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 28th annual, will feature 20 men competing across 19 dates for a spot in the finals on August 12. Each show will be broadcast worldwide on New Japan's streaming service, NJPW World.
We'll have open threads & results for each show (past results can be found here) 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?
Current standings
2 Points
- Hangman Page (A Block, 1-0)
- Hirooki Goto (B Block, 1-0)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (A Block, 1-0)
- “Switchblade” Jay White (A Block, 1-0)
- Kenny Omega (B Block, 1-0)
- Kota Ibushi (B Block, 1-0)
- Michael Elgin (A Block, 1-0)
- Tama Tonga (B Block, 1-0)
- Togi Makabe (A Block, 1-0)
- Tomohiro Ishii (B Block, 1-0)
0 Points
- Bad Luck Fale (A Block, 0-1)
- EVIL (A Block, 0-1)
- Juice Robinson (B Block, 0-1)
- Kazuchika Okada (A Block, 0-1)
- Minoru Suzuki (A Block, 0-1)
- SANADA (B Block, 0-1)
- Toru Yano (B Block, 0-1)
- Tetsuya Naito (B Block, 0-1)
- YOSHI-HASHI (A Block, 0-1)
- Zack Sabre, Jr. (B Block, 0-1)
Our third day of action takes place in Hokkaido’s Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell, kicking off at a brisk 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.
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) over Shota Umino & Toa Henare
Chaos (Jado & Toru Yano) over Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
David Finlay & Juice Robinson over Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi by pinfall with Pulp Friction from Robinson on Takahashi.
Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) over Chaos (SHO & Tomohiro Ishii) by submission with Skull End from SANADA on SHO.
Chaos (Hirooki Goto & YOH) over Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Kenny Omega) by pinfall with GTR from Goto on Owens.
Michael Elgin over Hangman Page by pinfall with the Elgin Bomb.
EVIL over YOSHI-HASHI by pinfall with EVIL.
Togi Makabe over Minoru Suzuki by pinfall with the King Kong Knee Drop.
Bad Luck Fale over Kazuchika Okada by pinfall with Bad Luck Fall after Tama Tonga ran in and hit a Gun Stun.
“Switchblade” Jay White over Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall with Blade Runner after a ref bump and a chair to the 1/100 Ace’s face.
White cuts a promo putting himself over for beating Tanahashi and Okada.
Enjoy the show!