NJPW G1 Climax 33 – Night Eighteen – Semi Finals
Date: August 12, 2023
Venue: Ryogoku Kokugikan
Time: 5:00 pm JST
G1 Climax 33 continues with two Semi-Final matches to set up the G1 Climax 33 Final on August 13th.
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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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G1 Climax 33 Knockout Bracket
G1 Climax 33 Semi-Final Match
Will Ospreay [B2] vs. Tetsuya Naito [D1]
G1 Climax 33 – Tournament To Date
- Will Ospreay and Tetsuya Naito both finished their block matches with a 5-2 record and with just about a one-minute difference in average match length.
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – NJPW Singles
- Will Ospreay and Tetsuya Naito both enter their semi-final match with an 11-3 record in 2023.
Recent History – Last 365 Days – NJPW Singles
Recent History – 2023 Year To Date – Individual Overall
- Tetsuya Naito’s 76 overall matches this year are the most in NJPW.
Head To Head History
History in Ryogoku
- Ospreay has not lost a singles match here at Ryogoku since his NJPW debut against KUSHIDA in April of 2016. He has won six straight since then.
- Tetsuya Naito is 3-1 in his last four matches at Ryogoku, including wins over Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega, and Tomohiro Ishii.
- In the last decade, Tetsuya Naito has won 8 singles matches at Ryogoku, the second-most in that period.
- Will Ospreay’s six wins are the seventh-most in the last decade.
G1 Climax – All Time
- Tetsuya Naito’s 70 G1 Climax wins are the third-most all-time.
G1 Climax – All Time – Main Events
- Tetsuya Naito’s 23 G1 Climax Main Event victories are the third-most all-time. He only trails Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
NJPW – All Time – Main Events
- Tetsuya Naito’s 48 Main Event wins are the third-most since 1990.
- Since his NJPW debut in April of 2016, Will Ospreay has participated in the fourth-most singles main events with 44.
- Tetsuya Naito has wrestled in 65 main events since Will Ospreay’s debut in 2016.
G1 Climax 33 Semi-Final Match
Kazuchika Okada [B1] vs. EVIL [C2]
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
- Kazuchika Okada leads the all-time series with EVIL 6-3.
- Okada also leads the G1 series with EVIL 3-1.
History in Ryogoku
- Since winning the 2012 G1 Climax in Ryogoku Sumo Hall, Kazuchika Okada has gone winless in his last six G1 Climax matches in the storied venue (0-4-2).
- Okada’s twelve singles wins since 2013 here are most in the last decade. None of those wins occurred in G1 Climax matches.
G1 Climax – All Time
- Kazuchika Okada holds the highest G1 Climax winning percentage of all time.
- Okada’s 32 hours, 40 minutes, and 44 seconds of total G1 match length is the second-most all-time (Tanahashi 46:19:54)
- With a win tonight, EVIL would surpass Kota Ibushi on the all-time G1 wins list, and EVIL would be tied with Tomohiro Ishii for the 12th-most all-time.
A Block Table
A Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
B Block Table
B Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
C Block Table
C Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
D Block Table
D Block Tournament-To-Date Boxscore
