New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 this weekend with a doubleheader in Hokkaido.
Both events were held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. These events aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.
There were late changes made to these and all upcoming cards due to Shota Umino being out of the tournament. Concussion. All others in Block B except Zack Sabre Jr. get forfeit wins and 2 points (Sabre does not because he beat Umino already).
Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 2555.
Before the event began Hiroyoshi Tenzan appeared and announced his official retirement match for 8/15: He will face longtime partner Satoshi Kojima. TenKoji running it back one more time!
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Wolf pinned Nakahara.
Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Narita pinned Jay after Magic Killer.
Match 3: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Yasuda after Death Valley Bomb.
G1 CLIMAX:
Match 4: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 5: Block A: Great-O-Khan beat SANADA by countout.
Match 6: Block A: Konosuke Takeshita beat Jake Lee.
Match 7: Block A: Boltin Oleg beat Yuto Oce (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (KO).
Match 8: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Block A: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.
Sunday:
The announced paid attendance was 2409.
Match 1: Zane Jay & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Lee beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) went to a double countout in just over 2 minutes.
Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. SANADA beat Nagai with Skull End.
Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Ishimori beat Yasuda with Bone Lock.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: HENARE beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Callum Newman.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Zack Sabre Jr.
The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.