New Japan wrapped up the G1 CLIMAX 36 Tournament today with the Finals.
Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. (On demand there will not be until the exclusive TV Asahi window ends, which I believe is 3 days after the event) You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 7260.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Yujiro Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & YOSHI-HASHI. DOUKI beat Yasuda with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 2: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay & Francesco Akira. Makabe pinned Jay after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Master Wato & Boltin Oleg by ref stoppage (technical submission). Fujita beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.
Match 4: Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Newman pinned Nagai. Afterwards, another surprise return/appearance…Jeff Cobb is back! (He left the promotion last year for WWE, but was released earlier this year) And…apparently he’s turned on United Empire! Sounds like he’s defected to Unbound Co.
Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney beat Wheeler Yuta (All Elite Wrestling) & Gabriel Kidd. Takagi pinned Yuta after Last Of The Dragon.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Konosuke Takeshita. Skywalker pinned Kojima after a moonsault kneedrop. This was Skywalker’s first official New Japan match since joining the promotion and debuting yesterday after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month.
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji beat Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori pinned Yoh after Bloody Cross.
Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuya Uemura to win the tournament. It’s the first G1 victory for Oiwa. They went over 35 minutes. After retiring yesterday, Hiroyoshi Tenzan was a special guest on commentary for the match. As a result, Oiwa gets a IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at…forget tradition, once again he is not waiting until Tokyo Dome. As has been the case the last couple years, he will take the shot in October and try to go into 1/4 as champion. Confirmation should come tomorrow or Tuesday but if true, that means 10/12 at KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2026. And finally, remember the pre-tournament poll where fans voted on who they would win? They were wrong! The majority picked Uemura to win. Close but not quite.
The next event is 8/30 at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The next broadcast will probably be 9/6 for the next Yuji Nagata Produced event in Chiba.