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[Spoilers] G1 Climax 35 Night Twelve (8/5, B Block) Results

Jakob Austin Young, Callum Newman def Masatora Yasuda, Taichi — (7:55, Jakob’s Ladder)

  • Post-entrances, Callum gets in Taichi’s face a little. Then JAY and Yasuda do the same, but Callum gestures JAY back and chooses to start with Taichi.

  • Callum has Taichi in a headlock on the outside during the finish, and keeps it on for a few moments after.

  • They have a brief staredown as Taichi recovers and gets back in the ring, then they start bumping chests. They separate again and Callum spits on the mat in front of Taichi.

  • Callum getting (kind of heelishly?) cocky is an interesting development.

Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg def Dick Togo, EVIL[w/Don Fale] — (4:57, Schoolboy)

  • Post entrances, EVIL gets a mic to praise Boltin and invite him to HoT. Hands Oleg a HoT shirt. Yano gets a “no” chant going.

  • Oleg puts the shirt on, EVIL and Nobu turn to each other to celebrate, Oleg dropkicks them both. He and Dick end up legal to start.

  • HoT Shenanigans level: moderate, ineffective.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA def Katsuya Murashima, Hiroshi Tanahashi — (6:27, Figure 4 Leglock)

  • Still running with t-shirt SANADA for the preview tags.

  • SANADA teases a clean start with Tana, but then Nobu jumps The Ace from behind.

  • At one point SANADA did a rounding body press but landed on his feet, and my ankles hurt at how he landed.

  • HoT Shenanigans level: relatively mild. I think SANADA might’ve gotten shoot in trouble for the audience water bottle spot, because the last couple times he’s done it he’s made sure the bottle is closed instead of opening it a little so it splashes on impact.

Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa def Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura — (6:01, Death Valley Bomb)

  • Post-entrances there’s a friendly standoff between both teams, then Oiwa and Yuya tell their partners they’ll start.

  • Pretty dang good.

  • Post match, Yuya lingers around ringside so he and Oiwa can have a little standoff before they leave.

Gedo, David Finlay def Daiki Nagai, Yota Tsuji — (6:36, INTO OBLIVION)

  • Bluji tonight. Nagai also has a new shirt that has the Unaffiliated “logo” inside the NJPW circle border.

  • Post entrances, Finlay steps up to the still Tsuji and asks him if he knows who Carmen Sandiego is. I did not hear Tsuji’s answer, but Finlay then says “yeah you look just like her.”

  • Nagai then steps up, full of piss and Kantansu vinegar, and ends up starting with Gedo.

  • Again pretty good.

  • Post match Finlay and Tsuji talk a little trash. Once Tsuji’s left, Finlay asks the ringside attendants to bring him his shillelagh. Kikuchi does so and Finlay threatens to hit him with it; which would probably be welcomed by many people on this sub.

G1 B Block: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (8 pts) def YOSHI-HASHI (8 pts)
(point totals from before today’s results) — (15:13, Raging Fire)

  • This was the first Block match of the night but they worked it like it was the main event. What fucking hidden switch did YH turn on this year?

  • Next Block Matches: TAKE vs Shota, YH vs ELP

G1 B Block: Ren Narita (8 pts) def Great-O-Khan (8 pts) — (12:13, Kneebar)

  • Narita makes his entrance and then promptly leaves out the side aisle, presumably to attack O-Khan from behind during his own entrance.

  • Yep. Little outside brawl where Ren once again targets O-Khan’s left knee with chairs, then bonks him in the head with the ring hammer.

  • They tease that O-Khan won’t be able to compete, but he’s able to make it to the ring to officially start the match.

  • At one point GOK pulled Narita’s tights to help him escape a hold and we saw a little crack.

  • HoT Shenanigans level: heavy.

  • Honestly kind of a good HoT match? The interference was paced well and for the first time in a long time during a Narita match the face actually had a friend (JAY) who cared enough to come to try and help them.

  • Next Block Matches: Ren vs Shingo, GOK off

G1 B Block: El Phantasmo[w/Jado] (4 pts) def Drilla Moloney (8 pts) — (5:03, Thunderkiss 86)

  • ELP does the standard fanservice during his entrance, briefly gets chest-to-chest with Drilla before removing his entrance gear and asking Osaka to cheer

  • Quick start by Drilla with a big kick.

  • Good but really short, I wonder if maybe TAKE vs YH went long?

  • Post match ELP offers a handshake; Drilla gets halfway out the ropes but then turns around and comes back to pound the Dog with ELP’s fist.

  • ELP you finally fucking got some fans to chant your name along to your taunt without having taught them earlier in the show, good job my man.

  • Next Block Matches: ELP vs YH, Drilla vs ZSJ

G1 B Block: Zack Sabre Jr. (8 pts) def Shingo Takagi[w/Daiki Nagai] (6 pts) — (20:53, Rollup)

  • Shingo’s right elbow is taped up, I’m not sure if that’s new or not.

  • Pre-lockup crowd poll is pretty much 100% Takagi.

  • Excellent.

  • Shingo is now out of contention. Chris Samsa is likely to blame for this bad information which was repeated by himself, the English preview, and Walker on commentary. There is one scenario where Shingo is automatically in, which someone posted the table for in the comments. If you change one thing about that table (GOK beating Shota) it would also make a three-way tie for 3rd between Shingo, Ren, and GOK; which is we’re following the same rules as last year’s WTL would mean a three-way match to decide who gets in. I believe GOK is also on very shaky ground for possible ins.

  • Post match there’s a little bit of shit talking from Zack to Shingo.

  • Zack leaves right after, grabbing the mic as he does and just saying “thanks a lot” (in Japanese).

  • Next Block Matches: Shingo vs Ren, ZSJ vs Drilla

——Block Standings——

A Block

Yota Tsuji — 8 points (4-3) — wins: SANADA, Yuya, Oiwa, Oleg – losses: EVIL, Taichi, Tana

Yuya Uemura — 8 points (4-3) — wins: Oleg, Callum, EVIL, Tana – losses: Taichi, Tsuji, SANADA

EVIL — 8 points (4-3) — wins: Callum, Tsuji, Taichi, Oiwa – losses: SANADA, Yuya, Finlay

Boltin Oleg — 8 points (4-3) — wins: Oiwa, Tana, SANADA, Callum – losses: Yuya, Tsuji, Finlay

Ryohei Oiwa — 8 points (4-3) — wins: Finlay, Callum, Tana, Taichi – losses: Oleg, Tsuji, EVIL

Callum Newman — 6 points (3-4) — wins: Tana, Finlay, SANADA – losses: EVIL, Oiwa, Yuya, Oleg

Hiroshi Tanahashi — 6 points (3-4) — wins: Taichi, Finlay, Tsuji – losses: Callum, Oleg, Oiwa, Yuya

Taichi — 6 points (3-4) — wins: Yuya, Finlay, Tsuji – losses: Tana, EVIL, SANADA

David Finlay — 6 points (3-4) — wins: SANADA, Oleg, EVIL – losses: Oiwa, Taichi, Tana, Callum

SANADA — 6 points (3-4) — wins: EVIL, Taichi, Yuya – losses: Tsuji, Finlay, Oleg, Callum

B Block

Ren Narita — 10 points (5-2) — wins: ZSJ, ELP, Gabe (forfeit), GOK, Shota – losses: YH, Drilla

Zack Sabre Jr. — 10 points (5-2) — wins: Gabe (ff), ELP, TAKE, GOK, Shingo – losses: Ren, Shota

TAKESHITA — 10 points (5-2) — wins: Gabe, GOK, Shingo, Drilla, YH – losses: ELP, ZSJ

Shota Umino — 8 points (4-3) — wins: ELP, ZSJ, Gabe (ff), YH – losses: Drilla, Ren, Shingo

YOSHI-HASHI — 8 points (4-3) — wins: Shingo, Ren, Drilla, Gabe (ff) – losses: GOK, Shota, TAKE

Drilla Moloney — 8 points (4-3) — wins: GOK, Shota, Gabe (ff), Ren – losses: YH, TAKE, ELP

GOK — 8 points (4-4) — wins: Shingo, Gabe (ff), YH, ELP – losses: Drilla, TAKE, ZSJ, Ren

Shingo Takagi — 6 points (3-4) — wins: Gabe (ff), Shota, ELP – losses: YH, O-Khan, TAKE, ZSJ

——Eliminated——

El Phantasmo — 6 points (3-5)

Gabe Kidd — 0 points (0-1) (matches actually wrestled) — Withdrawn due to injury

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