Reigning IWGP Global championship Gabe Kidd suffered a new injury in his tournament-opening loss to AEW's Konosuke Takeshita.

One of NJPW’s top wrestlers has been forced to withdraw from the G1 Climax due to injury.

In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi faces David Finlay. Both wrestlers are 1-1 with 2 points thus far in the tournament.