{"id":220925,"date":"2026-08-16T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=220925"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T20:10:05","slug":"new-japan-g1-climax-36-results-night-19-8-16-wellss-results-and-analysis-of-g1-climax-final-match-all-undercard-matches-as-well-as-big-developments-and-a-notable-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/16\/new-japan-g1-climax-36-results-night-19-8-16-wellss-results-and-analysis-of-g1-climax-final-match-all-undercard-matches-as-well-as-big-developments-and-a-notable-return\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW JAPAN G1 CLIMAX 36 RESULTS \u2013 NIGHT 19 (8\/16): Wells&#8217;s results and analysis of G1 Climax final match, all undercard matches as well as big developments and a notable return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2946812242\" 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><strong>NJPW G1 CLIMAX 36 NIGHT 19 REPORT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AUGUST 16, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>RYOGOKU SUMO HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>TOKYO, JAPAN<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AIRED LIVE ON NJPW WORLD<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>REPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Announcers: Chris Charlton, Walker Stewart<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) YOSHI-HASHI &amp; EL DESPERADO &amp; RYUSUKE TAGUCHI &amp; MASATORA YASUDA vs. THE HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi &amp; DOUKI &amp; SHO &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stewart mockingly referred to the Tokyo Pimp as &#8220;Five-star Yujiro Takahashi&#8221; as he was introduced. Sho referred to the people of Tokyo as &#8220;country hicks.&#8221; After Sho forced a Mistico mask onto Yasuda, Douki caught Yasuda in the Darkness Stretch for the immediate tap. The implication is that Sho and Douki are sending a message to the Junior Heavyweight tag team champions.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: The House of Torture at 6:52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) TOGI MAKABE &amp; TORU YANO vs. THE UNITED EMPIRE (Francesco Akira &amp; Zane Jay) (w\/Jakob Austin Young)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Makabe looks so much older on this tour than he did in the last one, which was true last time he showed up also. Makabe isolated Jay late, and just as I was saying &#8220;There&#8217;s no way he&#8217;s going for the King Kong Knee Drop at this stage of his life,&#8221; he hit a (not-so-pretty) King Kong Knee Drop for the win. Fun to see him doing his thing, as always.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Makabe &amp; Yano at 6:31.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1702124211\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>(3) BOLTIN OLEG &amp; MASTER WATO &amp; TATSUYA MATSUMOTO vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. &amp; Hartley Jackson &amp; Kosei Fujita)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last night Fujita made a challenge to Aaron Wolf for his NEVER Openweight Championship, and Wolf was supposed to be in this match tonight (either in place of Wato or Young Lion Matsumoto, though I&#8217;d guess Wato so Matsumoto could stay in there and eat the pin). Charlton pointed out that with a win tonight, Jackson will go undefeated on the tour. Wato&#8217;s looking as pale as Sheamus; has that man gone outside in the last few months? There was a very enjoyable Sabre-Oleg sequence in the waning minutes before Fujita took over and brutalized Matsumoto. Everyone got involved and hit high spots before Fujita got Matsumoto to tap to a front chancery. For an undercard tag, this was worth watching.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: TMDK at 11:54.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) UNBOUND CO. (Yuto-Ice &amp; OSKAR &amp; Daiki Nagai) vs. UNITED EMPIRE (HENARE &amp; Great-O-Khan &amp; Callum Newman)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even by Young Lion standards, Nagai got some big near-falls against Newman in this one. Newman had to pull out his finisher to end Nagai, when normally a secondary move will be enough to put them down. Likely this means Nagai&#8217;s Young Lion run is likely over; the question will be whether he heads to excursion, or just sticks around because he&#8217;s already in a faction.<\/p>\n<p>After the decision was rendered, Makabe &amp; Yano actually found themselves in a storyline as they attacked Yuto-Ice &amp; Oskar, which should give the latter a win as they try to make their way back to the tag team championships.<\/p>\n<p>After the previous scene played out, Newman took out some frustration on Nagai after nearly losing to him, and tossed him all over the barricades. He took him back in the ring and hit Excalibur, then mocked the booing fans. He grabbed his sword prop and acted like he was going to behead Nagai, and Gedo entered the ring and held him up. He said &#8220;I know you&#8217;re strong. People know you&#8217;re strong.&#8221; He said he had to fix his attitude, but&#8230;THIS MAN can fix your attitude.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff\u00a0 Cobb entered after a disappointing run in WWE to a big reaction. He went head to head with Newman, who tried to get Cobb to do the United Empire hand symbol. Cobb blocked Newman to the mat and Newman slipped out to live another day. Cobb bumped fists with Gedo, solidifying that he&#8217;s a member of Unbound Company.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1120069963\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>WINNERS: United Empire at 10:52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) UNBOUND COMPANY (Drilla Moloney &amp; Shingo Takagi) vs. DEATH RIDERS (Gabe Kidd &amp; Wheeler Yuta)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moloney &amp; Takagi called themselves the War Dragons last year in Tag League, and haven&#8217;t teamed together in New Japan since, though they appeared on AEW together in July. Nobody worked at full speed, but character work and the ongoing issue between Kidd &amp; Moloney kept it interesting. Moloney and Takagi hit the Drilla Killa and Last of the Dragons on Yuta to put him away.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Unbound Company at 13:35.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(6) KONOSUKE TAKESHITA &amp; TAICHI &amp; SATOSHI KOJIMA vs. THE HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita &amp; SANADA &amp; Shun Skywalker)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Skywalker appeared last night to join The House of Torture. With Wolf out tonight, I&#8217;m guessing Kojima was an alternate and was added to this match, which likely had either Wato or Matsumoto in it to eat a pin from Skywalker. Skywalker teased opening the match with Takeshita, then backed into the corner to tag Narita to boos. He&#8217;s House of Torture, alright. Skywalker finally tagged in about four minutes into the match and slowly and methodically went at Taichi, leading to choking him down in a corner until he had to break, and that was his entire first run in the ring before a fairly quick tag to Sanada. Skywalker begged off a second time to keep from facing Takeshita, and Charlton commented that Skywalker was deferring to Narita as the leader of the faction, which definitely matched the story they&#8217;re telling in the ring. Skywalker attempted to get away from Takeshita yet again but finally got caught with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Kojima hit a Koji Cutter on Skywalker for two, but Kanemaru had appeared at ringside and spit whiskey in Kojima&#8217;s eyes, and Yujiro added a jab with his cane. Skywalker hit a moonsault knee drop on Kojima to finish. Skywalker acted all cocky to Takeshita afterward, funny given his attempts to avoid him all match long, and there was possibly an insinuation of a title match with Takeshita down the road.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: The House of Torture at 10:54.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Skywalker got to show a little of his arsenal, but it appears much of that arsenal will be neutered as he plays a chicken heel in his role with the group)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(7) HIROOKI GOTO &amp; YOH vs. UNBOUND COMPANY (Yota Tsuji &amp; Taiji Ishimori)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the absence of a singles match or championship match tonight, this was a tantalizing tag semi-main as both major singles champions are here and could be pinned to set up a future challenge. I wouldn&#8217;t have Tsuji lose another pinfall on this tour, though. Ishimori finished off Yoh with the Bloody Cross to create our next Junior Heavyweight Championship challenger. Goto had a moment with Tsuji after the match also, so it&#8217;s likely he&#8217;ll challenge as well after defeating Tsuji in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Unbound Company at 8:20.<\/p>\n<p>-Ring announcer Abe and Hiroshi Tanahashi entered the ring to announce the awards for outstanding achievement (Boltin Oleg), fighting spirit (Yuto-Ice) and technique (Ryohei Oiwa) as a result of fan vote. No surprises for one who watched all the matches, though it would be no shocker if someone like Sabre just won technique year after year.<\/p>\n<p>Tanahashi introduced freshly-retired Hiroyoshi Tenzan. He thanked the crowd, then said he&#8217;s retired now but still excited to see who wins tonight&#8217;s G-1 Climax Final. He sat in on Japanese commentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(8) YUYA UEMURA (w\/Taichi &amp; El Desperado) vs. RYOHEI OIWA (w\/Zack Sabre Jr. &amp; Hartley Jackson &amp; Kosei Fujita) &#8211; G-1 Climax Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oiwa was wearing a Tenzan headpiece for his entrance just like the previous night in the semifinal. The men stood stock-still as the opening bell sounded, and the crowd loudly chanted for Oiwa. Both are well-liked, but Oiwa leapfrogged Uemura throughout this tournament and is starting to look like a truly special wrestler. A couple of early tests led to stalemates, and they went to a technical exchange afterward that went to a corner for a clean break and a reset.<\/p>\n<p>They locked up and Uemura caught Oiwa in a headlock. He held on through a rope run attempt to break, echoing what Oiwa&#8217;s been doing all tournament long. A second attempt yielded the same result. Oiwa went for a suplex to break but Uemura rolled through and held on as they went to the mat. Oiwa tried again and Uemura kicked off a corner pad to yet again take control on the mat. After a quick switch, Uemura switched back and held on. Finally Oiwa escaped and tripped Uemura, but Uemura swiftly put the headlock back on. I can&#8217;t believe how much this company has gotten the headlock over as an important part of one&#8217;s arsenal over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>They went to their feet after Oiwa finally seemed to escape for good, and Oiwa hit a shoulder tackle, and then two more. Oiwa put Uemura in his own headlock and took control on the mat. Uemura rolled him up for two, but Oiwa held on and reversed momentum to retain control. Uemura fought to his feet but Oiwa ran the ropes for another tackle, and then a standing senton for two. He transitioned immediately back into the headlock.<\/p>\n<p>Rope run and Uemura hit a knife-edge chop, then worked an armbar on the mat. Oiwa hit an armdrag but Uemura rolled through and they ended up right where they started with Uemura&#8217;s armbar. Oiwa escaped and dropped an elbow, but on a second attempt Uemura trapped him in an armbar again. Oiwa ran the ropes and Uemura caught him in an armdrag right into the armbar again. The ten minute call went out and both announcers marveled, thinking it was more like five.<\/p>\n<p>Oiwa hit an armdrag and Uemura held on. Oiwa kept trying different tosses, selling his deadening arm all the while, and Uemura kept holding on, once again controlling on the mat after the flurry of activity. Oiwa rolled into a cover and then went to a series of rolls, all matched by Uemura as he held on to the arm all the while. Oiwa escaped out the back and tried to leap quickly into his headlock, but Uemura slipped out underneath and snapped on a hammerlock. Oiwa tried to toss Uemura over him but Uemura bridged and rolled back around to keep the hold going.<\/p>\n<p>Oiwa ran a circle in the ring, and finally broke by pushing Uemura into a corner. Uemura tried to put a hold back on, but Oiwa swiftly reversed into a headscissors. Uemura briefly looked to escape, but Oiwa was able to trap him back in the headscissors. Another five minutes had elapsed in an instant. There was a quick cover for two and a kickout; I think he was supposed to bridge but was perhaps starting to get spent.<\/p>\n<p>They went to a corner where Uemura laid in some chops, really the first strikes of the match. Oiwa trapped Uemura in a headlock with Uemura on the apron, so referee Red Shoes Unno tried to break it up, and Oiwa just yanked Uemura into the ring while holding on. Uemura escaped but Oiwa put him in a cravat. He powered out of a few attempts to escape and quickly put it back on during the brief escapes that did happen. Oiwa took Uemura to the mat and covered while holding on for two.<\/p>\n<p>Uemura escaped and hit a basement dropkick to Oiwa&#8217;s dangerous arm, and both guys sold on the mat. There was a chant going out and Stewart said there was a lot of Yuya and a lot of Oiwa. Charlton thought it was still strongly pro-Oiwa as he&#8217;s really found himself in this tournament and the crowd has met him there. Uemura hit a dropkick and there was an Okada-style zoom-out as he fired up. Interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Uemura hit a corner cross-body, then tied up Oiwa&#8217;s arm with his legs and twisted in a very Sabre-like spot. Uemura worked the arm but Oiwa escaped and worked a brief headlock, but had to sell the work on his left arm and hit a DDT with his right arm instead. Even the man&#8217;s selling has taken a huge step forward this month. Oiwa tried a gut-wrench suplex but Uemura powered out of it. Backslide by Oiwa for two. Doctor Bomb by Oiwa for two. Both guys sold on the mat and Oiwa again tried to cradle his worked left arm.<\/p>\n<p>They hit their feet and went to some ax-handles and kicks. Rope run and a (sort of) sling blade by Uemura. Oiwa hit a Tenzan suplex and both guys sold on the mat again.<\/p>\n<p>They both took a while fighting to their feet and exchanged body attacks. Uemura grounded Oiwa and went for a dragon suplex, but Oiwa fought hard to escape it. They exchanged German suplexes, and Uemura hit a Dragon Suplex for as long a two as you&#8217;ll ever see. Uemura went up and hit High Fly Flow for another long two. Uemura went for the Deadbolt but Oiwa reversed to the Firebomb, then went right into his killer headlock. He wrenched as Uemura tried to hit his feet. He did, but Oiwa held on after an attempt to run the ropes to break. Uemura got to his feet again and hit a suplex but Oiwa put the headlock right back on. Unno teased calling the match but Uemura wasn&#8217;t having it. Uemura hit his feet once more and tried to power out, just to eat a headbutt. Uemura hit an enzuigiri and the Deadbolt. Flying elbow by Uemura. Uemura went high and missed. Oiwa charged right in and snapped on the headlock again. Rope run and Oiwa tried The Grip, but Uemura snatched his arm and worked a cross-armbreaker. Oiwa rolled him up for two. Uemura worked the arm some more, twisting Oiwa up with a wristlock and rolling him up for two.<\/p>\n<p>Oiwa rolled out of the wristlock and hit a lariat that staggered Uemura, then a second. They went to a couple of reversals and Uemura worked the wristlock again. Unno now started asking Oiwa&#8217;s mates if he should call the match. Oiwa hit a body slam but Uemura held on, continuing to work the wristlock. Oiwa hit a German with a bridge for two and Uemura kept holding on afterward. Oiwa finally hit a Tenzan suplex that broke the hold and both guys sold on the mat. The crowd was as loud as Japanese crowds get outside of the Tokyo Dome.<\/p>\n<p>They hit their feet and reversed a few times. Lariat by Oiwa. Headbutt by Uemura. Oiwa hit The Grip but couldn&#8217;t cover. He put on the headlock, and Uemura ran the ropes and Oiwa hit the Grip again. Amazingly, Uemura kicked out. Oiwa snapped the headlock back on. Oiwa controlled on the mat and Uemura rolled him up for two, but he held on. Uemura swung wildly to try to break but Oiwa kept it up. He wrenched as Unno kept going in to ask if Uemura was still alright. Oiwa wrenched one more time and Unno called the match.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Ryohei Oiwa at 35:11. (*****)<\/p>\n<p>Tenzan was shown bawling after the brilliant match, which Oiwa promised Tenzan he&#8217;d win.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Wells&#8217;s Analysis: This match never once went to the floor for a breather. No shenanigans with barricades. There were no long strike exchanges and few strikes, period. It was the most technical match you&#8217;ll ever see and I&#8217;ve seen hundreds of Zack Sabre Jr. matches. I&#8217;ll echo Chris Charlton in calling this an absolute work of art. He said he might be a slave to the moment but it&#8217;s one of the finest matches he&#8217;s seen in his life. I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to see some absolute thrillers in the G-1 final over the ten years I&#8217;ve followed the company, but I honestly think they all pale in comparison to the tension built through simple fundamental maneuvers throughout the entire last twenty minutes or so)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oiwa and Uemura had a moment in the ring, likely each acknowledging they&#8217;d given each other the match of their lives, and both were on the verge of emotion.<\/p>\n<p>Oiwa was presented with the trophy, though he set it down before long, selling the arm (which was likely easy to do after a 35-minute match). Tanahashi presented Oiwa with the flag and cautioned him not to break it like he did once after winning the G-1.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd chanted loudly for Oiwa as he took the mic. He said he had gone from the play-in to the finals, and he&#8217;s taken &#8220;the Grip&#8221; on his dream. He said he and Yuya are now 1-1 and it&#8217;s to the benefit of NJPW that they continue the rivalry. He said to Tenzan that he wasn&#8217;t able to be part of the ceremony, but it means everything to him to be part of this tonight, and he thanked him. Tenzan, still emotional, nodded and said encouraging words to Oiwa. He said it started in Chicago and went all the way around Japan, but as G-1 Champion, he&#8217;ll bring an even hotter version of NJPW to come. He said in October in Ryogoku, he&#8217;ll challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and he&#8217;ll take the Grip on that belt. He said he&#8217;s Mr. Summer, he&#8217;s the Grip, and he&#8217;s the G-1 winner. The ring announcer called him out as the winner once more and the streamers shot into the ring. Oiwa set up the flag with all the previous winners listed in the center of the ring, then lifted the trophy and posed by the flag for photo opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Oiwa waved the flag, then tried to get it back in the post, but couldn&#8217;t manage as his bad arm was shaking all around. Sabre went into the ring and did it for him as Fujita and Jackson congratulated Oiwa. The four posed together as the music switched from Oiwa&#8217;s theme to Sabre and the group&#8217;s main punk theme. They posed for some more photos. Oiwa took a long time slapping hands and making moments for fans all around the ring. Just when it looked like Oiwa was going to head up the ramp and leave, he instead stepped under a rope to walk among the people and take time for a ton more of them. He did this on all sides of the ring as the celebration went on. The camera went to the ring where Jackson had tied a streamer around his head like a bandana, which got laughs from the crowd. Oiwa finally went back into the ring to pose with his trophy once more.<\/p>\n<p>In backstage commentary, Oiwa said it was a damn tough matchup but the people in Ryogoku gave him the strength he needed. He felt like he couldn&#8217;t stand at one point, but he won this with all the people in Ryogoku. He thanked everyone for the Oiwa chants. He said this hot G-1 Climax has now ended, and now he has to bring an even hotter vision of pro wrestling, so you can watch with very high expectations. He said this is Oiwa&#8217;s vision of what pro wrestling is, and what he&#8217;s always wanted to do. He<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:\u00a0<\/strong>Every now and then in wrestling it&#8217;s tempting to assume an audible was called when someone makes a huge step forward in a tournament and wins despite being chosen by absolutely nobody to do so beforehand. Uemura was a very popular pick (I chose him, for one) before the tournament opened, but in the end he just didn&#8217;t pop to the level Oiwa did in this tournament, though he definitely held up his end of things in the perfect final tonight.<\/p>\n<p>All that said, Oiwa&#8217;s story was told too well to ignore: he actually had to play into the tournament because he was considered a fringe player, he shook off some early troubles by saying he had to find a fundamental move to win with, and he then perfected that move and blew through major players &#8211; like last year&#8217;s winner, the current World Champion and tournament favorite Uemura &#8211; to take it home. I can&#8217;t gush enough about this final match. We now enter the doldrums of the New Japan calendar where there are a few weeks off from televised events as wrestlers get much-needed breaks. 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