#5 Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi (G1 Climax 30 Day 11)
The G1 Climax 30 was highly anticipated for a few first-time ever matches. One of those first-time encounters was the main event of Day 11 with Shingo Takagi facing Kota Ibushi. Two of the best wrestlers in NJPW delivered a tremendous main event here that gave fans one of the best matches of the tournament.
The two men delivered a hard-hitting display of violence. Ibushi and Takagi both had tournaments that had them delivering entertaining matches every single night, but here they delivered an enthralling contest that had the fans in Hiroshima louder than they were the whole night.
Will John Cena beat Ric Flair's record? A former WCW Champion thinks so HERE
When NJPW fans talk about the prototypical G1 banger, this is what they are talking. The main event of the G1 Climax 30 Day 11 showed that Shingo and Ibushi had great chemistry with one another and would have fans begging for more contests between these top notch performers. This is just the first of a few matches for Shingo featured in our Top 5.