NJPW aired their 4th Night of the 2024 New Japan Soul Tour live from Fukushima Japan at the Toyota Arena Crown on NJPW World & on this show we get the start of the 2024 G1 Climax Block A Qualifying Tournament.
Location: Fukushima Japan
Venue: Toyota Arena Crown
Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai
Daiki Nagai hits a dropkick and locks in a Boston Crab but the time limit expired as Masatora Yasuda was still in the hold.
Winner: No One (Time Limit Draw) (10:00)
Rate: 5
Tag Team Match
United Empire (KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan & Francesco Akira) vs. Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato
Great O Khan ties up Shoma Kato’s left ankle as they fought on the mat.
Francesco Akira entered and hit a basement dropkick to Kato’s head.
Katsuya Murashima & Kato hit stereo dropkicks on Akira.
Murashima applied a Boston Crab but Akira reached the ropes before Akira hits Fireball for the win.
Winners: United Empire (8:32)
Rate: 6
6 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (NEVER Openweight Champion Henare, Television Champion Jeff Cobb & TJP) vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima
TJP & Satoshi Kojima started this match with TJP hitting a dropkick and Kojima hitting a shoulder tackle.
Jeff Cobb & Tomohiro Ishii battled with Jeff hitting a standing moonsault for a near fall.
Ishii hit a flying shoulder tackle on TJP then Kojima tags back in and hits Machine Gun Chops on TJP.
He hit a DDT before Henare & Honma entered and immediately traded forearm strikes.
Henare hits a running Penalty Kick to the chest for a near fall before Honma hits Kokeshi.
Henare hits a running knee in the corner then Streets Of Rage for the win.
Winners: United Empire (9:30)
Rate: 6
10 Man Tag Team Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Be Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano) & Boltin Oleg, Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado & Hirooki Goto vs. Just 5 Guys (Taka Michinoku, Yuya Uemura, Sanada, Taichi & Douki)
El Desperado & Douki kicks this match off before Sanada entered and tied up Yano’s legs.
Taichi & Hiroshi Tanahashi battled before Hirooki Goto entered and hit a double bulldog.
Yuya Uemura hits a deep armdrag on Goto then a dropkick on Boltin Oleg.
Taka Michinoku tags in and hit a running kick on Oleg, but then Oleg hits a shoulder tackle.
He picked up Michinoku and flips him around in his arms before hitting a gutwrench suplex.
Michinoku hit a running knee to the chest and he tied up Oleg’s head on the mat but Desperado made the save.
Michinoku couldn’t bodyslam Oleg so Oleg hits Kamikaze to get the win
Winners: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Be Bop Tag Team & Boltin Oleg, Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado & Hirooki Goto (9:12)
Rate: 6
Quarter Final Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax Block A Qualifying Tournament
Callum Newman vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Callum Newman & Yujiro Takahashi brawled to the floor where he hit an inverted DDT onto the mat at ringside. They got in the ring where Takahashi kept him down.
Newman hits a double stomp on the back and they were both down then they got up and traded forearm strikes.
Takahashi drops him throat first on the top rope then hit a fisherman’s brainbuster for a near fall.
Takahashi got his staff but Newman blocked him from using it. Takahashi hit a low blow then Pimp Juice for a near fall.
Newman hit a Tiger Suplex for a near fall then hits OsCutter for the win.
Winner: Callum Newman (12:12) (He will face Kenta in the Semi Finals)
Rate: 5
Quarter Final Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax Block A Qualifying Tournament
Yoshi Hashi vs. Chase Owens
Yoshi Hashi & Chase Owens brawled to the floor where Yoshi Hashi whips Owens into a guardrail.
In the ring Owens hits a running knee to the jaw and was in charge. He snaps Yoshi Hashi’s fingers.
Yoshi Hashi hits a suplex then hits Headhunter before Owens hit a senton then a gutbuster over his knee.
He hit a short arm clothesline for a near fall.
They hit simultaneous clotheslines and Owens put his feet on the ropes and got a near fall on a roll up.
Yoshi Hashi hits a superkick and a Dragon Suplex before Owens fired back with a German suplex and a jumping knee to the jaw and they both collapsed.
Chase went for a Package Piledriver but Yoshi Hashi escaped.
Yoshi-Hashi hit some more superkicks and a Canadian Destroyer for a near fall.
Yoshi Hashi drills Chase Owens to the mat with Karama for the win.
Winner: Yoshi Hashi (14:01) (He will face Tomohiro Ishii in the Semi Finals)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji, Titan & Bushi) vs. House Of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita, Evil & Sho)
House Of Torture attacks Los Ingobernables De Japon before the bell with action spilling to the floor.
Titan hits a Pele Kick and a springboard dropkick. LIJ began working over Sho’s left arm.
House Of Torture backed Bushi into their corner and worked him over.
Evil hits a suplex for a near fall and the bell rang but of course it was just Dick Togo ringing the bell and the match continued.
Yota Tsuji got a hot tag and began hitting tilt a whirl backbreakers over his knee on House Of Torture.
Tsuji was whipped into an exposed corner before he hist a flatliner on Evil.
Tetsuya Naito enters and fought Evil before Evil locks in a Sharpshooter but Naito reached the ropes.
Togo hits a knife edge chop to Naito’s groin.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru grabs his whiskey bottle but Naito avoided being hit by it.
Tsuji & Bushi hit stereo Stunners before Naito hits Destino on Kanemaru for the win.
Winners: Los Ingobernables De Japon (12:08)
Rate: 6
