New Japan ran Day 3 of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today, with only Block A matches today.
Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1714.
There was a last-minute change to the event as one non-tournament match was cancelled due to Gabriel Kidd being out with injury (hyperextended knee). For now it looks like he’s off the next event as well meaning he’ll miss another G1 match.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Ishimori beat Kato with Bone Lock.
Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Kanemaru beat Jado with a figure 4.
Match 3: Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Romero pinned Young.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shota Umino & Katsuya Murashima. Jackson pinned Murashima after Death Valley Bomb.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa beat Callum Newman.
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Match 7: SANADA beat EVIL.
Match 8: Taichi beat David Finlay.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Yuya Uemura.
Standings-wise, there are now 5 tied for the lead at 2-1, 4 points, everyone else is 1-2, 2 points. The top 3 will advance to the Semifnals.
The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: Kidd is now off tomorrow’s event. He was to have faced Shingo Takagi in a Block B match. Takagi wins by forfeit as a result.