Show starts at 4am EDT / 5am GMT. This show along with Day 2 tomorrow are free to view on NJPW World with no sign-up needed.
https://njpwworld.com/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 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 vs Hikuleo
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchTaichi vs Will Ospreay
>G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchYota Tsuji vs Kaito Kiyomiya
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchKazuchika Okada vs Great-O-Khan
>G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchShota Umino vs Ren Narita
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchTanga Loa vs KENTA
>G1 CLIMAX A Block MatchChase Owns vs Gabriel Kidd
>G1 CLIMAX B Block MatchYOSHI-HASHI vs El Phantasmo
