New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual G1 Climax is widely regarded as the greatest tournament in pro wrestling today. Two blocks of competitors are competing in a round robin format to determine the number 1 contender to Kenny Omega’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship at January 4th’s Wrestle Kingdom. The tournament has now begun and here are the results from Night 8:
Hirooki Goto b. Toru Yano – Goto took the win early after hitting the Ushigoroshi and GTR for the pin
Tetsuya Naito b. Tama Tonga – Naito took the win after hitting a low blow followed by Destino
Zack Sabre Jr. b. Tomohiro Ishii – ZSJ took the submission win after locking in an armbar, this looked painful…
Kenny Omega b. Juice Robinson – Omega took the pinfall win after hitting a fair few V-Triggers
SANADA b. Kota Ibushi – SANADA took the pinfall win after hitting a moonsault, this was somewhat of an upset but a fantastic match
Here are the updated standings:
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Evil | 6 | Kenny Omega | 8 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 6 | Tetsuya Naito | 6 |
| Jay White | 6 | Sanada | 6 |
| Michael Elgin | 4 | Hirooki Goto | 4 |
| Togi Makabe | 4 | Kota Ibushi | 4 |
| Kazuchika Okada | 4 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 4 |
| Minoru Suzuki | 4 | Tomohiro Ishii | 4 |
| Bad Luck Fale | 2 | Tama Tonga | 2 |
| Hangman Page | 2 | Toru Yano | 2 |
| Yoshi-Hashi | 2 | Juice Robinson | 0 |
You can find the results for Night 1 here, Night 2 here, Night 3 here, Night 4 here, Night 5 here, Night 6 here, and Night 7 here. Don’t forget that SEScoops staff writers Ian Carey and Jake Jeremy are posting their predictions for the tournament and you can check out how they fared with Night 8’s predictions right here.
