NJPW G1 Climax 26 night six results: Michael Elgin vs. Katsuyori Shibata

After one day of a reprieve, we’re back for night six of the G1 as New Japan runs in Nagano. Here are the results:

Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Manabu Nakanishi defeated David Finlay, Juice Robinson, & Togi Makabe when Kojima pinned Finlay with a lariat.

Naomichi Marufuji & Hirooki Goto defeated BUSHI & SANADA when Marufuji pinned BUSHI with the sliced bread.

KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Captain New Japan, Jushin Thunder Liger, & Tiger Mask when KUSHIDA submitted Captain New Japan with the Hoverboard Lock. Most of the match was Captain New Japan’s tag team partners not wanting to tag with him, leading to the buildup where he makes the hot tag then loses.

Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, & Tama Tonga defeated Kazuchika Okada, Gedo, & Tomohiro Ishii when Takahashi pinned Gedo with a DDT.

Yuji Nagata defeated YOSHI-HASHI

YOSHI-HASHI’s shoulders are already taped up. Those are usually the first to go in a tournament like this.

YOSHI-HASHI hit the senton and applied the butterfly lock but Nagata fought out dramatically. This was a great spot. Nagata came back with the white eyes armbar. The crowd was super into all the near falls and made this a fantastic match. Nagata got the win with the backdrop hold.

Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated EVIL

This was a solid back and forth match that started to pick up towards the end as the near falls started. EVIL did the usual spot he does (the chair to the throat posting) to get heat but Nakajima started to pelt him with kicks for a comeback.

EVIL did a cool Death Valley Driver into a spinebuster for a near fall. Nakajima came back with the Penalty Kick and a brainbuster for the win. Very good match.

Tetsuya Naito defeated Toru Yano

This sounded interesting on paper, but it was your usual Yano match. He tried all of his comedy, including the usual turnbuckle spot, but fell short. Didn’t last long at all with Naito getting the win with the Destino.

Kenny Omega defeated Tomoaki Honma

Omega got the heat early by covering Honma with a mat and giving him a double footstomp to the floor. Omega was in control for a lot of the match, but Honma kicked out of everything that was dished out.

The crowd got behind Honma like they usually do. Honma hit back with a brainbuster. He missed a Kokeshi, and Omega hit a snap dragon suplex for a near fall. Omega gave him a knee strike then pinned him with the One Winged Angel for the win. Good stuff.

Michael Elgin defeated Katsuyori Shibata

They spent the early part of the match telling one another to hit them as hard as possible. When they hit hard, they HIT HARD. Elgin gave Shibata two powerbombs into the post then another in the ring for a near fall.

Elgin went for the spiral bomb, but Shibata countered with the sleeper and turned it into a sleeper suplex in an amazing spot. Elgin came back, powerbombed Shibata into the turnbuckle, then laid him out with the spiral bomb for the win. This was really great, but felt like it ended too soon and should have gone another five minutes.

Elgin said that as a wrestler he doesn’t go home much, but he likes nothing more than to compete here in Japan for all these people. Tonight he got his first two points, and here on out no one beats Michael Elgin.

A very good show overall. Most of the G1 matches delivered and we had a hot crowd tonight, so everything worked out.