New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 34, the promotion’s biggest tournament of the year, today and with that we are officially on the Road To Tokyo Dome.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 in TV Asahi in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 4177.
All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Boltin Oleg beat Ren Narita. UPSET ALERT!!!
Match 2: Block A: Callum Newman beat Shota Umino. UPSET ALERT!!!
Match 3: Block B: HENARE beat El Phantasmo.
Match 4: Block A: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 5: Block B: Jeff Cobb beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: Block A: Jake Lee beat SANADA.
Match 7: Block B: Yuya Uemura beat David Finlay.
Match 8: Block A: EVIL beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 9: Block B: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yota Tsuji.
Main Event: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Tetsuya Naito.
Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. If time and conditions permit I will try to do live results.