The 2020 G1 Climax has officially started!
Over the weekend, the annual robin style competition started off in a big way with a huge match-up between Kota Ibushi and Kazuchika Okada (A Block) on Night One and IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (B Block) on Night Two.
International talents also made their returns to the Japanese promotion as Will Ospreay, Jay White, KENTA, and Juice Robinson had respective matches in the two-night event. Check out the results for both Night One and Two, along with the updated standings below:
2020 G1 Climax Night One (A Block)
Kota Ibushi def. Kazuchika Okada
Jay White def. Shingo Takagi
Minoru Suzuki def. Tomohiro Ishii
Taichi def. Jeff Cobb
Will Ospreay def. Yujiro Takahashi
2020 G1 Climax Night Two (B Block)
Juice Robinson defeated YOSHI-HASHI
Toru Yano defeated SANADA
KENTA defeated Hirooki Goto
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated EVIL
Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
Below are the updated standings:
A Block
Kota Ibushi 2 points (1-0)
Jay White 2 points (1-0)
Minoru Suzuki 2 points (1-0)
Taichi 2 points (1-0)
Will Ospreay 2 points (1-0)
Yujiro Takahashi 0 points (0-1)
Jeff Cobb 0 points (0-1)
Tomohiro Ishii 0 points (0-1)
Shingo Takagi 0 points (0-1)
Kazuchika Okada 0 points (0-1)
B Block
Tetsuya Naito 2 points (1-0)
Zack Sabre Jr. 2 points (1-0)
KENTA 2 points (1-0)
Toru Yano 2 points (1-0)
Juice Robinson 2 points (1-0)
YOSHI-HASHI 0 points (0-1)
SANADA 0 points (0-1)
Hirooki Goto 0 points (0-1)
EVIL 0 points (0-1)
Hiroshi Tanahashi 0 points (0-1)