night prior, Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada nonetheless produced something very very special indeed as a legendary night in Korakuen Hall came to a climactic conclusion.
In Ospreay, Okada may have found his next Kenny Omega - the pair how now wrestled each other in NJPW three times, with 'The Aerial Assassin' only gradually reaching the point where he may actually somehow figure out a way to get the win. Watching him try, fail then try even harder remains totally and utterly gripping.
This latest show-stealer will probably be best remembered for its immaculate collection of counters. 'The Rainmaker' rolling through a Stormbreaker smoothly into a tombstone attempt would ordinarily be the spot of the match. Here, it was topped by a Rainmaker being subdued by a Spanish Fly. These were mere flashpoints in a banger of a battle full of them too - Will Ospreay is being touted by many as the best wrestler in the world, but he's building that reputation as much because of the variation of men he's giving classic matches to than just because he happens to be in career for himself.
Okada, across the blurred lines of their Chaos union, was still the master to Ospreay's apprentice here, but NJPW are fully aware of just how huge it will be when his time eventually arrives. Surely even the Londoner's biggest fans couldn't have imagined how soon that day may come.