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Despite the fact that the crowd is largely behind Shibata in this match, not a single person is disappointed once Okada beats him. Then you get Shibata, this absolute ass-kicking weaponized machine of a human being, just completely battering the world champ.
Shibata pretty much dominated Okada is almost every facet of the match: wrestling, striking, submissions. Okada's wildcard was the Rainmaker. If he was able to out last Shibata and land a strong enough Rainmaker, he sneak out a win.
- 4 min
Shibata either had an answer for every one of Okada's moves, or he managed to tough it out just enough to fire back harder than Okada hit originally. If it wasn't for the Rainmaker being a nuclear bomb a finish Okada would have been done for.
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- Final Rating: ****3/4
Two weeks earlier, Shibata won the New Japan Cup (a single-elimination tournament) and earned the right to challenge Okada for his IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Okada accepted this challenge and was determined to beat Shibata just as he had beaten everyone else during his historic fourth reign as world champion. This match-up was a huge deal for m...
This match originally took place on April 9th, 2017. That’s four years ago today. This is for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The bell rings and the crowd is overwhelmingly behind Shibata. The match starts off slow with some amateur chain grappling. Shibata ends up on top of Okada and taunts him. Okada remains on defense to avoid getting taught ...
I have similar thoughts about this match as I did for the famous Undertaker-Michaels match from WrestleMania XXV. This is a nearly-flawless match that got tainted by one instance that almost ruined the whole match. And while that Taker-Michaels match was messed up by an accident that wasn’t the fault of either wrestler, this match got messed up by ...
If it weren’t for Shibata’s stupid head-butt and Okada being a bit inconsistent in selling Shibata’s legwork, I would probably rank this match as not only a 5-star match, but as somewhere in the top twenty matches of all time. Almost everything that happened before and after the head-butt was tremendous. The wrestling, counters, drama, unpredictabi...
Oct 21, 2021 · G1 Climax 31 Final: Kota Ibushi vs Kazuchika Okada. The match started with grappling, and it was fascinating to see how much Shibata and Sabre Jr did with 5 minutes of grappling compared to how little Okada and Ibushi did with it. This felt like it was going long.
Apr 9, 2017 · Shibata fights off a Rainmaker by kicking at Okada’s injured arm before the infamous headbutt. Finishing stretch. Shibata locks on an Octopus Hold, followed by a Sleeper, kicks some more tar out of Okada but eats three Rainmakers. 1, 2, 3.
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Apr 8, 2017 · Okada goes for a pin but Shibata grabbed an arm and wrenches it in with an armbar. Okada escapes as they get into another scary slap battle. Okada manages to get Shibata into the corner and hits a running dropkick.
