The G1 Climax 28 has completed 13 shows so far. There are still another 6 to go. With the A-Block only having two matches left and the B-Block just 3, we can start to see who could realistically win this thing.
G1 Climax tie-breaker rules:Â
- A tie between two wrestlers is broken based on the result in their 1-on-1 match.
- If 2 or more wrestlers are tied at the end of round-robin the winner is determined based on which wrestler has the most points in only the matches against the other wrestlers they are tied with.
G1 Climax 28 A-Block (2 nights remaining)
The A-Block is likely coming down to the Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi match on the final night of the round-robin on August 10th.
Jay White holds the tie-breaker over both Okada and Tanahashi, however, so if he wins his remaining two matches and Okada beats Tanahashi on the final night, then he’d move on to the finals. White would move on to the finals with most multi-person tie situations as a result of his victories over both Okada and Tanahashi early in the tournament. Suzuki lost to both Okada and Tanahashi (although he did beat Evil and Jay White), so I believe he is mathematically eliminated at this point (there is a lot of math here and I’m no Scott Steiner)
If Evil wins his remaining two matches against Jay White and Okada and Okada beats Tanahashi on the final night, then he’d move on.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (12pts)
- Jay White (10pts)
- Kazuchika Okada (10pts)
- Evil (8pts)
- Minoru Suzuki (8pts) – eliminated (I’m pretty sure)
- Michael Elgin (6pts) – eliminated
- Bad Luck Fale (6pts) – eliminated
- Hangman Page (4pts) – eliminated
- Togi Makabe (4pts) – eliminated
- Yoshi-Hashi (2pts) – eliminated
Remaining Matches:
Night 15 (A Block)
August 5th, 2018
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Michael Elgin
- Togi Makabe vs Jay White
- Kazuchika Okada vs EVIL
- YOSHI-HASHI vs Bad Luck Fale
- Hangman Page vs Minoru Suzuki
Night 17 (A Block)
August 10th, 2018
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada
- Togi Makabe vs Michael Elgin
- Jay White vs EVIL
- YOSHI-HASHI vs Hangman Page
- Bad Luck Fale vs Minoru Suzuki
G1 Climax 28 B-Block (3 matches remaining)
With a record of 5 wins and 0 losses, Kenny Omega is just 2 wins away from clinching the B-Block. He’s only got 3 matches left, however, meaning he could clinch the block before the final night of the round-robin.
If Omega defeats Tomohiro Ishii tomorrow, he’d only need to defeat Toru Yano on August 8th to win the group. Naito would need Omega to lose 2 of his final 3 matches due to Omega having the tie-breaker over him. Ibushi needs Omega to lose to either Ishii or Yano otherwise he would be mathematically eliminated by the time he faces Omega on the final night.
- Kenny Omega (12pts)
- Tetsuya Naito (10pts)
- Kota Ibushi (8pts)
- Sanada (6pts) – eliminated
- Zack Sabre Jr (6pts) – eliminated
- Hirooki Goto (4pts) – eliminated
- Tomohiro Ishii (4pts) – eliminated
- Juice Robinson (4pts) – eliminated
- Tama Tonga (4pts) – elminated
- Toru Yano (2pts) – eliminated
Night 14 (B Block)
August 4th, 2018
- Juice Robinson vs Zack Sabre Jr
- Hirooki Goto vs Tama Tonga
- Tomohiro Ishii vs Kenny Omega **
- Toru Yano vs SANADA
- Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi ***
** If Omega wins he only needs to win his next match (against Yano) to clinch the block
*** If Naito loses and Omega beats Ishii, Naito is eliminated.
Night 16 (B Block)
August 8th, 2018
- Juice Robinson vs Tomohiro Ishii
- Hirooki Goto vs Zack Sabre Jr
- Toru Yano vs Kenny Omega **
- Kota Ibushi vs Tama Tonga ***
- Tetsuya Naito vs SANADA
** If Omega beats Ishii on Night 14 and defeats Yano here, he clinches the block.
Night 18 (B Block)
August 11th, 2018
- Juice Robinson vs Hirooki Goto
- Tomohiro Ishii vs SANADA
- Toru Yano vs Tama Tonga
- Kenny Omega vs Kota Ibushi
- Tetsuya Naito vs Zack Sabre Jr
