With the promise of Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA, New Japan’s gotten a lot of people out of bed early on Saturday morning (or in the States, kept them up very late on Friday night!), so let’s get to it! Day two in the first four-day stretch of the G1 Climax continues now…
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Day two of this year’s G1 Climax saw the start of the block B matches, and it was a night full of shocks, surprises and a stinker. If you guessed that last one was due to Toru Yano, then congratulations, you’ve been keeping score!
Live from Hokkaido, the 26th G1 Climax is underway! With 91 tournament matches spread over 19 shows, the G1 is a notoriously tough tournament to compete in, and this year’s edition is expected to be no different, particularly for guys coming whose injury status is already questionable (cough Hiroshi Tanahashi cough).
The relatively short Kizuna Run tour ended in Iwate on Sunday, with New Japan’s final show before the G1 Climax got underway, with the NEVER titles taking centre stage for today’s card.
During the interval of this past Monday’s house show, New Japan unveiled the twenty participants for this year’s G1 Climax – and raised several eyebrows in the process.
Now, we tend not to make a point of reviewing every random New Japan show – New Japan World only puts the notable cards on their service, afterall. However, Monday’s Korakuen Hall card was going to be notable for the fact that this would be where the competitors in this year’s G1 Climax were to be revealed.