New Japan ran Day 13 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, entering the final stretch of the tournament.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 2609. Way down from yesterday.
Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto beat Yuto Nakashima, David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi. YOSHI-HASHI beat Nakashima with Butterfly Lock.
Match 2: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Jado & Tama Tonga. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.
Match 3: BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. BUSHI pinned TAKA after MX.
Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay beat Gedo, KENTA & Jay White. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer.
G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block C-EVIL beat Aaron henare.
Match 6: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Bad Luck Fale.
Match 7: Block D-Juice Robinson beat El Phantasmo by DQ. Chair use.
Match 8: Block B-Chase Owens beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Main Event: Block A-Jonah beat Kazuchika Okada.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Jonah, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Cobb, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Lawlor, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Archer, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Yano 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
Block B:
1-White, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Tonga, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Taichi, 2-1, 4 pts
4-SANADA, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Owens, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Khan, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
Block C:
1-Tanahashi, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Sabre, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
4-EVIL, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Naito, 2-2, 4 pts
6-KENTA, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Henare, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-1, 6 pts
2-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Takagi, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Phantasmo, 1-3, 2 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Okada could have virtually locked up Block A today but Jonah blew it back open with the upset. At the very least it keeps Fale in it for one more day. The Block B result had no impact as both Owens & Ishii were already out. Henare is the first elimination in Block C which remains somewhat wide open. The DQ virtually ends Phantasmo’s run in Block D while it barely keeps Robinson alive. On a side note, Ospreay has gotten the IWGP US Heavyweight Title belt back after it was taken from Robinson so that debacle is over.
In non-tournament news, Robbie Eagles made his Mexico debut in partner promotion CMLL Friday at their weekly Viernes Espectacular event, emerging victorious in a 6-man 3 Falls match. This has led to a future CMLL Middleweight Championship match.
Day 14 is Tuesday at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima with Naito-KENTA as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
