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 10:
Zack Sabre Jr b. Tama Tonga – ZSJ took the win via DQ after Fale interfered, Tonga was already tapping out to an Armbar out of a Gun Stun
Juice Robinson b. Toru Yano – Juice took his first win of the tournament after hitting the Pulp Friction
Kota Ibushi b. Tomohiro Ishii – Ibushi took the pinfall win after hitting the Kamigoye. This was possibly the best match of the tournament thus far
Tetsuya Naito b. Hirooki Goto – Naito took the pinfall win after hitting two Destinos
Kenny Omega b. Sanada – Omega took the pinfall win after hitting the One Winged Angel
Here’s the updated standings:
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Evil | 8 | Kenny Omega | 10 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 8 | Tetsuya Naito | 8 |
| Kazuchika Okada | 6 | Kota Ibushi | 6 |
| Minoru Suzuki | 6 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 6 |
| Jay White | 6 | Sanada | 6 |
| Bad Luck Fale | 4 | Hirooki Goto | 4 |
| Michael Elgin | 4 | Tomohiro Ishii | 4 |
| Togi Makabe | 4 | Juice Robinson | 2 |
| Hangman Page | 2 | Tama Tonga | 2 |
| Yoshi-Hashi | 2 | Toru Yano | 2 |
You can find the results for Night 1 here, Night 2 here, Night 3 here, Night 4 here, Night 5 here, Night 6 here, Night 7 here, Night 8 here and Night 9 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 10’s predictions right here.
