Fight Size NJPW Update: G1 Climax Weekly Wrap Up, Tama Tonga Takes Shot At Kenny Omega, Minoru Suzuki Talks Michael Elgin

This is the NJPW Fight Size Update for July 27th. 

– Fightful Select has new NJPW G1 Climax wrap-up podcasts which come out each week of the tournament. 

– The following are the standings in both blocks as provided by Fightful’s David Tees. 

Block A

Hiroshi Tanahashi – 8 Points – (4-1-0)

Evil – 8 Points – (4-1-0)

Jay White – 6 Points – (3-2-0)

Kazuchika Okada – 6 Points – (3-2-0)

Minoru Suzuki – 6 Points – (3-2-0)

Michael Elgin – 4 Points – (2-3-0)

Togi Makabe – 4 Points – (2-3-0)

Bad Luck Fale – 4 Points – (2-3-0)

Hangman Page – 2 Points – (1-4-0)

Yoshi-Hashi – 2 Points – (1-4-0)

Block B

Kenny Omega (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) – 8 Points – (4-0-0)

Tetsuya Naito – 6 Points – (3-1-0)

Sanada – 6 Points – (3-1-0)

Kota Ibushi – 4 Points – (2-2-0)

Tomohiro Ishii – 4 Points – (2-2-0)

Hirooki Goto (NEVER Openweight Champion) – 4 Points – (2-2-0)

Zack Sabre Jr. – 4 Points – (2-2-0)

Tama Tonga – 2 Points – (1-3-0)

Toru Yano – 2 Points – (1-3-0)

Juice Robinson (IWGP United States Champion) – 0 Points – (0-4-0)

– Bad Luck Fale and Tanga Loa faced CHAOS members Jay White and Rocky Romero on Day 8 of the G1 Climax. White and Fale spoke to reporters after the match about their upcoming singles match. 

– NJPW shared these images of a new Kenny Omega figure which is available in the promotion’s shop. 

– SANADA defeated Kota Ibushi on Day 8. He addressed the crowd and then he and Ibushi spoke to reporters about the pivotal tournament match. 

– Tama Tonga and Roman Reigns got into a Twitter war this week and Kenny Omega made a sly comment about it. This inspired Tonga to insult Reigns again and throw a job towards Omega. 

– On Day 8, Minoru Suzuki was in a tag team match against Michael Elgin and told reporters he was ready for their match on Day 9 which Suzuki won. 

– Kota Ibushi pulled off this Frankensteiner in his Day 8 match against SANADA.