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GCG Champions Climax 1977 Days 1-2 GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #1 Monday 1st December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #2 Wednesday 3rd December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #3 Friday 5th December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #4 Sunday 7th December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #5 Wednesday 10th December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #6 Friday 12th December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #7 Monday 15th December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #8 Wednesday 17th December GCG Champions Climax 1977 Finale Saturday 20th December The GCG Champions Climax is a double-elimination tournament where a wrestler is only eliminated from the competition when they suffer a second loss. Losers enter a second, parallel bracket and the winner of that bracket reaches the final of the overall tournament. In theory a wrestler can lose their first round match, then win all of their subsequent matches and emerge as the tournament’s overall winner. Just over a week ago at GCG Golden Spirit, iconic US wrestler made his debut in GCG shortly before GCG legend Sadaharu Jimbo returned from a 10 month hiatus to prevent Dick and Dissent laying waste to GCG World Heavyweight champion Yoshinaka Toshusai. Dick, Jimbo and Toshusai will take part in the Champions Climax tournament. They are joined by 13 other wrestlers including Yoshifusa Maeda and Kazu Yoshizawa who failed to capture the GCG World Tag Team titles at Golden Spirit and claimed they had fully disbanded as a tag team. The likes of Genei Konda, Hayate Hasegawa, Harumi Shinomori and Jin Sakamoto are all candidates to win the Champions Climax. GCG Champions Climax 1977 Brackets Azumanonami Dick the Devastator Genei Konda Viktor Molatov Semifinal 1 Harumi Shinomori Seto Cho Hayate Hasegawa Mike Barstow Winner Bracket Jin Sakamoto Final Kazu Yoshizawa Shadow Kabuto Yoshifusa Maeda Semifinal 2 Major Havok Yoshinaka Toshusai Panther Tanimoto Sadaharu Jimbo FINAL WINNER Loser Bracket Loser Bracket Final GCG Champions Climax 1977 Days 1-2 GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #1 5,000 80 Kochi Stadium (Shikoku) 1. 75 In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Danger Kumasaka and Team Kawajiri defeated Daisuke Sato and Team FURY in 19:43 when Danger Kumasaka submitted Daisuke Sato with an Aurora Surfboard Vice. 2. 74 In a good match, Hayate Hasegawa defeated Mike Barstow in 22:37 by pinfall with a Shining Wizard. 3. 76 In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Jin Sakamoto defeated Kazu Yoshizawa in 25:03 by pinfall with a Jack-Knife Powerbomb. 4. 77 In a superb match, Harumi Shinomori defeated Seto Cho in 26:59 by submission with a Kodachi Clutch. Hayate Hasegawa and Mike Barstow kicked off the GCG Champions Climax tournament with a good match where Hasegawa looked incredible. He won with a Shining Wizard. Still suffering from a fractured wrist, Kazu Yoshizawa couldn’t avenge the GCG World Tag Team title loss against his opponent Jin Sakamoto who pinned him with a Jack-Knife Powerbomb. Golden Guard teammates Shinomori and Cho met in the first round. The bigger and more experienced Shinomori defeated his lightweight tag partner with a Kodachi Clutch submission. Genei Konda VS Viktor Molatov Dick the Devastator’s beatdown and replacement of Viktor Molatov sent shockwaves through GCG and Molatov had the opportunity of getting swift revenge on the American if he could defeat Konda and reach the next round. Further progress in the competition could see him return to the title picture after his loss to Yoshinaka Toshusai at GCG Golden Spirit. Konda, on the other hand, was floundering. A good performance alongside Hasegawa in the Golden Tag League bore scant rewards and the Champions Climax was a perfect chance to reassert himself in the title picture. Molatov was ragged and angrier than ever. Konda used this to his advantage, running circles around the bigger man. Molatov couldn’t connect with his trademark Soviet Sickle and fell foul of the Golden Elbow which put Konda into the next round. Konda: 94 In an exceptional match, Genei Konda defeated Viktor Molatov in 81 28:58 28:58 by pinfall with a Golden Elbow. Molatov: 76 GCG Champions Climax 1977 Days 1-2 GCG Champions Climax 1977 Day #2 8,256 67 Okayama (Chugoku) 1. 62 In a decent match, 10 Punch Buck Winslow, Danger Kumasaka and Dissent defeated Hiroyasu Gakusha, Ujiaki Honda, Fumiyo Yoshimatsu and Billy Sanderson in 17:38 when Danger Kumasaka submitted Billy Sanderson with an Aurora Surfboard Vice. 2. 69 In a decent match, Dick The Devastator defeated Azumanonami in 20:27 by pinfall with a Total Devastation. 3. 83 In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Yoshifusa Maeda defeated Shadow Kabuto in 23:12 by pinfall with a Maeda Lariat. 4. 83 In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Yoshinaka Toshusai defeated Major Havok in 24:36 by pinfall with an Exploder Suplex. Dick the Devastator battered Azumanonami in a dominant debut. The Total Devastation (Curb Stomp) put an end to Azumanonami’s night and saw Dick advance to face Genei Konda in the next round. Yoshifusa Maeda managed some semblance of retribution against Shadow Kabuto after the World Tag Team title loss at Golden Spirit. He will face Kabuto’s team mate Sakamoto in the next round. GCG World Heavyweight Champion booked his place in the next round with a confident win over a faltering Major Havok. Panther Tanimoto VS Sadaharu Jimbo Sadaharu Jimbo wrestled his first match since his sensational return from a 10 month hiatus at Golden Spirit. His opponent was Panther Tanimoto who has been putting in solid performances, showing his bravery and intensity since his arrival in the company in the summer. Jimbo wasted no time getting into the action. The crowd loved seeing him pulling out his famous moves – the Stunning Heart Punch, the snapdragon suplex, and the spinning sitout powerbomb. However, Panther Tanimoto held his own. He took advantage of Jimbo’s rustiness and nearly won with the Panther Strike, but Jimbo rolled to the ropes and survived. Jimbo rallied with the support of the crowd and hit the Jimbo Enziguiri to win the match. He goes on to face GCG World Heavyweight Champion Yoshinaka Toshusai in the next round. In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Sadaharu Tanimoto: 59 66 28:35 Jimbo defeated Panther Tanimoto in 28:35 by pinfall with a Jimbo Jimbo: 66 Enzuigiri Kick. GCG Champions Climax 1977 After Days 1-2 Azumanonami Dick the Devastator Dick the Devastator Genei Konda Genei Konda Viktor Molatov Semifinal 1 Harumi Shinomori Harumi Shinomori Seto Cho Hayate Hasegawa Hayate Hasegawa Mike Barstow Winner Bracket Jin Sakamoto Final Jin Sakamoto Kazu Yoshizawa Shadow Kabuto Yoshifusa Maeda Yoshifusa Maeda Semifinal 2 Major Havok Yoshinaka Toshusai Yoshinaka Toshusai Panther Tanimoto Sadaharu Jimbo Sadaharu Jimbo FINAL WINNER Loser Bracket Azumanonami Viktor Molatov Seto Cho Mike Barstow Kazu Yoshizawa Shadow Kabuto Loser Bracket Final Major Havok Panther Tanimoto