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G1 Climax 34 Night 18 Review: Semi-finals [FREE SHOW]

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🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Karen Peterson review NJPW G1 Climax 34 Night 18 featuring Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi and Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay in semi-final matches.

They discuss the set-up for the final night of the tournament, the performances of the final four participants, and general thoughts on this year’s G1. 

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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Night 18

August 17, 2024

Ryogoku Kokugikan

Toyko, Japan

  • A Block Semi-final: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi [RECOMMENDED]
  • B Block Semi-final: David Finlay vs. Yota Tsuji [RECOMMENDED]
  • Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. HENARE, Great O-Khan & Francesco Akira
  • Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori vs. Taichi, DOUKI & Taka Michinoku
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Oleg Boltin, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, Yujiro, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Konosuke Takeshita, Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman vs. Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Jado
  • Gabe Kidd & Jake Lee vs. Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma
  • YOSHI-HASHI & Shoma Kato vs. Robbie Eagles & Mikey Nicholls 


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0:15.8

We are almost at the finish line of the G1 climax. Here we are live and free today on the post wrestling YouTube channel. John Pollack here checking in with Karen Peterson who has just finished her orientation sprint over the last three weeks and here she is arriving for the final weekend.

0:22.6

You know, Karen is kind of like our star player that's coming in for the final two nights

0:29.4

of the G1.

0:30.4

We're bringing up the heavy hitters tonight with myself and then tomorrow

0:34.0

Karen will be with Bruce Lord and W. H Park for the finals. But how are you, Karen?

0:39.6

I kind of feel like Taguchi making my comeback after being gone for a very long time.

0:46.0

I'm a little exhausted, a little brain dead, but I am glad to be back and glad to wrap up the tournament that started my entire New Japan

0:54.8

wrestling journey for me in 2017 with you.

0:57.7

So yourself and ghetto obviously not in any kind of alignment here because the G1 coincides with your busiest time

1:08.0

work-wise so how like we you have been checking in with several shows that you have been doing but how has your

1:14.6

G1 viewing been over the last month has it been scattered how are you doing G1 in the deep waters

1:22.0

full disclosure I've only watched the shows

1:26.1

of the ones I've had to review up until today just because I had no brain capacity for

1:31.5

anything else other than get home from work, debrief, not think.

1:35.5

I put Game of Thrones on just because I've already seen it all.

1:38.7

With wrestling, like something like this, I have to focus.

1:41.7

So it was the, after we get off this uh

1:45.3

recording today I'm going to kind of like speed run all the recommended matches

1:50.4

and then get prepared for tomorrow with W. H. and Bruce.

1:55.0

Well, I am sure W. H. Park is going to be coming locked and loaded with his takes on.

2:00.0

This year's G1, so you can look up for that. So we'll mention that off the top

2:05.2

that this is a free show for everybody. If you want to catch the final night or catch up on all of

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