Show starts at 5:30am EDT / 10:30 BST. 50 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=fxbFum7v8ec Special A Block VTR -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QqqkxCPbJsSpecial B Block VTR -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LJ9V6UK48A >G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchSANADA (2-0) vs Yota Tsuji (0-1-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchKazuchika Okada (2-0) vs Taichi (2-0)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchShota Umino (0-1-1) vs Kaito Kiyomiya (2-0)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchWill Ospreay (1-1) vs KENTA (1-1)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchHikuleo (0-2) vs Chase Owens (1-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchEl Phantasmo (0-2) vs Great-O-Khan (0-2)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchRen Narita (0-0-2) vs Gabe Kidd (1-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchYOSHI-HASHI (1-1) vs Tanga Loa (1-1)
