Various: NJPW G1 Climax 2018, ROH’s COO on MSG Event, Lucha Ratings

Full Card for NJPW G1 Climax 2018 Night 1

New Japan Pro Wrestling released the full card for Night 1 of their G1 Climax 2018 tournament, which will take place this Saturday at the Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan and will air live on New Japan World starting at 5:30AM ET.

Unlike previous years, every event of this year’s tournament aired on New Japan World will have English commentary available as an option for viewers.

Full Card for Night 1:
* Toa Henare & Ren Narita versus Jado & Hirooki Goto.
* Sho & Tomohiro Ishii versus Yoh & Toru Yano.
* David Finlay & Juice Robinson versus Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga.
* Yujiro Takahashi & Kota Ibushi versus Taka Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr.
* Chase Owens & Kenny Omega versus SANADA & Tetsuya Naito.
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Togi Makabe versus YOSHI-HASHI.
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Hangman Page versus Bad Luck Fale.
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Michael Elgin versus EVIL.
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Minoru Suzuki.
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Kazuchika Okada versus Jay White.

ROH’s Joe Koff on Madison Square Garden’s Efforts for Next Year’s Joint ROH & NJPW Event

As noted before, ROH recently announced they will be holding a joint event with New Japan Pro Wrestling at Madison Square Garden in April 2019.

The New York Post held a recent interview with ROH COO Joe Koff and one of the topics discussed involved Madison Square Garden’s efforts to make the event at the historic arena become a reality in the end.

I think that’s a question better asked of Madison Square Garden because we were very aggressive in wanting that date and we thought we had that date, but we did what we had to do as a business. [MSG] did what they had to do as a business and I guess all of a sudden there was a phone call and we were able to work it out. That’s probably their story to tell because they made the call and said let’s get on the phone and see if we can work this out. They wanted us. They knew that we would be good promotion. I think they were just looking for a satisfactory outcome for all parties.

Lucha Underground Ratings – July 11, 2018

This week’s episode of Lucha Underground drew 156,000 viewers on the El Rey Network, up from last week’s season-low episode of 88,000 viewers.