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New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with the last day of Block A.

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

The announced paid attendance was 2075, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Taisei Nakabara & Toru Yano. Nagai pinned Nakabara after Drilla Killer.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jt. Bear Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. Jackson pinned Matsumoto after a senton.

Match 3: Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uenura. OSKAR pinned Yasuda after a guillotine drop.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. HENARE beat Jay with Ultima.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: SANADA beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 6: Hirooki Goto beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby).
Match 7: Yota Tsuji beat Jake Lee.
Match 8: Great-O-Khan beat Boltin Oleg by countout.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa beat Konosuke Takeshita.
As a result, there was a 3-way tie for first and only 2 advance. The odd man out on tiebreakers was Takeshita because he also lost to Tsuji. Tsuji wins the block and Oiwa finishes 2nd to advance to the Semifinals on Saturday.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the final 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 36 today with the penultimate 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. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1615.

Match 1: Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch0 beat Taisei Nakahara & Torau Yano. OSKAR beat Nakahara with a camel clutch.

Match 2; Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. Newman pinned Matsumoto after Prince’s Curse.

Match 3: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Narita pinned Nagai with a blizzard suplex hold.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young & HENARE. Jackson pinned Young after a jumping powerbomb,

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

Standings:
1-Takeshita, 6-2, 12 pts
2-Tsuji, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Oiwa, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Oleg, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Ice, 4-4, 8 pts
6-Takagi, 4-4, 8 pts
7-Goto, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-SANADA, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-Lee, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
10-Khan, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. While 6 still have a chance, realistically it’s down to 4. Ice & Takagi would need nearly impossible tiebreaker scenarios to have any chance, and they both would need Oiwa to lose and to win their last respective matches, so let’s focus on the top 4. It’s not as clear as it seems. First, if Takeshita beats Oiwa or draws, he advances. If Oiwa beats Takeshita, he needs Tsuji to lose or draw (Lee). Tsuji advances if he beats Lee as he has tiebreakers over Takeshita & Oiwa, but not Oleg. Oleg has a chance-he must beat Khan, but his problem is he loses the tiebreakers to Takeshita and Oiwa even though he beat Tsuji. It will all be settled on Wednesday.

The next event is Tuesday at Nihon Haiway Arena in Mie with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

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.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Tokyo with 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 1494, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, a memorial ceremony for Dory Funk Jr. was held. Funk died Tuesday at 85.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narota beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Matsumoto with a kneebar.

Match 3: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) by countout. OSKAR counted out.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Jackson pinned Nagai after a jumping powerbomb

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: SANADA beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by KO. House Of Torture interference for a guitar shot. Iced Iced Baby.
Match 6: Jake Lee beat Great-O-Khan by DQ in 107 seconds. Chair use fake out.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Konosuke Takeshita.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat Yota Tsuji.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takeshita, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Oleg, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Takagi, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Oiwa, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Tsuji, 4-3, 8 pts
6-SANADA, 3-4, 6 pts
7-Lee, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Ice, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Goto, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Khan, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. As a result of today, Goto & Khan have been eliminated while SANADA, Lee & Ice can only make it on tiebreakers. If it comes down to Takeshita & Oleg, the tiebreaker goes to Takeshita. Oleg also loses tiebreaker to Oiwa. Takeshita still has to face Oiwa & SANADA, beating either means he advances. Oleg still has Goto & Khan.

The next event is Saturday 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.

UPDATE: You can now watch Takeshita-Takagi FOR FREE on New Japan World until 8/17.

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 this weekend with two events. (I missed posting yesterday’s results until just now)

Yesterday’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima 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 2255.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Tetsuya Matsumoto & Toru Yano. Newman pinned Matsumoto after Prince’s Curse.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Taisei Nakahara & Aaron Wolf. Moloney pinned Nakahara after a diving headbutt.

Match 3: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Narita beat Yasuda with a kneebar.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch). Jackson pinned Gedo after a senton.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat SANADA in 90 seconds.
Match 6: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Jake Lee.
Match 7: Shingo Takagi beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 8: Yota Tsuji beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Hirooki Goto.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takeshita, 5-1, 10 pts
2-Tsuji, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Oleg, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Takagi, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Ice, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Oiwa, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Goto, 2-4, 4 pts
8-SANADA, 2-4, 4 pts
9-Khan, 2-4, 4 pts
10-Lee, 2-4, 4 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. Although nobody is mathematically out yet, Goto now cannot win the block due to tiebreakers. SANADA, Khan & Lee must beat Takeshita to have any hope of advancing due to tiebreakers.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka 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 2306.

Match 1: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Jackson pinned Matsumoto after a senton.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Kanemary beat Gedo with a figure 4.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Zane Jay & Jake Lee. Khan pinned Jay after Collapse.

Match 4: Toru Yano, Konosuke Takeshita & Boltin Oleg beat Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Yano pinned Nagai.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Aaron Wolf beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 6: Zack Sabre Jr. beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 7: Ren Narita beat Yuya Uemura.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd beat HENARE.

Standings (Block B):
1-Kidd, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Narita, 4-2, 8 pts
3-HENARE, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Newman, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Moloney, 4-3, 8 pts
6-OSKAR, 4-3, 8 pts
7-Wolf, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Uemura, 3-3, 6 pts
9-Sabre, 2-4, 4 pts
10-Shota Umino. 0-9, 0 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point Sabre cannot win the block outright because he loses the tiebreaker to Kidd and currently only has tiebreaker against OSKAR. He must win his last 3 just to have a chance to 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 36 today with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu City General Gym in Kagawa 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 1271.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Hirooki Goto. Yano pinned Matsunoto.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee beat Gedo, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Shingo Takagi. Young pinned Gedo after Bites The Dust.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Nagai after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Drilla Moloney by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 6: Ren Naita beat Zack Sabre Jr. Only went 2:45, lots of House Of Torture interference.
Match 7: Callum Newman beat Gabriel Kidd.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Aaron Wolf.

Standings (Block B):
1-HENARE, 4-1, 8 pts
2-OSKAR, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Newman, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Kidd, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Moloney, 4-2, 8 pts
6-Uemura, 3-2, 6 pts
7-Narita, 3-2, 6 pts
8-Wolf, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Sabre, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Shota Umino, 0-9, 0 pts (OUT-injured)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. Now a 5-way tie for the lead but HENARE has an extra match in hand and the advantage. Major shocker is that Sabre is now all but eliminated AND has no tiebreakers as he only beat Umino.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sunplaza Hall in Hiroshima with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

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.