New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the final day of Block B, wrapping up the preliminary rounds.
Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1730.
Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Murashima pinned Yasuda.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Yano pinned Kanemaru.
Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Tsuji pinned Kato after Campana.
Match 5: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Gedo & David Finlay. Togo pinned Gedo.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Ren Narita by ref stoppage (TKO).
El Phantasmo beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
As a result, Sabre wins Block B and advances to the Semifinals Umino finishes 2nd and Takeshita finishes 3rd, so both advance to the elimination round. Umino will face the Block A 3rd place finisher, which means Tsuji. Takeshita will face the Block A 2nd place finisher, which means Finlay. Sabre advances to the Semifinals and will face the Finlay-Takeshita winner. EVIL, the Block A winner, will face the Umino-Tsuji winner in the Semifinals.
The elimination round is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
In other news, the promotion announced the next HISTORIC X-OVER event, which features both New Japan & Stardom, will be held on 10/5 at Barley 66 LiveHouse in Guangzhou, China. Initial announced participation from the promotions is as follows: From New Japan-Zack Sabre Jr., KUSHIDA, Master Wato. Ninja Mack will participate as a freelancer. From Stardom-Starlight Kid, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Miyu Amasaki, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina. The first matches announced today are Mack vs. Master Wato and Sabre vs. KUSHIDA. If Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion after his next defense, which will be later this month at the Forbidden Door PPV in London, England as announced by All Elite Wrestling, it’s assumed this will be a NON-TITLE match at this time. A third match was announced which appears to be between local Chinese wrestlers.