NJPW G1 Climax 35 action continues to heat up as it moves to its third day. The show will be in Sendai at the Sun Plaza Hall, streamed live on NJPW World at 6:30 p.m. JST/5:30 a.m. ET. Lined up are preview tag matches for the next B Block matches on day four and A Block tournament matches.
Here’s how the A Block looks after the tournament’s opening weekend in Sapporo:
G1 Climax 35 Day 3 Match Card:
- Main event: A Block – Yuya Uemura vs. Yota Tsuji
- 9th match: A Block – David Finlay vs. Taichi
- 8th match: A Block – EVIL vs. Sanada
- 7th match: A Block – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Boltin Oleg
- 6th match: A Block – Ryohei Oiwa vs. Callum Newman
- 5th match: Shota Umino & Katsuya Murashima vs. Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr
- 4th match: Shingo Takagi & Daiki Nagai vs. Gabe Kidd & Gedo
- 3rd match: Great-O-Khan & Jacob Austin Young vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero
- 2nd match: El Phantasmo & Jado vs Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- 1st match: YOSHI-HASHI & Shoma Kato vs. Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori
Match 52 Between Uemura & Tsuji
Eternally linked together since their days as young lions, Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji will wrestle their 52nd singles match against one another. This time will have much more weight on it, because the last time they met in the ring was at last year’s G1, where Uemura tore his tricep, which caused him to forfeit the rest of the tournament.
Uemura hopes to give Tsuji a better match this year and erase the memory of last year’s heartbreak. Tsuji, on the other hand, looks to add to his lead in their singles match record, which currently stands at 17 wins, compared to just 12 by his rival.
NEVER Openweight Champ Battles The Ace
Reigning NEVER Openweight champion Boltin Oleg and Hiroshi Tanahashi currently have identical records in the tournament so far. This encounter will only be the second time they face each other, after Oleg broke Tanahashi’s streak of consecutive G1 entries last year, after beating him in a tournament qualifier.
Tanahashi looks to avenge that loss and gain some momentum in his 23rd G1, while Oleg will look to prove that last year’s victory over The Ace was no fluke.
House of Torture Members Collide
House of Torture leader and current A Block leader EVIL will clash with his former IWGP Tag Team champion partner in LIJ and current stablemate Sanada. Both men find themselves at opposite ends of the spectrum, as EVIL sits atop their block, while Sanada is going into their match winless.
These men have faced each other nine times, with EVIL holding a slight one-win edge. Can the King of Darkness protect his spot at the top of the A Block, or will Sanada finally break through to the win column at the expense of his good friend?
Elsewhere in the card are two men linked to Sanada, as they were both betrayed by him. Taichi (2 pts.) will battle David Finlay (2 pts.). A first-time-ever singles encounter between two young stars, Ryohei Oiwa (2 pts.) and Callum Newman (2pts.), is also slated.
Additionally, we will see if Gabe Kidd is cleared to compete in tag team action after announcing that he hyperextended his knee on day two.
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