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New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAC 36 today with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yamato Arena in Osaka 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 2025. One away!

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Young pinned Nakahara after a spiral brainbuster.

Match 2: Tatsuya Matsunoto & Aaron Wolf beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Wolf pinned Yasuda.

Match 3: Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. OSKAR beat Nagai with a nightmare hold.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Dick Togo & Ren Narita. Jackson pinned Togo after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat Jake Lee.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat SANADA.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by KO.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takeshita, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Oleg, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Tsuji, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Oiwa, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Takagi, 2-3, 4 pts
6-Lee, 2-3, 4 pts
7-SANADA, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Goto, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Khan, 2-3, 4 pts
10-Ice, 2-3, 4 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Friday at Takamatsu City General Gym in Kagawa 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 36 today in Tokyo with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1590. Down about 25% from yesterday.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Jake Lee beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Lee beat Yasuda with a front neck lock.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Owa beat Yoehinoby Kanemaru & SANADA. Jackson pinned Kanemaru after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Takeshita pinned Young after Blue Thunder.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori beat Matsumoto with Bone Lock.

Match 5: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Tsuji pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Aaron Wolf by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 7: HENARE beat Ren Narita.
Match 8: Drilla Moloney beat Callum Newman.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd beat Zack Sabre Jr.

Standings-wise, there are 3 tied for the lead at 4-1, 8 pts, and it’s an unexpected trio-Kidd, HENARE, Moloney. Only one is in danger of elimination (not counting the already-out Shota Umino due to injury) and it’s a huge shocker-Sabre, who is only 1-3, 2 pts.

The next event is Wednesday at Yamato Arena in Osaka with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Tokyo with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota CIty General Gym in Tokyo 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 2027. If it had been one fewer!

Match 1; Satoshi Kojima & Yuya Uemura beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Uemura beat Nakahara with a wrist lock.

Match 2: Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. OSKAR beat Matsumoto with a nightmare hold.

Match 3: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Jacob Austin Young & HENARE. Narita beat Young with a kneebar.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Moloney pinned Jay after a jumping truss kick.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Great-O-Khan beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: SANADA beat Jake Lee by countout.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 8: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Shingo Takagi.

Standings-wise, Takeshita leads at 3-1, 6 pts. Everyone else is at 2-2, 4 pts. except Takagi who is 1-3, 2 pts.

The next event is tomorrow with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continues the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata 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 1555.

Match 1: Jacob Auatin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Matsumoto after Bites The Dust.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Zane Jay & Jake Lee. SANADA beat Jay with Skull End.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Yano pinned Yasuda.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Jackson pinned Gedo after a senton.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd beat Aaron Wolf.
Match 7: HENARE beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 8: Drilla Moloney beat Yuya Uemura.
Main Event: Callum Newman beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Standings-wise, there are 4 (all today’s winners) tied for the lead at 3-1, 6 pts.

The next event is Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym) in Tokyo with Block A, the first half of a weekend doubleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan continues the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai 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 1612.

Match 1: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Narita pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Moloney pinned Yasuda after a jumping Truss kick.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch). Austin pinned Gedo after Bites The Dust.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Jake Lee beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 8: SANADA beat Yota Tsuji.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat Shingo Takagi.

Standings-wise, 5 are tied at 2-1, 4 pts and the rest are 1-2, 2 pts.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Magaoka in Niigata 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 36 this weekend with a doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Both events were held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. These events aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.

There were late changes made to these and all upcoming cards due to Shota Umino being out of the tournament. Concussion. All others in Block B except Zack Sabre Jr. get forfeit wins and 2 points (Sabre does not because he beat Umino already).

Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 2555.

Before the event began Hiroyoshi Tenzan appeared and announced his official retirement match for 8/15: He will face longtime partner Satoshi Kojima. TenKoji running it back one more time!

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Wolf pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Narita pinned Jay after Magic Killer.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Yasuda after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 4: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 5: Block A: Great-O-Khan beat SANADA by countout.
Match 6: Block A: Konosuke Takeshita beat Jake Lee.
Match 7: Block A: Boltin Oleg beat Yuto Oce (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (KO).
Match 8: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Block A: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.

Sunday:
The announced paid attendance was 2409.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Lee beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) went to a double countout in just over 2 minutes.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. SANADA beat Nagai with Skull End.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Ishimori beat Yasuda with Bone Lock.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: HENARE beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Callum Newman.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Zack Sabre Jr.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan kicks off the G1 CLIMAX 36, the promotion’s biggest annual tournament and unofficial official start of the Road to Tokyo Dome, today and, for maybe the first time ever (second at most), it starts in the US. The first day will feature almost the entire field competing in matches, except for two in Block B (Drilla Moloney & Gabrirl Kidd). All of Block A will be in action.

On a side note, the promotion did a social media poll in Japan asking fans to vote on who from each block they felt would win. Their predictions? Konosuke Takeshita & Yuya Uemura. Make note if you’re keeping score!

Today’s event will be held at Now Arena in Chicago, IL and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World (NO PPV) in Japanese & English. All matches are G1 CLIMAX matches with a 30 minute time limit so it could go as long as 4 1/2-5 hours but since this is the US I imagine it will be around 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (all G1 CLIMAX matches):
Block B: Aaron Wolf vs. HENARE
Block A: Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee
Block B: OSKAR vs. Ren Narita
Block A: Yuto Ice vs. Great-O-Khan
Block B: Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Block A: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
Block B: Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman
Block A: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa
Block A: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

Pre-Show Update: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

5 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Opening series video plays first. And then…

We are LIVE from Now Arena in Chicago, IL. Your Japanese hosts are (didn’t get the main person’s name-rotating to also include Haruo Murata), Milano Collection A.T. & today’s guest El Desperado.. Your English hosts are Walker Stewart & Chris Charlton. Also regular Japanese crew including referees & ring announcers, so notably no Tak, who usually does the US events. (Actually we do have Tak! He takes over for Match 3)

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Clearly not a sellout and they discounted tickets left today, the source I usually get early estimates for decided to paywall that info, but the setup looks like maybe around 6000. From what I can see so far I’ll predict roughly 3500. (It was un-paywalled right before event time, the estimate based on ticket sales was about 3850 with the setup being for just over 5600. Full capacity if used would have been about 9450) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4125)

All matches are G1 CLIMAX 36 matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: Aaron Wolf vs. HENARE
Result: Aaron Wolf beat HENARE
Wolf is 1-0, 2 pts. HENARE is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 2: Block A: Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee
Result: Jake Lee beat Shingo Takagi
Lee is 1-0, 2 pts. Takagi is 0-1, 0 pts

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Block B: OSKAR (The Grouch) vs. Ren Narita
Result: OSKAR beat Ren Narita by submission
OSKAR is 1-0, 2 pts. Narita is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 4: Block A: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) vs. Great-O-Khan
Result: Yuto Ice beat Great-O-Khan
Ice is 1-0, 2 pts. Khan is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 5: Block B: Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Result: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shota Umino
Sabre is 1-0, 2 pts. Umino is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 6: Block A: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
Result: Hirooki Goto beat SANADA
Goto is 1-0, 2 pts. SANADA is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 7: Block B: Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman
Result: Callum Newman beat Yuya Uemura
Newman is 1-0, 2 pts. Uemura is 0-1, 0 pts

Rocky Romero joins English commentary.

Match 8: Block A: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa
Result: Ryohei Oiwa beat Boltin Oleg
Oiwa is 1-0, 2 pts. Oleg is 0-1, 0 pts

Main Event: Block A: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji
Result: Yota Tsuji beat Konosuke Takeshita
Tsuji is 1-0, 2 pts. Takeshita is 0-1, 0 pts

A decent slate of early matches led into a hot final third of matches that, all things considered, made for a great start to the tournament.

The next event is 7/18 at Hokkaido General Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido for a doubleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.