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NEW JAPAN PRIMER: TOMOAKI HONMA

By Matthew Macklin on 2014-12-16 08:24:36
Tomoaki Honma

Honma has quickly become NJPW’s ultimate underdog after being slotted into this year’s G1 Climax as a late substitute.

His never say die performances and the fact that he couldn’t pick up a win in the tournament made the NJPW crowd gravitate towards him.

Honma-mania ran wild and he backed it up with his incredible G1 performances which were some of the finest in the greatest G1 Climax ever.

Honma likes to use his Kokeshi headbutt, a brainbuster and watch out for his Honma Clutch pinning combination.

Let's take a look at some of his G1 performances and see why he has became one of NJPW’s most sympathetic and much loved competitors.

Tomoaki Honma vs Tomohiro ishii – G1 Climax Block A Match

After having an outstanding match for the NEVER Championship months prior, expectations were high for this one as two of NJPW’s cult favourites faced off. It can be seen here.

Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuyori Shibata – G1 Climax Block A Match

There was a buzz in the air that maybe Honma could pull off the upset and score his first win of the tournament against the ferocious Shibata. What resulted was my personal favourite G1 Match. View it here.

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