New Japan ran Day 9 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, beginning the second half of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Yamato Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1711.
Match 1: Francisco Akira, Jeff Cobb, HENARE & Konosuke Takeshita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Akira pinned Murashima after Fireball.
Match 2: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Gedo & David Finlay. Yano pinned Gedo.
Match 3: TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Uemura beat Jado with a reverse armbar.
Match 4: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita. Tsuji pinned Kanemaru after Gene Blaster.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Jake Lee beat Callum Newman.
Match 6: Great-O-Khan beat EVIL.
Match 7: Tetsuya Naito beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 8: SANADA beat Shota Umino.
Main Event: Shingo Takagi beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Standings (Block A):
1-EVIL, 5-1, 10 pts
2-Sabre, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Naito, 3-3, 6 pts
4-Takagi, 3-3, 6 pts
5-SANADA, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Kidd, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Umino, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Khan, 2-4, 4 pts
9-Lee, 2-4, 4 pts
10-Newman, 2-4, 4 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point, the bottom 3 are all but out and Khan would have been out with a loss. That loss kept EVIL from all but clinching a top 2 spot.
Day 10 is tomorrow at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya with Day 6 of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
