New Japan G1 Climax 27 live results for Sunday, July 23: Makabe vs. Goto, Ishii vs. Ibushi, 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?

Today’s action takes place in Tokyo's Machida Gymnasium kicking off at a ripe 5AM Eastern / 2AM 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—

4 POINTS

• Hirooki Goto (2-0)
• Tetsuya Naito (2-0)

2 POINTS

• Bad Luck Fale (1-1)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi (1-1)
• Kota Ibushi (1-1)
• Tomohiro Ishii (1-1)
• YOSHI-HASHI (1-1)
• Zack Sabre, Jr. (1-1)

0 POINTS

• Togi Makabe (0-2)
• Yuji Nagata (0-2)

Zack Sabre, Jr. over YOSHI-HASHI

Hiroshi Tanahashi over Yuji Nagata

Bad Luck Fale over Tetsuya Naito

Kota Ibushi over Tomohiro Ishii

Togi Makabe over Hirooki Goto

Enjoy the show!