BRM Books NJPW from the G1 to the Tokyo Dome

[Big Red Machine]

Japan is a different product, so I figured I’d give this a shot:
Before each match I have listed each guys point totals in parenthesis. A win gets you 2 points, a draw is one point.

A Block:
• Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Satoshi Kojima
• Yuji Nagata
• Tomoaki Honma
• Katsuyori Shibata
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Tomohiro Ishii-
• Shelton X Benjamin
• Davey Boy Smith Jr
• Doc Gallows
• Bad Luck Fale
B Block:
• Togi Makabe
• Hirooki Goto
• Tetsuya Naito
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan
• Kazuchika Okada
• Toru Yano
• Minoru Suzuki
• Lance Archer
• AJ Styles
• Yujiro Takahashi
• Karl Anderson


Monday, July 21
Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
BLOCK A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale
Fale wins after Ishii gets distracted by Bullet Club antics and screwed by a weapons shot
BLOCK A: Shelton X Benjamin vs. Doc Gallows
Gallows wins clean
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson
Anderson wins clean
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
Kojima wins
BLOCK B: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
Yano wins via roll-up, then escapes a beatdown

BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Naito has the match won, but the ref is distracted by Bullet Club guys. Yujiro eventually then picks up the win.
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
Goto gets the win, working over Makabe’s jaw (which Goto broke back in May)
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomoaki Honma
Tanahashi wins clean
BLOCK A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata
They go to a time limit draw
BLOCK B: AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada
AJ gets the win after more Bullet Club shenanigans

Wednesday, July 23
Aomori Prefectural Budokan
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (2) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (0)
Ishii wins clean
BLOCK A: Shelton X Benjamin (0) vs. Bad Luck Fale (2)
Fale wins clean
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (2) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (2)
Goto wins clean
BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito (0) vs. Lance Archer (0)
Naito wins clean
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (0) vs. Tomoaki Honma (0)
Honma wins clean
BLOCK A: Shinsuke Nakamura (1) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (0)
Nakamura wins clean
BLOCK B: Toru Yano (2) vs. AJ Styles (2)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0) vs. Kazuchika Okada (0)
Okada wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) vs. Doc Gallows (2)
Tanahashi wins clean
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (0) vs. Karl Anderson (2) work over jaw
Anderson works over Makabe’s jaw all match, then wins clean after the bicycle kick

Friday, July 25
Yamagata City General Sports Center
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (2) vs. Doc Gallows (2)
Gallows wins clean
BLOCK B: Lance Archer (0) vs. Karl Anderson (4)
Gallows tries to interfere but Davey Boy Smith Jr. stops him. Archer beats Anderson
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (2)
Yujiro wins clean
BLOCK A: Tomohiro Ishii (0) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (0)
Ishii wins clean
BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito (2) vs. Toru Yano (2)
Yano wins via roll-up. Naito gets frustrated and storms off. Suzuki and Iizuka jump Yano after the match and bet him down very badly. Naito stops at the top of the ramp and looks like he might come back to make the save, but instead just walks to the back. Yano is injured and must withdraw from the tournament.

BLOCK A: Katsuyori Shibata (1) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (0)
Shibata wins clean
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (0) vs. Bad Luck Fale (4)
Fale wins clean
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (4) vs. Minoru Suzuki (0)
Suzuki wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima (4-2)
Tanahashi wins clean
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (0) vs. Kazuchika Okada (2)
Okada wins clean with the Rainmaker, working over Makabe’s injured draw.

Saturday, July 26
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (4) vs. Toru Yano (4)
Goto wins via forfeit

BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (2) vs. Bad Luck Fale (6)
Fale wins clean
BLOCK A: Shelton X Benjamin (0) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr (0)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. wins clean
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0) vs. Minoru Suzuki (2)
Suzuki wins clean
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (2) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (2)
Ishii wins clean
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (0) vs. Lance Archer (2)
Makabe wins clean with the lariat in a short match. The story of the match is Makabe avoiding Archer’s attempts to attack his jaw
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (0) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (3)
Nakamura wins clean
BLOCK B: Kazuchika Okada (4) vs. Karl Anderson (4)
Okada wins clean
BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito (2) vs. AJ Styles (4)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (6) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (3)
Shibata wins clean

Monday, July 28
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
BLOCK B: Toru Yano (4) vs. Karl Anderson (4)
Anderson wins via forfeit
BLOCK B: Minoru Suzuki (4) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (4)
Time limit draw
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (2) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (2)
Kaojima wins clean
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0) vs. Lance Archer (2)
Tenzan wins clean
BLOCK A: Tomohiro Ishii (4) vs. Doc Gallows (4)
Gallows wins after Bullet club shenanigans. Ishii does get to lay Yujiro out after the match with a lariat

BLOCK A: Katsuyori Shibata (5) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (0)
Shibata wins clean
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (6) vs. AJ Styles (6)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (6) vs. Bad Luke Fale (8)
Tanahashi wins clean
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (2) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (5)
Nakamura wins clean
BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito (2) vs. Kazuchika Okada (6)
Okada wins clean

Thursday, July 31
Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu
BLOCK B: Kazuchika Okada (8) vs. Toru Yano (4)
Okada wins via forfeit
BLOCK B: Yujiro Takahashi (5) vs. Togi Makabe (2)
Yujiro tries to work over Makabe’s jaw, but Makabe fights through it and wins
BLOCK A: Doc Gallows (6) vs. Bad Luck Fale (8)
Fale wins clean
BLOCK B: Minoru Suzuki (5) vs. Lance Archer (2)
Suzuki wins clean
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (0) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (2)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. wins clean
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (4) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (7)
Shibata wins clean
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (6) vs. Karl Anderson (6)
Goto wins clean
BLOCK A: Shinsuke Nakamura (7) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (0)
Nakamura wins clean
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0) vs. AJ Styles (8)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (8) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (4)
Tanahashi wins clean

Friday, August 1
Korakuen Hall
BLOCK B: Toru Yano (4) vs. Lance Archer (2)
Archer wins via forfeit
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (4) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (0)
Shelton wins clean
BLOCK B: Yujiro Takahashi (5) vs. Karl Anderson (6)
Yujiro wins clean
BLOCK A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. (4) vs. Doc Gallows (6)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. wins clean. Anderson tries to interfere, but Archer stops him.
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0) vs. Hirooki Goto (8)
Tenzan wins clean
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (2) vs. Bad Luck Fale (10)
Fale wins clean
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (4) vs. Tetsuya Naito (2)
Naito tries to work over Makabe’s jaw, but Makabe fights through the pain and hits a lariat out of nowhere for the win
BLOCK B: Minoru Suzuki (7) vs. AJ Styles (10)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (0) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (9)
Nagata wins via submission, shocking everyone by breaking Shibata’s momentum for his first win
BLOCK A: Shinsuke Nakamura (9) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (4)
Nakamura wins clean


Sunday, August 3
Bodymaker Colosseum
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2) vs. Toru Yano (4)
Tenzan wins via forfeit
BLOCK A: Tomohiro Ishii (4) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr (6)
Ishii wins clean
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (2) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (2)
Benjamin wins clean
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (8) vs. Tetsuya Naito (2)
Goto wins clean
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (4) vs. Doc Gallows (6)
Gallows wins clean
BLOCK B: Lance Archer (4) vs. AJ Styles (12)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (6) vs. Minoru Suzuki (7)
Suzuki wins after a weapon shot to the jaw.
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (2) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (9)
Shibata wins clean
BLOCK B: Kazuchika Okada (9) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (8)
Yujiro wins after Bullet Club interference
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (10) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (11)
Nakamura wins clean

Monday, August 4
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (2) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr (6)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. wins clean
BLOCK B: Lance Archer (4) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (9)
Yujiro wins after Bullet Club interference
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (2) vs. Doc Gallows (8)
Gallows wins clean
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (6) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4)
Makabe’s jaw is heavily taped, and he manages to avoid taking any offense to it, and picks up the win with the knee drop.
BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito (2) vs. Minoru Suzuki (9)
Suzuki cheats to win
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (4) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (13)
Nakamura win clean
BLOCK B: AJ Styles (14) vs. Karl Anderson (6)
Anderson wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (10) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (4)
Tanahashi wins clean
BLOCK A: Katsuyori Shibata (11) vs. Bad Luck Fale (12)
Shibata wins, despite Bullet club interference. Archer and Davey Boy Smith come out to help fight the Bullet Club
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (10) vs. Kazuchika Okada (10)
Goto wins clean


Wednesday, August 6
Takamatsu Gymnasium
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (8) vs. Toru Yano (4)
Makabe wins by forfeit
BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima (4) vs. Tomoaki Honma (2)
Honma wins clean
BLOCK A: Davey Boy Smith Jr (8) vs. Bad Luck Fale (12)
Fale wins clean
BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) vs. Tetsuya Naito (2)
Tenzan gets the heat. Naito’s comeback starts after he accidentally catches Tenzan low with a kick. Naito picks up the win.
BLOCK B: Minoru Suzuki (11) vs. Karl Anderson (8)
Suzuki wins clean
BLOCK B: AJ Styles (12) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (11)
AJ wins clean
BLOCK B: Kazuchika Okada (10) vs. Lance Archer (4)
Okada wins clean
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (12) vs. Yuji Nagata (2)
Tanahashi wins clean
BLOCK A: Shinsuke Nakamura (15) vs. Doc Gallows (10)
Nakamura wins clean
BLOCK A: Tomohiro Ishii (6) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (13)
Shibata wins clean

Friday, August 8
Yokohama Cultural Gynmasium
BLOCK B: Toru Yano (4) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (11)
Yujiro wins by forfeit
BLOCK A: Tomoaki Honma (4) vs. Shelton X Benjamin (4)
Hona wins clean
BLOCK A: Yuji Nagata (2) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (6)
Ishii wins clean
BLOCK A: Shinsuke Nakamura (17) vs. Bad Luck Fale (14)
Fale wins after Bullet Club interference. Okada, Smith, and Archer come out to help fight the Bullet Club after the match.
BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahashi (14) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (8)
Tanahahi wins clean
BLOCK A: Katsuyori Shibata (15) vs. Doc Gallows (10)
Shibata wins clean, once again fighting through Bullet Club interference to win the final spot in the Block A Finals over Fale. Okada, Namamura, Archer, and Smith come out to help fight off the Bullet Club. Nakamura and Shibata shake hands afterwards.
BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito (4) vs. Karl Anderson (8)
Anderson wins after Bullet Club interference. The big group of babyfaces show up to fight the Bullet Club, but they aren’t fast enough to stop their cheating from screwing Naito out of a win. They brawl afterwards and are all separated and everyone is sent to the back aside from AJ, who then has his match…
BLOCK B: Togi Makabe (10) vs. AJ Styles (14)
Makabe gets the clean win over the IWGP Heavyweight Champion
BLOCK B: Hirooki Goto (12) vs. Lance Archer (4)
Archer wins clean, spoiling Goto’s chances of making it to the finals
BLOCK B: Kazuchika Okada (12) vs. Minoru Suzuki (13)
Iizuka, Taka Michinoku, Desperado, Shelton Benjamin, & TAICHI come out after a ref bump and beat Okada down. YOSHI-HASHI comes out to try to make the save, but also gets beaten down. Toru Yano then makes his big return with his own set of Iron Fingers and takes Suzuki-Gun out with them. When the ref recovers, it is just Okada and Suzuki in the ring, and they go to the finisher, which sees Okada get the win in order to leapfrog Suzuki and advance to the Block B Finals


Sunday, August 10
Seibu Dome G1 Final Day

BLOCK A FINALS: Nakamura def. Shibata
BLOCK B FINALS: Okada def. AJ Styles
Babyfaces once again came out to stop the Bullet Club from interfering
G1 FINALS: Namamura def. Okada



Destruction in Kobe
SUZUKI-GUN (Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, TAICHI, Taka Michinoku & Shelton X Benjamin) vs. CHAOS (Okada, Nakamura, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, & Rocky Romero)-
Chaos wins when Okada pins TAICHI
Goto & Shibata def. Gallows & Anderson (non-title)
NEVER OPENWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Yujiro Takahashi(c) (w/the Bullet Club) vs. Togi Makabe-
Makabe wins by DQ, and gets beaten down by the Bullet Club. Goto, Shibata, and Ishii come out to make the save. Makabe thanks Ishii and Shibata, but just stares at Goto.

Destruction in Okayama
Okada def. Nagata
Nakamura & Tanahashi def. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin
Sakuraba def. IIzuka
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Gallows & Anderson(c) (w/the Bullet Club) vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.-
Gallows & Anderson win clean to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
NEVER OPENWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Yujiro Takahashi(c) (w/the Bullet Club) vs. Hirooki Goto-
Yujiro wins via Bullet Club distraction
IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Bad Luck Fale(c) (w/the Bullet Club) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Fale wins by Count-out after Shibata eats a Magic Killer on the floor.
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: AJ Styles(c) (w/the Bullet Club) vs.Togi Makabe
AJ wins clean, using the Rainmaker to get the pin, and we later learn that it broke Makabe’s jaw.


King of Pro Wrestling
- Okada def. AJ to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
- Anderson & Gallows def. Tanahashi & Nakamura via interference (especially from Fale), to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, resulting in Anderson pinning Tanahashi
- Fale def. Tanahashi via cheating to win the IWGP IC Title
- Suzuki, Desperado & Iizuka def. Yano, Sakuraba, & YOSHI-HASHI-
- Shibata def. Nagata
- Time Splitter def. the Young Bucks to retain the Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles
- Ishii def. Naito


Young Bucks win Best of the Super Jr. Tag League, cheating to beat first Forever Hooligans and then Jado & Gedo in the Finals

Power Struggle
Okada def. AJ Styles to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
Yujiro def. Ishii to retain NEVER Title via interference
Tanahashi def. Fale by DQ (Fale retains IC Title)
Anderson & Gallows def. Shibata & Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
Nakamura def. Sakuraba to retain #1 contender’s contract
Time Splitters def. the Young Bucks to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles

WrestleKingdom IX- January 4 Tokyo Dome Show
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (G1 Winner)- Okada retains
IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Bad Luck Fale(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi- (Tanahashi probably wins here)
CHAOS (Forever Hooligans, Tomohiro Ishii, Jado, & Gedo) vs. BULLET CLUB (AJ Styles, the Young Bucks, Doc Gallows, & Karl Anderson)- Ishii pins AJ
Makabe vs. Goto (Makabe thinks that Goto breaking his jaw back in May cost him the G1, so now he is back as a heel and wants to use his lariat to break Goto’s jaw for revenge)
Yano vs. Iizuka- no DQs (a blow off, and then this feud will never be mentioned again)
Suzuki vs. Sakuraba
NEVER OPENWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Yujiro Takahashi(c) vs. Alex Shelley (Yujiro wins)
IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: KUSHIDA(c) vs. Kota Ibushi (this would be Kota’ return from his concussion)
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito-
Naito cheats to win, completing the heel turn started during the G1, with the idea being that he is frustrated of losing, so he has turned to cheating tactics to win



From here I would start to turn AJ face by having Anderson yell at him for losing matches and pointing out that he (Anderson) beat AJ in the G1. I'd have Makabe beat AJ at New Beginning (getting revenge for breaking his jaw), and have Anderson and Gallows retain the titles. I'd have those two meet in the finals of the New Japan Cup, with Anderson winning and challenging Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Title at Invasion Attack, with Nakamura facing AJ because AJ STYLES VS. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA!
Both men would lose their matches, but the other Bullet Club guys would all side with Anderson and AJ would wind up kicked out of the group probably at Dominion after losing an IC Title match to Tanahashi.