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New Japan wrapped up the G1 CLIMAX 35 Tournament today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 6870.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Shoma Kato. Yasuda pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe. Taichi pinned Murashima after Dangerous Backdrop. Afterwards, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima appeared, back from their international training excursions. They turned heel and aligned with David Finlay & Bullet Club, laying out Taichi and demanding an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot. They will now be known as OSKAR & Yuto Ice going forward.

Match 3: Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & YOSHI-HASHI. Yoh pinned Desperado after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Don Fale & SANADA beat Tiger Mask, El Phantasmo & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned TM 4 after an elbow drop.

Match 5: Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young with a kannuki suplex hold.

Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Moloney pinned Nagai after Drilla Killer. Afterwards, Takagi with microphone declaring war on Bullet Club (the former LIJ are now known as The Independent) and demanding Gabriel Kidd vacate the IWGP Global Championship. Kidd had to pull out of the G1 CLIMAX after one match due to injury.

Match 7: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Jackson with Hell’s Guillorine.

Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 35 Finals: Konosuke Takeshita beat EVIL to win the tournament. Masahiro Chono was a special guest on Japanese commentary for the match. As a result, Takeshita gets a future IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match, traditionally at Tokyo Dome but not always the case. We may find out more at the traditional post-tournament presser tomorrow. He won’t be next though…that will be Nigel McGuinness, who won a 4-way in All Elite Wrestling yesterday to get the next title shot against Sabre. That match will happen at the AEW Forbidden Door PPV on 8/24 in London, England.

The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 16, the next Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, on 9/7 at Togane Arena in Chiba. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: Kidd isn’t vacating the Global title but Takagi is getting his title shot. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/28 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Also official for 9/28 is IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. OSKAR & Yuto Ice for the titles, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori and Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay.

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 4558.

Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Makabe pinned Jay.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, Saotshi Kojima & Taichi. Taguchi pinned Wato.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned Honma after an elbow drop.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after Firebolt.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & David Finlay. Takagi beat Gedo with WAR Special.

Match 5; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney. SANADA pinned Moloney.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Narita beat Jackson with a kneebar.

G1 CLIMAX 35 Semifinals:
Match 7: EVIL beat Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Zack Sabre Jr.
As a result, the Final is EVIL vs. Takeshita.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the elimination round before the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1519, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Kojima pinned Kato after a lariat.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & SANADA beat Jado, El Phantasmo, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg. Narita beat Jado with a kneebar.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.

Match 5: DOUKI, Don Fale & EVIL beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Fale pinned Jackson after an elbow drop.

G1 CLIMAX Elimination Round:
Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita beat David Finlay.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Shota Umino.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Takeshita vs. Sabre and Tsuji vs. EVIL.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Ariake Arena. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This event (and the Finals) will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the final day of Block B, wrapping up the preliminary rounds.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1730.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Tsuji pinned Kato after Campana.

Match 5: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Gedo & David Finlay. Togo pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Ren Narita by ref stoppage (TKO).
El Phantasmo beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
As a result, Sabre wins Block B and advances to the Semifinals Umino finishes 2nd and Takeshita finishes 3rd, so both advance to the elimination round. Umino will face the Block A 3rd place finisher, which means Tsuji. Takeshita will face the Block A 2nd place finisher, which means Finlay. Sabre advances to the Semifinals and will face the Finlay-Takeshita winner. EVIL, the Block A winner, will face the Umino-Tsuji winner in the Semifinals.

The elimination round is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, the promotion announced the next HISTORIC X-OVER event, which features both New Japan & Stardom, will be held on 10/5 at Barley 66 LiveHouse in Guangzhou, China. Initial announced participation from the promotions is as follows: From New Japan-Zack Sabre Jr., KUSHIDA, Master Wato. Ninja Mack will participate as a freelancer. From Stardom-Starlight Kid, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Miyu Amasaki, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina. The first matches announced today are Mack vs. Master Wato and Sabre vs. KUSHIDA. If Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion after his next defense, which will be later this month at the Forbidden Door PPV in London, England as announced by All Elite Wrestling, it’s assumed this will be a NON-TITLE match at this time. A third match was announced which appears to be between local Chinese wrestlers.

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.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today in Yokohama with the penultimate day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2448.

Match 1: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Yano pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa by DQ. Jackson DQ’d.

Match 3: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Young after Gene Blaster.

Match 4: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. EVIL beat Murashima with a scorpion deathlock. Shocking moment afterwards…EVIL & Tanahashi handshake!?! What could it mean?

Match 5: Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura beat Gedo & David Finlay. Uemura pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: El Phantasmo beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: Shota Umino beat Konosuke Takeshita.
Great-O-Khan beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
With one day left, Sabre is now in the lead at 6-2, 12 points, and because of tiebreakers he will advance as his only losses are to Narita & Umino, who are at 5-3, 10 points along with Takeshita. Umino will advance with a win in his last match (Khan) while the Takeshita-Narita winner also will advance. If Umino loses, his only hope is for Takagi-Moloney to be a draw because Umino lost to both, and that would mean Takeshita can also advance that way. Everyone else is at 4-4, 8 points with still a slim chance on tiebreakers except for YOSHI-HASHI, who is now OUT because of tiebreakers (he would only have them against Narita & Takagi). For the Takagi-Moloney winner to have any chance to advance, Umino and Takeshita must lose. The top 3 advance.

The next event is Sunday at G Messe Gunma in Gunma with the final day of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today in Tokyo with the penultimate day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1509, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Phantamo pinned Kato after CR2.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney. Sabre pinned Ishimori with European Clutch.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 4: Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Takeshita pinned Honma after Plus Ultra.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman beat Taichi.
Match 6: EVIL beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 7: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat SANADA.
Match 8: Yuya Uemura beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: David Finlay beat Yota Tsuji.
Standings-wise, with one day left it’s now EVIL & Uemura leading at 5-3, 10 points, with 6 at 4-4, 8 points. Taichi & SANADA are 3-5, 6 points and are now OUT but can play spoilers and try to eliminate Oleg & Oiwa as their final respective opponents. The top 3 advance.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today in Fukuoka with Day 7 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2534.

Match 1: Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Romero pinned Kato after Slice Rocky.

Match 2: Yosjinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Kanemaru beat Young with a figure 4.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Ishimori pinned Jado.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Jackson pinned Nagai after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat Callum Newman.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat Taichi.
Match 7: SANADA beat Yuya Uemura.
Match 8: David Finlay beat EVIL.
Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yota Tsuji.
Standings-wise, 5 are still tied for the lead at 4-3, 8 points and the other 5 are 3-4, 6 points meaning absolute chaos and everyone is still in it with 2 matches to go. The top 3 advance.

The next event is Tuesday at Intex Osaka Building 5 in Osaka with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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.