Show starts at 5:30am EDT / 10:30 BST. 56 MINUTES TILL SHOWTIME
The sizzling summer of 2023 gets even hotter as New Japan Pro-Wrestling presents its annual G1 Climax for the 33rd time. 32 wrestlers split into 8 across 4 blocks will battle for the next 3 weeks round-robin style. The top 2 from each block will then move on to the elimination stage on 8/10 in Chiba: A1 vs C2, B1 vs D2, C1 vs B2, D1 vs A2. The 4 winners of those matches will move on to Ryogoku on 8/12 & 8/13 for the semifinal and Final respectively.
Opening VTR with the tournament theme song "GIANT KILLING" by ASH DA HERO -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbFum7v8ecSpecial C Block VTR -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AUCRNtP_d8Special D Block VTR -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRvWPcVDts>G1 CLIMAX C Block MatchTomohiro Ishii (0-1) vs Tama Tonga (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block MatchHirooki Goto (1-0) vs Tetsuya Naito (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX C Block MatchHENARE (0-1) vs Shingo Takagi (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block MatchHiroshi Tanahashi (0-1) vs Shane Haste (1-0)
>G1 CLIMAX C Block MatchEddie Kingston (1-0) vs EVIL (1-0)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block MatchJeff Cobb (1-0) vs Alex Coughlin (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX C Block MatchMikey Nicholls (1-0) vs David Finlay (1-0)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block MatchToru Yano (0-1) vs Zack Sabre Jr. (1-0)
