NJPW G1 Climax 2023 Finals – Aug. 13, 2023 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito

August 13, 2022
Tokyo, Japan – Ryogoku Kokugikan
English Commentary – Kevin Kelly and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results

1. Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Oskar Leube & Toru Yano via Shinning Wizard (pinfall 7:47)
2. Master Wato, Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma, & Yuji Nagata defeated Yuto Nakashima & Strong Style (Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki) via Death Rider (pinfall 8:41)
3. YOH, Eddie Kingston, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tiger Mask, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Togi Makabe via Trace Kick (pinfall 9:37)
4. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Boltin Oleg, Ryusuke Taguchi, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto via Tank Buster (pinfall 10:05)
   • As a result of Haste pinning Goto, Nicholls and Haste will be the next official challengers for Goto and YOSHI-HASHI’s IWGP Tag Team Championship.
5. Jado, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, & Guerillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga) defeated Bullet Club (Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens, KENTA, & David Finlay) via La Magistral Cradle (pinfall 11:03)
   • Following the match, Tama Tonga grabbed Finlay’s NEVER Openweight Championship after Finlay tried to attack him with it first and setup a challenge for Finlay’s title. Hikuleo and El Phantasmo did the same with Gabe Kidd and Alex Coughlin’s NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship afterwards.
6. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Shingo Takagi defeated United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, & Will Ospreay) via Gene Blaster (pinfall 10:50)
   • As a result of Tsuji pinning Ospreay, he becomes the next official challenger for Ospreay’s recently renamed IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship.
   • Following the match, Eddie Kingston came out and attacked HENARE continuing where they left off during Saturday’s G1 Climax 2023 show and building up their match for Kingston’s NJPW Strong Openweight Championship.
7. House of Torture (Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL) defeated Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, & SANADA) via Shock Arrow (pinfall 10:25)
   • As a result of SHO pinning Taichi, he earned a title shot for Taichi’s Provisional King of Pro Wrestling Championship.
8. G1 Climax 2023 Finals – Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada via Destino (pinfall 34:18)