New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/25/2025 G1 Climax 35 Day 5

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/25/2025 G1 Climax 35 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7232025-g1.html

Gabe Kidd says he's out of the G-1 before the show starts.

Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

Khan rolls out of Yoshi's wristlock and they stand off. Khan mongolian chops him then Yoshi hits a neckbreaker. Jake helps out and Khan's team gets the edge. Kato is sent into the rails outside then Yoshi's head is banged off a chair outside. Khan sits on Yoshi's neck on a chair then sends him into the post.

Khan fireman's carry takeovers Kato. Khan is armdragged then dropkicked. Yoshi dropkicks Khan in the knee then running headhunters him. Yoshi ddt's Khan for 2. Khan arm throws Yoshi then Yoshi superkicks him.

Kato and Jake fight. Kato dropkicks him. Kato suplexes him for 2. Jake takes corner attacks. Yoshi superkicks Jake then Kato slams Jake for 2. Yoshi dropkicks Khan in the knee. Jake single leg dropkicks Kato then 2nd rope dropkicks him for 2. Jake shiranui's Kato and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note here. They didn't get much time or go all out and it was rather skippable.

El Phantasmo & Jado vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Zack shoulders over ELP. ELP flips out of his snapmare. Zack and ELP trade. ELP dropkicks Zack. Zack triangles Jado over the top rope. Hart legdrops Jado's arm then armbars him.

Zack boots Jado in the chest then euros him. Jado of all people no sells it then Jado lariats him. ELP 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Zack then asai moonsaults him. Zack facekicks ELP then goes for the ankle lock. ELP rolls him up for 2. Zack pele kicks ELP's arm then PK's him.

Hart corner splashes, lariats and sentons ELP for 2. ELP avoids a double team then superkicks Zack. ELP sunset flips Hart and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like Jado no selling then dropping Zack here. Jado's just been pushed too much like a jobber for that stuff and Zack's the champ. Hart went down here too easy. This was also a short match.

Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. House Of Torture (Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

This is Honma's first appearance on this tour. Taka's also been missing.

The heels get the first attack in. Shota back elbows and basement dropkicks YK. Honma shoulders YK over then misses a falling headbutt. Shota is sent into the rail outside then Honma is as well.

YK boots Honma's arm against the rail. Ren chairs Honma in the gut for 2. Ren wraps Honma's arm around the rope then bangs it off of his shoulder. YK stomps on Honma then eye rakes him. Honma ddt's YK.

Shota hits forearms on YK in the corner then fisherman suplexes him for 2. YK basement dropkicks Shota in the knee then he dropkicks Ren. Honma running back elbows Ren then bulldogs him. Honma misses a headbutt drop then Ren armbars him.

Ren takes corner attacks then Ren takes a double suplex. Shota pushes Honma into a headbutt drop on Ren. Honma headbutts Ren for 2. YK grabs the ref and spits whiskey in Honma's eyes. Ren hits Honma with a push up bar and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't too much of Note. Honma got his arm worked on and the heels cheated to win.

Ren stomps on Honma after and puts a choke on Shota. Shota tries to lariat Ren and Ren runs.

Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero)

Shingo and KT go at it. KT misses a forearm in the corner. Shingo lariats him then takes a running corner facekick. They shoulder battle. KT pump kicks him. Shingo shoulders KT over, misses a sliding forearm and they stand off.

Nagai comes in and dropkicks RR. RR takes corner attacks then Nagai shoulders him over for 2. Nagai hits forearms on RR then RR lariats him. KT back elbows Nagai then squats and suplexes him. RR knee drops Nagai. RR stomps on him then backbreakers him.

Shingo corner lariats RR then Nagai spinebusters RR. Nagai crabs RR. Nagai dropkicks KT then KT lariats him. Shingo and KT collide with lariats. KT then forearms him over. Nagai backslides RR. RR euros him then is slapped. Nagai rolls him up for 2. RR rewing kicks Nagai then armbars him. Nagai then submits.

Thoughts: It was short and brief here. We got a little of KT vs Shingo then Nagai ended up losing as expected. Atleast they kept this moving, but it was just a forgettable undercard match.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Oleg Boltin

San comes out in a Giant Gonzalez type of bodysuit with a thong. He hits Oleg doing his pose in the ring and rakes his eyes on the ropes. San hits running facekicks on Oleg then Oleg shoulders him over.

San trips Oleg into the rails outside. Oleg is sent into the seats. Oleg is then sent into the rails. Oleg hits forearms on San. San dropkicks him in the knee. Oleg suplexes San then slams him. Oleg splashes him for 2.

Oleg karelin's lifts San. Oleg is pulled over the top then has the middle rope kicked into his crotch. San plancha's Oleg but is caught. San then hits a bridging magic screw on the floor.

San magic screws him in the ring. San springboard dropkicks him and Oleg running lariats him. San boots Oleg out of the corner. Oleg catches San's moonsault then hits an F-5 off of it. San flips out of a german then hits a shining wizard from behind. Oleg finlay tolls San and wins.

Thoughts: The finishing stretch wasn't bad but they didn't get a ton of time. Sanada's heel character limits how good the matches are going to be and Oleg is still a work in progress. I thought this was just average. I don't love Sanada losing to Oleg but at this point, the IWGP champion version of Sanada might as well have been in a prior life since he's so far gone past that.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman

CN shoves Yuya as Yuya poses during intros. Yuya knocks him over, CN kips up and kicks him. CN running facekicks him. 

CN elbows Yuya in the head. Yuya throws him down by the arm and bangs his arm off the mat. Yuya yanks on CN's arm and wristlocks him. Yuya keylocks him. Yuya armlocks him. then CN kicks him in the arm. Yuya armdrags him.

Yuya hits chops. CN corner dropkicks him then PK's him. CN chest kicks him. CN high kicks him. Yuya blocks an os cutter. CN tries it again and is caught in an armbar. CN ropebreaks. CN high kicks Yuya. CN walks up the buckles and top rope diving double stomps his back outside. CN hits a top rope double stomp inside the ring for 2. CN corkscrew kicks him for 2. Yuya dropkicks him.

CN hits a german then Yuya enzugiri's him. Yuya release germans him then CN flying knees him. Yuya hits his front suplex and wins.

Thoughts: It was alright. It was fast and very slow at times. CN's run up the buckles double stomp outside was nice and something we hadn't seen before. I was hoping this would get more than it got as they were doing okay but it didn't. Yuya did work the arm here some and follow up on it at the end.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Taichi vs. EVIL

House of Torture come out and beat up a young lion. Tai comes out to help then gets hit by Evil. Tai running facekicks Evil. Tai is sent into the rails outside. Evil then hits Tai with a turnbuckle pad.

Tai is sent into the exposed buckle. Evil tries pin attempts. He hits chops on Tai and Tai no sells them. Evil then eye rakes and double chops him down for 2. Tai hits chops and leg kicks. Tai enzugiri's him in the corner. Tai gamengiri's him then knocks Togo off the apron. Fale trips up Tai from the outside then Evil fisherman suplexes Tai.

Tai hits Kawada kicks and urakens him. Evil grabs the ref and gets hit by the ref. Tai lariats Evil then backdrops him for 2. Evil pulls the ref in his way and Tai hit him. Togo interferes then Yasuda the young lion fights him off. Fale gets in and Tai sumo throws him.

Tai lariats Evil off the apron. Evil can't make it in but Fale throws him in so he does. Tai running lariats Evil for 2. Fale chairs Tai, Tai is sent into the exposed buckle and Evil lariats Tai for 2. Tai sends Evil into the exposed buckle and drops him with a forearm.

Evil hits a twisting neckbreaker on Tai and pins him to win.

Thoughts: It was your usual Evil match with endless shenanigans. It wasn't any good and the ref and Tai deserved what they got here for not being able to predict or do anything about House of Torture abusing them for the millionth time.

Tai is then beat up more after.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Yota Tsuji vs. Ryohei Oiwa

Oiwa side headlocks him. Oiwa hits a dropkick and side headlock takeovers him. Oiwa side headlock takeovers him. Yota takes him down by the wrist and legdrops the arm. Yota cranks Oiwa's arm back.

Yota hits a soul foot. Oiwa's arm is pulled down over the top rope. Oiwa side headlocks him outside. Yota is then sent into the rails. Oiwa shoulders him over, slams him and sentons him for 2. Yota yanks back on Oiwa's arm with his leg. Oiwa's shoulder is sent into the buckles then Yota corner splashes him. Yota tries a marlow crash but is backdropped. 

Oiwa corner cannonballs and splashes Yota. Yota running sitout powerbombs Oiwa for 2. Yota hits some lariats then Oiwa ddt's him for 2. Yota superkicks him and Oiwa kind of doesh is own curbstomp. Yota flatliners him then Oiwa tries another curbstomp. Yota hits a falcon arrow for 2.

Yota then splits Oiwa's fingers. Yota pumping knees him in the corner and hits a marlow crash. Yota runs at him and is lariated. Oiwa germans him twice. Yota blocks a haor theory german and rolls him up for 2. Oiwa no sells a german then is speared for 2. Yota runs at him and gets speared. Yota gets right back up and is lariated for 2. Oiwa doctor bombs him for 2.

Oiwa hits a chaos theory german for 2. Yota does a neat pin attempt from the vertebreaker position and wins.

Thoughts: It was a bit rushed and they didn't quite get enough time. The selling was also questionable at times. They did keep this moving though and what we got was entertaining with a lot of action. Yota won as expected here but it was a good showing for Oiwa here who looked on his level.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. David Finlay

Tanna hammerlocks him and DF reverses it. Tana trips him and waistlocks him. DF then escapes and poses on the ropes. Tana side headlocks him, DF pulls the hair and reverses it. Tana side headlock takeovers him and DF headscissors him. They then both get up and complain about hair pulls.

DF teases a clean break in the corner then stomps on him. Tana 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Tana then dropkicks him in the knee. Tana hits shots then DF dropkicks him in the knee. DF then hits punches on him. 

DF stomps Tana's knee then he butt drops it. DF stomps on Tana's hand then side headlocks him. DF running euros him in the corner. Tana then suplexes him into the buckles. Tna flying forearms him. Tana slams him then 2nd rope flipping sentons him for 2.

DF back elbows him then backdrops him. DF throws Tana into the post outside. DF goes for a powerbomb outside and Tana hurricanrana's him into the post. They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. 

Tana hits euros then DF dominators him for 2. Tana hits 3 twists and shouts. Tana slingblades him twice for 2. Tana top rope crossbodies him. Tana then hits another for 2. Tana tries a high fly flow but DF gets his knees up.

DF catches Tana's corner charge and does a weird twisting slam then hits oblivion for 2. Tana sunset flips him for 2. DF spinning forearms him then headbutts him in the chest. Tana cradles him off another oblivion attempt and wins.

Thoughts: I thought it was a good match. I'm not a fan of DF throwing people around like he's Brock Lesnar but atleast Tana was selling it unlike a lot of the other roster members. Tana sold all throughout here and really made this one into something when it could have been bad if they had a lazy night. Tanahashi may not be what he used to be, but you can sell at any age and he sold well here.

Tana talks on the mic after and doesn't say much of note. He then plays air guitar and talks a little more after.

Overall thoughts: The undercard had nothing of interest as usual. 3 of the 5 G1 matches could have used more time. Sanada/Oleg was average. Yuya/Newman was alright and Newman hit a cool run up the buckles double stomp on Yuya's back outside. Taichi/Evil was the usual Evil garbage. I liked what we got of Yota/Oiwa but it needed more time and they should have been allowed to go all out. Tana/DF was surprisingly pretty good with DF throwing Tana around and Tana being happy to sell for it. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as it was slightly above average overall.