Kazuchika Okada\u2019s lead in block A of the G1 Climax looked to continue as he main evented against JONAH in Osaka.<\/p>\n
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Quick Results<\/strong> We\u2019re back in the Edion Arena in Osaka as Kevin Kelly and Chris Charlton return on commentary.<\/p>\n G1 Climax 32 – Block C: EVIL vs. Aaron Henare<\/strong> EVIL jumped Henare to start, taking him outside before Henare found his way back in for a springboard enziguiri out of the corner. Henare chucks EVIL outside for some kicks, before he chased Dick Togo through the ring\u2026 allowing EVIL to sneak in a clothesline. A t-shirt\u2019s used to choke Henare, who\u2019s then chopped into one corner, had his eyes raked, then whipped into a suddenly-exposed one.<\/p>\n Henare avoids a suplex from the apron to the ring, but gets shoved off the apron and into the railings by the time keeper\u2019s table. As everyone tended to that, EVIL and Dick Togo stretched Henare with a cheating abdominal stretch, but Henare overpowered the hold and hiptossed the pair away. Returning the favour, Henare whips EVIL into the railings, as he took it like Bret Hart doing a turnbuckle before flipping over into the other side. Back in the ring, a step-up knee cracks EVIL in the corner, before a Blue Thunder Bomb drew a near-fall. An elbow keeps EVIL down as a back senton off the middle rope added another two-count, before Dick Togo held Henare\u2019s leg in the corner, allowing EVIL to charge in with a Fisherman buster.<\/p>\n Darkness Falls lands for a near-fall after that, before Henare blocked Everything is EVIL\u2026 and had his eyes raked. Another whip took Henare into the exposed corner, but he charges back out with a Rampage. Dick Togo\u2019s back up to distract as EVIL was up for a Streets of Rage, but Henare knocked him down before tying EVIL up in the Ultima. EVIL grabs the referee to try and get a break\u2026 but the ref instead went to slap EVIL. Who moved. So Henare gets the slap, and Marty Asami\u2019s service will be next week. He\u2019s squashed into the corner by Henare via EVIL, as shenanigans backfire with Dick Togo running in for an UItima to throw him outside, only for EVIL to grab a chair and BOUNCE it off of Henare\u2019s head.<\/p>\n All that\u2019s left is Everything is EVIL, and that\u2019s the win as Henare\u2019s officially out of the G1. They had the shenanigans, but at least they kept the match around it short. **\u00be<\/p>\n EVIL\u2019s next match sees him take on Zack Sabre Jr. on August 10, while Henare\u2019s final match is against KENTA on August 13.<\/p>\n G1 Climax 32 – Block A: Bad Luck Fale vs. Tom Lawlor<\/strong> We\u2019ve got Jeremy Marcus refereeing this, so this could almost straight out of New Japan Strong. Lawlor\u2019s clotheslined as he was showboating around his double denim, before an attempted tornado DDT on Fale saw him shoved to the floor. Body blows from Fale led to him chucking Lawlor into the rails, before he threw two sets of railings onto Lawlor. Lawlor manages to get free of those makeshift renovations and beat the 20-count, but he\u2019s still having to defend against the big man. Fale misses a stomp, allowing Lawlor in with some kicks from the bottom before he began to target the quads. A leaping shoulder tackle from Fale ends that comeback though.<\/p>\n Lawlor grabbed an ankle hold, but it ends in the ropes before he slid outside\u2026 then crawled under the ring so he could appear on the other side and grab the hold again from the floor. Taking off his outer shorts, Lawlor uses them to choke Fale, looking for a count-out in the process. Fale rolls back in but couldn\u2019t avoid Lawlor\u2019s kicks, nor a spinning heel kick to the back of the head for a two-count. A mounted rear naked choke looked to keep Fale down, switching it into a Japanese stranglehold, only for Fale to counter out into a Samoan drop. Lawlor\u2019s right back up, but has to kick away from a Grenade attempt before he ate a lariat.<\/p>\n An elbow drop followed from Fale for a near-fall, then a Grenade, but again Lawlor kicks out at two. The Bad Luck Fall is next, but Lawlor slips out and into a rear naked choke again, which is broken up in the corner. Smartly, Lawlor repositioned into a DDT out of the corner for another two-count, before he went back to the choke\u2026 then kicked Fale\u2019s leg out of his leg. From there, a Bomaye-like knee lands for a near-fall, before Lawlor sized up the big man for the NKOTB, which turned out the lights on Fale as Tom Lawlor picked up his second win in a row. A decent match with Lawlor chipping away at the big man until he got his rewards. **\u00be<\/p>\n Fale\u2019s last match is up against JONAH on August 16, while Lawlor gets Kazuchika Okada on August 10.<\/p>\n G1 Climax 32 – Block D: El Phantasmo vs. Juice Robinson<\/strong> The story going in is that since Juice hasn\u2019t won since his first night, he\u2019s been making \u201cunforced errors\u201d as he\u2019s panicking over winning his block\u2026 which right now feels like a distant prospect. So of course, \u201care the Bullet Club going to help each other?\u201d or at least have a \u201cgood, clean, professional wrestling match?\u201d Juice blows a raspberry as they went for a knuckle lock, then claimed the referee had farted. Pro Wrestling, at its best. Wait, that\u2019s someone else\u2019s tag line. Arm wringers from Juice led to ELP trying to roll free as they worked this akin to an exhibition, poking fun as they \u201cchain wrestled.\u201d<\/p>\n ELP drops down to trip Juice as they\u2019re doing slow-mo stuff ahead of a stand-off. That quickly breaks down as ELP rolled up Juice while propping his feet on the ropes. The ref stops it, then stopped a count as Juice decided to have ELP moon the crowd on his roll-up. Cue the three stooges of what the swear-word, as referee Kenta Sato dropped down and let Juice and ELP crash into each other. ELP says something that\u2019ll get him banned on Twitter as they then went outside for a chair and a table. Well, that escalated in a hurry. We get double entendres as Juice offered up an arm wrestle, but Juice tries to cheat\u2026 so ELP uses two hands to win. Then had a chair BOUNCED off of his head.<\/p>\n Juice takes Phantasmo into the aisle for some headbutts and a piledriver, folding ELP in half before he rolled him off the walkway. Frogmarching the ref back to the ring, Juice demanded a count-out, but ELP got back up and eventually got back into the ring, despite \u201cYOSHI-HASHI-ing\u201d himself. Back inside, Juice went for a powerbomb before a high-angle Boston crab looked to lead to a stoppage. Phantasmo got to the ropes, then clotheslined Juice to the outside ahead of a tope that nearly overshot. Staying on the outside, Phantasmo picks up the table and sets it up\u2026 bouncing Juice\u2019s head off of it to the point where Juice\u2019s head went through the damn wood.<\/p>\n Juice juices from that, then got put onto the table as ELP scaled the ropes\u2026 Juice rolls off the table, only to get cracked with a flip senton as ELP teed up for a rope-walk moonsault. Back inside, a springboard Thunder Kiss 86 gets a near-fall, before ELP countered a counter from CR2 into a Styles Clash for a near-fall. A V-Trigger followed, before Juice slipped out of a One Winged Angel and returned with a Left Hand of God. ELP\u2019s Sudden Death quickly returns things for a near-fall, before CR2 was blocked as Juice hit a rising headbutt that somehow didn\u2019t count as a low blow. Legally I mean. A Left Hand of God and a Pulp Friction has Phantasmo down for a near-fall, before an enraged Juice headed outside for another chair.<\/p>\n Juice teases a piledriver onto the chair, but ELP hits a rising headbutt of his own\u2026 Juice tries to claim a foul from that, before ELP just threw the chair at Juice, and that\u2019s enough for the DQ. A few disappointed groans given how loose things are with DQs in New Japan, although the plausibility of \u201cit happened in the ring\u201d just about touches it I guess. As for the match, this started out as gaga but really ramped up until we got Juice\u2019s aggression and underdog fire from ELP. Something tells me both of these men won\u2019t still be in these roles by next year\u2019s G1\u2026 ***\u00bc<\/p>\n Phantasmo\u2019s back on August 10 against David Finlay, while Juice\u2019s final block match is against Will Ospreay on August 16.<\/p>\n G1 Climax 32 – Block B: Chase Owens vs. Tomohiro Ishii<\/strong> Opening with lockups, Owens took Ishii into the ropes, only to get knocked back. He\u2019s right in with clubbing forearms before he tried to charge down Ishii\u2026 only to get charged down instead. Owens got into it with the ref, but Ishii forearms him to the outside\u2026 then chopped Chase as he got back inside. After getting tripped, Owens jacked out Ishii\u2019s knee, then began to kick at it as he gained a laser-like focus on that left leg. The ring post\u2019s used as Owens wrapped the leg around it, before Ishii tried to shrug off a knee breaker. He invited more kicks to the leg from Owens, before dropping him with a suplex\u2026 following with a back suplex moments later.<\/p>\n Owens snapped back in with a neckbreaker, before a C-Trigger misses\u2026 Ishii\u2019s taken outside and dropkicked into the guard rails. Chase follows outside for a stinging chop, but a second one hits the ring post as Owens perhaps took his eye off the ball\u2026 then regained sight as he hit a sunset bomb to bounce Ishii\u2019s head into the barriers. Back inside, a C-Trigger lands for a near-fall, before Ishii fought out of a Jewel heist clothesline\u2026 and hit a German suplex for good measure. Owens gets taken to the top rope for a stalling superplex, with those beh-beh Ishii elbows softening up Owens some more\u2026 only for a leaping knee and a Jewel Heist to take Ishii down.<\/p>\n A half-and-half suplex has Owens on the back foot briefly, as he then superkicked the spit out of Ishii for a near-fall. The package piledriver looks to follow, but Ishii back body drops free, only to get booted down as he ended up cracking Owens with a headbutt. They continue to swing for the fences, with Ishii\u2019s clothesline getting just a one-count, while another gets a two-count, before Owens hit a crucifix to counter a sliding lariat. Owens takes that sliding lariat seconds later for a near-fall, before he countered out of the brainbuster and backslid Ishii for a near-fall. A C-Trigger lands after that, before the package piledriver was wriggled out of\u2026 another C-Trigger dumps Ishii, and from there Owens goes right back to the package piledriver. The crowd ooh\u2019d for that, and it\u2019s enough to put Ishii away in a result I didn\u2019t see coming, but probably should. I still think a lot of folks won\u2019t see Owens on Ishii\u2019s level, but they\u2019re trying their damndest to elevate Chase. ***\u00bd<\/p>\n Owens is back in action on Tuesday against SANADA, while Ishii picks up on August 16, also against SANADA.<\/p>\n G1 Climax 32 – Block A: JONAH vs. Kazuchika Okada<\/strong> Okada struggled with a collar and elbow tie up to start, as JONAH backed him into the ropes, before a side headlock restrained Okada. That side headlock\u2019s almost powered out of, but JONAH cranks down on it before Okada stomped on his foot to break free\u2026 only to get charged down seconds later. JONAH teases a dive off the apron, but Okada sidestepped as the Aussie hit the railings, then wrapped the big man\u2019s leg around the bars. Okada heads up the aisle as he teased a DDT, then a suplex\u2026 but JONAH lifts Okada up first before a body attack splatted the former champion.<\/p>\n JONAH brings Okada back to ringside, but then rolled into and out of the ring to break the count so he could whip Okada into the rails\u2026 so hard, it knocked the legs out of the timekeeper\u2019s table. Rinse, wash and repeat, as JONAH then charged Okada into the ring post, before making it back into the ring\u2026 where JONAH just stood on him. A grounded waistlock keeps Okada grounded as JONAH was simply dominating proceedings. At least until Okada sidestepped a charge and scored a roll-up\u2026 then a diving uppercut as it had taken him to the ten minute mark to really put the brakes on the big man. Boots and a back elbow have JONAH down, while a low dropkick took JONAH to the outside\u2026 where Bad Dude Tito tries to distract Okada, only to get charged into.<\/p>\n Okada\u2019s DDT has JONAH down on the outside, as Okada then returned to the ring to hit a tope con giro to take out both JONAH and Tito. Back inside, Okada threatened a bodyslam as he\u2019d been eyeing that up since before the match\u2026 but JONAH blocked it before he hit a spear in return. A back senton squashes Okada next for a near-fall, but Okada countered a powerbomb as he back body drops JONAH away. Okada slips in with a Money Clip as he took JONAH down to a knee, before a shotgun dropkick took JONAH into the corner. Somehow, Okada\u2019s able to lift JONAH up top, only for a flying body attack to squash Okada as a short-range lariat almost put him away. A powerbomb\u2019s \u2018rana\u2019d out of as Okada came back with a dropkick, before he finally bodyslammed the big guy!<\/p>\n The top rope elbow drop followed from Okada as we got the zoom out\u2026 right as JONAH started stirring. Another dropkick from Okada cuts off JONAH, as did a German suplex, but JONAH finds a way in with headbutts before he hit the ropes and swatted Okada down with a clothesline. Somehow, Okada kicks out at two, then fought out of a superplex as JONAH took up top\u2026 but then it all goes awry. Okada\u2019s missile dropkick is deftly countered into a powerbomb. Cue shock. A second one followed as Osaka sensed something\u2026 which was JONAH heading up top. A Torpedo drew loud gasps, as did the three count as JONAH flattened Okada and came away with the two points. Those final thirty seconds were just a sample of the atmosphere I\u2019ve missed in the last two and a bit years, and shows that it is still possible to get those kind of reactions\u2026 making them even more special when they\u2019re not meant to happen. ****<\/p>\n Okada has a quick turnaround, as he\u2019s back on August 10 against Tom Lawlor, while JONAH is back a day earlier, taking on Lance Archer on August 9.<\/p>\n Your standings\u2026<\/p>\n Block A: JONAH, Okada (3-1 \/ 6pts); Archer, Cobb, Lawlor (2-2 \/ 4pts); Fale (2-3 \/ 4pts); Yano (1-4 \/ 2pts) The G1 takes a day off\u2026 then it\u2019s off to Hiroshima for two nights back to back at the Sun Plaza Hall, with KENTA vs. Tetsuya Naito headlining on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Perhaps not quite at the same sustained level as Saturday\u2019s show, but Osaka\u2019s clearly been the place where the G1 came alive this year. 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\nG1 Climax 32 – Block C: EVIL pinned Aaron Henare in 10:28 (**\u00be)
\nG1 Climax 32 – Block A: Tom Lawlor pinned Bad Luck Fale in 11:05 (**\u00be)
\nG1 Climax 32 – Block D: Juice Robinson defeated El Phantasmo via disqualification in 16:09 (***\u00bc)
\nG1 Climax 32 – Block B: Chase Owens pinned Tomohiro Ishii in 16:50 (***\u00bd)
\nG1 Climax 32 – Block A: JONAH pinned Kazuchika Okada in 21:53 (****)<\/p>\n
\nWe start with a first-time singles match\u2026 and one that would shut the door on Henare\u2019s G1 if he lost.<\/p>\n
\nA first-time-ever meeting, as we don\u2019t even have prior tag matches between these two.<\/p>\n
\nA very quick turnaround for ELP, less than 24 hours from his loss to YOSHI-HASHI\u2026 and we\u2019ve a 1-0 record for Juice here in prior matches, as he beat ELP on New Japan Strong last October.<\/p>\n
\nA dead rubber of a match, this, with Ishii having won their only prior singles meeting in December 2016.<\/p>\n
\nOur main event is another first-time-ever singles meeting\u2026<\/p>\n
\nBlock B: White (4-0 \/ 8pts); Taichi, Tonga (2-1 \/ 4pts); SANADA (2-2 \/ 4pts); Owens (2-3 – 4pts) O-Khan (1-3 \/ 2pts); Ishii (1-4 \/ 2pts)
\nBlock C: Zack Sabre Jr., Tanahashi (3-1 \/ 6pts); EVIL, Goto, Naito (2-2 \/ 4pts); KENTA (1-2 \/ 2pts); Henare (1-4 \/ 2pts)
\nBlock D: Finlay (3-1 \/ 6pts); YOSHI-HASHI (2-1 \/ 4pts); Ospreay, Takagi, Yujiro (2-2 \/ 4pts); Robinson (2-3 \/ 4pts); Phantasmo (1-3 \/ 2pts)<\/p>\n