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New Japan G1 Climax Central
Final Update: August 14 – G1 Climax Final. KENNY OMEGA THE 2016 G1 CLIMAX WINNER.
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A Block Standings
- Hirooki Goto (6-3, 12 pts) (A BLOCK WINNER)
- IWGP Champ Kazuchika Okada (5-3-1, 11 pts)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (5-3-1, 11 pts)
- Naomichi Marufuji (5-4, 10 pts)
- Bad Luck Fale (5-4, 10 pts)
- Togi Makabe (4-5, 8 pts)
- Tomohiro Ishii (4-5, 8 pts)
- Tama Tonga (4-5, 8 pts)
- Sanada (4-5, 8 pts)
- Tenzan (2-7, 4 pts)
B Block Standings
- Kenny Omega (6-3, 12 pts) (B BLOCK WINNER) (2016 G1 CLIMAX WINNER)
- Naito (6-3, 12 pts)
- IWGP IC champion Michael Elgin (5-4, 10 pts)
- NEVER Openweight champion Shibata (5-4, 10 pts)
- Katsuhiko Nakajima (5-4, 10 pts)
- Toru Yano (5-4, 10 pts)
- EVIL (4-5, 8 pts)
- Yuji Nagata (3-6, 6 pts)
- YOSHI-HASHI (3-6, 6 pts)
- Honma (3-6, 6 pts)
G1 Climax Show Results/Schedule
- Night 1 (July 18) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 2 (July 22) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 3 (July 23) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 4 (July 24) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 5 (July 25) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 6 (July 27) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 7 (July 28) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 8 (July 30) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 9 (July 31) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 10 (Aug. 1) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 11 (Aug. 3) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 12 (Aug. 4) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 13 (Aug. 6) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 14 (Aug. 7) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 15 (Aug. 8) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 16 (Aug. 10) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 17 (Aug. 12) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 18 (Aug. 13) / Radican’s PPV Review
- Night 19 (Finals) (Aug. 14) / Radican’s PPV Review
Radican’s Matches to Watch
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- Night 1 (July 18) – (5) Tenzan vs. Ishii (****1/4) … (8) Tanahashi vs. Sanada (****) … (9) Okada vs. Marufuji (****1/2)
- Night 2 (July 22) – (6) Kenny Omega vs. YOSHI-HASHI (****1/4) … Elgin vs. EVIL (***3/4) … Honma vs. Shibata (****)
- Night 3 (July 23) – None reached ***3/4
- Night 4 (July 24) – (8) Shibata vs. Nakajima (****1/4) … (9) Elgin vs. Naito (****3/4)
- Night 5 (July 25) – (9) Goto vs. Okada (****)
- Night 6 (July 27) – (6) Nakajima vs. EVIL (***3/4) … (8) Honma vs. Omega (****) … (9) Elgin vs. Shibata (****1/2)
- Night 7 (July 28) – (6) Sanada vs. Goto (***3/4) … Marufuji vs. Ishii (****) … (9) Tanahashi vs. Fale (***3/4)
- Night 8 (July 30) – (6) YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL (****) … (7) Nagata vs. Nakajima (****) … (8) Elgin vs. Omega (*****) … (9) Naito vs. Shibata (****1/2)
- Night 9 (July 31) – (7) Marufuji vs. Makabe (***3/4)
- Night 10 (Aug. 1) – (8) Omega vs. EVIL (***3/4) … (9) Naito vs. Honma (****1/4)
- Night 11 (Aug. 3) – (7) Marufuji vs. Sanada (***3/4) … Tanahashi vs. Ishii (****1/4)
- Night 12 (Aug. 4) – (6) Elgin vs. YOSHI-HASHI (***3/4) … (8) Omega vs. Shibata (****1/4) … (9) Naito vs. Najakima (****)
- Night 13 (Aug. 6) – (8) Okada vs. Ishii (*****) … (9) Tanahashi vs. Marufuji (****1/2)
- Night 14 (Aug. 7) – None reached ***3/4
- Night 15 (Aug. 8) – (6) Sanada vs. Ishii (****) … (9) Goto vs. Makabe (***3/4)
- Night 16 (Aug. 10) – (7) HASHI vs. Naito (****1/4) … (8) Shibata vs. Nagata (***3/4) … (9) Elgin vs. Honma (****1/4)
- Night 17 (Aug. 12) – (5) Sanada vs. Tenzan (***3/4) … (6) Makabe vs. Ishii (****1/4) … (8) Marufuji vs. Goto (****) … (9) Tanahashi vs. Okada 30-minute draw (****3/4)
- Night 18 (Aug. 13) – (7) EVIL vs. Shibata (***3/4) … (8) Elgin vs. Nakajima (****3/4) … (9) Omega vs. Naito (*****)
- Night 19 (Aug. 14 Finals) – (9) Omega vs. Goto (****3/4)
| MATCH | DATE | WINNER | TIME | LOSER | BLOCK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7/18 | Tenzan (1-0, 2 pts) | 14:10 Pin | Tomohiro Ishii (0-1, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 2 | 7/18 | Togi Makabe (1-0, 2 pts) | 10:38 Pin | Tama Tonga (0-1, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 3 | 7/18 | Hirooki Goto (1-0, 2 pts) | 9:20 Pin | Bad Luck Fale (0-1, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 4 | 7/18 | Sanada (1-0, 2 pts) | 19:30 Tap-out | Hiroshi Tanahashi (0-1, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 5 | 7/18 | Naomichi Marufuji (1-0, 2 pts) | 19:08 Pin | Kazuchika Okada (0-1, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 6 | 7/22 | Katsuhiko Nakajima (1-0, 2 pts) | 3:51 Pin | Toru Yano (0-1, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 7 | 7/22 | YOSHI-HASHI (1-0, 2 pts) | 12:16 Pin | Kenny Omega (0-1, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 8 | 7/22 | EVIL (1-0, 2 pts) | 10:54 Pin | Michael Elgin (0-1, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 9 | 7/22 | Yuji Nagata (1-0, 2 pts) | 15:32 Pin | Yuji Nagata (0-1, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 10 | 7/22 | Honma (1-0, 2 pts) | 11:11 Pin | Honma (0-1, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 11 | 7/23 | Tenzan (2-0, 4 pts) | 10:31 Pin | Tama Tonga (0-2, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 12 | 7/23 | Hirooki Goto (2-0, 4 pts) | 11:49 Pin | Tomohiro Ishii (0-2, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 13 | 7/23 | Bad Luck Fale (1-1, 2 pts) | 9:36 Pin | Naomichi Marufuji (1-1, 2 pts) | A Block |
| 14 | 7/23 | Kazuchika Okada (1-1, 2 pts) | 13:20 Pin | Sanada (1-1, 2 pts) | A Block |
| 15 | 7/23 | Togi Makabe (2-0, 4 pts) | 14:04 Pin | Tanahashi (0-2, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 16 | 7/24 | Honma (2-0, 4 pts) | 13:07 Pin | YOSHI-HASHI (1-1, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 17 | 7/24 | Yuji Nagata (2-0, 4 pts) | 10:54 Pin | EVIL (1-1, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 18 | 7/24 | Kenny Omega (1-1, 2 pts) | 9:05 Pin | Toru Yano (0-2, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 19 | 7/24 | Shibata (1-1, 2 pts) | 14:08 Pin | Katsuhiko Nakajima (1-1, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 20 | 7/24 | Naito (1-1, 2 pts) | 22:12 Pin | Michael Elgin (0-2, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 21 | 7/25 | Tomohiro Ishii (1-2, 2 pts) | 9:35 Pin | Bad Luck Fale (1-2, 2 pts) | A Block |
| 22 | 7/25 | Togi Makabe (3-0, 6 pts) | 12:25 Pin | Sanada (1-2, 2 pts) | A Block |
| 23 | 7/25 | Naomichi Marufuji (2-1, 4 pts) | 12:29 Pin | Tenzan (2-1, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 24 | 7/25 | Tama Tonga (1-2, 2 pts) | 11:10 Pin | Tanahashi (0-3, 0 pts) | A Block |
| 25 | 7/25 | Kazuchika Okada (2-1, 4 pts) | 16:11 Pin | Hirooki Goto (2-1, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 26 | 7/27 | Yuji Nagata (3-0, 6 pts) | 11:56 Pin | YOSHI-HASHI (1-2, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 27 | 7/27 | Katsuhiko Nakajima (2-1, 4 pts) | 10:31 Pin | EVIL (1-2, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 28 | 7/27 | Naito (2-1, 4 pts) | 4:54 Pin | Toru Yano (0-3, 0 pts) | B Block |
| 29 | 7/27 | Kenny Omega (2-1, 4 pts) | 13:59 Pin | Honma (2-1, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 30 | 7/27 | Michael Elgin (1-2, 2 pts) | 15:53 Pin | Shibata (1-2, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 31 | 7/28 | Togi Makabe (4-0, 8 pts) | 10:08 Pin | Tenzan (2-2, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 32 | 7/28 | Sanada (2-2, 4 pts) | 12:05 Pin | Hirooki Goto (2-2, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 33 | 7/28 | Tomohiro Ishii (2-2, 4 pts) | 12:14 Pin | Naomichi Marufuji (2-2, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 34 | 7/28 | Kazuchika Okada (3-1, 6 pts) | 11:45 Pin | Tama Tonga (1-2, 2 pts) | A Block |
| 35 | 7/28 | Tanahashi (1-2, 2 pts) | 15:05 Pin | Bad Luck Fale (1-2, 2 pts) | A Block |
| 36 | 7/30 | Toru Yano (1-3, 2 pts) | 4:21 Pin | Honma (2-2, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 37 | 7/30 | YOSHI-HASHI (2-2, 4 pts) | 12:48 Pin | EVIL (1-3, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 38 | 7/30 | Katsuhiko Nakajima (3-1, 6 pts) | 12:32 Pin | Yuji Nagata (3-1, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 39 | 7/30 | Michael Elgin (2-2, 4 pts) | 16:44 Pin | Kenny Omega (2-2, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 40 | 7/30 | Shibata (2-2, 4 pts) | 19:24 Sleeper | Naito (2-2, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 41 | 7/31 | Tama Tonga (2-3, 4 pts) | 11:00 Pin | Tomohiro Ishii (2-3, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 42 | 7/31 | Bad Luck Fale (2-3, 4 pts) | 9:06 Pin | Sanada (2-3, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 43 | 7/31 | Naomichi Marufuji (3-2, 6 pts) | 10:39 Pin | Togi Makabe (4-1, 8 pts) | A Block |
| 44 | 7/31 | Kazuchika Okada (4-1, 8 pts) | 12:30 Pin | Tenzan (2-3, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 45 | 7/31 | Tanahashi (2-3, 4 pts) | 17:47 Pin | Hirooki Goto (2-3, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 46 | 8/1 | YOSHI-HASHI (3-2, 6 pts) | 12:02 Pin | Katsuhiko Nakajima (3-2, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 47 | 8/1 | Michael Elgin (3-2, 6 pts) | 10:35 Pin | Yuji Nagata (3-2, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 48 | 8/1 | Toru Yano (2-3, 4 pts) | 1:05 Pin | Shibata (2-3, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 49 | 8/1 | Kenny Omega (3-2, 6 pts) | 10:15 Pin | EVIL (1-4, 2 pts) | B Block |
| 50 | 8/1 | Naito (3-2, 6 pts) | 20:38 Pin | Honma (2-3, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 51 | 8/3 | Bad Luck Fale (3-3, 6 pts) | 8:22 Pin | Tenzan (2-4, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 52 | 8/3 | Hirooki Goto (3-3, 6 pts) | 12:29 Pin | Tama Tonga (2-4, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 53 | 8/3 | Naomichi Marufuji (4-2, 8 pts) | 10:39 Pin | Sanada (2-4, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 54 | 8/3 | Tanahashi (3-3, 6 pts) | 16:10 Pin | Tomohiro Ishii (2-4, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 55 | 8/3 | Kazuchika Okada (5-1, 10 pts) | 15:04 Pin | Togi Makabe (4-2, 8 pts) | A Block |
| 56 | 8/4 | Toru Yano (3-3, 6 pts) | 4:22 Countout | Yuji Nagata (3-3, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 57 | 8/4 | Michael Elgin (4-2, 8 pts) | 9:49 Pin | YOSHI-HASHI (3-3, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 58 | 8/4 | EVIL (2-4, 4 pts) | 9:49 Pin | Honma (2-4, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 59 | 8/4 | Shibata (3-3, 6 pts) | 12:28 Pin | Kenny Omega (3-3, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 60 | 8/4 | Naito (4-2, 8 pts) | 19:08 Pin | Katsuhiko Nakajima (3-3, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 61 | 8/6 | Tama Tonga (3-4, 6 pts) | 10:40 Pin | Sanada (2-5, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 62 | 8/6 | Bad Luck Fale (4-3, 8 pts) | 8:38 Pin | Togi Makabe (4-3, 8 pts) | A Block |
| 63 | 8/6 | Hirooki Goto (4-3, 8 pts) | 10:02 Pin | Tenzan (2-5, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 64 | 8/6 | Tomohiro Ishii (3-4, 6 pts) | 18:43 Pin | Kazuchika Okada (5-2, 10 pts) | A Block |
| 65 | 8/6 | Tanahashi (4-3, 8 pts) | 19:00 Pin | Naomichi Marufuji (4-3, 8 pts) | A Block |
| 66 | 8/7 | Toru Yano (4-3, 8 pts) | 4:59 Pin | Michael Elgin (4-3, 8 pts) | B Block |
| 67 | 8/7 | Shibata (4-3, 8 pts) | 11:08 Pin | YOSHI-HASHI (3-4, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 68 | 8/7 | Katsuhiko Nakajima (4-3, 8 pts) | 12:34 Pin | Honma (2-5, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 69 | 8/7 | Kenny Omega (4-3, 8 pts) | 14:17 Pin | Yuji Nagata (3-4, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 70 | 8/7 | Naito (5-2, 10 pts) | 21:28 Pin | EVIL (2-5, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 71 | 8/8 | Naomichi Marufuji (5-3, 10 pts) | 10:54 Pin | Tama Tonga (3-5, 6 pts) | A Block |
| 72 | 8/8 | Sanada (3-5, 6 pts) | 12:18 Submit | Tomohiro Ishii (3-5, 6 pts) | A Block |
| 73 | 8/8 | Tanahashi (5-3, 10 pts) | 11:17 Pin | Tenzan (2-6, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 74 | 8/8 | Bad Luck Fale (5-3, 10 pts) | 11:16 Pin | Kazuchika Okada (5-3, 10 pts) | A Block |
| 75 | 8/8 | Hirooki Goto (5-3, 10 pts) | 14:12 Pin | Togi Makabe (4-4, 8 pts) | A Block |
| 76 | 8/10 | Kenny Omega (5-3, 10 pts) | 10:29 Pin | Nakajima (4-4, 8 pts) | B Block |
| 77 | 8/10 | EVIL (3-5, 6 pts) | 2:57 Pin | Toru Yano (4-4, 8 pts) | B Block |
| 78 | 8/10 | Naito (6-2, 12 pts) | 15:01 Pin | YOSHI-HASHI (3-5, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 79 | 8/10 | Shibata (5-3, 10 pts) | 12:16 Sleeper | Yuji Nagata (3-5, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 80 | 8/10 | Michael Elgin (5-3, 10 pts) | 18:43 Pin | Honma (2-6, 4 pts) | B Block |
| 81 | 8/12 | Sanada (4-5, 10 pts) | 12:12 Pin | Tenzan (2-7, 4 pts) | A Block |
| 82 | 8/12 | Tomohiro Ishii (4-5, 10 pts) | 12:33 Pin | Togi Makabe (4-5, 10 pts) | A Block |
| 83 | 8/12 | Tama Tonga (4-5, 10 pts) | 8:39 Pin | Bad Luck Fale (5-4, 10 pts) | A Block |
| 84 | 8/12 | Hirooki Goto (6-3, 12 pts) A BLOCK WINNER | 13:17 Pin | Naomichi Marufuji (5-4, 10 pts) | A Block |
| 85 | 8/12 | Kazuchika Okada (5-3-1, 11 pts) | 30:00 Draw | Hiroshi Tanahashi (5-3-1, 11 pts) | A Block |
| 86 | 8/13 | Honma (3-6, 6 pts) | 10:29 Pin | Yuji Nagata (3-6, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 87 | 8/13 | Toru Yano (5-4, 10 pts) | 3:31 Pin | YOSHI-HASHI (3-6, 6 pts) | B Block |
| 88 | 8/13 | EVIL (4-5, 8 pts) | 9:42 Pin | Shibata (5-4, 10 pts) | B Block |
| 89 | 8/13 | Katsuhiko Nakajima (5-4, 10 pts) | 16:50 Pin | Michael Elgin (5-4, 10 pts) | B Block |
| 90 | 8/13 | Kenny Omega (6-3, 12 pts) B BLOCK WINNER | 28:12 Pin | Naito (6-3, 12 pts) | B Block |
| 91 | 8/14 | Kenny Omega (B Block Winner) (G1 CLIMAX WINNER) | 26:40 Pin | Hirooki Goto (A Block Winner) | G1 CLIMAX FINALS |