New Japan ran Day 9 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, featuring 5 tournament matches instead of the 4 that had been the general pattern so far.
Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 2742. Yoshinobu Kanemaru is once again today’s guest on Japanese commentary.
Match 1: Sho, El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi. SHo beat Oiwa with a cross armbreaker.
Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Jonah pinned Isaacs after Black Forest Bomb.
Match 3: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Jado, Tama Tonga & David Finlay. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.
Match 4: BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Takagi pinned TAKA after Pumping Bomber.
G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block A-Jeff Cobb beat Lance Archer.
Match 6: Block B-YOSHI-HASHI beat Juice Robinson.
Match 7: Block D-Jay White beat Chase Owens.
Match 8: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Luck Fale.
Main Event: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat EVIL.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Cobb, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Jonah, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Archer, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Yano, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Lawlor, 0-2, 0 pts
Block B:
1-White, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Sanada, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Tonga, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Taichi, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Ishii, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Owens, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Khan, 0-2, 0 pts
Block C:
1-Goto, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Tanahashi, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Sabre, 2-1, 4 pts
4-EVIL, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Naito, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Henare, 1-2, 2 pts
7-KENTA, 0-2, 0 pts
Block D:
1-Ospreay, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Finlay, 2-1, 4 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Phantasmo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Robinson, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
Day 10 is Tuesday at Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
