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 9:
Minoru Suzuki b. Michael Elgin – Suzuki took the pinfall win with the Gotch Piledriver
EVIL b. Hangman Page – EVIL took the pinfall win after hitting his namesake move
Bad Luck Fale b. “Switchblade” Jay White – Fale took the pinfall win after hitting the Bad Luck Fall after a referee bump and Tama Tonga hit the Gun Stun
Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Togi Makabe – Tanahashi took the pinfall win after hitting the High Fly Flow
Kazuchika Okada b. YOSHI-HASHI – Okada took the pinfall win with the Rainmaker
Here’s the updated standings:
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Evil | 8 | Kenny Omega | 8 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 8 | Tetsuya Naito | 6 |
| Kazuchika Okada | 6 | Sanada | 6 |
| Minoru Suzuki | 6 | Hirooki Goto | 4 |
| Jay White | 6 | Kota Ibushi | 4 |
| Bad Luck Fale | 4 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 4 |
| Michael Elgin | 4 | Tomohiro Ishii | 4 |
| Togi Makabe | 4 | 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, Night 7 here and Night 8 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 9’s predictions right here.
