New Japan continues the G1 CLIMAX 35 today in Hiroshima with Block B.
Today’s event was held at Hitoshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2002.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Yano pinned Young.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Jackson pinned Yasuda after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Kanemaru pinned Kato.
Match 4: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Murashima pinned Nagai.
Matxh 5: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Gedo & David Finlay. EVIL beat Gedo with a scorpion deathlock
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Shota Umino beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 7: Shingo Takagi beat El Phantasmo.
Match 8: Konosuke Takeshita beat Drilla Moloney.
Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Great-O-Khan.
Ren Narita beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit
Standings-wise, it’s a logjam with 7 tied for the lead at 8 points, but 5 of them (YOSHI-HASHI, Sabre, Moloney, Takeshita, Narita) have an extra match left due to Kidd forfeits while the other 2 (Umino & Khan) do not. Takagi is 3-3, 6 points whule Phantasmo is 2-5, 4 points and is now OUT due to tiebreakers (not counting the Kidd forfeit he only beat Takeshita so far). The top 3 advance.
The next event is tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.