Onizuka

I'm sure he has a few friends and acquaintances who thinks it's cool to watch him fight! ... I also think he's a pretty damn cool fighter to watch, honestly, so that's at least a handful right there. Seriously, the guy might not be a draw, but he's put on a fair share of exciting performances already. Moraga's not an established guy, but I was still thoroughly impressed when DJ looked for and risked jumping on a submission, despite being in the final minutes of the final rounds of a championship match that he was comfortably ahead in.

Tenryu did the spider German to set up an elbow drop decades ago, and the tombstone's been an established transitional move for just as long. Totally agree on the limb work, though I've learned to live with that. ... Or so I thought. Naito's lack of selling was very off-putting in the tournament, I felt, and so was quite disappointed to see him win it, though I do appreciate NJPW's attempts at establishing as many guys as possible. Nakamura/Ibushi was probably my favourite match of the tourney, with Ishii/Shibata and Ishii/Tanahashi as the runners up. Amazing G1; easily the best I've seen to date.