On August 17th, 2024 NJPW aired the 18th Night of G1 Climax live in Tokyo Japan inside Ryogoku Kokugikan in front of 5,340 fans & can watch the show on NJPW World.
Tag Team Match
TMDK (Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion Mikey Nicholls & Robbie Eagles) vs. Yoshi Hashi & Shoma Kato
Robbie Eagles works Shoma Kato’s left arm before Mikey Nicholls drops Kato with a chop.
Yoshi Hashi finally got in and attacks TMDK before he hits a DDT on Nicholls for a near fall.
Nicholls hits his own DDT and they were both down then Eagles got back in but Yoshi Hashi hits Headhunter on Eagles.
Kato enters and he put Eagles in a Boston Crab but Eagles escapes & hits Turbo Backpack for the win.
Winners: TMDK (9:26)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Bullet Club War Dogs (Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd & Jake Lee) vs. Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto
Bullet Club War Dogs ran into the ring to attack Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma and the action spilled to ringside. In the ring Gabe Kidd & Honma traded chops and Kidd bites his forehead.
Goto tags in and battled Kidd before Honma & Lee traded chops. Honma missed the Kokeshi.
Lee hit a huge back suplex for a near fall then Goto hits a neckbreaker over his knee on Kidd.
Honma hit a running headbutt on Lee before Lee hits FBS for the win.
Winners: Bullet Club War Dogs (7:41)
Rate: 5
6 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (Television Champion Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman) & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Guerrillas Of Density (El Phantasmo & Jado) & Shota Umino
Shota Umino again couldn’t pick up Jeff Cobb before he finally bodyslams him.
Callum Newman hits a double stomp on Umino’s back. Konosuke Takeshita battled Umino.
Umino hit a dropkick and they were both down.
Jado enters & Guerrillas Of Density hits a double team shoulder tackle on Takeshita.
More miscommunication between Jado & ELP as they were shoved into each other.
Takeshita hits a forearm strike on Jado to score the win.
Winners: United Empire & Konosuke Takeshita (8:33)
Rate: 6
10 Man Tag Team Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Be Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano) & Boltin Oleg, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. House Of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Evil & Sho)
Evil choked Tiger Mask with a shirt and got a near fall then Ren Narita hits a Mafia Kick for a near fall as they kept Tiger Mask in their corner. Tiger Mask hits Tiger Driver on Narita.
Boltin Oleg enters but House Of Torture attacks him before he hits a shoulder tackle that drops them.
He splashed onto Sho for a near fall then hits a gutwrench suplex on Narita before Toru Yano enters and he battled Evil and got a roll up for a near fall.
Togo hits a knife edge chop to Yano’s groin as House Of Torture beat up Yano.
Evil hits low blows on Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi then hits Everything Is Evil on Yano for the victory.
Winners: House Of Torture (9:37)
Rate: 4
6 Man Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Just 5 Guys (Junior Heavyweight Champion Douki, Taka Michinoku & Taichi)
Taiji Ishimori choked Douki with a shirt before Clark Connors hits a powerslam on Douki.
Drilla Moloney hits some chops before Douki hits a DDT on Moloney.
Taichi enters and hits a spin kick to Moloney’s face before Moloney hits an enzuigiri on Taichi.
Taka Michinoku enters and he tied up Ishimori’s head on the mat then applied the lock on Connors.
Ishimori locks Michinoku in the Bone Lock but Taichi makes the save before Ishimori reapplied the Bone Lock, and this time Michinoku taps out.
Winners By Submission: Bullet Club (8:02)
Rate: 5
6 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (NEVER Openweight Champion Henare, KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan & Francesco Akira) vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi)
Hiromu Takahashi hits a German suplex on Henare then a Falcon Arrow for a near fall.
Henare hits a Berzerker Bomb on Takahashi for a near fall before Bushi finally enters and hits a basement dropkick on Great O Khan then a dive through the ropes on Henare. Akira hit a plancha to the floor.
Henare hit a running knee to Bushi’s jaw for a near fall then put Bushi in Ultima and Bushi taps out.
Winners By Submission: United Empire (9:07)
Rate: 6
Non Title Semi Final Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Block B Winner 1 Global Champion David Finlay vs. Block B 3 Winner Yota Tsuji
David Finlay immediately hits Oblivion for a near fall then mounted Yota Tsuji and hits a series of punches and he shoved the ref away and was booed. Finlay hit a standing powerbomb for a near fall.
Finlay hit another standing powerbomb for a believable near fall. Finlay hit a pair of Buckle Bombs.
Tsuji nails Gene Blaster for a near fall and they were both down before Tsuji hits a Curb Stomp.
He hits Marlow Crush for a near fall then Finlay went for the Oblivion but Tsuji blocks it.
Tsuji hits a headbutt and a Deadbolt Suplex then Gene Blaster for the win.
Winner: Yota Tsuji (28:05)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Semi Final Match Of The 2024 G1 Climax
Block A Winner 2 Shingo Takagi vs. Block A Winner 1 Zack Sabre Jr
Shingo Takagi hits a Death Valley Driver and another Pumping Bomber but he could barely run as he was hobbled.
Zack Sabre Jr went for a sleeper so Takagi fell backward onto him but ZSJ somehow turned it into a triangle choke. Takagi hits Last Of The Dragon for a near fall.
ZSJ hits a series of slaps to the face before he drops Takagi with a clothesline then another Zack Driver.
He reapplied a grapevine of the leg and Takagi teased tapping out covering his own mouth and tugging on the ref’s ankles. He taps out
Winner By Submission: Zack Sabre Jr (27:36) (He will face Yota Tsuji in the Finals)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
Finals (August 18th)
Block A Winner 1 Zack Sabre Jr vs. Block B Winner 3 Yota Tsuji
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