New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the final day of Block A.
Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2051, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Jackson pinned Kato after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima & Shota Umino. Khan beat Murashima with O-Khan Style Subaru Sheep Slaughter.
Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Rocky Rmero & Konosuke Takeshita. Narita beat Romero with a cross-type kneebar.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat Taichi.
Match 6: SANADA beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 7: Yota Tsuji beat Callum Newman.
Match 8: EVIL beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. To follow up on yesterday…SWERVE!
Main Event: David Finlay beat Yuya Uemura.
As a result, EVIL wins Block A with 12 points and advances to the Semifinals. Finlay & Tsuji finish 2nd & 3rd with 10 points on tiebreakers over Uemura & Oleg, who also had 10 points, and advance to the elimination matches. Finlay will face the Block B 3rd place finisher, Tsuji will face the 2nd place Block B finisher. The Tsuji-TBA winner will face EVIL in the Semifinals.
The Semifinals are Saturday.
The next event is Wednesday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka with the last day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.