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New Japan ran Day 9 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, beginning the second half of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yamato Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1711.

Match 1: Francisco Akira, Jeff Cobb, HENARE & Konosuke Takeshita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Akira pinned Murashima after Fireball.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Gedo & David Finlay. Yano pinned Gedo.

Match 3: TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Uemura beat Jado with a reverse armbar.

Match 4: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita. Tsuji pinned Kanemaru after Gene Blaster.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Jake Lee beat Callum Newman.
Match 6: Great-O-Khan beat EVIL.
Match 7: Tetsuya Naito beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 8: SANADA beat Shota Umino.
Main Event: Shingo Takagi beat Zack Sabre Jr.

Standings (Block A):
1-EVIL, 5-1, 10 pts
2-Sabre, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Naito, 3-3, 6 pts
4-Takagi, 3-3, 6 pts
5-SANADA, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Kidd, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Umino, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Khan, 2-4, 4 pts
9-Lee, 2-4, 4 pts
10-Newman, 2-4, 4 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point, the bottom 3 are all but out and Khan would have been out with a loss. That loss kept EVIL from all but clinching a top 2 spot.

Day 10 is tomorrow at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya with Day 6 of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 8 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the halfway point for Block B.

Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1021.

Match 1: Jake Lee & Gabriel Kidd beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Lee pinned Kato after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Newman pinned Togo after Male Cutter.

Match 3: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat TAKA Michinoku & SANADA. Umino pinned TAKA after Death Rider.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Takagi pinned Fujita after MADE IN JAPAN.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Yota Tsuji beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 6: HENARE beat Yuya Uemura.
Match 7: Jeff Cobb beat El Phantasmo.
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: David Finlay beat Konosuke Takeshita.

Standings (Block B):
1-Finlay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Narita, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Cobb, 3-2, 6 pts
4-HENARE, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Takeshita, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Uemura, 3-2, 6 pts
7-Tsuji, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Oleg, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Goto, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Phantasmo, 1-4, 2 pts
Block B is about as wide open as it can be. With a 6-way tie for the lead and everyone still in it, there could be quite the tiebreakers needed. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

Day 9 is Saturday at Yamato Arena in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 7 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the first part of the halfway point of the tournament starting with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1757.

Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Yano pinned TAKA.

Match 2: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Katsuya Murashima & Boltin Oleg. BUSHI pinned Murashima.

Match 3; HENARE & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. HENARE beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Narita pinned Honma after Double Cross.

Match 5: Francesco Akira & Konosuke Takeshita beat Gedo & David Finlay. Akira pinned Gedo after Fireball.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 6: EVIL beat Callum Newman.
Match 7: Great-O-Khan beat Jake Lee.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Match 9: Gabriel Kidd beat Shingo Takagi.
Main Event: Tetsuya Naito beat SANADA.

Standings (Block A):
1-EVIL, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
3-Umino, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Kidd, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Naito, 2-3, 4 pts
6-SANADA, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Takagi, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Newman, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Khan, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Lee, 1-4, 2 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point Khan & Lee are all but out of it.

Day 8 is Wednesday at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi with the halfway point of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 6 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, Day 4 of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1780.

Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & SANADA. Tanahashi beat TAKA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Khan pinned Togo after Eliminator.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Honma after Zack Driver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Jake Lee & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat El Phantasmo.
Match 6: Jeff Cobb beat Yuya Uemura.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat HENARE.
Match 8: David Finlay beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.
After today, Uemura & Takeshita are tied for the lead at 3-1, 6 points. Everyone else except Phantasmo & Tsuji are at 2-2, 4 points, those other two are 1-3, 2 points.

Day 7 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 5 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the fourth day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1616.

Match 1: Konosuke Takeshita & HENARE beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Takeshita pinned Murashima.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Yano pinned Jado.

Match 3: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Akira pinned TAKA after Fireball.

Match 4; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Gedo & David Finlay. Kanemaru pinned Gedo with Samson Clutch.

Match 5: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Tsuji pinned Honma after Gene Blaster.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 6: Callum Newman beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 7: SANADA beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 9: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jake Lee.
Main Event: EVIL beat Tetsuya Naito.
After 4 days EVIL & Sabre are tied for the lead at 4-0, 8 points, 4 points ahead of everyone else.

Day 6 is tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 4 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today.

Today’s event was held at Sun Messe Kagawa in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1219.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku & SANADA beat Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano. TAKA beat Murashima with Just Face Lock.

Match 2: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Akira pinned Kato after Fireball.

Match 3: Gabriel Kidd & Jake Lee beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Kidd pinned Fujita after a leg trap piledriver.

Match 4: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Takagi pinned Togo after a sliding Pumping Bomber.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 6: Ren Narita beat Jeff Cobb.
Match 7: El Phantasmo beat Yota Tsuji.
Match 8: David Finlay beat HENARE.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Konosuke Takeshita.

After 4 days Uemura is the block leader at 3-0, 6 points. 3 are tied for 2nd at 2-1, 4 points.

Day 5 is Saturday at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan ran Day 2 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 Tournament today.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. (I considered doing live results as I did watch some of the event live but only watched the first half and there were some technical issues with the stream throughout)

The announced paid attendance was 2545.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1; Block A: SANADA beat Callum Newman.

Match 2: Block B: HENARE beat Boltin Oleg.

Match 3: Block A: Gabriel Kidd beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 4: Block B: Ren Narita beat El Phantasmo.

Match 5: Block A: EVIL beat Jake Lee.

Match 6: Block B: Yuya Uemura beat Hirooki Goto.

Match 7: Block A: Shota Umino beat Shingo Takagi.

Match 8: Block A: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tetsuya Naito.

Main Event: Block B: Yota Tsuji beat David Finlay.

Day 3 is Tuesday at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 34, the promotion’s biggest tournament of the year, today and with that we are officially on the Road To Tokyo Dome.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 in TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 4177.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: Boltin Oleg beat Ren Narita. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 2: Block A: Callum Newman beat Shota Umino. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 3: Block B: HENARE beat El Phantasmo.

Match 4: Block A: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 5: Block B: Jeff Cobb beat Hirooki Goto.

Match 6: Block A: Jake Lee beat SANADA.

Match 7: Block B: Yuya Uemura beat David Finlay.

Match 8: Block A: EVIL beat Gabriel Kidd.

Match 9: Block B: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yota Tsuji.

Main Event: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Tetsuya Naito.

Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. If time and conditions permit I will try to do live results.