July was a pretty quiet month for live events. I only got to 1, PROGRESS 53. But I still watched a fair bit. No surprises that the G1 was top of my watch list.
My top 5:
5: Okada vs Sanada
This was an incredible match, which included the current PWI no 1 wrestler. I love Okada and I love all of LIJ. Great match.
4: Omega vs Tama Tonga
This was another cracker, and one that I hadn’t expected to enjoy so much. It teased a bullet club vs elite war that I’m sure will eventually come and certainly raised Tama Tonga’s stock in singles division.
3: Warmachine vs London Riots
Two amazing tag teams putting on an incredible show in why looks to have been one of the London Riots last matches together. This was a great match that followed on well from the two they had last year.
2: Zack Sabre Jr vs Juice Robinson
This match was one of a plethora of great matches in the G1 USA which really was a great scene setter ahead of the G1 climax tourney.
1: Naito vs Ibushi
My favourite this month. One of many great matches each of these two has had recently and one I could watch over and over again!
The full list of matches I loved in July. Dominated by NJPW.
- Juice vs ZSJ – G1 USA
- Ishii vs Naito – G1 USA
- Omega vs Elgin – G1 USA
- Okada vs Cody – G1 USA
- Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks – Great balls of fire
- Hardys vs Shemus and Cesaro – Great balls of fire
- Lethal vs Omega – G1 USA
- ZSJ vs Ishii – G1 USA
- LIJ vs Jay, Juice, Dragon Lee, Titan and Volador Jr – G1 USA
- Young bucks vs rpg G1 USA
- Omega vs Ishii G1 USA
- London Riots vs War Machine – PROGRESS 51
- Riddle vs WALTER – PROGRESS 51
- Tanahashi vs ZSJ – G1 Climax
- Ishii vs Goto – G1 Climax
- Naito vs Ibusi2- G1 Climax
- Pete Dunne vs Eddie Dennis – PROGRESS 52
- Warmachine vs BSS – PROGRESS 52
- Toni Storm vs Laura Di Matteo – PROGRESS 52
- Matt Riddle vs Travis Banks – PROGRESS 52
- Sanada vs Evil – G1 Climax
- Omega vs Suzuki – G1 Climax
- Makabe vs Ishii – G1 Climax
- Ibusi vs ZSJ ‘ G1 Climax
- Yoshi Hashi vs Naito – G1 Climax
- Juice vs EVIL – G1 Climax
- Suzuki vs Sanada – G1 Climax
- Omega vs Tama Tonga – G1 Climax
- Yoshi Hashi vs ZSJ – G1 Climax
- Ibushi vs Ishii – G1 Climax
- Makabe vs Goto – G1 Climax
- Rob Lynch vs James Davies – PROGRESS 53
- Travis Banks vs Keith Lee – PROGRESS 53
- Toni Storm vs Candice Le Rae – PROGRESS 53
- Juice vs Suzuki – G1 Climax
- Tama Tonga vs Evil – G1 Climax
- Okada vs Sanada – G1 Climax
- Tanahashi vs Goto – G1 Climax
- Juice vs Tama Tonga – G1 Climax
- Yano vs Sanada – G1 Climax
- Suzuki vs Evil – G1 Climax
- Okada vs Kojima – G1 Climax
- Omega vs Elgin – G1 Climax
- Ibushi vs Fale – G1 Climax
- ZSJ vs Goto – G1 Climax
- Yoshi Hashi vs Tanahashi – G1 Climax
- Naito vs Ishii – G1 Climax
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