New Japan G1 Climax 27 live results for Friday, Aug. 4: Sabre vs. Naito, Tanahashi vs. Makabe, 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 Ehime's Item Ehime, kicking off at a ripe 6AM Eastern / 3AM 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, but if you’d like a more in-depth look at how we got here, you can find past show results easily, right here.

8 POINTS

• Hiroshi Tanahashi (4-2)
• Tetsuya Naito (4-2)
• Tomohiro Ishii (4-2)
• Zack Sabre, Jr. (4-2)

6 POINTS

• Bad Luck Fale (3-3)
• Hirooki Goto (3-3)
• Kota Ibushi (3-3)
• Togi Makabe (3-3)

4 POINTS

• YOSHI-HASHI (2-4)

0 POINTS

• Yuji Nagata (0-6)

Kota Ibushi over Yuji Nagata

Bad Luck Fale over Tomohiro Ishii

Hirooki Goto over YOSHI-HASHI

Tetsuya Naito over Zack Sabre, Jr.

Hiroshi Tanahashi over Togi Makabe

Enjoy the show!