NJPW G1 Climax 33 – Night Five
Date: July 21, 2023
Venue: Ao-re Nagaoka, Niigata
Time: 6:30 pm JST
G1 Climax 33 continues with the A and B Blocks back in action on July 21 on NJPWWorld with a main event of a rematch of this year’s Dominion Main Event of SANADA vs. Yota Tsuji and a classic semi-main event of Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi.
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The team at Voices of Wrestling has done a phenomenal job previewing the Block A, Block B, Block C, and Block D, and my good friend J. Michael has written the quintessential guide to New Japan Pro Wrestling, so of course, it only makes sense that the statistics, research, and information that I send to Kevin Kelly and Chris Charlton ahead of every card also finds its home at Voices of Wrestling. I’ll be posting my notes for every card of this year’s G1 Climax. Below, take a look at night one’s packet, and feel free to follow along with me on Twitter when the show is live, as that’s where I’ll be adding any extra bits of info that I pick up along the way.
Match One
G1 Climax 33 B Block Match
YOSHI-HASHI [2] vs. Tanga Loa [2]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Head To Head History
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Two
G1 Climax 33 A Block Tournament Match
Ren Narita [2] vs. Gabe Kidd [2]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
- Ren Narita’s 20-minute average is (obviously) the highest in the tournament so far.
- Gabe Kidd’s 3-minute and 12-second average is the lowest in the tournament.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Head To Head History
This will be the first NJPW singles match between these two wrestlers
This will be the first match of any kind that includes both of these wrestlers.
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
- After his first two matches, Gabe Kidd currently sits at an all-time G1 Climax average match length of 3 minutes and 12 seconds. That is more than four-and-a-half minutes shorter than the next lowest all-time average, Toru Yano (7:54)
Match Three
G1 Climax 33 B Block Tournament Match
El Phantasmo [0] vs. Great-O-Khan [0]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
- Great-O-Khan’s 47 overall victories in NJPW are the second-most this year (Hiromu Takahashi: 53).
Head To Head History
This will be the first NJPW singles match between these two wrestlers
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Four
G1 Climax 33 A Block Tournament Match
Hikuleo [0] vs. Chase Owens [2]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Head To Head History
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Five
G1 Climax 33 B Block Tournament Match
Will Ospreay [2] vs. KENTA [2]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
- In the last 365 Days, KENTA has wrestled in the most NJPW singles matches in the company (23)
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
Head To Head History
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Six
G1 Climax 33 A Block Tournament Match
Shota Umino [1] vs. Kaito Kiyomiya [4]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Singles – All Companies
Recent History – Last 365 Days – Singles – All Companies
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall – All Companies
- At 57 matches, Shota Umino has wrestled in the second-most matches in the A Block (SANADA: 60)
Head To Head History
This will be the first NJPW singles match between these two wrestlers
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Seven
G1 Climax 33 B Block Tournament Match
Taichi [4] vs. Kazuchika Okada [4]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
- Kazuchika Okada’s .813 singles winning percentage in the last 365 days is the highest in NJPW.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
Head To Head History
- Kazuchika Okada leads the all-time series with Taichi 4-1, and Okada has not lost to Taichi since returning from excursion in 2012.
History in Niigata
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Eight
G1 Climax 33 A Block Tournament Match
SANADA [4] vs. Yota Tsuji [1]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
Head To Head History
History in Niigata
- SANADA’s lone singles loss in Ao-Re Nagaoka occurred in the 2019 New Japan Cup Final against Kazuchika Okada.
G1 Climax – All Time
G1 Climax – All Time – Main Events
- Before this year, only one of SANADA’s G1 Climax main event ended in under 20 minutes, and that was his 2018 match with Tetsuya Naito, which ended in 19 minutes and 52 seconds.
- SANADA is 2-0 in G1 Climax Main Events at Ao-re Nagaoka (2020 v. Naito, 2018 v. Ibushi)
- 19% of SANADA’s G1 Climax matches have been main events, and over 29% of SANADA’s total G1 Match Length has occurred in main event matches.
B Block Table
B Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
A Block Table
A Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
