NJPW G1 Climax 35 night four results, updated standings

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The G1 Climax 35 continued on Wednesday in Niigata.

Four matches in B Block took place on the show, as Gabe Kidd forfeited his second match in a row with a knee injury, giving Shingo Takagi his first two points of the tournament.

The main event of Wednesday’s show was a rematch from WrestleKingdom between Zack Sabre Jr. and Shota Umino. However, this time it would be Umino who would get his hand raised. After the match, Umino addressed his opponent and the live crowd.

“Zack, this doesn’t make us even from the Tokyo Dome. We need to go one on one again. NJPW has returned to Nagaoka. Thank you for your hot support. The start of this year was tough. But now I can be proud of the fact that I just beat the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. I won’t say I’ll be back here undefeated, but I will say I’ll do all I can to bust my ass and fill this place to bursting,” reads a translation of his comments by @NJPWGlobal on X.

Wednesday, July 23 in Niigata results:

  • B Block: Shota Umino defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
  • B Block: Ren Narita defeated ELP
  • B Block: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Great-O-Khan
  • B Block: YOSHI-HASHI defeated Drilla Moloney
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima defeated David Finlay & Gedo
  • Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa defeated Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji
  • Dick Togo & EVIL defeated Taichi & Masatora Yasuda
  • Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young defeated Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura 
  • Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA

Notes:

  • SANADA was back in sequins for today’s show. Yano pinned Kanemaru after giving him his own version of the whisky mist and rolling him up.
  • Shockingly, House of Torture attacked Taichi and Yasuda before the bell. Don Fale helped. EVIL won by making Yasuda tap out to the Darkness Scorpion.
  • Tanahashi made Gedo tap to a Texas Cloverleaf before getting face-to-face with David Finlay, who he faces in round robin action on Friday.
  • YOSHI-HASHI’s hot streak continued. He defeated Drilla Moloney with Karma to become the first in his block to reach six points.
  • Ren Narita attacked El Phantasmo before the bell. Later, ELP had Narita pinned by Kanemaru pulled the referee out of the ring. Shortly after, Narita hit Hell’s Guillotine for the win.
  • Great-O-Khan dominated his semi-main event match with Konosuke Takeshita early as Takeshita sold his neck. Khan had attacked Takeshita after the bell in their multi-person tag bout the night before, applying the Iron Claw hold and softening him up. However, as the match continued, Takeshita fought back and picked up the win with Raging Fire.
  • Umino earned a measure of revenge by defeating the man who beat him at Wrestle Kingdom. The finish of his match with Zack Sabre Jr. on Wednesday saw them exchange nearfalls several times before Umino hit a clothesline and Second Chapter for the win.

A Block Standings:

  • EVIL 4 points
  • Boltin Oleg 4 points
  • Ryohei Oiwa 4 points
  • Yota Tsuji 4 points
  • Taichi 4 points
  • Yuya Uemura 2 points
  • Callum Newman 2 points
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi 2 points
  • David Finlay 2 points
  • SANADA 2 points

B Block Standings:

  • YOSHI-HASHI 6 points
  • Drilla Moloney 4 points
  • Shota Umino 4 points
  • Konosuke Takeshita 4 points
  • Ren Narita 4 points
  • Zack Sabre Jr. 2 points
  • El Phantasmo 2 points
  • Great-O-Khan 2 points
  • Shingo Takagi 2 points
  • Gabe Kidd 0 points

The tournament continues Friday in Tokyo.

Friday July 25 in Tokyo:

  • A Block: Boltin Oleg vs. SANADA
  • A Block: Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman
  • A Block: Taichi vs. EVIL
  • A Block: Yota Tsuji vs. Ryohei Oiwa
  • A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. David Finlay