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It’s that time of year again, and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s G1 Climax tournament is back to ruin sleep schedules all over the globe!
This year's version, the 26th annual, will feature 20 men competing across 19 dates for a spot in the finals August 14. Each show will be broadcast worldwide on New Japan's streaming service, NJPW World.
Check out Rev's list of matches worth checking out from the first five shows here, and rundown of each of the twenty participants journey through the first third of the tourney here.
We'll have open threads & results for each show (and maybe a few other goodies - stay tuned!), so you can watch along with the best pro wrestling community on the internet.
The seventh day of the tourney takes place at Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium in Saitama, and we’re back to A Block, one of two groupings whose winner will go on to a spot in the finals.
Togi Makabe over Hiroyoshi Tenzan by pinfall with a King Kong Knee Drop.
SANADA over Hirooki Goto by pinfall with a moonsault.
Tomohiro Ishii over Naomichi Marufuji by pinfall with a brainbuster.
Kazuchika Okada over Tama Tonga by pinfall with a Rainmaker.
Hiroshi Tanahashi over Bad Luck Fale by pinfall with a backslide.
Here are the standings heading into these bouts (we’ll update these after the show, which is scheduled to kickoff with undercard action at 5:30AM Eastern):
A Block (updated!):
Togi Makabe - 8 Points (4 - 0)
Kazuchika Okada - 6 Points (3 - 1)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan - 4 Points (2 - 2)
Hirooki Goto - 4 Points (2 - 2)
Naomichi Marufuji - 4 Points (2 - 2)
SANADA - 4 Points (2 - 2)
Tomohiro Ishii - 4 Points (2 - 2)
Bad Luck Fale - 2 Points (1 - 3)
Tama Tonga - 2 Points (1 - 3)
Hiroshi Tanahashi - 2 Points (1 - 3)
B Block:
Yuji Nagata - 6 points (3 - 0)
Tomoaki Honma - 4 points (2 - 1)
Katsuhiko Nakajima - 4 points (2 - 1)
Kenny Omega - 4 points (2 - 1)
Tetsuya Naito - 4 points (2 - 1)
YOSHI-HASHI - 2 points (1 - 2)
EVIL - 2 points (1 - 2)
Katsuyori Shibata- 2 points (1 - 2)
Michael Elgin - 2 points (1 - 2)
Toru Yano - 0 points (0 - 3)
Enjoy the show!