
New Japan's yearly tradition of the G1 Climax Night 1 was action from A and B block. Much to our displeasure, We were not able to view them but we promise next weekend to be able to give you better articles on the tournament happenings.
A Block Results.
Chase Owens def. Gabe Kidd
Ren Narita vs. Shota Umino — time limit draw
Kaito Kiyomiya def. Yota Tsuji
SANADA def. Hikuleo

B Block Results.
YOSHI-HASHI def. El Phantasmo
Tanga Loa def. KENTA
Kazuchika Okada def. Great O-Khan
Taichi def. Will Ospreay
C Block Results.
David Finlay defeated Tomohiro Ishii
Mikey Nicholls defeated Aaron Henare
Eddie Kingston defeated Shingo Takagi
EVIL defeated Tama Tonga
D Block Results.
Hirooki Goto defeated Toru Yano
Shane Haste defeated Alex Coughlin
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
A Block Standings
Chase Owens 2
Kaito Kiyomiya 2
SANADA 2
Ren Narita 1
Shota Umino 1
Gabe Kidd 0
Hikuleo 0
Yota Tsuji 0
B Block Standings
Kazuchika Okada 2
Taichi 2
Tanga Loa 2
YOSHI-HASHI 2
El Phantasmo 0
Great O-Khan 0
KENTA 0
Will Ospreay 0
C Block Standings
Tomohiro Ishii 2
EVIL 2
Eddie Kingston 2
Mikey Nicholls 2
Tama Tonga 0
Shingo Takagi 0
Aaron Henare 0
David Finlay 0
D Block Standings
Hirooki Goto 2
Zack Sabre Jr. 2
Jeff Cobb 2
Shane Haste 2
Hiroshi Tanahashi 0
Tetsuya Naito 0
Toru Yano 0
Alex Coughlin 0
Night One notes. Seeing Will Ospreay with zero points is shocking to say the least. Not only because he came off a really great match with Kenny Omega at Forbidden Door. That does not rule him out of being the B Block winner. Also a bit surprising is that KENTA is at zero. Those two plus Okada are the one I would assume to be top scorers in the block. Shota Umino and Ren Narita going to a time limit draw is nice. I see those two as the future of NJPW.

Night Two notes. Tanahashi starting with zero isn't something I would have thought would happen. I am not a fan of Eddie Kingston so him winning his match is a bummer for me. I am glad that ZSJ picked up a victory. I hope he wins the D Block.
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