New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Yokohama with Block B.
Today’s event was held at Yohokama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2742, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto beat Masatora Yasuda 7 Boltin Oleg. Goto pinned Yasuda.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Zane Jay & Jake Lee. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Takeshita pinned Kanemaru.
Match 4: Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Young pinned Nagai after Bites The Dust.
Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Ishimori beat Gedo with Bone Lock.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat HENARE.
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Aaron Wolf by submission.
Main Event: Callum Newman beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Standings (Block B):
1-Newman, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Narita, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Gabriel Kidd, 5-2, 10 pts
4-Uemura, 4-3, 8 pts
5-HENARE, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Moloney, 4-4, 8 pts
7-OSKAR, 4-4, 8 pts
8-Wolf, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Sabre, 3-4, 6 pts
10-Shota Umino, 0-9, 0 pts (OUT-injured)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. It’s complicated with everyone except Umino of course still in it, but it’s probably going to come down to tiebreakers. If the top 3 stayed the same at the end with these same totals, it currently would favor Narita because he beat Newman but hasn’t faced Kidd yet. Kidd lost to Moloney and Newman and has yet to face Narita. Moloney actually has the advantage having beaten all of the top 3, but he has only one match left. OSKAR has tiebreakers over Moloney & Narita but also has only one match left. Sabre has only beaten Moloney and same for Wolf, but the latter still has Newman left.
The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.