Earlier today was Day 5 in the G1 Climax 27 tournament, featuring Block A. Below are the first two matches from today’s show. You can watch all of the upcoming shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. Here are the full results:

Tournament Matches
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated YOSHI-HASHI
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata
Bad Luck Fale defeated Tetsuya Naito
Kota Ibushi defeated Tomohiro Ishii
Togi Makabe defeated Hirooki Goto

Non-Tournament Matches
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Michael Elgin
El Desperado, Taichi, and Minoru Suzuki defeated Hirai Kawato, David Finlay, and Juice Robinson
Hiromu Takahashi and EVIL defeated Tama Tonga and Chase Owens
Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Toru Yano and Jado
BUSHI and SANADA defeated Gedo and Kazuchika Okada

Earlier today was Day 4 in the G1 Climax 27 tournament, featuring Block B. You can watch all of the upcoming shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. Here are the full results:

Tournament Matches
* Toru Yano defeated Satoshi Kojima
* EVIL defeated Juice Robinson
* Minoru Suzuki defeated SANADA
* Kenny Omega defeated Tama Tonga
* Kazuchika Okada defeated Michael Elgin

Non-Tournament Matches
* David Finlay, Kota Ibushi, and Togi Makabe defeated Gedo, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto
* El Desperado and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Jado and YOSHI-HASHI
* Tomoyuki Oka and Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi
* BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, and Hiromu Takahashi defeated Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, and Bad Luck Fale

Earlier today was Day 3 in the G1 Climax 27 tournament, featuring Block A. The video below includes the first four matches from today’s show and you can watch all of the upcoming shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. Here are the full results:

Tournament Matches (Block A)
Hirooki Goto defeated Yuji Nagata
Tomohiro Ishii defeated Togi Makabe
Kota Ibushi defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Bad Luck Fale
Tetsuya Naito defeated YOSHI-HASHI

Non-Tournament Matches
EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi defeated David Finlay and Juice Robinson
Taichi and Minoru Suzuki defeated BUSHI and SANADA
Yujiro Takahashi and Kenny Omega defeated Chase Owens and Tama Tonga
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, and Michael Elgin defeated Gedo, Toru Yano, and Kazuchika Okada

Day 2 kicked off in the G1 Climax 27 tournament with the first round of matches in Block B. You can watch all of the upcoming shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. Here are the full results:

Tournament Matches (Block B)
Juice Robinson defeated Satoshi Kojima
Tama Tonga defeated Michael Elgin
SANADA defeated EVIL
Kazuchika Okada defeated Toru Yano
Kenny Omega defeated Minoru Suzuki

Non-Tournament Matches
El Desperado and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hirai Kawato and Kota Ibushi
Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask, and Togi Makabe defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Gedo, and Hirooki Goto
Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale defeated David Finlay and Hiroshi Tanahashi
Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI defeated Jado and YOSHI-HASHI

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Earlier today, NJPW kicked off its G1 Climax 27 tournament with the first round of matches in Block A. The tournament will run from July 17 until August 13 with the winner getting a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in January. You can watch all of the shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. Here are the full results:

Tournament Matches (Block A)
* Tetsuya Naito defeated Kota Ibushi
* Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Hirooki Goto defeated Tomohiro Ishii
* Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe
* Yoshi-Hashi defeated Yuji Nagata

 

Non-Tournament Matches
* Chaos (Toru Yano and Jado) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Gedo)
* Los Ingobernables (Hiromu Takahashi and Evil) defeated Los Ingobernables (Bushi and Sanada)
* Suzuki-Gun (El Desparado, Taichi, and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Chase Owens, and Tama Tonga)
* Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Satoshi Kojima, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated David Finlay, Michael Elgin, and Juice Robinson

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* Kushida, Jushin Thunder Liger & David Finlay vs. The Tempura Boyz & Yoshi Tatsu – Winners: Kushida, Jushin Liger & David Finlay

*  (Semifinals – (IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament) – Kenny Omega vs. Jay Lethal – Winner: Kenny Omega(Advances to finals)

*  (Semifinals – (IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament) – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tomohiro Ishii – Winner: Tomohiro Ishii (Advances to finals)

* Los Ingobernables De Japon (Testsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA vs. Jay White, Juice Robinson, Dragon Lee, Volador Jr. & Titan – Winners: Jay White, Dragon Lee, Juice Robinson, Titan & Volador Jr.

* War Machine & Michael Elgin vs. Guerillas Of Destiny & Hangman Page w/Haku & Chase Owens – Winners: Hangman Page & Guerillas of Destiny

* (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship) – The Young Bucks (c) vs. Roppongi Vice – Winners: The Young Bucks retain IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles

* Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay & The Briscoes vs. ‘The American Nightmare’ Cody, Marty Scurll, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi – Winners: Cody, Marty Scurll, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi

* (IWGP Intercontinental Championship) – Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Billy Gunn – Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain IWGP IC Title

* (IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final) – Kenny Omega w/The Young Bucks vs. Tomohiro Ishii – Winner: Kenny Omega – first ever IWGP US Heavyweight champion

* Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero and Will Ospreay) – Winners: Chaos (Beretta, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero and Will Ospreay via Pinfall

* Dragon Lee, Jushin Thunder Liger, Titán & Volador Jr. vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi and Sanada) – Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi and Sanada) via Pinfall

* Hangman Page vs. Jay Lethal (1st round – IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament) – Winner: Jay Lethal via Pinfall (Advances to Semis)

* Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (1st round – IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament) – Winner: Zack Sabre Jr. via Submission (Advances to Semis)

* Jay White and Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kushida) vs. Hunter Club (Billy Gunn and Yos–tatsu) and Tempura Boyz (Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu) – Winners: Jay White and Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kushida) by Pinfall

* Guerrillas of Destiny (c) vs. War Machine (IWGP Tag Team Championship) – Winners: War Machine defeats Guerrillas of Destiny via Pinfall to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (1st Round IWGP U.S. Championship Tournament) – Winner: Tomohiro Ishii (Advances to Semis)

* Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin (1st round – IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Tournament) – Winner: Kenny Omega via Pinfall (Advances to Semis)

* Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Cody (IWGP Heavyweight Championship) – Winner: Kazuchika Okada retains the IWGP Heavyweight Championship via Pinfall

Earlier today at Kizuna Road 2017, NJPW announced the participants for this year’s G1 Climax tournament. This is NJPW’s biggest of the year featuring 20 participants who compete in a round-robin style tournament with the winner (assuming they aren’t already the champion) traditionally receiving a IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at the next Wrestle Kingdom, which is their biggest show of the year. Last year’s winner was Kenny Omega. Here is this year’s group that includes three first time appearances by Kota Ibushi, Juice Robinson, and Zack Sabre Jr.:

* Bad Luck Fale
* Evil
* Hirooki Goto
* Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Juice Robinson
* Kazuchika Okada
* Kenny Omega
* Kota Ibushi
* Michael Elgin
* Minoru Suzuki
* Sanada
* Satoshi Kojima
* Tama Tonga
* Tetsuya Naito
* Togi Makabe
* Tomohiro Ishii
* Toru Yano
* Yoshi-Hashi
* Yuji Nagata
* Zack Sabre Jr.

This will be Yuji Nagata’s 19th and final appearance in this tournament. NJPW also announced they will reveal the A and B Blocks on their June 26 Kizuna Road show and the full G1 Climax schedule on the June 27 Kizuna Road show.

Source: WrestlingINC