New Japan ran Day 11 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, headlined by a big main event that could go a long way towards determining the favorite in the “Death Block” Block C.
Today’s event was held at Item Ehime in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 1132.
Match 1: Jado & Tama Tonga beat Kosei Fujita & David Finlay. Tonga beat Fujita with a sharpshooter.
Match 2: Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Royce Isaacs & Ton Lawlor. Khan beat Isaacs with a Subaru Sheep Killer hold.
Match 3: BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.
Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, El Phantasmo, Bad Luck Fale, KENTA & Jay White. Yano pinned Gedo.
G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-Yujiro Takahashi beat Juice Robinson.
Match 6: Block B-Taichi beat Chase Owens.
Match 7: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat Aaron Henare.
Match 8: Block A-Jonah beat Jeff Cobb.
Main Event: Block C-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat EVIL by submission. Tanahashi followed with some post-victory epic air guitar to send the crowd home happy.
Day 12 is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka, headlined by Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.