New Japan G1 Climax 27 live results for Sunday, Aug. 13: Omega vs. Naito 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 Ryogoku Sumo Hall, kicking off at a ripe 2AM Eastern / 11PM Pacific, and we’ve finally reached the finals!

It’s all come down to Naito vs. Omega, but the finals aren’t all that’s on tap, as we have two tag title defenses lined up as well as a full slate of New Japan’s trademark faction warfare tags up and down the card.

Our final standings (with both blocks intermixed for convenience) are reproduced below, but if you’d like a more in-depth look at how we got here, you can find past show results easily, right here.

14 POINTS

• Kenny Omega (B: 7-2)
• Tetsuya Naito (A: 7-2)

13 POINTS

• Kazuchika Okada (B: 6-2-1)

12 POINTS

• Bad Luck Fale (A: 6-3)
• EVIL (B: 6-3)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi (A: 6-3)

10 POINTS

• Hirooki Goto (A: 5-4)
• Kota Ibushi (A: 5-4)
• Zack Sabre, Jr. (A: 5-4)

9 POINTS

• Minoru Suzuki (B: 4-4-1)

8 POINTS

• Juice Robinson (B: 4-5)
• Michael Elgin (B: 4-5)
• SANADA (B: 4-5)
• Tama Tonga (B: 4-5)
• Togi Makabe (A:4-5)
• Tomohiro Ishii (A: 4-5)
• Toru Yano (B: 4-5)

4 POINTS

• YOSHI-HASHI (A: 2-7)

2 POINTS

• Satoshi Kojima (B: 1-8)
• Yuji Nagata (A: 1-8)

Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) over Hirai Kawato, Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, & Tiger Mask IV by pinfall with Deep Impact from Kanemaru on Kawato.

Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) over Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata by pinfall with Fire Thunder from Roa on Nakanishi.

Chaos (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) over David Finlay & Togi Makabe by pinfall with Karma from Tacos on Finlay.

Juice Robinson & TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) over Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, & Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall with Pulp Friction from Robinson on Owens.

Taguchi Japan (Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi) over Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) by pinfall with a shooting star press from Ricochet on Matt Jackson, winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Intermission begins and Katsuyori Shibata makes his entrance! He’s walking to the ring under his own power! He took a bump for some reason! He gets on the mic real fast and says (thanks to Chris Charlton for the translation) “I’m alive! That’s all!”

Back from intermission, we get a cryptic video package of someone with a knife.

War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe) (c) over Bullet Club (Cody Rhodes & Hangman Page) by pinfall with Fallout on Page, retaining the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

After the match, Guerrillas of Destiny come down to issue a challenge, but before War Machine can accept, Killer Elite Squad return and jump both teams!

Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, & Zack Sabre, Jr.) over Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, & Michael Elgin by submission with a modified octopus hold from Sabre on Tanahashi.

Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, & SANADA) over Chaos (Gedo, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, & Toru Yano) by submission with a triangle choke from Takahashi on Gedo.

Tetsuya Naito over Kenny Omega by pinfall with Destino, winning the G1 Climax. (G1 Climax 27 Finals)

Enjoy the show!