{"id":140301,"date":"2025-08-16T07:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=140301"},"modified":"2025-08-16T07:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:54:38","slug":"njpw-g1-climax-35-results-8-16-25-day-18-semifinals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/16\/njpw-g1-climax-35-results-8-16-25-day-18-semifinals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW G1 Climax 35 Results (8\/16\/25) &#8211; Day 18: Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day 18 saw the final four wrestlers duke it out to determine the finalists of NJPW G1 Climax 35. Read on to find out who moved on to tomorrow\u2019s final:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140210\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-46.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic for the NJPW G1 Climax 35.\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-46.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-46-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>NJPW G1 Climax 35 Day 18 Results:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main event: G1 Climax 35 Semifinals &#8211; Konosuke Takeshita def. Zack Sabre Jr.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7th match: G1 Climax 35 Semifinals &#8211; EVIL def. Yota Tsuji<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6th match: Ren Narita, SHO &amp; DOUKI def. Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, &amp; Hartley Jackson<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5th match: Sanada &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru def.\u00a0 Drilla Moloney &amp; Taiji Ishimori<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4th match: Shingo Takagi &amp; Daiki Nagai def. David Finlay &amp; Gedo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3rd match: Great O-Khan, Callum Newman, &amp; Jakob Austin Young def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, El Phantasmo, &amp; Katsuya Murashima<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd match: Don Fale &amp; Yujiro Takahashi def. Boltin Oleg &amp; Tomoaki Honma<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st match: Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, YOSHI-HASHI, El Desperado, &amp; Ryusuke Taguchi def. Taichi, Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano, YOH, &amp; Master Wato<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kick-off match: Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask, &amp; Tatsuya Matsumoto def. Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda, &amp; Zane Jay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>EVIL Versus Takeshita in Tomorrow\u2019s Final<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be House of Torture\u2019s EVIL and Konosuke Takeshita of the Don Callis Family who will duel for all the marbles in the G1 Climax 35 final tomorrow. EVIL defeated Yota Tsuji, and Takeshita eliminated reigning tournament winner Zack Sabre Jr. to advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House of Torture\u2019s head honcho used the same tactic he had for all his tournament matches to beat Tsuji: the number\u2019s game. While Tsuji did have help in the form of Daiki Nagai and Shingo Takagi, EVIL still managed to pull out the victory, eliminating last year\u2019s finalist. On the other hand, EVIL is wrestling in the G1 final for the first time in his 10th consecutive participation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the main event, Takeshita avenged his previous loss against Sabre on day eight to guarantee a new winner for this year\u2019s tournament. He was able to fight through, even with a beat-up arm and knee, to march on to his first G1 final in only his second campaign. Meanwhile, ZSJ suffered only his third loss of his tournament run after securing a bye to the semis by topping the B Block.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>King of Darkness and The Alpha: G1 Climax 35 Final Preview<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomorrow will be the conclusion of the G1\u2019s 35th edition, and we will see two first-time finalists duking it out for the first time as well. One is a tournament veteran, while the other is in his second consecutive entry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One is a full-time New Japan roster member, but is considered a \u201cterrorist\u201d by most fans due to his underhanded tactics, and the other is considered an \u201coutsider\u201d by the roster, having signed contracts to two other promotions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It certainly is an interesting dynamic between the finalists, having different backgrounds but closely similar in-ring styles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both are decorated as well, with EVIL being a multi-time IWGP Tag Team champion and NEVER Openweight champion in his days with Los Ingobernables de Japon, while Takeshita is a multi-time KO-D Openweight champion in DDT, and a former AEW International champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will it be the summer of EVIL or will it be the beginning of The Alpha\u2019s ascent to the top of the pro-wrestling world? Tomorrow\u2019s final will be held at Ariake Arena, streaming live on NJPW World at 2:00 p.m. JST\/1:00 a.m. ET<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Header photo \u2013 NJPW \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on NJPW G1 Climax 35 and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can rewatch all NJPW events and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPWWorld.com<\/a>, The King of Sports Streaming.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 18 saw the final four wrestlers duke it out to determine the finalists of NJPW G1 Climax 35. Read on to find out who moved on to tomorrow\u2019s final: NJPW G1 Climax 35 Day 18 Results: Main event: G1 Climax 35 Semifinals &#8211; Konosuke Takeshita def. 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