Chono wins 2005 G-1 CLIMAX!

The 14th annual New Japan G-1 CLIMAX has come to a close with Mr. G-1 Masahiro Chono winning his fifth G-1 beating IWGP champion Kazuyuki Fujita in the finals. Chono received a big pop for the win, and even more for dedicating the match to the late Shinya Hashimoto. Fujita on the other hand up to this point had been undefeated, and was destroying the opposition left and right. Even the mighty Toshiaki Kawada fell to Fujita in just 6 1/2 minutes!
However, on paper this overall looked like one of the WORSE G1s EVER.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/14/05 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
11,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House
Hirooki Goto beat Akiya Anzawa (8:41) with a crab hold.
Lizmark Jr. beat Takashi Iizuka (11:50) with a revolution-style side buster.
Hangman beat Hiro Saito (5:06) with a stretch buster.
G1 Climax - Semi Final: Masahiro Chono beat Shinsuke Nakamura (11:35) with a reverse STF.
G1 Climax - Semi Final: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Toshiaki Kawada (6:23) with a knee kick.
Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru, Jado & Gedo beat Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask, El Samurai & Masahito Kakihara (18:20) when Jado used an inside cradle on Tiger.
Tatsutoshi Goto & Osamu Nishimura beat Minoru Suzuki & Toru Yano (13:01) when Nishimura used a backslide on Yano.
Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Kendo Kashin beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi (13:34) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Yoshie.
G1 Climax - Final: Masahiro Chono beat Kazuyuki Fujita (8:52) with a Shining Yakuza kick.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/13/05 (Samurai! TV/PV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8,000 Fans
Naofumi Yamamoto & Hiroshi Nagao beat Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa (10:11) when Yamamoto used a backdrop suplex on Goto.
G1 Climax - Block B: Toru Yano [4] beat Togi Makabe [0] by forfeit.
G1 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [6] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [4] (8:22) with a diving body press.
G1 Climax - Block A: Minoru Suzuki [6] vs. Kendo Kashin [5] went to a double countout (12:17).
G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi [10] beat Hiroshi Tanahashi [7] (13:50) with the Hercules Cutter.
G1 Climax - Block A: Toshiaki Kawada [10] beat Osamu Nishimura [5] (17:00) with a Stretch Plum.
G1 Climax - Block A: Masahiro Chono [10] beat Tatsumi Fujinami [4] (11:08) with a Shining Yakuza kick.
G1 Climax - Block A: Yuji Nagata [8] beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan [8] (16:55) with a backdrop hold.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [14] beat Shinsuke Nakamura [11] (6:25) with a knee kick.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/11/05 (Samurai! TV)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
8,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
Naofumi Yamamoto & Yujiro beat Hirooki Goto & Akiya Anzawa (12:27) when Yujiro used a kakaekomi crab hold on Anzawa.
G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroshi Tanahashi [7] beat Togi Makabe [0] by forfeit.
G1 Climax - Block B: Tatsutoshi Goto [4] beat Toru Yano [2] (4:16) with a backdrop suplex.
G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [11] beat Yutaka Yoshie [4] (10:49) by pinfall.
G1 Climax - Block A: Yuji Nagata [6] beat Osamu Nishimura [5] (19:34) with a backdrop hold.
G1 Climax - Block A: Masahiro Chono [8] beat Kendo Kashin [4] (1:45) with a reverse STF.
Hiroshi Tanahashi beat El Samurai (7:22) with a Dragon sleeper.
G1 Climax - Block A: Toshiaki Kawada [8] beat Minoru Suzuki [5] (17:11) with a face kick.
G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [8] beat Tatsumi Fujinami [4] (12:49) with a moonsault press.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [12] beat Manabu Nakanishi [8] (8:02) with a knee kick.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/10/05 (SXW)
Twin Messe Shizuoka North Pavillion
3,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy
Hirooki Goto beat Naofumi Yamamoto (8:03) with a crab hold.
Manabu Nakanishi beat Yujiro (4:35) with the Hercules Cutter.
G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi [8] beat Togi Makabe [0] by forfeit.
G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [9] vs. Toru Yano [2] went to a double countout (5:15).
G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroshi Tanahashi [5] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [2] (9:09) with the Sling Blade.
G1 Climax - Block A: Yuji Nagata [4] beat Kendo Kashin [4] (13:08) with a backdrop hold.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [10] beat Yutaka Yoshie [4] (8:45) with a cross armbreaker.
G1 Climax - Block A: Osamu Nishimura [5] beat Tatsumi Fujinami [4] (11:29) with a modified front cradle.
G1 Climax - Block A: Minoru Suzuki [5] beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] (13:50) with a sleeper hold.
G1 Climax - Block A: Masahiro Chono [6] beat Toshiaki Kawada [6] (12:14) with a Shining Yakuza kick.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/8/05 (SXW)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
5,000 Fans - No Vacancy
Hiroshi Nagao beat Yujiro (7:53) with a chokeslam.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [8] beat Togi Makabe [0] by forfeit.
G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [8] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [2] (6:11) with a cross armbreaker.
G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi [6] beat Toru Yano [1] (5:17) with the Hercules Cutter.
G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] beat Kendo Kashin [4] (12:19) with the TTD.
G1 Climax - Block A: Osamu Nishimura [3] beat Masahiro Chono [4] (20:55) with a figure-four leglock.
Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hirooki Goto (1:11) with a front sleeper.
G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroshi Tanahashi [3] beat Yutaka Yoshie [4] (15:01) with a high-angle front cradle.
G1 Climax - Block A: Tatsumi Fujinami [4] beat Minoru Suzuki [3] (10:17) with a cross armbreaker cutback cradle.
G1 Climax - Block A: Toshiaki Kawada [6] beat Yuji Nagata [2] (26:55) with a low-altitude dropkick.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/7/05 (WPW/NJ+IWTV Internet)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
6,000 Fans - No Vacancy
Hirooki Goto & Yujiro beat Naofumi Yamamoto & Hiroshi Nagao (14:11) when Goto used a crab hold on Nagao.
G1 Climax - Block B: Tatsutoshi Goto [2] beat Togi Makabe [0] by forfeit.
G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi [4] beat Yutaka Yoshie [4] (12:40) with the Hercules Cutter.
G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] beat Osamu Nishimura [1] (18:46) with the Anaconda Cross.
G1 Climax - Block A: Yuji Nagata [2] beat Tatsumi Fujinami [2] (9:37) with a backdrop hold.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [6] beat Toru Yano [1] (3:41) with a powerbomb.
G1 Climax - Block A: Kendo Kashin [4] beat Toshiaki Kawada [4] (11:16) with a Stretch Plum cutback cradle.
G1 Climax - Block A: Masahiro Chono [4] beat Minoru Suzuki [3] (17:50) with a Shining Yakuza kick.
G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [6] beat Hiroshi Tanahashi [1] (13:35) with a cross armbreaker.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/6/05 (Samurai! TV)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
5,200 Fans
Hiroshi Nagao beat Akiya Anzawa (7:15) with a chokeslam.
G1 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [4] beat Toru Yano [1] (12:39) with a diving body press.
G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [4] beat Togi Makabe [0] (2:30) by referee stop.*
G1 Climax - Block B: Manabu Nakanishi [2] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [0] (7:26) with the Hercules Cutter.
G1 Climax - Block A: Kendo Kashin [2] beat Osamu Nishimura [1] (15:07) with a forward cradle cutback.
G1 Climax - Block A: Minoru Suzuki [3] beat Yuji Nagata [0] (12:06) with an open hand slap.
G1 Climax - Block A: Toshiaki Kawada [4] beat Tatsumi Fujinami [2] (12:03) with a right face kick.
G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2] beat Masahiro Chono [2] (18:33) with the Anaconda Cross.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [4] beat Hiroshi Tanahashi [1] (9:14) with a single-leg crab hold.
* Makabe suffers an ankle injury and can't continue the tournament.

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 8/4/05 (SXW)
Fukuoka International Center
4,000 Fans - No Vacancy
G1 Climax - Block B: Yutaka Yoshie [2] beat Togi Makabe [0] (12:23) with a diving body press.
G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroshi Tanahashi [1] vs. Toru Yano [1] went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
G1 Climax - Block A: Osamu Nishimura [1] vs. Minoru Suzuki [1] went to a draw (30:00) when the time limit expired.
G1 Climax - Block A: Tatsumi Fujinami [2] beat Kendo Kashin [0] (4:50) with a ground Cobra Twist.
G1 Climax - Block B: Kazuyuki Fujita [2] beat Tatsutoshi Goto [0] (3:19) with a front sleeper.
G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura [2] beat Manabu Nakanishi [0] (14:38) with a triangle choke hold.
G1 Climax - Block A: Masahiro Chono [2] beat Yuji Nagata [0] (17:02) with an inside cradle.
G1 Climax - Block A: Toshiaki Kawada [2] beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan [0] (19:08) with a face kick.