Gabe Kidd moved into sole possession of first place in B Block by defeating HENARE in the main event of the G1 Climax 36 Night 11.
Kidd reached 10 points with the victory at the Fukuoka International Center, while Zack Sabre Jr. avoided elimination by submitting OSKAR.
The announced attendance was 2,306.
Full results
- Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson def. Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto (6:01)
- SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Yuto-Ice & Gedo (5:40)
- Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young def. Jake Lee & Zane Jay (6:19)
- Boltin Oleg, Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano def. Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Daiki Nagai (6:33)
- B Block: Callum Newman [8] def. Shota Umino [0] by forfeit
- B Block: Aaron Wolf [6] def. Drilla Moloney [8] (13:11)
- B Block: Zack Sabre Jr. [4] def. OSKAR [8] (15:58)
- B Block: Ren Narita [8] def. Yuya Uemura [6] (20:00)
- B Block: Gabe Kidd [10] def. HENARE [8] (20:35)
Gabe Kidd vs. HENARE
Kidd charged the ring before the bell, immediately beginning a striking exchange with HENARE.
Their fight quickly moved outside and into the crowd. Kidd gained the first sustained advantage after catching HENARE with a clothesline among the seats.
Back inside, Kidd delivered a brainbuster and repeated headbutts. HENARE responded with the Maori Drop and Berzerker Bomb for a near fall.
A superplex left Kidd clutching his back, but he recovered to hit a clothesline, backdrop suplex and O-Knee. HENARE survived and answered with two clotheslines, sending Kidd to the floor as the match passed 15 minutes.
Kidd blocked an attempted tackle outside and retrieved a table. He threw it toward HENARE’s head, although HENARE avoided contact.
HENARE absorbed a chair shot and drove Kidd into the table at ringside. He followed with another tackle and a clothesline for two.
The Ultima appeared to have Kidd fading, but HENARE released the hold and pulled him back to his feet. Kidd capitalized with two forearms and consecutive piledrivers to secure the victory.
Kidd improved to 10 points and took the outright B Block lead.
Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita
Ren Narita submitted Yuya Uemura after interference from Dick Togo and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Uemura controlled the opening stages by targeting Narita’s arm. Narita eventually sent him outside, where Togo interfered and helped shift the focus to Uemura’s leg.
The referee later went down, but attempted interference from Togo and Kanemaru initially backfired.
Narita applied a rear naked choke and maintained the hold as both men fell to the floor. He released Uemura believing he would fail to beat the count, but Uemura returned and delivered a dragon suplex.
Uemura escaped the Double Cross and countered Narita’s Hell’s Guillotine with a Frankensteiner. Another dragon suplex brought him a near fall.
After hitting the Deadbolt suplex, Uemura climbed for the Lion’s Shiner. His damaged leg gave way, allowing Narita to avoid the attack and apply a cross kneebar.
Kanemaru distracted the referee while Togo hit a senton onto Uemura’s knee. Narita reapplied the hold and forced the submission at 20:00, moving to eight points.
OSKAR vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Zack Sabre Jr. entered needing a victory to remain mathematically alive after losing four consecutive tournament matches.
OSKAR used his size advantage to escape Sabre’s early holds and drove him into the corner with a whip. A camel clutch further tested Sabre before OSKAR missed a leg drop on the apron.
Sabre attacked OSKAR’s arm and legs, gradually limiting his power. He also managed to lift the German for a Zack Driver, earning a two count.
OSKAR countered a triangle hold with a powerbomb and later trapped Sabre in the Alptraum sleeper. A big boot followed, but Sabre escaped an attempted Tombstone piledriver and attacked the ankle.
OSKAR tried to chop his way free, but Sabre tied up his legs and forced the submission at 15:58.
The result moved Sabre to four points, although he still needs to win his remaining matches to have any chance of advancing.
Aaron Wolf vs. Drilla Moloney
Aaron Wolf kept his tournament hopes alive by defeating Drilla Moloney with the Angle Slam.
Moloney avoided Wolf’s attempts to take him down early and gained control with chops and a spinebuster. Wolf later caught him coming from the ropes and converted the attack into an overhead belly-to-belly throw.
Moloney landed a dropkick and drove Wolf onto the floor with a piledriver. He followed with the Gore for a near fall.
Wolf countered the Drilla Killa with a series of judo throws and transitioned into a head-and-arm triangle. Moloney escaped with a spinebuster.
A second Gore attempt was stopped by Wolf’s powerslam. Wolf then hit a rolling clothesline and the Angle Slam for the pin at 13:11.
Both Wolf and Yuya Uemura now sit on six points.
Standings
A Block
- Konosuke Takeshita — 10 points (5-1)
- Boltin Oleg — 8 points (4-2)
- Yota Tsuji — 8 points (4-2)
- Ryohei Oiwa — 6 points (3-3)
- Shingo Takagi — 6 points (3-3)
- Yuto-Ice — 6 points (3-3)
- Great-O-Khan — 4 points (2-4)
- Hirooki Goto — 4 points (2-4)
- Jake Lee — 4 points (2-4)
- SANADA — 4 points (2-4)
B Block
- Gabe Kidd — 10 points (5-2)
- Callum Newman — 8 points (4-2)
- Drilla Moloney — 8 points (4-3)
- HENARE — 8 points (4-2)
- OSKAR — 8 points (4-3)
- Ren Narita — 8 points (4-2)
- Aaron Wolf — 6 points (3-3)
- Yuya Uemura — 6 points (3-3)
- Zack Sabre Jr. — 4 points (2-4)
- Shota Umino* — 0 points (0-9)
*Withdrew from the tournament due to injury; remaining matches recorded as forfeits.
G1 Climax 36 continues Thursday, August 6, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with five A Block matches:
- Yuto-Ice vs. SANADA
- Jake Lee vs. Great-O-Khan
- Hirooki Goto vs. Ryohei Oiwa
- Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shingo Takagi
- Yota Tsuji vs. Boltin Oleg
