Ian Hamilton returns as the G1 Climax reaches the semi-final stages, with EVIL, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Tetsuya Naito looking to book their spot in the final.
Quick Results
Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi pinned Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 10:31 ( )
Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare pinned BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & SANADA in 14:55 ( )
Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Dick Togo, Jay White & EVIL in 12:23 ( ½)
Will Ospreay pinned Shingo Takagi in 44:53 to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship ( )
We’re back at the Fukuoka Convention Center after a very bare bones hold screen. No Taguchi music video. No Makabe teaching us the rules. None of that… which is explained as…
We open with a statement from New Japan chairman Naoki Sugabayashi, saying that a wrestler due to appear on the card presented with a fever – and as such has been pulled from the card. Another wrestler, who’d only joined the tour at the weekend, was also pulled – as we lost the El Desperado vs. YOH junior title match… enjoy the jigsaw identification attempts.