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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 29th 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, except for opening night, which was live exclusively on AXS here in the States and uploaded to NJPW World at a later date.
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?
Current Standings
A Block
10 Points
- Kazuchika Okada (5-0)
8 Points
- KENTA (4-1)
6 Points
- Kota Ibushi (3-2)
- EVIL (3-2)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-2)
4 Points
- Will Ospreay (2-3)
- Lance Archer (2-3)
2 Points
- Bad Luck Fale (1-4)
- SANADA (1-4)
- Zack Sabre, Jr. (1-4)
B Block
8 Points
- Jon Moxley (4-0)
6 Points
- Juice Robinson (3-1)
4 Points
- Shingo Takagi (2-2)
- Taichi (2-2)
- Tetsuya Naito (2-2)
- Tomohiro Ishii (2-2)
- Toru Yano (2-2)
2 Points
- Hirooki Goto (1-3)
- “Switchblade” Jay White (1-3)
- Jeff Cobb (1-3)
Today’s action takes place in Aichi’s Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, kicking off at a brisk 3AM Eastern / 12AM Pacific, and it's all about B Block, one of two groupings whose winner will go on to a spot in the finals.
Hirooki Goto over Toru Yano via pinfall with a cradle
Tomohiro Ishii over Juice Robinson via pinfall after a brainbuster
Jeff Cobb over Taichi via pinfall with Tour of the Islands
Jay White over Shingo Takagi via pinfall after bladerunner
Jon Moxley over Tetsuya Naito via pinfall after Death Rider
Enjoy the show!