Fight Size NJPW Update: G1 Climax Weekly Wrap Up, Tama Tonga Takes Shot At Kenny Omega, Minoru Suzuki Talks Michael Elgin
This is the NJPW Fight Size Update for July 27th.
– Fightful Select has new NJPW G1 Climax wrap-up podcasts which come out each week of the tournament.
– The following are the standings in both blocks as provided by Fightful’s David Tees.
Block A
Hiroshi Tanahashi – 8 Points – (4-1-0)
Evil – 8 Points – (4-1-0)
Jay White – 6 Points – (3-2-0)
Kazuchika Okada – 6 Points – (3-2-0)
Minoru Suzuki – 6 Points – (3-2-0)
Michael Elgin – 4 Points – (2-3-0)
Togi Makabe – 4 Points – (2-3-0)
Bad Luck Fale – 4 Points – (2-3-0)
Hangman Page – 2 Points – (1-4-0)
Yoshi-Hashi – 2 Points – (1-4-0)
Block B
Kenny Omega (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) – 8 Points – (4-0-0)
Tetsuya Naito – 6 Points – (3-1-0)
Sanada – 6 Points – (3-1-0)
Kota Ibushi – 4 Points – (2-2-0)
Tomohiro Ishii – 4 Points – (2-2-0)
Hirooki Goto (NEVER Openweight Champion) – 4 Points – (2-2-0)
Zack Sabre Jr. – 4 Points – (2-2-0)
Tama Tonga – 2 Points – (1-3-0)
Toru Yano – 2 Points – (1-3-0)
Juice Robinson (IWGP United States Champion) – 0 Points – (0-4-0)
– Bad Luck Fale and Tanga Loa faced CHAOS members Jay White and Rocky Romero on Day 8 of the G1 Climax. White and Fale spoke to reporters after the match about their upcoming singles match.
– NJPW shared these images of a new Kenny Omega figure which is available in the promotion’s shop.
– SANADA defeated Kota Ibushi on Day 8. He addressed the crowd and then he and Ibushi spoke to reporters about the pivotal tournament match.
– Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns got into a Twitter war this week and Kenny Omega made a sly comment about it. This inspired Tonga to insult Reigns again and throw a job towards Omega.
– On Day 8, Minoru Suzuki was in a tag team match against Michael Elgin and told reporters he was ready for their match on Day 9 which Suzuki won.
– Kota Ibushi pulled off this Frankensteiner in his Day 8 match against SANADA.