NJPW G1 Climax 32 Results: Zack Sabre Jr. [8] Runs Through EVIL [4] In Under Two Minutes In C-Block Action, Kazuchika Okada [8] Defeats Tom Lawlor [4] In A-Block Action (08/10)

Tonight could be a very happy night for NJPW fans, as EVIL might well be taken out of the running for the C-Block in the G1 Climax. With a 2-2 record, he’s in a must win situation tonight as he goes one on one with a man who knows him well in Zack Sabre Jr.

ZSJ remains one of the potential winners of the block, with his upcoming match against Tetsuya Naito one that could be just as important to the block as tonight’s main event clash with Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto. EVIL will look to use every dirty trick in the book tonight to push to victory, but ZSJ can pull a submission victory out of thin air – especially with the stakes of the G1 Climax.

EVIL Gets Run Out Of The Building By Zack Sabre Jr & Kosei Fujita

ZSJ would hit the ring with a hat saying “I am ZSJ”, and he’d be attacked. This was Kosei Fujita dressed in his gear, with the real ZSJ unable to be found. Dick Togo would go looking, and have his wrist twisted. EVIL would be grabbed into a chokehold – before being driven right into the barricade.

He’d finally be driven into the ring, and EVIL tried for a low blow, only to get rolled up into the European Clutch – and this match was already over! He ran EVIL out of the building, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of Kosei Fujita. You don’t need to have a drawn out war in the G1 Climax – sometimes it’s just about smart wrestling.

Kazuchika Okada Is Coming Into Tonight Beat Up

The moment former NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Tom Lawlor was announced for the G1 Climax, and was placed in the same block as Kazuchika Okada – fans took notice. While on paper, Okada wins this match every single time – there’s an incredibly important factor that shifts the favour in the balance of Tom Lawlor, and that’s the fact that Okada is coming off perhaps his most unexpected loss of the year. JONAH absolutely tore through The Rainmaker in his last singles match, crushing him with a fatal torpedo splash. Lawlor was watching closely, and he knows Okada is hurting.

Lawlor would shoot for a single leg as this match began, before taking Okada into a headscissor. Okada would be sent out to the floor, and Lawlor would run him arm first into the corner post – but not before taking off the top layer of jorts. Some chops were thrown in the ring, and Okada would fire up – before catching Lawlor with a big flapjack.

Okada would hit the big boot, before setting Lawlor up on the top rope and dropkicking him to the floor. Lawlor would be able to avoid the draping DDT, before attacking the arm of Okada in the barricade. Back in the ring, Lawlor applied a triangle choke combined with a kimura, and it was a deadly yet weird submission, and Okada found the bottom rope.

Tom Lawlor Gets Caught

Cravate would be applied, and Okada would be hit with some knee strikes – before coming back with a big dropkick. Money Clip was easily blocked by Lawlor, but the shotgun dropkick wouldn’t be avoided so easily. Air Raid Crash neckbreaker would follow, before Okada came off the top rope for an elbow drop, and would be caught in the cross armbreaker.

Okada was able to fight free, before Lawlor would strike away on the left arm – and even trapped it for some elbow smashes in time with the clapping of the fans. Lawlor would get Okada down with the tornado armbreaker, before bending the arms back.

Okada would be able to get the bottom rope, and blocked the knee strike into the Landslide. Rainmaker wasn’t able to connect, as the arm of Okada gave out – and would get slammed into the mat. Two knees to the face would land, before Nasty Knee on the Brain was blocked – but a backdrop driver was not.

Okada would get the roll up for a two count, before having the arm punted. Kimura would be applied, and Okada would block into a flash pinfall to survive the match, and walk away with the win.

Will Okada be able to make the next match against Lance Archer with the hurt arm? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.

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