Tetsuya Naito Wins NJPW G1 Climax 33

Tetsuya Naito is the winner of the G1 Climax! After a gruelling tournament and an even more hard-fought match in the finals, Naito overcame Kazuchika Okada to win the match and earn a spot in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 18 against whoever the IWGP World Champion will be.

This marks the third time that Naito has won the G1 Climax, previously winning in 2013 and 2017. In this year’s tournament, Naito faced off with names like Zack Sabre Jr, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo, and then Will Ospreay in a phenomenal semi-final match.

The results from the finals night of the G1 Climax are as follows;

• Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa defeats Oskar Leube & Toru Yano
• Master Wato, Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata defeats El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Ren Narita, & Yuto Nakashima
• Eddie Kingston, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & YOH defeats Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe
• Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Oleg Boltin & Ryusuke Taguchi
• El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, Jado., Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa defeats Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & KENTA
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & Yota Tsuji defeats Great-O-Khan, HENARE, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay
• Dick Togo, EVIL, SHO, & Yujiro Takahashi defeats DOUKI., SANADA, Taichi. & Yoshinobu Kanemar
• Tetsuya Naito defeats Kazuchika Okada - G1 Climax Final