New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with the final day of Block B.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tolyo 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 1494, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Tatauya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto beat Masarora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Goto pinned Yasuda.
Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & SANADA beat Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita. Sho pinned Nakahara after a cross arm piledriver
Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Shingo Takagi beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Ice pinned Jay acter a buzzsaw kick.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Diaki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Nagai after a jumping powerbomb.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Aaron Wolf.
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd beat Ren Narita.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Main Event: Callum Newman beat HENARE.
As a result, there was a 3-way tie for first and only 2 advance. Because if tiebreakers, Newman wins the block, Uemura finishes 2nd and Kidd is OUT. Kidd lost to both Newman and Uenura which was the tiebreaker.
The Semifinals will be Uemura vs. Tsuji and Newman vs. Oiwa.
The Semifinals are Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Safurday will also be the Hiroyoshi Tenzan retirement event. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.