{"id":193209,"date":"2026-07-12T01:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=193209"},"modified":"2026-07-12T01:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:24:35","slug":"njpw-g1-climax-36-results-7-11-vetters-in-person-review-of-opening-night-featuring-konosuke-takeshita-vs-yota-tsuji-boltin-oleg-vs-ryohei-oiwa-and-shota-umino-vs-zack-sabre-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/12\/njpw-g1-climax-36-results-7-11-vetters-in-person-review-of-opening-night-featuring-konosuke-takeshita-vs-yota-tsuji-boltin-oleg-vs-ryohei-oiwa-and-shota-umino-vs-zack-sabre-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW &#8220;G1 Climax 36&#8221; results (7\/11): Vetter&#8217;s in-person review of opening night, featuring Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji, Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa, and Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3082842942\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Chris Vetter<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Contributor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisvetter73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@chrisvetter73<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>New Japan Pro Wrestling &#8220;G1 Climax 36 &#8211; Night 1&#8221;<br \/>\nJuly 11, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, at NOW Arena<br \/>\nStreamed live on <a href=\"https:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\">New Japan World<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I made the roughly five-hour drive from western Wisconsin to attend. (Almost no construction going on, and I made it much faster than I anticipated.) This is the fourth time NJPW has held a show in Chicago in five years, and I&#8217;ve attended all four. This is their first time at the NOW Arena (I&#8217;ve attended four AEW shows here, and I love this venue. It&#8217;s easy to get to and there is plenty of parking directly outside the building.)<\/p>\n<p>* The crowd seemed like it was perhaps 4,500 &#8212; the lower bowl was 85% full, but the upper deck was empty. WrestleTix listed the venue as being set up for 5,632 with 3,844 tickets distributed.<\/p>\n<p>* We have NINE first-round matches. (Because of visa issues, Gabe Kidd vs. Drilla Moloney has been moved to the next show, back in Japan.) Despite attending all those prior NJPW &#8220;Windy City Riot&#8221; events, there are a significant number of wrestlers among these 18 wrestlers I&#8217;ve never seen live before &#8212; including Callum Newman, Yota Tsuji, and possibly Shingo Takagi. (I may have seen Shingo 15+ years ago when he was in ROH.) Okay, on to the show.<\/p>\n<p>* The show opened with a video with pictures of all the prior G1 winners, set to Daughtry&#8217;s &#8220;Feels Like Tonight.&#8221; Really well done. We started right at 7 p.m.!<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Aaron Wolf vs. Henare in a B Block tournament match.<\/b> Since his debut, Wolf has worn Young Lion black trunks. So I immediately noticed he wore baby blue trunks with a wolf logo on the butt. They traded lots of chops, and Henare hit his knife-edge Mongolian Chops to the collarbone, which were wildly over. Wolf hit his inverted Angle Slam, dropping Henare stomach-first to the mat for the pin! This was kept to the appropriate length; Wolf needs to keep them short, or he&#8217;s going to blow up. Better than my low expectations.<\/p>\n<p><i>Aaron Wolf (2) defeated Henare at 8:59 (0).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee in an A Block tournament match.<\/b> Lee&#8217;s makeup tonight made him look more like a scary mime than a scary DC Joker. Lee is around 6&#8217;4,&#8221; and he towers over Shingo. Shingo hit a top-rope superplex at 6:30. They traded plenty of stiff clotheslines. Shingo hit a German Suplex, but Lee popped to his feet, immediately hit a Helluva Kick, and scored the clean pin. Lee never really cheated.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jake Lee (2) defeated Shingo Takagi at 10:13 (0).<\/i><\/p><div id=\"prowr-995207360\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>3. Oskar vs. Ren Narita in a B Block tournament match.<\/b> I loved Oskar&#8217;s entrance and video screen &#8212; he looks like an awesome German vampire. Ren hit a chop block to the left knee before the bell and lots of boos. NOTABLE, we don&#8217;t have any House of Torture guys in the building (well, except for Sanada, who has his own match coming up.) The crowd really got into this; the first two matches had no cheating by the United Empire guys, and Ren gave us a reason to boo! They went to the floor, and Ren struck Oskar&#8217;s legs with a chair. In the ring, he kept Oskar grounded and grapevined the legs. Oskar hit a back-body drop where Ren really got some air time high off the mat! Ren tried a Hell&#8217;s Guillotine, but that was blocked. He went for a Double Cross (X-Factor), but Oskar blocked that, too. Oskar applied a sleeper, swung Narita around by his head, and they fell to the mat. Ren either tapped out or passed out.<\/p>\n<p><i>Oskar (2) defeated Ren Narita (0) at 9:47\/official time of 9:42.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>4. Yuto-Ice vsv. Great-O-Khan in an A Block tournament match.<\/b> Good brawling early on. O-Khan hit a low blow, spun Yuto-Ice on his back, and slammed him to the mat for a believable nearfall. However, Yuto-Ice hit a running knee to the chest as O-Khan was on his knees for the pin. I didn&#8217;t think that was the finisher.<\/p>\n<p><i>Yuto-Ice (2) defeated Great-O-Khan (0) at 11:11.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>5. Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in a B Block tournament match.<\/b> This was incredible. As expected, Sabre tied up Shota and kept him grounded. He jawed at a fan who berated him early on. In a cool spot, Sabre tied him in an Octopus Stretch on the top turnbuckle at 9:00. He twisted the fingers and wrist, and the crowd was horrified at the way Umino&#8217;s body was contorted. Sabre eventually needed two Zack Drivers to score the pin. A really sharp match.<\/p>\n<p><i>Zack Sabre Jr. (2) defeated Shota Umino (0) at 16:10.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>6. Hirooki Goto vs. Sanada in an A Block tournament match.<\/b> This was a tough spot for these two, coming off that hot finish to the prior match. It&#8217;s actually a bit hard to believe both of these guys were IWGP champs in the past two years. Sanada wore a cool metallic gold outfit and a huge gold sombrero. Sanada hit a Magic Screw swinging neckbreaker from the apron to the floor at 4:30, and he hit another one in the ring. He applied a Skull End dragon sleeper at 8:30. They each hit neckbreakers over their knee. Sanada couldn&#8217;t hit the Deadfall (swinging faceplant). Goto hit one more GTR neckbreaker for the pin. Solid.<\/p>\n<p><i>Hirooki Goto (2) defeated Sanada (0) at 12:04.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>7. Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman in a B Block tournament match.<\/b>\u00a0Newman missed a\u00a0few shows recently\u00a0with an injured left shoulder,\u00a0and I see it&#8217;s\u00a0taped up. They brawled past the guardrail and into the crowd at 3:00; this is the first match to leave ringside. Callum hit a running dropkick as Yuya was seated on a chair; Yuya barely made it back into the ring before a count-out. Yuya hit a dropkick at 8:00, and he extensively worked over the left arm. Newman hit his Prince&#8217;s Curse modified brainbuster. Uemura hit a top-rope crossbody block. Newman hit a double stomp to the back of the head for a believable nearfall at 13:30. Uemura hit a Dragon Suplex. However, Newman hit a swinging side slam for the pin. Strong match.<\/p>\n<p><i>Callum Newman (2) defeated Yuya Uemura (0) at 15:42.<\/i><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3848685963\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>8. Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa in an A Block tournament match.<\/b> Also, a tough spot for these two guys. Oleg is so big, but Oiwa isn&#8217;t really that much smaller. Basic brawling early on, and Oleg did his gut-wrench suplex, then his Vader Bomb at 6:30. Oleg hit a release F5 faceplant. Oiwa applied a sleeper and applied a top hammerlock, and Oleg finally tapped out! I consider this the biggest upset of night one.<\/p>\n<p><i>Ryohei Oiwa (2) defeated Boltin Oleg (0) at 13:27.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>9. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji in an A Block tournament match.<\/b> This crowd was nuts, hot, and split. Early on, Yota dove through the ropes. In the ring, Takeshita hit a running knee to the sternum, then a flip dive to the floor at 7:00. (I really don&#8217;t think we had a single dive to the floor all night until these two dives here!) In the ring, Takeshita hit a wheelbarrow German Suplex and a Blue Thunder Bomb. Yota hit a Styles Bomb. Takeshita hit a Poison Rana and another running knee. Yota hit a powerbomb at 15:00. He hit a Gene Blaster (spear) and a running knee, but Takeshita kicked out at one, and the crowd went nuts! Yota hit a second Gene Blaster. The finish came as Yota charged for a spear, but basically hit a flipping tackle and got the flash clean pin. Awesome match.<\/p>\n<p><i>Yota Tsuji (2) defeated Konosuke Takeshita (0) at 20:51.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Final Thoughts:<\/b> A thoroughly enjoyable show, and it ended just minutes after 10 p.m. The main event was tremendous and easily match of the night. Sabre-Umino was really good for second, with Newman-Uemura took third. Three great matches. Nothing bad, but the first two matches were a bit cold &#8212; I think we needed some cheating from Henare and Jake Lee to get the crowd into the matches. 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