It's supposed to be the most blessed time of the year as far as the Meltzer five-star rewards go, but when the blocks were announceed for the 2021 iteration of the G1 Climax, it's fair to say positivity was not the outlook of most people on the Internet. Perhaps cognizant of this problem, New Japan made the sensible move of having their opening day of the tour be headlined by the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi against the man who went against the odds with his stature and outsider positioning to become a star within the New Japan ranks thanks to his MVP performances on many G1 Climax matches, 'The Stone Pitbull' Shingo Takagi.A big beefy slab of meat colliding with an equally big beefy slab of meat, and Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are at virtual ringside with a metaphorical pair of knives and forks to carve it all up, in an intelllectually manner...

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