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Will Ospreay (5-3) vs. Kazuchika Okada (6-2) (G1 Climax 30 A Block Match)
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A Block action resumed with Will Ospreay against Kazuchika Okada. Ospreay came in at 5-3 following a loss to Cobb, while Okada stood at 6-2 following a win over Ishii on G1 Climax 30 Night 15. Ospreay is 0-5 against his CHAOS stablemate all time.
Ospreay hit a running dropkick, sending Okada to the floor at the bell to this G1 Climax 30 encounter. He quickly followed with the Sasake Special to the outside. He then hit Pip Pip Cheerio in the ring for a two count. Both men went for the finishers before taking it back to the floor. Okada hit a Hangman's DDT on the floor. Ospreay made it in at the fifteen count.
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Okada hit a neckbreaker for just the one count. He then worked over Ospreay's neck. Ospreay hit a backdrop to regain the upper hand in this G1 Climax 30 contest. He then followed with an atomic drop, chop and standing shooting star press for a near fall. Okada evaded strikes and then followed with a stiff DDT for a near fall. Ospreay evaded a strike and hit a springboard side kick.
Ospreay blocked the dropkick, put Okada on the top rope and hit a dropkick himself, sending him to the floor in this G1 Climax 30 battle. Ospreay then did a flying flip dive over the ring post to the floor.
Back in the ring, the two men then traded strikes and reversals in this G1 Climax 30 contest until Okada went for the dropkick that Ospreay caught into a powerbomb. Ospreay landed three hook kicks and looked for the Hidden Blade. Okada evaded and got wrist control.
After a reversal of the Stormbreaker, Okada hit a short arm lariat while still holding the wrist. Okada met Ospreay with the dropkick and hit a tombstone. He followed with the Money Clip until Ospreay made it to the ropes.
Okada responded to a slap from Ospreay with a running dropkick. Ospreay blocked the tombstone. Ospreay reversed a lariat into a Spanish fly for a two count. Okada backdropped out of the Stormbreaker and reversed a cradle for a rollup just for a two count.
Ospreay hit the Oscutter and held on to transition into the Stormbreaker, but Okada reversed into the Money Clip. After a series of reversals, Okada countered out of Stormbreaker into a discus lariat. That was an awesome sequence in this G1 Climax 30 matchup.
While Okada put on the Money Clip again, Bea Priestley came down to ringside. Ospreay tried to reach for the ropes, but Okada locked back on the Money Clip when Priestley got on the apron. With that distraction, former Young Lion Tomoyuki Oka, now known as Great O'Kharn, came down and hit a Iron Claw slam on Okada. Ospreay feigned surprise and then hit Stormbreaker on Okada for the win in seventeen minutes. Will Ospreay got his sixth win and first over Okada. Ospreay has got twelve points and still alive in the G1 Climax 30.
After the match, Ospreay hit Hidden Blade on Okada and told him that he held him back. That was an absolutely spectacular match with a shocking heel turn and introduction of a potential new stable. Ospreay has had a great G1 Climax 30 tournament, but this angle has gave him a whole different direction. It also helps to give Okada something new outside of the heavyweight title scene.
Results: Will Ospreay (12) defeats Kazuchika Okada (12) via pinfall
Star Rating: *****
