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 4:
SANADA b. Tama Tonga – SANADA took the pinfall win with a bridging O’Connor roll
Zack Sabre, Jr. b. Toru Yano – ZSJ took the pinfall win with the European Clutch
Kota Ibushi b. Juice Robinson – Ibushi took the pinfall win with the Kamigoye
Tetsuya Naito b. Tomohiro Ishii – Naito took the pinfall win after hitting the Destino
Kenny Omega b. Hirooki Goto – Omega took the pinfall win with the One-Winged Angel
Block A
- Jay White – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Michael Elgin – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Togi Makabe – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Hangman Page – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Evil – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Bad Luck Fale – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Kazuchika Okada – 0 Points (0-2-0)
- Minoru Suzuki – 0 Points (0-2-0)
- Yoshi-Hashi – 0 Points (0-2-0)
Block B
- Kenny Omega – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Kota Ibushi – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Tama Tonga – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Tomohiro Ishii – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Hirooki Goto – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Tetsuya Naito – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Zack Sabre Jr. – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Sanada – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Juice Robinson – 0 Points (0-2-0)
- Toru Yano – 0 Points (0-2-0)
You can find the results for Night 1 here, Night 2 here and Night 3 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 4’s predictions right here.
