Show starts at 6am EDT / 11am BST. 59 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 B Block Match **KENTA must win**Kazuchika Okada (4-1) vs KENTA (2-3)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match **Tsuji must win**Shota Umino (2-1-2) vs Yota Tsuji (1-2-2)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match **Tanga Loa must win**Tanga Loa (2-3) vs Will Ospreay (4-1)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match **SANADA has won A Block**SANADA (5-0) vs Gabe Kidd (2-2-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match **Phantasmo must win**Taichi (3-2) vs El Phantasmo (2-3)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match **Narita is mathematically eliminated**Ren Narita (0-3-2) vs Chase Owens (2-3)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match **O-Khan is mathematically eliminated, YOSHI-HASHI must win**YOSHI-HASHI (2-3) vs Great-O-Khan (1-4)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match **Hikuleo must win**Hikuleo (2-3) vs Kaito Kiyomiya (2-1-2)
