New Japan ran Day 18 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the final day of preliminary action. It’s all G1 today with the final matches to hopefully settle everything.
Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 3227. Today’s event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2022 on TV Asahi. El Desperado was today’s guest on Japanese commentary.
All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block D-Will Ospreay beat Juice Robinson. As a result, Ospreay wins Block D and advances to the Semifinals.
Match 2: Block D-El Phantasmo beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 3: Block C-EVIL beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 4: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat Zack Sabre Jr. As a result, Naito wins Block C and advances to the Semifinals. This one only went 118 seconds.
Match 5: Block B-Tomohiro Ishii beat SANADA.
Match 6: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Jay White. As a result, Tonga wins Block B and advances to the Semifinals.
Match 7: Block A-Jonah beat Bad Luck Fale.
Main Event: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Lance Archer. As a result, Okada wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.
The Semifinals are tomorrow, it will be Okada-Tonga & Naito-Ospreay. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
In other news, New Japan announced a return to London, England for events on October 1 & 2. The two events will be held at the Indoor Arena at Crystal Palace’s National Sports Center. Fans can sign up for a mailing list for event info and ticket pre-sales at www.njpwuk.com.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Masaaki Endo, one of the members of JAM Project, will miss the group’s live performance as part of Thursday’s event. Coronavirus. The rest of the group will still appear and the performance remains on.
UPDATE 2: As of 10 PM ET/7 PM PT the full card for 8/17 has been announced:
Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Lance Archer
Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaavs vs. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Dude Tito & Jonah
Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb vs. Juice Robinson, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL, KENTA, El Phantasmo & YujirO Takahashi
KUSHIDA, David Finlay, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Taiji Ishimori & Jay White
G1 CLIMAX Semifinals: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
G1 CLIMAX Semifinals: Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay
