New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 34 today with the final day of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 3022.
Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto beat BUSHI & Yota Tsuji. Goto pinned BUSHI after GTR.
Match 2: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Gedo & David Finlay. Phantasmo pinned Gedo after Sudden Death.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Francesco Akira, HENARE, Jeff Cobb & Konosuke Takeshita. Kanemaru pinned Akira.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 4: Gabriel Kidd beat Callum Newman.
Match 5: Zack Sabre Jr. beat SANADA. As a result, Sabre wins Block A.
Match 6: Shingo Yakagi beat Jake Lee.
Match 7: Shota Umino beat EVIL.
Main Event: Great-O-Khan beat Tetsuya Naito.
Before today I was unaware that this year the top 3 advance to the Semifinals, but 2nd & 3rd face each other in an elimination match beforehand. Because of tiebreakers. match will be Takagi vs. Khan with the winner facing Sabre.
The final day of Block B is Wednesday at Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be an ABRMA broadcast in Japan.
