Show starts at 5:30am EDT / 10:30 BST. 57 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=8QqqkxCPbJs
Special B Block VTR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LJ9V6UK48A

>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match
Kazuchika Okada (1-0) vs El Phantasmo (1-0)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match
SANADA (1-0) vs Shota Umino (0-0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match
YOSHI-HASHI (1-0) vs Will Ospreay (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match
Ren Narita (0-0-1) vs Yota Tsuji (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match
Taichi (1-0) vs Tanga Loa (1-0)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match
Hikuleo (0-1) vs Gabe Kidd (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX B Block Match
Great-O-Khan (0-1) vs KENTA (0-1)
>G1 CLIMAX A Block Match
Chase Owens (1-0) vs Kaito Kiyomiya (1-0)