{"id":220872,"date":"2026-08-14T21:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=220872"},"modified":"2026-08-14T21:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:23:53","slug":"njpw-g1-climax-36-update-night-18-matches-announced-including-g1-climax-26-semi-final-round-matches-tenzan-retirement-final-g1-block-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/14\/njpw-g1-climax-36-update-night-18-matches-announced-including-g1-climax-26-semi-final-round-matches-tenzan-retirement-final-g1-block-standings\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW G1 Climax 36 update: night 18 matches announced including G1 Climax 36 semi-final round matches, Tenzan retirement, final G1 block standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2126284751\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>NJPW has announced the entire card for the G1 Climax 26: Night 18 event on Aug. 15. The show will feature the Yuya Uemura vs.\u00a0 Callum Newman and Ryohei Oiwa and Yota Tsuji semi-final round G1 Climax 26 matches. The main event will feature Hiroyoshi Tenzan&#8217;s retirement match against Satoshi Kojima that will have a five minute time limit.<\/p>\n<p>The entire card for G1 Climax 36: Night 18 follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hiroyoshi Tenzan\u2019s retirement match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima (five minute time limit)<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">G1 Climax Semi-Final Round match: Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">G1 Climax Semi-Final Round match: Callum Newman vs. Ryohei Oiwa<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. &amp; Hartley Jackson &amp; Kosei Fujita vs. Aaron Wolf &amp; Boltin Oleg &amp; Tatsuya Matsumoto<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi &amp; Yuto-Ice &amp; Oskar &amp; Taiji Ishimori &amp; Gedo) vs. Togi Makabe &amp; Yuji Nagata &amp; Toru Yano &amp; Yoh &amp; Master Wato<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">The Death Riders (Gabe Kidd &amp; Wheeler Yuta) vs. Drilla Moloney &amp; Daiki Nagai<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">Konosuke Takeshi &amp; Taichi &amp; El Desperado &amp; Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Ren Narita &amp; Sho &amp; Sanada &amp; Douki<\/li>\n<li data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">Hirooki Goto &amp; Yoshi-Hahshi &amp; Masatora Yasuda &amp; Taisei Nakahara vs. United Empire (Henare &amp; Great-O-Khan &amp; Francesco Akira &amp; Jakob Austin Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FINAL G1 CLIMAX 36 BLOCK STANDINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>A block<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>*= advances to semi-finals<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yota Tsuji (6-3): 12 pts*<\/li>\n<li>Ryohei Oiwa (6-3): 12 pts*<\/li>\n<li>Konosuke Takeshita (6-3): 12 pts<\/li>\n<li>Boltin Oleg (5-4): 10 pts<\/li>\n<li>Hirooki Goto (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Shingo Takagi (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Yuto-Ice (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Sanada (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Jake Lee (3-6): 6 pts<\/li>\n<li>Great-O-Khan (3-6): 6 pts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><strong>B block<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Callum Newman (6-3): 12 pts*<\/li>\n<li>Yuya Uemura (6-3): 12 pts*<\/li>\n<li>Gabe Kidd (6-3): 12 pts<\/li>\n<li>Ren Narita (5-4): 10 pts<\/li>\n<li>Drilla Moloney (5-4): 10 pts<\/li>\n<li>Zack Sabre Jr. (5-4): 10 pts<\/li>\n<li>Henare (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Oskar (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Wolf (4-5): 8 pts<\/li>\n<li>Shota Umino: (0-9) 0 pts -missed tournament due to injury. 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