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The 2013 New Japan Pro-Wrestling G1 Climax Tournament rolls on! It’s time for the fourth day of coverage! Read on for a quick run-down of the results and current standings – I would have written more, but I’m on the road today due to the holiday weekend. Just a reminder, tomorrow New Japan will not be holding any matches. The G1 will resume this coming Tuesday, and so will CXF’s coverage of the tourney! Don’t forget – you can also check out the tournament itself (live and on demand) on NJPW’s iPPV channel at Ustream: www.ustream.tv/njpw!
G1 Climax 23, Day 4: August 4, 2013
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium – Namba, Osaka
1. BLOCK B: Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
» » » Winner: Yano (7:04) with the Akakiri.
2. BLOCK B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson
» » » Winner: Anderson (9:55) following the Gunstun.
3. BLOCK B: Yuji Nagata vs. Shelton Benjamin
» » » Winner: Benjamin (8:17) with an Ankle Hold.
4. BLOCK A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
» » » Winner: Smith (11:43) with the Bulldog Bomb.
5. BLOCK A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
» » » Winner: Ishii (12:17) following a Vertical Fall style Brainbuster.
6. BLOCK A: Hirooki Goto vs. Lance Archer
» » » Winner: Goto (8:35) with the Goto-shiki.
7. BLOCK B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki
» » » Winner: Naito (16:19) with the Stardust Press.
8. BLOCK A: Hiroshi Tanahshi vs. Prince Devitt
» » » Winner: Devitt (11:07) following the Bloody Sunday.
9. BLOCK A: Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika Okada
» » » Winner: Makabe (13:55) following the King Kong Knee Drop.
10. BLOCK B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi
» » » Winner: Nakamura (19:18) following the Boma-Ye.
Current Standings
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Devitt | 6 | Kota Ibushi | 6 |
| Hirooki Goto | 6 | Yujiro Takahashi | 6 |
| Lance Archer | 4 | Karl Anderson | 6 |
| Satoshi Kojima | 4 | Yuji Nagata | 4 |
| Katsuyori Shibata | 4 | Shelton Benjamin | 4 |
| Togi Makabe | 4 | Tetsuya Naito | 4 |
| Davey Boy Smith Jr. | 4 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 4 |
| Tomohiro Ishii | 4 | Minoru Suzuki | 2 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 2 |
| Kazuchika Okada | 2 | Toru Yano | 2 |
| Block A | Archer | Devitt | Goto | Ishii | Kojima | Makabe | Okada | Shibata | Smith | Tanahashi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | X | Archer
(8:14) |
Goto (8:35) | Archer
(10:43) |
Okada (11:26) | |||||
| Devitt | Archer
(8:14) |
X | Devitt (10:28) | Devitt
(12:56) |
Devitt (11:07) | |||||
| Goto | Goto (8:35) | X | Goto (7:13) | Makabe
(11:20) |
Goto
(12:43) |
|||||
| Ishii | Archer
(10:43) |
Devitt (10:28) | X | Ishii (12:17) | Ishii
(17:42) |
|||||
| Kojima | Goto (7:13) | X | Kojima
(9:40) |
Smith (11:43) | Kojima
(16:07) |
|||||
| Makabe | Makabe
(11:20) |
X | Makabe (13:55) | Shibata (7:23) | Smith
(10:13) |
|||||
| Okada | Okada (11:26) | Devitt
(12:56) |
Goto
(12:43) |
Makabe (13:55) | X | |||||
| Shibata | Ishii (12:17) | Kojima
(9:40) |
Shibata (7:23) | X | Shibata
(9:06) |
|||||
| Smith | Smith (11:43) | Smith
(10:13) |
Shibata
(9:06) |
X | Tanahashi (14:35) | |||||
| Tanahashi | Devitt (11:07) | Ishii
(17:42) |
Kojima
(16:07) |
Tanahashi (14:35) | X | |||||
| Block B | Anderson | Benjamin | Ibushi | Nagata | Naito | Nakamura | Suzuki | Takahashi | Tenzan | Yano |
| Anderson | X | Anderson
(6:28) |
Ibushi (9:52) | Anderson
(12:54) |
Anderson (9:55) | |||||
| Benjamin | Anderson
(6:28) |
X | Benjamin (8:17) | Takahashi (7:58) | Benjamin
(8:20) |
|||||
| Ibushi | Ibushi (9:52) | X | Ibushi
(13:16) |
Nakamura (19:18) | Ibushi
(7:32) |
|||||
| Nagata | Benjamin (8:17) | X | Naito (11:40) | Nagata
(14:34) |
Nagata
(6:46) |
|||||
| Naito | Ibushi
(13:16) |
Naito (11:40) | X | Naito (16:19) | Takahashi
(9:30) |
|||||
| Nakamura | Anderson
(12:54) |
Nakamura (19:18) | X | Suzuki
(13:44) |
Nakamura (11:36) | |||||
| Suzuki | Nagata
(14:34) |
Naito (16:19) | Suzuki
(13:44) |
X | Tenzan (11:46) | |||||
| Takahashi | Takahashi (7:58) | Takahashi
(9:30) |
X | Takahashi
(9:07) |
Yano (7:04) | |||||
| Tenzan | Anderson (9:55) | Benjamin
(8:20) |
Tenzan (11:46) | Takahashi
(9:07) |
X | |||||
| Yano | Ibushi
(7:32) |
Nagata
(6:46) |
Nakamura (11:36) | Yano (7:04) | X |
