New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today in Osaka with Block B.
Today’s event was held at Intex Osaka Building 5 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1142.
Match 1: Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.
Match 2: Yota Tsuji & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru beat Murashima with a Figure 4.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Kato after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 5: Gedo & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Finlay pinned Nagai after Into Oblivion.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 7: Ren Narita beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 8: El Phantasmo beat Drilla Moloney.
Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shingo Takagi.
Shota Umino beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
Standings-wise, with 2 days left it’s Sabre, Narita & Takeshita tied for the lead at 5-2, 10 pts. 4 are tied at 4-4, 8 pts. with Takagi & Phantasmo at 3-5, 6 pts. Phantasmo is OUT, Takagi still has a chance but must win his last 2 (Moloney, Narita) and get a lot of help with tiebreakers. The top 3 advance.
The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.