NJPW G1 Climax 36 Semifinals Results and Live Coverage: Tenzan Retirement Match
Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo hosted the penultimate night of G1 Climax 36. According to live event reports, Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji and Ryohei Oiwa defeated Callum Newman in the semifinals, while Hiroyoshi Tenzan faced Satoshi Kojima in a retirement match.
G1 Climax Semifinal Breakdowns and Tactical Analysis
Entering the penultimate card of G1 Climax 36, the tournament boiled down to high-stakes block architecture. According to official tournament results, A Block runner-up Ryohei Oiwa faced B Block winner Callum Newman, while B Block runner-up Yuya Uemura squared off against A Block winner Yota Tsuji.
Oiwa targeted Newman’s compromised shoulder early, locking in wrist control and deploying heavy sentons to neutralize the high-flyer. Despite an adrenaline-fueled comeback featuring a German suplex and Kiss the Crown, Newman succumbed to Oiwa’s finishing stretch, culminating in a decisive Grip to seal the victory. In the second semifinal, Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji engaged in a brutal, back-and-forth contest. Tsuji punished Uemura’s spine with a Marlowe Crash and applied a punishing Boston Crab, but Uemura weathered the storm. After countering a Gene Blaster attempt, Uemura locked in a decisive Deadbolt suplex to punch his ticket to the G1 Finals.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan’s Retirement Match and Special Tag Action
The card featured the official retirement match of Hiroyoshi Tenzan, who squared off against Satoshi Kojima under a strict five-minute time limit at Ryogoku Sumo Hall. The emotional encounter marked the conclusion of Tenzan’s in-ring career.
Earlier in the evening, the undercard delivered heavy multi-man action. United Empire’s HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, and Jakob Austin Young defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI) alongside Masatora Yasuda and Taisei Nakahara, with Akira pinning Nakahara following a double stomp and Fireball. House of Torture continued their disruptive tactics as Ren Narita, SANADA, DOUKI, and SHO defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Taichi, El Desperado, and Ryusuke Taguchi, with Narita securing the fall via a low blow and Double Cross.
In other tag action, Gabe Kidd and Wheeler Yuta picked up a victory over Drilla Moloney and Daiki Nagai after hitting a combined piledriver and Shining Wizard on Nagai. Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Yuji Nagata, YOH, and Master Wato defeated Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Taiji Ishimori, and Gedo), with Yano rolling up OSKAR. Meanwhile, TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr., Hartley Jackson, and Kosei Fujita defeated Aaron Wolf, Oleg Boltin, and Tatsuya Matsumoto, ending when Fujita forced Matsumoto to tap out to an armbar. Post-match developments included Fujita issuing a direct challenge to Wolf for the NEVER Openweight Championship.
Corporate Announcements and Future Horizon
In an unexpected technical spectacle, a recreation of the late Antonio Inoki was simulated via artificial intelligence to announce the official dates for the upcoming Wrestle Kingdom events in 2027 and 2028. According to the promotion’s broadcast, the 2027 iteration will commemorate 55 years of NJPW history.
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