G1 Climax 33 Final: Naito Defeats Okada to Win the Tournament
NJPW G1 Climax 33 rolls into Day 19 and the grand final!
The company’s two generational stars do battle once again in a sold out Ryogoku Kokugikan, as the unbeatable Kazuchika Okada looks to make his third G1 victory in a row against Tetsuya Naito.
The tournament’s format and structure was slightly different this year: 4 blocks, 8 wrestlers per block, 2 progress out into the Quarter Finals and a knockout format from there. No time-limit for the knockout matches as there must be a winner.
Kazuchika Okada topping B Block with just the one loss to the hands of Will Ospreay, whilst Tetsuya Naito finished top of D Block after battling his way back from a first day defeat to Jeff Cobb.
With that explained, let’s proclaim this year’s “Born in the ring!” tournament slogan and get to these results.
REFRESH FOR UPDATED RESULTS AS THE SHOW ROLLS ON.
Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya def. Oskar Leube & Toru Yano
Kaito Kiyomiya pinned young lion Oskar Leube after a Shining Wizard.
Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata, Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma
def.
Ren Narita, Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yuto Nakashima
Umino & Narita heated from the off, Wato calling the fight with El Desperado… Suzuki still happy to beat up folk for a paycheck.
Shota Umino nailing a Death Rider to pin Yuto Nakashima.
The Shooter and Narita charging at each other after the bell with the other lads having to break up the brawl. Suzuki can’t turn down a cheeky kick at Nagata in the middle of it all, unable to resist heating things up a bit.
All the lads ending up brawling as Umino & Narita keep clashing in the ring. El Desperado the voice of reason.
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Eddie Kingston & YOH
def.
Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask
All the legends for Eddie Kingston to live his dreams against.
YOH winning via a Superkick to Tiger Mask.
TMDK
Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita
def.
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Ryusuke Taguchi & Boltin Oleg