New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Tokyo with Block A.
Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota CIty General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 2027. If it had been one fewer!
Match 1; Satoshi Kojima & Yuya Uemura beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Uemura beat Nakahara with a wrist lock.
Match 2: Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. OSKAR beat Matsumoto with a nightmare hold.
Match 3: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Jacob Austin Young & HENARE. Narita beat Young with a kneebar.
Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Moloney pinned Jay after a jumping truss kick.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Great-O-Khan beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: SANADA beat Jake Lee by countout.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 8: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Shingo Takagi.
Standings-wise, Takeshita leads at 3-1, 6 pts. Everyone else is at 2-2, 4 pts. except Takagi who is 1-3, 2 pts.
The next event is tomorrow with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.