Gabe Kidd defeated Zack Sabre Jr. in Sunday’s main event to join Drilla Moloney and HENARE at the top of the G1 Climax 36 B Block.
All three wrestlers finished Night 7 on eight points at the Ebara Wave Arena in Ota City.
Elsewhere, Moloney defeated Callum Newman, and HENARE beat Ren Narita. In the opening block match, OSKAR moved to six points after stopping Aaron Wolf.
NJPW announced an attendance of 1,580 for the show.
Full results
- Jake Lee & Zane Jay def. Boltin Oleg & Masatora Yasuda
- Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson def. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano def. Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young
- Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori def. Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto
- Yota Tsuji & Daiki Nagai def. Yuto-Ice & Gedo
- B Block: Yuya Uemura [4] def. Shota Umino [0] by forfeit
- B Block: OSKAR [6] def. Aaron Wolf [4] (9:50)
- B Block: HENARE [8] def. Ren Narita [4] (10:59)
- B Block: Drilla Moloney [8] def. Callum Newman [6] (14:12)
- B Block: Gabe Kidd [8] def. Zack Sabre Jr. [2] (25:47)
Gabe Kidd vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Kidd defeated Sabre in a 25-minute main event to take his place in a three-way tie at the top of B Block.
Sabre controlled the opening grappling exchanges, prompting Kidd to abandon a technical approach and rely on strikes. The contest then moved outside the ring, where Kidd drove Sabre into a post.
Sabre regained control with a dragon screw and began targeting Kidd’s knees. Despite the damage, Kidd landed a lariat and vertical-drop suplex before Sabre answered with the Zack Driver.
A piledriver on the apron gave Kidd another advantage. Sabre, though, survived a lariat and powerbomb before catching an attempted O-Knee and transitioning from a Zack Driver into an armbar.
Kidd escaped and struck Sabre with a knee. Two piledrivers followed, with the second securing the pin at 25:47.
The victory marks Kidd’s first singles win over Sabre.
Drilla Moloney vs. Callum Newman
Moloney maintained an unbeaten singles record against Newman and moved to eight points.
Their brawling quickly entered the crowd. Moloney targeted Newman’s shoulder and sent him into the seating area, while Newman answered with a shotgun dropkick that left Moloney in danger of being counted out.
Back in the ring, Moloney countered an Oz Cutter and followed with an elbow drop.
Zane Jay then attempted to interfere before Daiki Nagai stopped him. The resulting confusion led to a ref bump, allowing Newman to hit the Prince’s Curse.
Moloney kicked out and later escaped the Make Way. He then landed the Drilla Killa to claim victory.
HENARE vs. Ren Narita
HENARE defeated Narita in a match shaped by continual attacks on HENARE’s surgically repaired knee.
Narita returned to the same strategy and repeatedly worked over the leg. Dick Togo also attacked HENARE whenever the referee’s attention was elsewhere.
HENARE created an opening with the Maori Drop, but Narita regained control after Togo introduced a chair. HENARE absorbed the strikes and attacked both House of Torture members.
Narita transitioned from a Russian leg sweep into a kneebar after escaping a full nelson. HENARE then avoided the Hell’s Guillotine before delivering a powerbomb.
The HENARE Bomb completed the victory and moved him into a share of the block lead.
OSKAR vs. Aaron Wolf
OSKAR handed Wolf his second consecutive loss after overcoming the former Olympic judo champion’s grappling.
Wolf initially neutralized OSKAR’s size advantage and threw him with a uranage before landing a shoulder tackle and elbow drop.
OSKAR responded with a forceful Irish whip and a high-angle leg drop. Wolf later escaped the Nightmare Sleeper and applied a reverse triangle, but OSKAR used his reach to make the ropes.
Wolf attempted another submission and then set up an Angle Slam but OSKAR escaped by raking the eyes and followed with a tombstone piledriver.
OSKAR then applied the Alptraum, leading to a referee stoppage.
Standings
A Block
- Konosuke Takeshita — 6 points (3-1)
- Boltin Oleg — 4 points (2-2)
- Great-O-Khan — 4 points (2-2)
- Hirooki Goto — 4 points (2-2)
- Jake Lee — 4 points (2-2)
- Ryohei Oiwa — 4 points (2-2)
- SANADA — 4 points (2-2)
- Yota Tsuji — 4 points (2-2)
- Yuto-Ice — 4 points (2-2)
- Shingo Takagi — 2 points (1-3)
B Block
- Drilla Moloney — 8 points (4-1)
- Gabe Kidd — 8 points (4-1)
- HENARE — 8 points (4-1)
- Callum Newman — 6 points (3-2)
- OSKAR — 6 points (3-2)
- Aaron Wolf — 4 points (2-2)
- Ren Narita — 4 points (2-2)
- Yuya Uemura — 4 points (2-2)
- Zack Sabre Jr. — 2 points (1-3)
- Shota Umino* — 0 points (0-9)
* Withdrawn due to a concussion; remaining matches recorded as forfeits.
The G1 continues on Wednesday, July 29 at Yamato University Arena in Suita, Osaka.
Night 8 will feature A Block matches between Boltin Oleg & Jake Lee, SANADA & Ryohei Oiwa, Takeshita & Great-O-Khan, Hirooki Goto & Shingo Takagi, and Yota Tsuji & Yuto-Ice.
