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The marquee match of G1 Climax 30 Night 3 saw former IWGP Heavyweight, IWGP Intercontinental, and IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade” Jay White face former IWGP Intercontinental and NEVER Openweight Champion “Golden Star” Kota Ibushi.

The marquee match of G1 Climax 30 Night 4 saw IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental ‘Double Champion’ and leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) face former four-time Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion and Suzuki-Gun member Zack Sabre Jr (ZSJ).

The marquee of G1 Climax 30 Night 7 sees former two-time Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion and five-time NEVER Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii face former NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi.

The move also has nothing to do with the wrestling operation side of the company. The creative team of Gedo and Jado have full autonomy regarding the direction of the on-screen product with NJPW living by a strict ‘separation between church and state’ policy regarding the business and wrestling sides of the company. Bushiroad employs the same strategy regarding World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom).

Naito has a 6-2 overall singles record against Goto and is 5-0 against him within the G1. A win over Naito would solidify Goto as the dark horse within B Block of G1 Climax 30.