NJPW G1 Climax Night 7 results: The Rainmaker stands tall

Kazuchika Okada (6) vs. Will Ospreay (2)

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The Rainmaker and the Aerial Assassin held the main event, with the crowd chanting constantly for both men. Never before have I seen a man guilt an entire arena into chanting his name, but Okada surprised me, turning the Ospreay chants into Okada ones with one forlornly threatening look. Red Shoes Unno refereed.

Okada and Ospreay locked up in the middle of the ring to grapple each other to the ground. The CHAOS teammates know each other very well but still found themselves feeling each other out. Some of their tangles were instantly reminiscent of the Greco-Roman style, and it transitioned into flourishes of Lucha brutality.

Okada’s Irish whip kept Ospreay in the perfect position to eat a dropkick. The 20-count started when Osprey landed outside the ropes, and Okada opened the ropes to show Ospreay a fighter’s respect for his teammate.

Okada gave him no quarter, however, delivering a slingshot senton to keep Ospreay down on the mat instead of in his airy element. Once the fight went into the corner, Okada dominated Ospreay with chops and the ability to absorb punishment. Even Ospreay’s suplex didn’t keep him down.

For Ospreay to gain the upper hand, it took an aerial forearm. Finally, one of Ospreay’s chest chops caused Okada some real pain. Okada revered Ospreay’s momentum with a brutal neckbreaker. A dropkick, full-body slam, and elbow drop nearly ended the match in Okada’s favour.

Osprey rallied with a hard high kick to Okada’s chin after soaking up a tombstone piledriver and he delivered a Robinson Special that nearly led to his OsCutter finisher. Hard shots on the ring apron exhausted both men, and Ospreay completed his finishing move outside the ring.

Unno began the 20-count, and Osprey beat Okada back into the ring, who made it at the 19-count. Osprey’s Coast to Coast and a second OsCutter still couldn’t end the night his way. Okada turned Ospreay’s Super OsCutter into a German suplex punctuated by a dropkick.

Ospreay’s shooting star couldn’t take the wind out of Okada, and when he attempted the Stormbreaker finishing move, Okada’s quadruple Rainmaker finishers ended Ospreay’s night.

Result: Kazuchika Okada (8) def. Will Osprey via pinfall