NJPW’s G1 Climax 34 tournament kicks off today with 10 tournament matches in Osaka. Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemates Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi will square off in the main event in an A Block battle. The meeting is just the second career singles bout between Naito, the current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, and Shingo, a former IWGP World title holder. Naito won their first and only meeting in the G1 back in 2019. Every match in Saturday’s lineup is a G1 tournament bout. Saturday’s full card: A Block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Shingo Takagi B Block: Yota Tsuji vs. Konosuke Takeshita A Block: Gabe Kidd vs. EVIL B Block: Yuya Uemura vs. David Finlay A Block: SANADA vs. Jake Lee B Block: Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb A Block: Great-O-Khan vs. Zack Sabre Jr. B Block: El Phantasmo vs. HENARE A Block: Shota Umino vs. Callum Newman B Block: Oleg Boltin vs. Ren Narita *********** Source
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