NJPW G1 Climax 33 – Night 14 – B Block Final
Date: August 5, 2023
Venue: EDION Arena OSAKA
Time: 2:00 pm JST
G1 Climax 33 continues with the B Block’s Final night featuring a main event of Will Ospreay vs. El Phantasmo on August 6th on NJPWWorld.
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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.
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B Block Advancement Scenarios
Kazuchika Okada
- Clinched a place in the knockouts. Wrestling for seeding. An Okada win or Ospreay loss clinches the #1 seed for Okada.
Will Ospreay
- Win
El Phantasmo:
- Win
The best that Taichi and Tanga Loa can do is a tie for second place, and there is no known tie-breaker scenario in which either wrestler advances.
B Block Table
B Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
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Match Six
G1 Climax 33 B Block Match
KENTA [4] vs. YOSHI-HASHI [4]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
- The last time YOSHI-HASHI lost four-straight G1 Climax matches was in 2020 when he lost five straight.
- The last time KENTA lost three-straight G1 Climax matches in the same tournament was also in 2020. KENTA has lost three straight in all of his G1 Climax tournaments except for last year’s G1 Climax 32.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
- KENTA’s 25 NJPW singles matches in the last 365 days are the most in NJPW.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
Head To Head History
History in EDION Arena & Osaka
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Seven
G1 Climax 33 B Block Tournament Match
Taichi [6] vs. Great-O-Khan [4]
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 EDION Arena & Osaka
- Great-O-Khan has lost two straight at EDION Arena (v. Kota Ibushi, v. Jay White)
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Eight
G1 Climax 33 B Block Tournament Match
Kazuchika Okada [10] vs. Tanga Loa [6]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
- Kazuchika Okada’s 1 hour, 41 minutes, and 7 seconds of total match length is the most in this year’s G1 tournament.
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
This will be the first NJPW singles match between these two wrestlers.
History in EDION Arena & Osaka
- Kazuchika Okada has won five of his last six singles matches at EDION Arena.
G1 Climax – All Time
- Kazuchika Okada’s .720 winning percentage in G1 matches is second only to AJ Styles (.737). Styles only participated in 19 G1 matches.
Match Nine
G1 Climax 33 B Block Tournament Match
El Phantasmo [6] vs. Will Ospreay [8]
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
- Ospreay and El Phantasmo’s Best of The Super Junior 26 match in 2019 at Korakuen Hall was El Phantasmo’s first NJPW main event.
History in EDION Arena & Osaka
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- Will Ospreay has won 4 of his last five singles matches at EDION Arena Osaka.
G1 Climax – All Time
- Will Ospreay holds the longest average losing match length in G1 Climax history at 19 minutes and 48 seconds.
G1 Climax – All Time – Main Events
NJPW – All Time – Singles Main Events
