New Japan 8/16/25 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 4558.

Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Makabe pinned Jay.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, Saotshi Kojima & Taichi. Taguchi pinned Wato.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned Honma after an elbow drop.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after Firebolt.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & David Finlay. Takagi beat Gedo with WAR Special.

Match 5; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney. SANADA pinned Moloney.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Narita beat Jackson with a kneebar.

G1 CLIMAX 35 Semifinals:
Match 7: EVIL beat Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Zack Sabre Jr.
As a result, the Final is EVIL vs. Takeshita.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.