Yuya Uemura faced Zack Sabre Jr. in Sunday’s main event as the G1 Climax 36 B Block developed an eight-way tie at four points.
Uemura pinned Sabre after 25 minutes at Hokkai Kitayell in Sapporo. Ren Narita, Gabe Kidd and HENARE also collected victories.
Aaron Wolf remains the only unbeaten wrestler in B Block after receiving a forfeit victory over Shota Umino, who has withdrawn from the tournament.
NJPW announced an attendance of 2,409 for the second half of its Hokkaido doubleheader.
Full results
- Jake Lee & Zane Jay def. Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto
- Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa def. Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young
- Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs. Gedo & Yuto-Ice — double countout
- SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji
- Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori def. Boltin Oleg & Masatora Yasuda
- B Block: Aaron Wolf [4] def. Shota Umino [0] by forfeit
- B Block: HENARE [4] def. Drilla Moloney [4] — (13:13)
- B Block: Gabe Kidd [4] def. OSKAR [4] — (7:34)
- B Block: Ren Narita [4] def. Callum Newman [4] — (15:30)
- B Block: Yuya Uemura [4] def. Zack Sabre Jr. [2] — (25:18)
Uemura defeats Sabre in 25-minute main event
Uemura earned his first in-ring victory of the tournament by beating Sabre in a technical main event.
The early stages featured extended counter-wrestling before Uemura targeted Sabre’s left arm. Sabre answered by attacking the neck with uppercuts, twists and a cravate.
Both men moved through submissions and pinning combinations as the match passed 20 minutes. Sabre landed a Zack Driver and several penalty kicks, while Uemura responded with a Michinoku Driver II.
Sabre trapped Uemura in a stretch after avoiding the Lion’s Shiner, but his injured wrist prevented him from maintaining the hold. Uemura returned to the arm and eventually landed two Lion’s Shiners, with the second securing the pin.
Narita exploits Newman’s shoulder
Ren Narita submitted Callum Newman after House of Torture repeatedly targeted the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion’s injured shoulder.
Newman brought Zane Jay to ringside to offset Dick Togo, but Togo still interfered throughout the match. He attacked Newman’s shoulder with a chair and later threw powder into his eyes.
Jay prevented one pin by pulling the referee outside. Togo then used his choking wire before Narita returned to the damaged shoulder and forced Newman to submit with a modified chicken wing.
Kidd defeats OSKAR
Gabe Kidd rebounded from his opening loss to Drilla Moloney by defeating OSKAR.
OSKAR controlled portions of the match with his size and power, including a chokeslam for a near fall. Kidd fought back with the O-Knee and several headbutts.
OSKAR immediately rose after the first piledriver, but a second Drill-A-Hole kept him down for the three-count.
HENARE hands Moloney first loss
HENARE defeated Drilla Moloney in their first singles meeting.
The match began with an exchange of holds before turning into a battle of chops, lariats and power moves. Moloney landed a brainbuster, powerbomb and Gun Stun but could not complete the Drilla Killa.
HENARE escaped the move and hit a jumping powerbomb for the pin.
Standings
A Block
- Hirooki Goto — 4 points (2-0)
- Boltin Oleg — 2 points (1-1)
- Great-O-Khan — 2 points (1-1)
- Jake Lee — 2 points (1-1)
- Konosuke Takeshita — 2 points (1-1)
- Ryohei Oiwa — 2 points (1-1)
- Shingo Takagi — 2 points (1-1)
- Yota Tsuji — 2 points (1-1)
- Yuto-Ice — 2 points (1-1)
- SANADA — 0 points (0-2)
B Block
- Aaron Wolf — 4 points (2-0)
- Callum Newman — 4 points (2-1)
- Drilla Moloney — 4 points (2-1)
- Gabe Kidd — 4 points (2-1)
- HENARE — 4 points (2-1)
- OSKAR — 4 points (2-1)
- Ren Narita — 4 points (2-1)
- Yuya Uemura — 4 points (2-1)
- Zack Sabre Jr. — 2 points (1-1)
- Shota Umino* — 0 points (0-9)
* Withdrawn due to a concussion; remaining matches recorded as forfeits.
Night 4 takes place on Tuesday, July 21 at Sendai Sunplaza Hall in Miyagi. The show features five A Block matches, headlined by Boltin Oleg against Shingo Takagi.
John Pollock will be joining Karen Peterson later today on the POST Wrestling Café to review all this weekend’s G1 action.
