On August 12th, 2024 NJPW aired the 15th Night of G1 Climax live in Niigata Japan inside Aore Nagaoka in front of 3,022 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.
Tag Team Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Yota Tsuji & Bushi)
Hirooki Goto & Yota Tsuji kicks this match before Hiroshi Tanahashi hits Aces High on Tsuji.
Goto hit a back suplex on Tsuji. Bushi got the hot tag and he dove through the ropes onto Goto.
In the ring Goto hit a neckbreaker over his knee on Bushi then hits GTR for the win.
Winners: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto (6:39)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Bullet Club War Dogs (Global Champion David Finlay & Gedo) vs. Guerrillas Of Density (El Phantasmo & Jado)
Gedo & Jado were set to begin but David Finlay attacked Jado from behind and Bullet Club War Dogs worked Gedo over. El Phantasmo finally tags in and traded forearm strikes with Finlay.
Finlay hits a backbreaker over his knee on Phantasmo before ELP hits Sudden Death on Finlay then one on Gedo for the win.
Winners: Guerrillas Of Density (7:02)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (NEVER Openweight Champion Henare, Television Champion Jeff Cobb & Francesco Akira) & Konosuke Takeshita vs. House Of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & Sho)
House Of Torture kept Henare grounded early on before Henare hit a senton on Yujiro Takahashi.
Konosuke Takeshita got the hot tag before Jeff Cobb hits a delayed vertical suplex then Sho kicks Cobb in the gut but Cobb didn’t budge.
Francesco Akira tags in and hits a hurricanrana on Yoshinobu Kanemaru then a top rope crossbody.
Kanemaru sprayed whisky in Akira’s eyes then he got a roll up for the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (8:48)
Rate: 4
Non Title Block A Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd (6) vs. Callum Newman (4)
Callum Newman hits a standing moonsault for a near fall then hits a German suplex for a near fall then a spinning heel kick to the jaw.
He went for the OsCutter but Kidd slaps him on the back then hits 2 piledrivers for the win.
Winner: Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd (8) (6:52)
Rate: 7
Block A Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Sanada (8) vs. Zack Sabre Jr (12)
Sanada went for a moonsault but Zack Sabre Jr caught an arm and locked in a hammerlock and Sanada screamed in pain but refused to tap.
ZSJ applied a modified Rings Of Saturn but Sanada reached the ropes. Sanada got a roll up for a near fall.
He went for a Shining Wizard but ZSJ blocks it before he hits a Shining Wizard to the jaw but he couldn’t hit Deadfall. ZSJ sets up for Zack Driver but Sanada turned it into Skull End but ZSJ escaped.
ZSJ drills Sanada to the mat with the Zack Driver for the win.
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr (14) (15:44)
Rate: 7
Block A Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Shingo Takagi (8) vs. Jake Lee (8)
Takagi advances with a win & a Evil or Naito lost.
Shingo Takagi hits Pumping Bomber before Jake Lee hit a running Penalty Kick and a back suplex for a near fall. Takagi hits a Death Valley Driver and they were both down.
Takagi hits a clothesline into the corner then a 2nd rope superplex.
He hits some Pumping Bombers but Lee didn’t go down so they traded kicks.
Takagi hits another Pumping Bomber for the win.
Winner: Shingo Takagi (10) (13:50)
Rate: 5
Block A Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Shota Umino (6) vs. Evil (10)
Evil advances with a win.
Evil hits a clothesline for a near fall before Shota Umino hits an enzuigiri then Blaze Blade to the back of the head. Evil hit a low blow and his own Death Rider for a near fall.
Umino hits Everything Is Evil and they were both down before Umino hits another side slam then Death Rider for the win.
Winner: Shota Umino (8) (19:45) (Since Evil lost Takagi takes 2nd Place)
Rate: 3
Champion vs. Champion Block A Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito (10) vs. KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan (8)
Winner advances.
Tetsuya Naito hits a tornado DDT and they were both down before Great O Khan hits a German suplex and went right back to the grapevine of the leg on the mat.
O Khan hit a back suplex and they were both down.
O Khan set up for The Eliminator but Naito escaped and Naito hits Destino for a near fall.
Naito went for a 2nd Destino but O Khan blocks it & hits a flatliner then a 2nd The Eliminator for the win.
Winner: KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan (10) (18:58) (He will face Takagi in the Quarter Finals)
Rate: 7
Final Block A Standings After Night 15
1st Place- Zack Sabre Jr (14 Points) (7-2) (He gets a bye to the Semi Finals)
2nd Place- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan, Shingo Takagi & Evil (10 Points) (5-4) (Takagi & O Khan advances due to tiebreakers)
3rd Place- Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd, Shota Umino, Sanada & Jake Lee (8 Points) (4-5)
Last Place- Callum Newman (4 Points) (2-7)
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