New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently held the eight night of their G1 Climax 28 Event which emanated from The City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka in Niigata, Japan. The show was highlighted by SANADA taking on Kota Ibushi in the main event. Below are the full results from the show:
Non-Tournament Matches:
– Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado) def. Michael Elgin & Ren Narita. Suzuki and Elgin brought it to one another with stiff shots. Suzuki distracted Elgin on the outside by wrapping his hand around the barricade. Narita got some nice nearfalls before planting him with a modified angel’s wings for the win.

– Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & BUSHI) def. Bullet Club (Hangman Page & Chase Owens). This was designed to get Page and EVIL over for night nine. Owens unleashed some offense then went for his Jewel Heist finish but instead walked right into EVIL’s Everything is Evil STO for the win.
– Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Tanga Loa) def. Chaos (Jay White & YOH). White did not want to get in the ring with Fale. He eventually did get his hands on White and brawled with him into the crowd. White was running away from Fale again as Loa pinned YOH with the sitout piledriver.
– Chaos (YOSHI-HASHI & SHO) def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Gedo). Interesting battle here between four CHAOS stablemates. YOSHI-HASHI showed some great fire against Okada, as well as SHO against Gedo. SHO got the win for his team, pinning Gedo with the shock arrow.
Tournament Matches (B Block): 

– Hirooki Goto def. Toru Yano. Yano scored big nearfalls early by taking out the turnbuckle pad before the bell and threw Goto into the exposed turnbuckle. Goto was eventually able to cut him off, hit the ushigoroshi and pinned him with the GTR.
– Tetsuya Naito def. Tama Tonga. Tanga Loa got involved early. Tonga suplexed Naito on the floor. Tanga Loa freely interfered while Tonga distracted the referee. Things eventually do pick up in the ring after some back and forth as Naito connected with the satellite DDT. Tonga connected with a gun stun on the apron. Loa grabbed him while he was stunned, powerbombed him on the ramp and threw him back into the ring where he kicked out. Naito fired back and went for the Destino, but shock of shocks there’s a referee bump. EVIL comes back to take out Loa, but Fale comes out. BUSHI follows and mists Fale. Naito went for the Destino but Tonga low blowed him. He tried to follow with the gun stun, but Naito cut him off, low blowed him and connected with the Destino for the win.
– Zack Sabre Jr. def. Tomohiro Ishii. Sabre starts off tentatively, then struck Ishii with a big uppercut. Sabre kept pie-facing Ishii until Ishii retaliated with huge chops. Sabre countered by taking Ishii down and working on his wrist. Sabre continued the assault, working and wrenching Ishii’s injured arm. Ishii grabbed one of Sabre’s leg, cracked it with his head, and sent him to the ground and countered Sabre’s attempts at offense with a Boston crab. Sabre connected with a penalty kick, but injured his bad leg in the process. The two fought in the middle of the ring as Sabre took down Ishii with his injured arm. He grabs the fingers and hyperextends the arm and grabs one of his legs as well. Ishii came back, blasting Sabre with a suplex and hit the sliding D. Sabre came back with the octopus hold then transitioned into a pinning combination for 2. Sabre went for an inside cradle but Sabre escaped. Ishii connected with a pop-up headbutt but Sabre comes back and traps Ishii in a triangle. Ishii went for a dead-lift but Sabre grabbed the injured arm, countered with an armbar and Ishii immediately submitted.

– Kenny Omega def. Juice Robinson. They start out slow, with some good back and forth. Omega sent Juice to the outside and went for the rise of the Terminator but Juice came back with a spear through the middle ropes. On the outside, they teased barricade shots before Juice suplexed Omega on the floor. Juice followed up with a rolling senton as he tried to build momentum in the ring. Omega avoided a rolling cannonball, but Omega dodged. Juice cut him off and hit the cannonball. Omega started to gain momentum by working on Juice’s hurt wrist. Juice went for the Pulp Friction but Omega threw him to the ground and hit a v-trigger, then another. Robinson connected with a roll-up, but Omega kicked out, hit a v-trigger, then pinned Robinson.
– SANADA def. Kota Ibushi. Things start out even. Ibushi went for the golden triangle moonsault, but SANADA blocked it, grabbed him and teased like he was going to go for something on the ramp, but didn’t. He takes him back to the ring instead and finds an opening by targeting his left leg. SANADA went to the top rope but Ibushi cut him off with a kick and hit a giant hurricanrana off the top rope. They make it to the outside, where Ibushi wipes out SANADA with an Asai moonsault off the middle rope. Ibushi went for the Last Ride powerbomb but SANADA escaped and connected with a missile dropkick. They both countered German suplex attempts as SANADA tried for the Skull End, but Ibushi escaped and connected with a kick to the temple. SANADA avoids the kamigoye and looks to lock in the skull end but Ibushi counters and lifts him up. SANADA gets to his feet, lifts Ibushi and lawn darts him into the turnbuckle. SANADA goes up top, makes it to his feet after Ibushi dodges but doesn’t see Ibushi coming down with a double foot stomp. The two strike one another before Ibushi unloads with a lariat. Last Ride powerbomb doesn’t get the job done. SANADA comes back with an ego trip neckbreaker for a near fall and connects with the skull end. SANADA lets him escape and connects with the moonsault, pinning him to win the match. 
After the match, SANADA grabs the microphone and puts over Nagaoka. SANADA talks in english and says “Nagaoka, see you next time” as he makes his exit.