The second night of the 2023 G1 Climax was also the promotion’s second night in Hokkaido as the tournament started for the C Block and D Block competitors.
Sunday’s matches included AEW’s Eddie Kingston in his first contest of the tournament.
Kingston got off to a winning start, beating one of the C Block favorites, Shingo Takagi.
It was a hard-hitting match, marked by the story of the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object. He finally finished Takagi with a Northern Lights Bomb.
Elsewhere, a new-look Aaron Henare lost a physical encounter with Mikey Nicholls. Henare appeared with a mataora — a traditional Māori facial tattoo, which was covered at the G1 press conference.
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EVIL vs. Tama Tonga was marked by House of Torture shenanigans as Dick Togo got involved multiple times, leading to a win for EVIL.
Tetsuya Naito faced Jeff Cobb in the main event, which was another hard-hitting affair, with a lot of action outside the ring. In the end, Cobb emerged victorious.
G1 Climax 33, Night 2 results:
- David Finlay def. Tomohiro Ishii (C Block)
- Hirooki Goto def. Toru Yano (D Block)
- Mikey Nicholls def. Aaron Henare (C Block)
- Shane Haste def. Alex Coughlin (D Block)
- Eddie Kingston def. Shingo Takagi (C Block)
- Zack Sabre Jr. def. Hiroshi Tanahashi (D Block)
- EVIL def. Tama Tonga (C Block)
- Jeff Cobb def. Tetsuya Naito (D Block)
A Block standings
- Chase Owens 2
- Kaito Kiyomiya 2
- SANADA 2
- Ren Narita 1
- Shota Umino 1
- Gabe Kidd 0
- Hikuleo 0
- Yota Tsuji 0
B Block standings
- Kazuchika Okada 2
- Taichi 2
- Tanga Loa 2
- YOSHI-HASHI 2
- El Phantasmo 0
- Great O-Khan 0
- KENTA 0
- Will Ospreay 0
C Block standings
- David Finlay 2
- Mikey Nicholls 2
- Eddie Kingston 2
- EVIL 2
- Tomohiro Ishii 0
- Aaron Henare 0
- Shingo Takagi 0
- Tama Tonga 0
D Block standings
- Hirooki Goto 2
- Shane Haste 2
- Zack Sabre Jr. 2
- Jeff Cobb 2
- Toru Yano 0
- Alex Coughlin 0
- Hiroshi Tanahashi 0
- Tetsuya Naito 0
All listeners can join John Pollock and Wai Ting later on Sunday for a special free review of night 2 of this year’s G1 Climax. Further G1 reviews will be exclusive to POST Wrestling Café members.
