NJPW G1 Climax 33 – Night 15 – C Block Final
Date: August 8, 2023
Venue: Act City Hamamatsu
Time: 6:30 pm JST
G1 Climax 33 continues with the C Block’s Final night featuring a main event of EVIL vs. Shingo Takagi on August 8th 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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C Block Advancement Scenarios
EVIL
- Win
David Finlay
- Win
- Draw + Shingo v. EVIL Draw
Eddie Kingston
- Win
- Draw (unless Shingo v. EVIL ends in a draw)
Tama Tonga
- Win + Shingo Loss = “unbreakable tie”
Shingo Takagi
- Win + Tama Tonga Loss
C Block Table
C Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
Match Six
G1 Climax 33 C Block Match
Tomohiro Ishii [2] vs. Mikey Nicholls [4]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
- Tomohiro Ishii will finish under .500 for the seventh time in his G1 Climax career. He has wrestled in 11 tournaments.
- Ishii hasn’t been easy to put away. His 15:44 average losing match length is tied with Eddie Kingston for the second-longest in the C Block.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
- This will be Tomohiro Ishii’s 65th NJPW match of 2023. That ties him with YOH for the sixth most this year.
Head To Head History
This will be the first NJPW singles match between these two wrestlers.
History in Kanagawa
- Tomohiro Ishii has lost two-straight matches in Yokohama, Kanagawa and three of his last four. Ishii’s last five singles matches in Kanagawa have been a part of G1 Climax tournaments.
G1 Climax – All Time
- Tomohiro Ishii has become the seventh wrestler to spend an entire calendar day (24 hours) wrestling in G1 Climax matches in his career. He joins Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Yuji Nagata, Tetsuya Naito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Hirooki Goto in the 24-hour club.
- Tomohiro Ishii’s 52 G1 Climax losses are the seventh-most all-time.
- Ishii’s 41 G1 Climax wins are the 12th-most all-time.
Match Seven
G1 Climax 33 C Block Tournament Match
Tama Tonga [7] vs. HENARE [4]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
- HENARE’s nine singles wins in 2023 are the eighth-most in NJPW.
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
- HENARE’s 11 NJPW Singles wins in the last 365 days are the tenth-most in NJPW.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
- HENARE’s 46 overall wins are tied with Tetsuya Naito for the third-most in NJPW this year.
Head To Head History
History in Yokohama
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Eight
G1 Climax 33 C Block Tournament Match
Eddie Kingston [8] vs. David Finlay [8]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
- Eddie Kingston produces his best results in shorter matches. Among wrestlers with more than two G1 Climax 33 wins, Eddie Kingston has the second-lowest Average Winning Match Length at 10:46. Only Hirooki Goto’s 6:55 average is shorter among that group.
- Only three wrestlers in the entire tournament have an average losing match length longer than Eddie Kingston’s 15:44.
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 Yokohama
G1 Climax – All Time
Match Nine
G1 Climax 33 C Block Tournament Match
Shingo Takagi [7] vs. EVIL [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
- Shingo Takagi’s 68 overall matches are the second-most in NJPW this year.
Head To Head History
History in Yokohama
G1 Climax – All Time
G1 Climax – Main Events – All Time
- EVIL’s 3 – 10 record and .231 G1 Climax Main Event Winning Percentage is the worst all-time.
- EVIL has lost five straight G1 Climax Main Events, dating back to the final block night of 2020 when he lost to SANADA.
- 45.9% of Shingo Takagi’s total G1 Climax Match Length has occurred in Main Event matches. That is the tenth-highest percentage of all time. With this match, he will likely surpass Genichiro Tenru and Kota Ibushi in the category.
NJPW Main Events – All Time
