On July 31st, 2024 NJPW aired the 8th Night of G1 Climax live in Yamaguchi Japan inside KDDI Ishin Hall in front of 1,021 fans & can watch the show on NJPW World.
Tag Team Match
Bullet Club War Dogs (Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd & Jake Lee) vs. Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato
Match ends when Jake Lee drills Shoma Kato to the mat with a Chokeslam to get the win.
Winners: Bullet Club War Dogs (4:38)
Rate: 4
Tag Team Match
United Empire (KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan & Callum Newman) vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Evil)
House Of Torture attacks United Empire from behind to open before Great O Khan hits Mongolian Chops on Evil. Evil got a wire and choked O Khan with it.
Callum Newman got a hot tag and hits a double dropkick then hits a standing moonsault on Evil for a near fall.
Togo choked Newman with his wire before Newman hit a kip up enzuigiri then OsCutter for the win.
Winners: United Empire (7:07)
Rate: 4
Tag Team Match
Just 5 Guys (Taka Michinoku & Sanada) vs. Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma
Sanada & Shota Umino starts this match with some basic reversals before Taka Michinoku & Tomoaki Honma entered.
Sanada tied Honma in the Paradise Lock before Umino hits a running neckbreaker on Michinoku then Death Rider for the win.
Winners: Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma (7:04)
Rate: 5
Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr & Kosei Fujita)
Kosei Fujita hits a dropkick on LIJ to get this match started before Shingo Takagi works over Fujita.
Zack Sabre Jr enters and traded blows with Takagi before Takagi hits a twisting neckbreaker.
Takagi hits Pumping Bomber on Fujita then Made in Japan gets the win.
Winners: Los Ingobernables De Japon (6:58)
Rate: 7
Block B Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Boltin Oleg (2) vs. Yota Tsuji (2)
Yota Tsuji locks in a Boston Crab then a Stomp on the head for a near fall before Boltin Oleg hits a shotgun dropkick. Tsuji got an inside cradle for a near fall.
Oleg hits a clothesline and was fired up and he hits Kamikaze for a near fall.
He set up for a 2nd one but Yota held onto the top rope to escape before Tsuji immediately hits Gene Blaster for the win.
Winner: Yota Tsuji (4) (10:11)
Rate: 7
Non Title Block B Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
NEVER Openweight Champion Henare (4) vs. Yuya Uemura (6)
Henare hits a knee strike to the jaw in the corner before Yuya Uemura hits another German suplex for a near fall. He set up for Deadbolt but Henare blocked it. Uemura hit a Pele Kick.
He charged at Henare but Henare caught him and hits Ramage for a near fall then Uemura hits a Dragon Suplex for a near fall.
Uemura again tried to hits Deadbolt Suplex but Henare hit a headbutt to escape then hits Streets Of Rage for the win.
Winner: NEVER Openweight Champion Henare (6) (10:11)
Rate: 6
Non Title Block B Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Television Champion Jeff Cobb (4) vs. El Phantasmo (2)
Jeff Cobb went for Tour Of The Islands but El Phantasmo escaped and hits a tornado DDT then Sudden Death for a near fall. He hits a springboard senton and a Lionsault for a near fall.
Cobb hit a release F5 then hits a forearm strike that nails Phantasmo.
They got up and traded forearm strikes before ELP hit a grazing dropkick and they were both down.
ELP leapt at Cobb but Cobb caught him and hits Tour Of The Islands for the win.
Winner: Television Champion Jeff Cobb (6) (11:33)
Rate: 6
Block B Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Hirooki Goto (4) vs. Ren Narita (4)
Ren Narita got Hirooki Goto’s walking staff but the ref confiscated it. Narita shoved Goto into the ref, and the ref was down. Narita got his push up bar but Goto picks up his staff.
They clanged their weapons together and Goto hits Narita over the back with it.
Goto blocks a low blow attempt and hits a headbutt then Narita hits a low blow mule kick then Double Cross for the win.
Winner: Ren Narita (6) (12:17)
Rate: 5
Non Title Block B Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Global Champion David Finlay (4) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (6)
David Finlay hits a Buckle Bomb before Konosuke Takeshita hits a standing powerbomb and covers Finlay but the ref was on the floor and Gedo was talking to him and stalling.
Finlay got his shillelagh and struck Takeshita across the head with it, but he only got a near fall.
Gedo trips Takeshita before Takeshita teased he was going to hit Gedo but Finlay crashed into Gedo.
Takeshita hits a Blue Thunder Bomb on Finlay for a near fall then Finlay nails Overkill for the win.
Winner: Global Champion David Finlay (6) (18:23)
Rate: 7
Block B Standings After Night 8
1st Place- NEVER Openweight Champion Henare, Television Champion Jeff Cobb, Global Champion David Finlay, Ren Narita, Konosuke Takeshita & Yuya Uemura (6 Points) (3-2)
2nd Place- NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto & Yota Tsuji (4 Points) (2-3)
Last Place- El Phantasmo (2 Points) (1-4)
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