NJPW G1 Special in USA, Night 1 Live Stream: Watch Online
A look at how to watch the NJPW G1 Special in USA online, along with its match card.
On Saturday night, NJPW will kick off a historic weekend of shows, and it’s not from Japan. They will host two events in the United States, which will crown a IWGP United States Champion. It is known as the NJPW G1 Special in USA.
There will be four first round matches that take place, in this tournament to become the US Champion. It will see Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page, Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, and Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin.
The show goes beyond that, however, as the IWGP Heavyweight Championship will be on the line, too. This will see Kazuchika Okada, whose reign has lasted over one year, defend the belt against Cody Rhodes (he’s known as Cody on televised wrestling shows).
There are nine matches set for Night 1 of the NJPW G1 Special. A look at all of them can be seen below:
- Bad Luck Fale, Marty Scurll and The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice, The Briscoe Brothers and Will Ospreay
- Dragon Lee, Jushin Thunder Liger, Titan and Volador Jr. vs. BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA and Hiromu Takahashi
- Jay White, David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and KUSHIDA vs. Billy Gunn, Yoshitatsu, Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu
- IWGP Tag Team Championship Match
Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa (c) vs. Hanson and Raymond Rowe - First Round Match in the IWGP US Championship Tournament
Hangman Page vs. Jay Lethal - First Round Match in the IWGP US Championship Tournament
Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - First Round Match in the IWGP US Championship Tournament
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii - First Round Match in the IWGP US Championship Tournament
Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin - IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Cody
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Details on how to watch Night 1 of the NJPW G1 Special in USA are below. This includes the live stream, TV info, start time and more:
Date: Saturday, July 1
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Long Beach, CA
Venue: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
TV Info: AXS TV
Live Stream: NJPWWorld.com
This should be a groundbreaking event for NJPW on Saturday night. Who will advance to Night 2 of the US Championship Tournament?