NJPW G1 Climax Night 1 Results (7/6/19)

Juice Robinson, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Toru Yano vs. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI and Shingo Takagi

Liger starts the match against BUSHI and takes him down with a backbreaker. Takagi attacks Liger and Naito kicks him, too. Naito tags in and locks Liger in a sleeper hold before transitioning into an armbar. BUSHI and Naito stomp on Liger. Robinson tags in and he goes after all his opponents. He hits a clothesline on Takagi, who gives one right back.

The two men trade strikes and Robinson takes him down with a kick. Robinson hits Takagi with a full nelson slam and his signature punches. Takagi drops Robinson with a slam and Yano tags in and Naito hits him with a dropkick in the corner. Yano rolls him for a near fall. BUSHI tags in and hits a missile dropkick. The match erupts into a brawl and Yano low blows BUSHI before rolling him up for the win.

Winners: Juice Robinson, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Toru Yano

G1 Climax Tournament Match: Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer

Archer assaults members of the crew on his way to the ring. Ospreay catches a charging Archer with a Spanish Fly and hits a corkscrew dive off the top. A springboard 450 Splash gets Ospreay a near fall. Archer floors Ospreay with a forearm and slams him through a table at ringside. The Dallas native throws Ospreay backs into the ring and drops him with a shoulder tackle.

Archer walks around on the ropes and hits an Old School on Ospreay. Ospreay fights back and kicks Archer in the face. He nails a back springboard kick and takes Archer down. Ospreay hits a springboard forearm but Archer sends him flying with a shoulder block. A bucklebomb and a powerbomb give Archer all the momentum. A powerbomb on the apron nearly breaks Ospreay in half. Archer drags Ospreay up the ramp but Ospreray counters a powerbomb into a Code Red. A springboard drop kick in the ring and a Shooting Star Press nearly get Ospreay the win. Archer kicks out of an OsCutter, too.

Archer hits a Muscle Buster for a near fall and Ospreay kicks out of a Blackout. He locks in the Iron Claw but Ospreay gets to the ropes. A Spanish Fly off the top rope almost gets Ospreay the win but Archer kicks out. Archer hits a Blackout off the top, locks in the Iron Claw again and pins Ospreay while the hold is locked in.

Winner: Lance Archer

G1 Climax Tournament Match: Bad Luck Fale vs. EVIL

The two men immediately start brawling and the fight spills out of the ring. EVIL hits a running forearm but Fale doesn’t go down. Fale reverses a slam and gives it back to EVIL on the floor. EVIL avoids getting counted out and the match returns to the ring. Fale stands on EVIL and gets a near fall. EVIL finally slams Fale and clotheslines him over the top rope. Fale stops EVIL from using chairs and EVIL superkicks him. After wrapping a chair around Fale’s neck, EVIL drives Fale into the ring post.

Fale drops EVIL with a shoulder block. Fale hits a splash for a near fall. He tries to use a chair but the referee stops him. EVIL hits a clothesline for a near fall. Fale hits the grenade for a close two count. EVIL takes Fale down with a clothesline and, with the referee knocked down, Fale low blows him. Fale hits a chair out of EVIL’s hands and plants EVIL with a Razor’s Edge-like slam for the win.

Winner: Bad Luck Fale

G1 Climax Tournament Match: SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Sabre Jr. puts SANADA in a chin lock and the two men exchange technical holds. Sabre targets SANADA’s wrist but he uses his athleticism to escape. Both men trade pin attempts and SANADA attempts the Paradise Lock. Sabre flexes at SANADA and keeps disrespecting him. Sabre grounds SANADA for a minute but SANADA turns the tables on him. The two men continue to exchange counters. Sabre almost gets himself counted out and gives the middle finger to someone at ringside.

Sabre counters the Paradise Lock into an armbar but he reaches the ropes. SANADA chops Sabre’s chest and uses a hip toss to escape an abdominal stretch. A dropkick floors Sabre and SANADA puts him in a modified Paradise Lock. SANADA nails a dive to the outside. Sabre puts SANADA in the Octopus Hold but SANADA gets to the ropes. SANADA and Sabre trade strikes and Sabre locks in a modified dragon sleeper after a DDT. SANADA powers out of it but Sabre transitions into the guillotine choke. A neckbreaker plants Sabre and SANADA hits a TKO for a near fall.  SANADA locks in a dragon sleeper and swings Sabre around. Sabre counters a moonsault into a triangle choke but SANADA escapes it.

SANADA locks in the Skull End temporarily and eventually counters Sabre and pins him with a bridge.

Winner: SANADA

Ospreay attacks the referee and another official after the match.

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