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New Japan wrapped up the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, bringing the curtain down on the biggest and perhaps longest installment of the tournament that officially begins the road to Tokyo Dome.

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 6716. That is one of the biggest crowds this year-if not the biggest-outside of the January year-opening tripleheader. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2022 on TV Asahi.

Match 1: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive.

Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Jonah pinned Isaacs after Torpedo.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson. Cobb pinned Robinson after Tour of the Islands.

Match 4: Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Taichi pinned BUSHI. After the match, Archer delivered a farewell and thank you message to fans as Naito & Sabre seemed to indicate their rivalry is far from over.

Match 5: El Phantasmo & KENTA beat Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Phantasmo pinned Takagi.

Match 6: David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson. Tanahashi pinned Anderson after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi made a challenge to Anderson for the NEVER Openweight Championship.

Match 7: KUSHIDA & Tama Tonga beat Taiji Ishimori & Jay White. KUSHIDA pinned Ishimori with a small package. Afterwards, Tonga issued a challenge to White for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Remember Tonga beat White for a spot in the G1 Semifinals.

The legendary Masahiro Chono joins Japanese commentary for the main event.
Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 32 Finals: Kazuchika Okada beat Will Ospreay to win the tournament. It’s the second straight and 4th overall triumph for Okada. As a result, Okada is likely headed to the main event on January 4 at Tokyo Dome for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Next up is the BURNING SPIRIT Tour starting on 9/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama.

Post-event news:
WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 at TOKYO DOME is now official. The tradition that is the biggest Japanese pro wresting event of the year, and maybe the biggest event outside of WWE WrestleMania, will continue on January 4, 2023. However, this time it is back to ONE DAY ONLY. But on January 5, NEW YEAR DASH!! returns at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.
On Friday, October 28, New Japan returns to New York City for “Rumble On 44th Street” at the Palladium Times Square, the first time since April 2019 New Japan has been in NYC AND Stardom will participate! This will be a PPV available on FITE outside Japan and New Japan World in Japan only with a scheduled 8 PM ET/5 PM PT start time (10/29 at Noon in Japan). Ticket pre-sales will begin Monday and general sales next Thursday.

8/19 UPDATE: At the post-tournament press conference today, Okada announced he will be out indefinitely as he is taking paternity leave. He just became a father the other day (it’s a boy). Congratulations and best withes to the new
proud papa!

New Japan ran Day 19 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the penultimate day of the tournament featuring the Semifinals.

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 3179. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2022 on TV Asahi.

Match 1: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Lance Archer. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 2: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Royce Isaacs & Ton Lawlor. Sabre beat Isaacs with a crucifix armbar.

Match 3: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Jonah pinned Honma after a lariat.

Match 4: Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Owens pinned Henare after a package piledriver.

Match 5: El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi, KENTA & EVIL beat BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. KENTA beat BUSHI with Game Over.

Match 6: KUSHIDA, David Finlay, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Taiji Ishimori, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White. Yano pinned Gallows.

G1 CLIMAX Semifinals:
Match 7: Kazuchika Okada beat Tama Tonga.
Main Event: Will Ospreay beat Tetsuya Naito.

The Final is tomorrow and will be Okada vs. Ospreay. Okada will be going for his 2nd straight G1 win. The full card will be announced later today. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET, but it may briefly go live 20 minutes earlier for the JAM Project live performance.

UPDATE: Talk about motivation…in a post-event Twitter post, Ospreay revealed he nearly died from a serious kidney infection in May & June that caused him to miss 2 weeks in RevPro and Warrior Wrestling. Now he goes for the G1 tomorrow and a chance to perhaps headline Tokyo Dome-could he become the next double champion? (Ospreay is the current IWGP US Heavyweight Champion)

UPDATE: Here is the card for the Finals tomorrow:
Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & EVIL
Jonah & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs
Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan vs. Juice RObinson, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale
BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi, Lance Archer & Zack Sabre Jr.
Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo & KENTA
David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
Tama Tonga & KUSHIDA vs. Jay White & Taiji Ishimori
G1 CLIMAX 32 Finals: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay. Okada is going for his 2nd straight and 4th career G1 title. Ospreay is going for his first.
All matches are 20 minute time limit except the main event, which is no time limit.

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

New Japan ran Day 17 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the final event before the tournament-ending tripleheader. Although they have run in Nagano before, today was the first time a G1 event was held in the city’s domed stadium used for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Today’s ecent was held at White Ring in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1728.

Match 1: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & Hirooki Goto. Sho beat Fujita with an armbar.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Will Ospreay beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Ospreay pinned Tito after Hidden Blade. After the match, Juice Robinson attacked Ospreay and stole the IWGP US Heavyweight Title belt again.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after C Trigger.

Match 4: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. Yano pinned TAKA.

Match 5: Jado & Tama Tonga beat Gedo & Jay White. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun. After the match, White laid out Tonga with a chair and Bladerunner.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 6: Block D-YOSHI-HASHI beat David Finlay.
Match 7: Block B-Great-O-Khan beat Taichi.
Match 8: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Jeff Cobb.
Main Event: Block C-KENTA beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Archer, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Jonah, 3-2, 6 pts (OUT)
4-Lawlor, 3-3,, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Cobb, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Yano, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-White, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Tonga, 4-1, 8 pts
3-SANADA, 3-2, 6 pts (OUT)
4-Khan, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
5-Taichi, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Owens, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Naito, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Goto, 3-2, 6 pts
4-KENTA, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Tanahashi, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-EVIL, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Henare, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block D:
1-Ospreay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Takagi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 3-3, 6 pts
4-Finlay, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Takahashi, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Phantasmo, 2-3, 4 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Block A comes down to Okada-Archer. The winner advances. Jonah is out because while he beat Okada, he lost to Archer and head-to-head result is the main tiebreaker. Block B comes down to White-Tonga, winner advances. Block C likely comes down to Sabre-Naito. Sabre advances with a win but Naito has a chance with a win. But if both Naito and Goto win (Goto has EVIL), it gets complicated because of tiebreakers. A 3-way likely would be necessary because everyone went 1-1 against the other two. Then there’s Block D…the simplest scenario is if Takagi beats Phantasmo, that settles it. Ospreay must beat Robinson (oh snap) and Phantasmo must beat Takagi for Ospreay to advance. If both Takagi & Ospreay finish tied, Takagi has the tiebreaker. If both lose…well…has there ever, in the history of wrestling, been a SEVEN-WAY MATCH? That might be necessary!

Day 18 is Tuesday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, where the final 3 days will be held consecutively. Tuesday will have all the remaining preliminary tournament matches. The Semifinals will be Wednesday. Live streaming on New Japan Word will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. On Thursday (final day), JAM Project, who composed and performed this year’s and last year’s G1 theme song, will perform live during the event.

In other news, Robbie Eagles challenged CMLL Middleweight Champion Dragon Rojo Jr. at Friday’s CMLL event in Mexico City but was unsuccessful as Rojo won to retain the title. Eagles will remain in Mexico to participate in an upcoming trios tournament in CMLL with Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask, who is headed to Mexico after successfully defending the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship earlier this week.

New Japan ran Day 16 of G1 CLIMAX 32, returning to the Machida area of Tokyo for the first time in 3 years. Despite a typhoon (hurricane) battering this part of Japan, the event went on as planned.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 2212. Taking the typhoon/hurricane into consideration, this was a really good number. Yoshinobu Kanemaru is the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 1: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat Jado, David Finlay, Tama Tonga & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Owens pinned Jado after C Trigger.

Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Jonah pinned Isaacs after Black Forest Bomb.

Match 3: BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michioku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Match 4: Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Sho & EVIL. Ishii pinned Togo after a vertical drop brainbuster.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block C-KENTA beat Aaron Henare by submission.
Match 6: Block A-Jeff Cobb beat Toru Yano.
Match 7: Block D-Shingo Takagi beat Yujiro Takahashi.
Match 8: Block D-Will Ospreay beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Main Event Block B-Jay White beat Taichi.

Day 17 is tomorrow at White Ring in Nagano. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

The September New Japan World broadcast schedule is set, and unfortunately the vast majority of the Burning Spirit Tour next month will not be available live or on demand. That includes a Korakuen Hall event, which is unheard of. At this time just 5 of the 17 scheduled events will be available live & on demand: 9/2 (Yokohama Budokan), 9/5 (Korakuen), 9/18 (Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita), 9/23 (Takamatsu City General Gym 1 in Kagawa) and 9/25 (Kobe World Hall-tour-ender). 9/25 will have live English audio.

New Japan ran Day 15 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, reaching the 3/4 mark of the tournament as the final tripleheader is less than a week away now.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1522. Almost exactly the same as yesterday (down only 3 today).

Match 1: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & YOSHI-HASHI. Henare beat Nakashima with Ultima.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Yano pinned Tito.

Match 3: TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Lance Archer beat Gedo, Juice Robinson & KENTA. Taichi pinned Gedo.

Match 4: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat BUSHI, SANADA. Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after C Trigger.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-El Phantasmo beat David Finlay.
Match 6: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 7: Block Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. beat EVIL by submission. This went just 44 seconds, thanks in part to Kosei Fujita originally entering disguised as Sabre and causing a distraction.
Match 8: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Tom Lawlor.
Main Event: Block C-Hirooki Goto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Archer, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Jonah, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Cobb, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Lawlor, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Yano, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Jay White, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Tonga, 4-1, 8 pts
3-SANADA, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Taichi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Owens, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Khan, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Goto, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Naito, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Tanahashi, 3-2, 6 pts
5-EVIL, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-KENTA, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Henare, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Takahashi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takagi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Phantasmo, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Block A just got handed back to Okada over the last two days thanks to Archer beating Jonah yesterday, but it’s not over yet as Okada’s final opponent is Archer. Block B will come down to White-Tonga on 8/16 even though White still has Taichi before then. Sabre has re-taken control of Block C but a final win over Naito won’t guarantee avoiding tiebreakers. We could very well be heading for a 4-way to settle it. Block D suddenly is the wide open block as now everyone still has a chance after Finlay dropped 2 straight and now Takahashi is tied for the lead. Looks like it’s headed down to the wire.

Day 16 is Saturday at Machida Gym in Tokyo with Taichi-White as the main event, assuming White has recovered after missing yesterday and today due to heat stroke symptoms. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 14 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the action getting hot along with the weather as the tournament enters the final stretch. The weather is not good as it has taken Jay White out of today and tomorrow due to potential heat stroke symptoms (a precautionary coronavirus rapid test was negative.). Fortunately he will not miss tournament matches.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1525.

Match 1: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat Kosei Fujita & Tomohiro Ishii. BUSHI pinned Fujita.

Match 2: Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor beat TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr. Lawlor pinned TAKA after NKOTB.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Dick Togo, El Phantasmo, Sho & EVIL by ref stoppage. Henare beat Togo.

Match 4: Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson. Goto pinned Gedo after GTR.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-Yujiro Takahashi beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 6: Block B-SANADA beat Chase Owens by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 7: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Taichi.
Match 8: Block A-Lance Archer beat Jonah by countout.
Main Event: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat KENTA.

Day 15 is tomorrow with Tanahashi-Goto as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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.

New Japan ran Day 12 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, headlined by a grudge rematch between former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions Shingo Takagi & Will Ospreay.

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 3370. If Osaka still has their strict venue capacity limits in place (meaning 50% tops), this would be very close to a legit sellout.

Match 1: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, David Finlay, Tama Tonga & Tomohiro Ishii. Sho beat Oiwa with an armbar.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Henare pinned Isaacs after Streets Of Rage.

Match 3: Bad Luck Fale, Juice Robinson & KENTA beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Robinson pinned BUSHI after Pulp Friction.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Jonah & Bad Dude Tito. Tanahashi pinned Tito after High Fly Flow.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-YOSHI-HASHI beat El Phantasmo.
Match 6: Block A-Lance Archer beat Toru Yano.
Match 7: Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hirooki Goto by submission.
Match 8: Block B-Jay White beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Block D-Shingo Takagi beat Will Ospreay.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Jonah, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Cobb, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Archer, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Fale, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Lawlor, 1-2, 2 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-Ishii, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Owens, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Khan, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Tanahashi, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Sabre, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Goto, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Naito, 2-2, 4 pts
5-KENTA, 1-2, 2 pts
6-EVIL, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Henare, 1-3, 2 pts

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-1, 6 pts
2-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takagi 2-2, 4 pts
5-Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Phantasmo, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Robinson, 1-3, 2 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. And now we see the ranks thinning. In Block A, Yano is now (thankfully) out of it, and while Okada remains firmly in control it is far from over with Jonah in the best steal position having one additional match left. In Block B, nearly half the field dropped out of contention today, and it’s all but over as White just needs a win or draw in one of his final two matches but it could be over by then as those matches are a week away. He finishes with Taichi then his final opponent is Tonga. But Taichi-Tonga is Tuesday and that puts the loser on the brink of elimination. In Block C, it seems to be down to Tanahashi & Sabre, if head-to-head result is the eventual tiebreaker it would go to Tanahashi. EVIL & KENTA are still in it because they each have one additional match left. Henare is pretty much out now. In Block D, Finlay remains the surprise leader and has a manageable final stretch of YOSHI-HASHI & Phantasmo. Everyone still has a chance although Robinson needs tons of help to have a chance as his only win, and potential tiebreaker, is against Takagi.

Day 13 is tomorrow with Okada-Jonah as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

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.