Various: G1 Climax Night 18 Card & Night 17 Results, Lucha Ratings, Indies

Full Card for NJPW G1 Climax 2018 Night 18

Here is the current card for Night 18 of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s on-going G1 Climax tournament, which takes place this Saturday at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan. This event will air live on New Japan World starting at 5:30AM ET.

Full Card for Night 18:
* David Finlay & Michael Elgin versus Shota Umino & Toa Henare.
* Chase Owens & Hangman Page versus Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale.
* Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) & Jay White versus The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Marty Scurll.
* BUSHI & EVIL versus El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki.
* Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, & Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Gedo, YOSHI-HASHI, & Kazuchika Okada.
* G1 Climax 28 B Block – Toru Yano (2-6) versus Tama Tonga (3-5).
* G1 Climax 28 B Block – Juice Robinson (2-6) versus Hirooki Goto (3-5).
* G1 Climax 28 B Block – Tomohiro Ishii (4-4) versus SANADA (4-4).
* G1 Climax 28 B Block – Tetsuya Naito (6-2) versus Zack Sabre Jr. (5-3).
* G1 Climax 28 B Block – Kenny Omega (6-2) versus Kota Ibushi (5-3).

G1 Climax 2018 Night 17 A Block Results & Final Standings

Quick A Block match results from Night 17 of NJPW’s G1 Climax 2018 tournament:
* Togi Makabe (3-6) defeated Michael Elgin (3-6) via pinfall.
* YOSHI-HASHI (3-6) defeated Hangman Page (3-6) via pinfall.
* Minoru Suzuki (5-4) defeated Bad Luck Fale (3-6) via disqualification.
* EVIL (5-4) defeated Jay White (6-3) via pinfall.
* Hiroshi Tanahashi (7-1-1) drew Kazuchika Okada (6-2-1) via 30 minute time limit.

Final G1 Climax 2018 A Block Standings:
1) Hiroshi Tanahashi – 15 points (7-1-1)
2) Kazuchika Okada – 13 points (6-2-1)
3) “Switchblade” Jay White – 12 points (6-3-0)
4) Minoru Suzuki – 10 points (5-4-0)
5) EVIL – 10 points (5-4-0)
6) Michael Elgin – 6 points (3-6-0)
7) Hangman Page – 6 points (3-6-0)
8) Bad Luck Fale – 6 points (3-6-0)
9) Togi Makabe – 6 points (3-6-0)
10) YOSHI-HASHI – 6 points (3-6-0)

Lucha Underground Ratings – August 8, 2018

This week’s episode of Lucha Underground drew 115,000 viewers on the El Rey Network, up from last week’s 114,000 viewers.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

The National Wrestling Alliance released a new episode of their Ten Pounds of Gold series focusing on the buildup to next month’s NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at All In and ROH’s Madison Square Garden event reaching sell out status.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) announced that Kazuchika Okada will be making an appearance at their August 17th event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Major League Wrestling recently signed Brian Pillman Jr. to a “long term” contract.