NJPW G1 Climax 2024 Results – Aug. 18, 2024 – Yota Tsuji vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

August 18, 2024
Tokyo, Japan – Ryogoku Sumo Hall
English commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results:

1. Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Shoma Kato, Tiger Mask, & Yuji Nagata via Oh My & Garankle (submission 8:13)
   • Taguchi submitted Kato after locked in an ankle lock for the tap out victory for his team.
2. Taichi defeated Katsuya Murashima via Dangerous Backdrop (pinfall 7:21)
3. TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Mikey Nicholls) defeated Francesco Akira & Konosuke Takeshita via Hyperion (pinfall 9:32)
   • Eagles pinned Akira after hitting the Hyperion for TMDK’s victory.
4. Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Just Five Guys (TAKA Michinoku, SANADA, & DOUKI) via Bloody Cross (pinfall 9:01)
   • Ishimori pinned Michinoku after hitting the Bloody Cross to give War Dogs the victory.
5. Tomoaki Honma & Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Jake Lee, Gabe Kidd, & David Finlay) via Itadaki Kari (pinfall 9:37)
   • YOSHI-HASHI pinned Finlay after hitting a crucifix driver for the victory for his team.
   • Following the match, YOSHI-HASHI grabbed Finlay’s IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship and issued a challenge for the title.
6. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, & EVIL) defeated El Phantasmo, Shota Umino, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, & Hiroshi Tanahashi via Pinfall (8:43)
   • Prior to the start of the match, El Phantasmo was handed a House of Torture shirt and stared it at while Jado and Umino tried to take it away from him. ELP left the ring while holding onto the shirt as HoT ambush attacked Umino’s team leading to the bell being rung to start the match.
   • Near the end of the match, ELP finally made his decision and ran into the ring and tossed away the shirt right before attacking Togo. This led to EVIL taking out ELP and followed it with a low blow to Tanahashi. Togo hit a Pedigree to Tanahahi and followed it with a Senton leading to EVIL covering Tanahashi for the pinfall victory.
   • Following the match, EVIL grabbed a microphone and told ELP he told him that he couldn’t trust his teammates nor Tanahashi. EVIL then handed over a chair to ELP for him to attack Tanahashi. This led to Jado getting in the ring and pleaded for ELP to not do it. After some hesitation, ELP tossed the chair away and hugged Jado and proceeded to attack HoT with Jado. HoT managed to regain the advantage and laid out both ELP and Jado. An angry EVIL grabbed the microphone again and stated that he didn’t actually want ELP the whole time.
7. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, HENARE, & Jeff Cobb) via Hiromu Roll (pinfall 11:40)
   • Takahashi pinned HENARE after catching him in a clutch style roll-up to give the victory to LIJ.
   • Following the match, Takahashi gave a maniacal laugh to the camera and indicated to HENARE he was challenging for his NEVER Openweight Championship.
8. G1 Climax 2024 Finals – Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yota Tsuji via Clarky Cat (submission 31:04)
   • Following the match, Sabre Jr. gave a victory speech to the crowd and announced that he was cashing in his IWGP World Heavyweight title shot at NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling 2024 event this October.