G1 Climax 2018 Night 3 Results and Updated Rankings
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual G1 Climax is widely regarded as the greatest tournament in pro wrestling today. Two blocks of competitors will compete in a round robin format to determine the number 1 contender to Kenny Omega’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship at January 4th’s Wrestle Kingdom. The tournament has now begun and here are the results from Night 3:
Michael Elgin b. Hangman Page – Elgin took the win via pinfall with the Elgin Bomb
EVIL b. YOSHI-HASHI – EVIL took the pinfall win after hitting his namesake move
Togi Makabe b. Minoru Suzuki – Makabe took somewhat of a shock pinfall win with the King Kong Knee Drop
Bad Luck Fale b. Kazuchika Okada – Fale also took a shock win by pinfall with Bad Luck Fall after Tama Tonga interfered and hit a Gun Stun on Okada
“Switchblade” Jay White b. Hiroshi Tanahashi – White took the pinfall win after hitting the Blade Runner. This came after a ref bump and a chair to Tanahashi’s face. White cut a promo after the match celebrating his wins over Okada and Tanahashi.
Here are the current tournament standings:
Block A
- Jay White – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Michael Elgin – 4 Points (2-0-0)
- Togi Makabe – 4 Points -2-0-0)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Hangman Page – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Evil – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Bad Luck Fale – 2 Points (1-1-0)
- Kazuchika Okada – 0 Points (0-2-0)
- Minoru Suzuki – 0 Points (0-2-0)
- Yoshi-Hashi – 0 Points (0-2-0)
Block B
- Kenny Omega – 2 Points (1-0-0)
- Tama Tonga – 2 Points (1-0-0)
- Tomohiro Ishii – 2 Points (1-0-0)
- Kota Ibushi – 2 Points (1-0-0)
- Hirooki Goto 2 Points (1-0-0)
- Tetsuya Naito – 0 Points (0-1-0)
- Zack Sabre Jr. – 0 Points (0-1-0)
- Sanada – 0 Points (0-1-0)
