Show starts at 5:30am EDT / 10:30am BST. 48 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 C Block VTR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AUCRNtP_d8
Special D Block VTR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRvWPcVDts

>G1 CLIMAX C Block Match **Takagi must win**
Shingo Takagi (2-2-1) vs David Finlay (4-1)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block Match
Tetsuya Naito (3-2) vs Zack Sabre Jr. (4-1)
>G1 CLIMAX C Block Match
Tama Tonga (3-1-1) vs Eddie Kingston (3-2)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block Match **Goto must win**
Hirooki Goto (2-3) vs Jeff Cobb (4-1)
>G1 CLIMAX C Block Match **Both men are mathematically eliminated**
Tomohiro Ishii (1-4) vs HENARE (1-4)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block Match **Yano is mathematically eliminated**
Toru Yano (1-4) vs Shane Haste (2-3)
>G1 CLIMAX C Block Match **Nicholls is mathematically eliminated**
Mikey Nicholls (1-4) vs EVIL (4-1)
>G1 CLIMAX D Block Match **Coughlin is mathematically eliminated**
Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-2) vs Alex Coughlin (1-4)