New Japan G1 Climax 27 live results for Friday, July 21: Sabre vs. Ibushi, Fale vs. Tanahashi, and more

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 27th annual, will feature 20 men competing across 19 dates for a spot in the finals August 13. Each show will be broadcast worldwide on New Japan's streaming service, NJPW World.

We'll have open threads & results for each show as well as the standard match recommendation posts at regular intervals throughout the tournament, so why not watch along with the best pro wrestling community on the internet?

Our third day of tournament action takes place in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall kicking off at a ripe 5:30AM Eastern / 2:30AM Pacific, and it's all about A Block, one of two groupings whose winner will go on to a spot in the finals.

Here are our current standings for A Block going into tonight’s show, broken down by point totals first and their tournament record in parentheses after—

2 POINTS

• Bad Luck Fale (1-0)
• Hirooki Goto (1-0)
• Tetsuya Naito (1-0)
• YOSHI-HASHI (1-0)
• Zack Sabre, Jr. (1-0)

0 POINTS

• Hiroshi Tanahashi (0-1)
• Kota Ibushi (0-1)
• Togi Makabe (0-1)
• Tomohiro Ishii (0-1)
• Yuji Nagata (0-1)

Hirooki Goto over Yuji Nagata by pinfall with GTR.

Tomohiro Ishii over Togi Makabe by pinfall with the vertical drop brainbuster.

Kota Ibushi over Zack Sabre, Jr. by pinfall with the elevated sit-out powerbomb.

Hiroshi Tanahashi over Bad Luck Fale by count-out after a Sling Blade on the apron.

Tetsuya Naito over YOSHI-HASHI by pinfall with Destino.

Enjoy the show!