G1 Climax 2017 and Tama Tonga's promo

Initially I jumped the gun on referring to the G1 Special New Japn did here in the US recently as what I thought was the start of the actual G1 Climax which is strictly a tournament that's done strictly in Japan and for that I apologize if I mislead anyone. I did not think they were just using the G1 as a reference to indicate it was
a tournament strictly for the US which was a two night special which many or some had saw Omega became the inaugural
NJPWUS Champion which unlike the actual G1 Climax which is now starting which you can watch on NJPW World for those interested.

Here's an intro vid.



Now I want to touch on the Tonga shoot or atleast what seemed like it was that's making rounds which was done their press
conference which you can watch below.



Okay so I agree to a good extent that it Bullet Club did help New Japan (whether those would agree or not) get more recognition then they probably would
not have had but they also had the talent to help them be in the same breath as the other big promotion over here and although the promo touched on some of the obvious, there are still some stuff that I don't think was taken into consideration before Tonga let loose like although the G1 USA special was a pretty good success, I don't have the numbers or anything, an event like the G1 Climax being the biggest event for New Japan takes alot of planning in the first place and I'm pretty sure it's been laid out where they are going to hold these events in Japan but now maybe because of the success of the recent G1 USA Special, there could be a possibility to try and add some dates for next year but that takes not only alot of planning as mentioned but it takes alot of money and knowing the right people to hold the events at and to distinguish how big of a place they would need and not book dates that if they planned on doing an few arenas to make sure their dates don't coincide with concerts or that other big company or just any events in general but it's good they have a network like AxsTv who's I'm sure would be willing to show wherever they hold the events if they do.

I guess Tango was trying plant seeds for New Japan to consider as well as putting over the BC but some of the other
stuff could have been handled better but that's just me. A quick FYI for anyone interested. Tonga is the son of another known wrestler you might know as Haku or even Meng. Him and his brother Tanga Roa are former 3 time IWGP Tag Team Champions.

On a more positive note, it's good to see Ibushi involved but do to the where he is positioned, we won't be able to see
an Omega/Ibushi match which if you ever seen these the ones with these two, they were very entertaining and fun to watch, that is if
like that style.

Here's the full schedule but keep in mind these are US Eastern.

July 17 in Hokkaido, 2AM start (A Block, English Commentary)

- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Yuji Nagata vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
- Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii

July 20 in Korakuen Hall, 5:30AM (B Block, English Commentary)

- Minoru Suzuki vs. Kenny Omega
- SANADA vs. EVIL
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano
- Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Juice Robinson

July 21 in Korakuen Hall, 5:30AM (A Block, English Commentary)

- Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
- Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale

July 22 in Korakuen Hall, 5:30AM (B Block, English Commentary)

- Kenny Omega vs. Tama Tonga
- Minoru Suzuki vs. SANADA
- EVIL vs. Juice Robinson
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Toru Yano

July 23 in Tokyo Machida Gymnasium, 5AM (A Block)

- Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata

July 25 in Fukushima, 5:30AM (B Block)

- Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA
- Kenny Omega vs. Toru Yano
- Tama Tonga vs. EVIL
- Juice Robinson vs. Minoru Suzuki
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin

July 26 in Miyagi, 5:30AM (A Block)

- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
- Kota Ibushi vs. Togi Makabe
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata

July 27 in Niigata, 5:30AM (B Block)

- Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega
- Minoru Suzuki vs. EVIL
- SANADA vs. Toru Yano
- Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima

July 29 in Aichi, 5AM (A Block)

- Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
- Togi Makabe vs. Yuji Nagata

July 30 in Gifu, 3:30AM (B Block)

- Kenny Omega vs. Satoshi Kojima
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Juice Robinson
- Michael Elgin vs. SANADA
- Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga
- EVIL vs. Toru Yano

August 1 in Kagoshima, 5:30AM (A Block)

- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuji Nagata
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto
- Togi Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

August 2 in Fukuoka, 5:30AM (B Block)

- Kenny Omega vs. EVIL
- Minoru Suzuki vs. Satoshi Kojima
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
- SANADA vs. Juice Robinson
- Michael Elgin vs. Toru Yano

August 4 in Ehime, 6AM (A Block)

- Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
- Kota Ibushi vs. Yuji Nagata
- Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale

August 5 in Osaka, 4AM (B Block)

- Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
- Satoshi Kojima vs. SANADA
- Minoru Suzuki vs. Michael Elgin
- Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano
- Kenny Omega vs. Juice Robinson

August 6 in Shizuoka, 3AM (A Block)

- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Togi Makabe
- Hirooki Goto vs. Bad Luck Fale
- Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuji Nagata

August 8 in Kanagawa, 5:30AM (B Block)

- Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
- Kenny Omega vs. SANADA
- Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano
- Michael Elgin vs. EVIL
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Tama Tonga

August 11 at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, 5:30AM (Final A Block show, English Commentary)

- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Bad Luck Fale vs. Yuji Nagata
- Togi Makabe vs. YOSHI-HASHI

August 12 at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, 5:30AM (Final B Block show, English Commentary)

- Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
- Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano
- Tama Tonga vs. SANADA
- Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson
- Satoshi Kojima vs. EVIL

August 13 at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall, 2AM (G1 Climax 27 Finals,English Commentary)

- A Block winner vs. B Block winner