NJPW G1 Climax 27 Day 5 Results (7/23): Zack Sabre vs HASHI, Bad Luck Fale vs Naito, Ibushi vs Ishii, More

July 23, 2017

Below are quick results from today’s day 5 of the NJPW G1 Climax 27 tournament. Today featured the Block A competitors, and the following:

-Zack Sabre Jr. defeated YOSHI-HASHI

-Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata

-Bad Luck Fale defeated Tetsuya Naito

-Kota Ibushi defeated Tomohiro Ishii

-Togi Makabe defeated Hirooki Goto

Following today’s show, below are the updated tournament standings:

Block A

Hirooki Goto 4

Tetsuya Naito 4

Zack Sabre Jr. 4

Hiroshi Tanahashi 4

Bad Luck Fale 4

Kota Ibushi 4

YOSHI-HASHI 2

Tomohiro Ishii 2

Togi Makabe 2

Yuji Nagata 0

Block B

Kazuchika Okada 4

Kenny Omega 4

Juice Robinson 2

SANADA 2

Tama Tonga 2

EVIL 2

Minoru Suzuki 2

Toru Yano 2

Michael Elgin 0

Satoshi Kojima 0

The following matches also took place today, and are not part of the tournament:

-Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Michael Elgin

-El Desperado, Taichi, and Minoru Suzuki defeated Hirai Kawato, David Finlay, and Juice Robinson

-Hiromu Takahashi and EVIL defeated Tama Tonga and Chase Owens

-Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Toru Yano and Jado

-BUSHI and SANADA defeated Gedo and Kazuchika Okada

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.