New Japan ran Day 13 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the 8th day of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2906, a full house/near sellout.
Before the matches began, Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared at ringside for a cancer eradication charity fundraiser event.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.
Match 2: Konosuke Takeshita & HENARE beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita. HENARE beat Kanemaru with Ultima.
Match 3: Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Goto pinned Jado.
Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo & David Finlay. Akira pinned Gedo after Fireball.
Match 5: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. BUSHI pinned TAKA after Fable.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 6: Tetsuya Naito beat Callum Newman.
Match 7: Great-O-Khan beat SANADA.
Match 8: Jake Lee beat Shota Umino.
Match 9: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gabriel Kidd by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Shingo Takagi beat EVIL.
Standings (Block A):
1-Sabre, 6-2, 12 pts
2-EVIL, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Naito, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Takagi, 4-4, 8 pts
5-Khan, 4-4, 8 pts
6-Lee, 4-4, 8 pts
7-SANADA, 4-4, 8 pts
8-Kidd, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-Umino, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
10-Newman, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Senifinals. Because of tiebreakers, Sabre has now clinched a spot in the Semifinals (he beat both EVIL & Naito). EVIL advances if he beats Umino next or if Naito loses. Naito must beat Khan and have Umino beat EVIL or a draw to advance. If they stay tied, EVIL advances because he beat Naito. Takagi, Khan & Lee can only hope for tiebreakers to advance.
Day 14 is Saturday at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai with the 8th day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
