NJPW G1 Climax 33 - July 15 - August 13, 2023

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Chris]

Hikuleo beat Kaito

 

[Comrade Khan]

Hikuleo beat Kaito

dont get me started

 

[Chris]

So O-Khan and Yoshi-Hashi just decided to go out and kill it today God damn

 

[Chris]

Narita tapped Chase like a bitch nice

 

[Chris]

Kidd/Sanada was awesome. Finish of Tanga Loa and Ospreay was crazy lmao

 

[Chris]

HOLY FUCK that Tsuji/Umino finish was fucking amazing

 

[Chris]

Updated standings:

Block A

SANADA (6-0, 12 pts)
Hikuleo (3-3, 6 pts)
Kaito Kiyomiya (2-2-2, 6 pts)
Shota Umino (2-2-2, 6 pts)
Gabe Kidd (2-3-1, 5 pts)
Yota Tsuji (2-3-1, 5 pts)
Chase Owens (2-4, 4 pts)
Ren Narita (1-3-2, 4 pts)

Block B

Kazuchika Okada (5-1, 10 pts)
Will Ospreay (4-2, 8 pts)
Taichi (3-3, 6 pts)
Tanga Loa (3-3, 6 pts)
El Phantasmo (3-3, 6 pts)
KENTA (2-4, 4 pts)
YOSHI-HASHI (2-4, 4 pts)
Great-O-Khan (2-4, 4 pts)

Block C

David Finlay (4-1, 8 pts)
EVIL (4-1, 8 pts)
Tama Tonga (3-1-1, 7 pts)
Eddie Kingston (3-2, 6 pts)
Shingo Takagi (2-2-1, 5 pts)
Mikey Nicholls (1-4, 2 pts)
HENARE (1-4, 2 pts)
Tomohiro Ishii (1-4, 2 pts)

Block D

Jeff Cobb (4-1, 8 pts)
Zack Sabre Jr. (4-1, 8 pts)
Tetsuya Naito (3-2, 6 pts)
Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-2, 6 pts)
Hirooki Goto (2-3, 4 pts)
Shane Haste (2-3, 4 pts)
Alex Coughlin (1-4, 2 pts)
Toru Yano (1-4, 2 pts)

 

[Chris]

G1 Climax night 12 (August 2) preview 【G133】​

Hiroshima sees penultimate night for C, D Blocks

After five matches for each block across the nation, groups C and D see their penultimate league matches tonight, ahead of showdowns in Yokohama and Shizuoka respectively next week. The heat is on in more ways than one as competitors fight to make it to the climax of G1 Climax 33.
Watch all of G1 Climax 33 live in English on NJPW World!

Main event: C Block- Shingo Takagi (2-2-1) vs David Finlay (4-1)
Singles record: 1-0 Finlay

Takagi must win
After an opening hat trick of wins, David Finlay dropped his bout against Tama Tonga before bouncing back against HENARE in Aichi Sunday to currently sit at eight points. For Shingo Takagi meanwhile, a pair of wins and a draw has counter balanced a tough opening to put him at five points and still, barely, in the conversation.
To remain in that conversation, Shingo must defeat David Finlay tonight. Last year, Finlay shocked most when he struck Takagi with a flash pin. It was deemed one of the upsets of that tournament, but this time Finlay pledges the same result with very different perception. In the Rebel’s mind, the plan is to win much more decisively, and for the world to know that a victory is no upset for Finlay. The Dragon has other ideas.

7th Match: D Block- Tetsuya Naito (3-2) vs Zack Sabre Jr. (4-1)
Singles record: 6-4 Naito

Tetsuya Naito has long protested that he is ‘not good at handling Zack Sabre Jr.’ belying that fact, or perhaps proof that success lays outside one’s comfort zone, Naito has amassed a 6-4 record over ZSJ, with victories in his last two meetings in 2022. Those two defeats are amongst the most painful for Sabre against Naito; first, El Ingobernable punted Sabre out of the block hunt and took ZSJ’s place in the G1 semifinals in a svelte one minute 58 seconds, then Naito on a rematch over the TMDK Frontman on ZSJ’s home turf in London.
Sabre might feel similar frustration to Naito at being put opposite an almost eternal foe. Yet with this too being at a critical phase for D Block, and with it being in Naito’s adopted home town of Hiroshima, the chance for very sweet and ice cool revenge would be the perfect tonic for a hot night in Sun Plaza Hall.

6th Match: C Block- Tama Tonga (3-1-1) vs Eddie Kingston (3-2)

A C Block full of wild dog fights sees two of the most intense individuals face off in their penultimate block clash. At seven and six points respectively, both are in the hunt, but only just for now. Who will still be in the running come Yokohama on August 8?

5th Match: D Block- Hirooki Goto (2-3) vs Jeff Cobb (4-1)
Singles record: 2-2

Goto must win
As D Block gets balanced on a knife edge, two men who have even records with one another face off in their penultimate block matches. At eight points, Cobb leads the group even after his first loss of the campaign to Toru Yano. After a loss against Hiroshi Tanahashi Sunday in Aichi, Goto is all but out of the running. Can he stay in the hunt tonight?

4th Match: C Block- Tomohiro Ishii (1-4) vs HENARE (1-4)
Singles record: 2-0 Ishii

Both men are mathematically eliminated
C Block has seen its fair share of wars over the last month, and nothing fits the intensity of the group more than HENARE vs Tomohiro Ishii. At two points, both men are out. But with considerable pride on the line, neither man will be giving an inch in this penultimate encounter.

3rd Match: D Block- Toru Yano (1-4) vs Shane Haste (2-3)

Yano is mathematically eliminated
After four and three losses respectively Yano is out of the running, and Haste’s odds are long enough to be all but impossible, but he’ll bring the fight to Hiroshima all the same. Haste and Yano at one point were odd couple tag team partners in the face of Suzuki Gun close to a decade ago, but now are opponents in what will certainly be a unique encounter.

2nd Match: C Block- Mikey Nicholls (1-4) vs EVIL (4-1)

Nicholls is mathematically eliminated
Fighting for pride in the remainder of the tournament, the 1-4 Mikey Nicholls takes on a competitor who has none in EVIL. With good odds of making the last eight, EVIL will be plumbing his lowest depths tonight, but will he be successful?

1st match: D Block- Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-2) vs Alex Coughlin (1-4)

A win against Hirooki Goto Sunday in Aichi saw Hiroshi Tanahashi turn back the clock for flashes of the Ace of yore- the very figure that could still win his fourth G1 Climax. For Alex Coughlin, a first win over Goto in Korakuen Hall was followed by defeat at the hands of Tetsuya Naito. Now with no hope of bringing G1 gold to BULLET CLUB War Dogs, he’ll seek to bring bodies instead.​

 

[Kairi HoHo]

So this is what we are doing hmm New Japan. Hikuleo beating Kaito, and Khan getting a meaningless win over YOSHI HASHI.

At least Narita got his first win with the tourney damn near nearly over.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

ELP trying to sing for the people it only works for Taichi.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

ELP over Taichi

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Kidd doing what he did to Kaito towards Sanada this pleases me. Kidd needs to be the BC leader for sure that is how White should be acting.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

6 in a row for Sanada

 

[Comrade Khan]

Shingo beat the bum!!!!!