New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/3/2025 G1 Climax 35 Day 11

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/3/2025 G1 Climax 35 Day 11

Day 10 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-822025-g1.html 

Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero)

Yoshi goes after KT and is hit from behind by RR. Yoshi dropkicks RR in the knee. RR is double shoulderblocked.  Kato slams RR for 2. RR throws Kato out then knee drops him when he gets back in.

KT slams Kato. RR runs the ropes and basement dropkicks Kato. Kato hits forearms on KT and they shoulder battle. Kato finally knocks him over after many attempts. Yoshi headhunters KT then ddt's him for 2.

KT forearms him in the back and cobra clutches him. Kato breaks it up. Yoshi superkicks KT then is forearmed over.  Kato and RR trade forearms. Kato shoulders him over then suplexes him for 2.

Kato misses a dropkick on RR then rolls him up for 2. RR rewind kicks Kato then shiranui's him for the win.

Thoughts: This was oddly a full length match here. It was nice to see Kato get some offense in and be treated somewhat legit. It was fast paced but still rather average.

United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young) vs. House Of Torture (Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

The heels attack before the bell. Jake is sent into the rails and Ren armbreakers Khan. Khan claws Ren then shoulders him over. Khan mongolian chops Ren then uppercuts him. Khan sits on Ren's neck in the corner then pulls his arms.

Ren rolling leg bars Khan and Khan ropebreaks. Khan's legs are split and YK works the knee. Ren butt drops Khan's knee for 2. Khan shoulder throws Ren. Jake comes in and hits forearms on Ren. Ren eye rakes him then takes a leg lariat. Jake tornado ddt's him for 2.

YK dropkicks Jake in the knee then yanks on the leg. Khan corner lariats YK then Jake shining wizards YK for 2. YK dropkicks Jake in the knee then kneebreakers him. Ren hits Jake in the knee with a push-up bar then YK figure fours Jake for the submission win.

Thoughts: It was on the shorter end of things and wasn't much of note with the heels cheating to win. 

Khan got hit in the knee with the push-up bar before this ended. Ren then chairs a chair into Khan's knee.

El Phantasmo & Jado vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori)

They compete for cheers before it starts.

DM side headlocks ELP then shoulders him over. ELP flying headscissors him. DM dropkicks him. TI and DM stomp ELP in the corner. TI takes kicks and a step up enzugiri.

DM pounds on Jado in the corner. Jado shoves him. DM knee drops him for 2. Jado shoulders DM over. ELP and DM trade. ELP chops him then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. ELP asai moonsaults him. ELP 2nd rope elbow drops DM.  

DM hits chops and forearms on ELP in the corner. DM then spinebusters him. Jado shoulders TI over then lariats him. TI misses an enzugiri and Jado crossfaces TI. TI rolls up Jado off of it and pins him.

Thoughts: It was another shorter one here. Jado got more offense in than usual but then ended up getting pinned. There wasn't a lot to say about this.

Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Shingo and Zack go at it. Shingo is headbutted in the gut and put in a cravate. Shingo rolls him and Zack facekicks him. Shingo hits forearms and they each avoid moves.

Nagai hits forearms on Hart when they get in. They shoulder battle and Hart shoulders him over. Hart chops Nagai down then splashes him for 2. Zack comes in and bow and arrows Nagai. Zack switches to an STF and Nagai rope breaks.

Zack foot slaps Nagai then Nagai chops back. Zack euros him over then Nagai dropkicks him. Hart suplexes Nagai. Hart corner splashes Nagai then lariats him. Hart misses a senton.

Hart takes a corner lariat. Shingo lariats Hart from behind and Nagai sunset flips Hart. Zack pele kicks Shingo's arm then twists it with his legs. Nagai spinebusters Zack. Hart crossbodies and sentons Nagai for 2. Hart spinebusters Nagai and wins.

Thoughts: Nagai got some offense in and busted out the sunset flip before going down. I liked Zack's and Shingo's section. This was alright for what it is.

Zack and Shingo have words after.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Callum Newman vs. Oleg Boltin

CN htis facekicks on Oleg then he flying headscissors him. CN PK's him from the apron. Oleg is thrown into the rails. CN euros him then kicks him in the back. Oleg belly to belly suplexes CN then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him.

Oleg stomps on CN. Oleg stomps him outside. CN hits forearms then Oleg shoulders him hard into the buckles. Oleg slams him then CN counters a vader bomb with a double boot. CN corner dropkicks him then basement dropkicks him.

Oleg hits a nice dropkick. Oleg goes for an F-5 but is hurricanrana'd. Oleg pop-up finlay rolls him for 2. CN rolls him up for 2. CN high kicks him. CN running knees him.  

CN hits a top rope double stomp on Oleg. Oleg blocks a jumping knee then is slapped many times. CN pumping knees him then suplexes him for 2. CN buzzsaw kicks him. Oleg drops him with a hard forearm. CN flips out of a german and flying knees him. CN finlay rolls him and wins.

Thoughts: They didn't get a chance to do a great one here but I liked what we got. They kept a good pace up and the two matched up well together. It was a nice strength vs speed battle.  I thought it was fun and would have liked to have seen this go longer.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Taichi vs. Ryohei Oiwa

Tai facekicks Oiwa twice early then is shouldered over. They lariat battle. Oiwa dropkicks him then headflips up. Tai enzugiri's him in the corner and Oiwa goes down. Tai hits kicks on Oiwa then suplexes him.

Oiwa hits a shoulder, slam and a senton for 2. Oiwa splashes him for 2. Oiwa spinning forearms Tai then Tai enzugiri's him. Oiwa backdrops Tai then sleepers him. Oiwa doctor bombs him for 2. Tai hits a nast backdrop on him. They lariat battle. Tai running lariats him. Oiwa lariats back and takes a spinning lariat. Tai sliding lariats him for 2. Oiwa hits another lariat for 2. Tai lariats him down. Oiwa gets back up then lariats him down.

They collide with lariats. Oiwa lariats an enzugiri down then Tai gamengiri's him. Oiwa no sells it and lariats him for the win.

Thoughts: There was no early part to this match. They just basically jumped right into the lariats and stuff. That brought this down and made all that not mean as much. It was a shorter sprint and not really the longer classic it could have been. There also was not much selling at all here.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Yuya Uemura

San has a gold and see through jacket on today. San wristlocks him. Yuya reverses it then takes him down by the arm. Yuya amrdrags him, San headscissors him and they get back up. Yuya bridges and San gets on top of him. Yuya armdrags him twice and armlocks him.

San armdrags him but Yuya holds on and armlocks him. San boots him out of the corner then Yuya armdrags him. San ducks an armdrag then shining wizards him.

San hits a magic screw. Yuya armdrags him. San boots him out of the corner. San does some flips and is backdropped. Yuya hits chops then San hurricanrana's him. San goes for the armbar but Yuya goes for one and is rolled up. Yuya backrolls him with a bridge for 2.

Yuya spinning armdrags him. San dropkicks him in the knee then is enzugiri'd. Yuya is thrown into the ref and the ref goes down. San low blows Yuya. San grabs his guitar. He misses a shot with it and Yuya cradles him but the ref is still down.

Kanemaru comes down and stomps on Yuya. Kanemaru spits whiskey in Yuya's eyes. San hits Yuya in the head with half of a guitar and pins him.

Thoughts: The first part of this looked promising with them doing wrestling. Then Kanemaru came down, Sanada cheated and the ref went down. Sanada then ended up winning and ruined what could have been a good one.

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - EVIL vs. David Finlay

DF jumps Evil before he enters the ring and beats up on him. He then chokes him with a chain in front of the ref. They fight in the seats then Evil is sent into chairs. DF eye rakes him then throws him in. The match then officially starts.

DF stomps Evil then suplexes him for 2. DF chokes him. DF lariats him over the top and goes with him. Fale nails DF outside and rams his back into the post. DF is sent into the rails and knocks over the ring announcer.

Evil grabs the mic and says DF is already dead. DF is sent into the exposed buckles. Evil suplexes him for 2. Evil slaps him around and takes forearms. DF boots him out of the corner then is swept on the top buckle.

Togo and Fale come in and Togo 2nd rope chops DF in the nuts for 2. DF uranage backbreakers him. DF running back elbows him in the corner and suplex throws him. DF hits corner lariats. Fale comes in and splashes the ref into DF.

DF has a chair put around his neck and Evil chairs it. DF low blows Evil and sends Fale into him. DF low blows Togo then Fale. DF suplexes Fale. DF buckle bombs Evil. Evil chokes DF with a chain and DF goes down.

Evil misses a chain shot and is speared. DF grabs a shillelagh and hits Evil with it. DF pulls up Evil on the pin attempt. DF then hits overkill on Evil and wins.

Thoughts: It was exactly what it looked like it would be with ref bumps, tons of interference, weapons use and attacks before the match even started. It was the same stuff we've seen a million times over and wasn't any better this time around. 

G1 Climax 2025 Block A Match - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yota Tsuji

They wristlock each other. Yota trips him and eventually puts him in a side headlock. Tana side headlocks him. Yota dropkicks him in the knee after taking a side headlock takeover. Tana 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him.

Tana slams him and elbow drops him for 2. Tana pulls on the ankle. Yota hits forearms. Tana kicks him in the knee. Yota kind of slips out of a dragon screw then dragon screws Tana. Yota butt drops Tana's leg. Yota pulls Tana's leg around the 2nd rope then dropkicks it.

Tana hits a dragon screw then hits some shots. Tana flying forearms him. Tana slams him then 2nd rope swantons him for 2. Yota backslides him and knees him in the face off of it. 

Yota hits a corner splash and slams him. Yota running swantons him and splashes him for 2. Tana hits a twist and shout off a suplex attempt then hits a 2nd one. Yota flatliners him then germans him.

Yota pumping knees him in the corner. Yota runs at him and takes a slingblade. Tana misses a top rope high fly flow. They trade foreamrs on their knees then get up and trade. Yota hits chops then headbutts him in the chest.

Yota curbstomps him twice. Yota misses a spear and Tana dragon suplexes him for 2. They go up on the buckles and Yota is knocked down. Tana top rope crossbodies him. Tana hits a top rope splash on Yota's back. Tana then top rope splashes his chest and wins.

Thoughts: Both guys did a little leg work here but  I don't think it ended up meaning a lot. It didn't get a chance to be an epic and Yota didn't really go into his more lethal offense. I'm not sure about having Tana win this one as Yota winning might have been better. I would have liked a longer finishing stretch and a longer match so that this could have been better. What we got was okay here and it's too bad we didn't get more of it. This was Tana's 100th G1 Climax win.

Tana talks on the mic after and has some blood on his face. Tana plays air guitar then talks more.

Overall thoughts: The opener actually got time and was alright because of it. The Nagai tag match was okay. I liked what we got of Newman/Boltin, Tai/Oiwa and Tana/Yota but none of them got enough time to be anything great. Evil/Finlay was what you would expect and Yuya/Sanada got off to a good start then went into the usual heel garbage that didn't add much to it. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and would say it was above average but not must see. Newman/Oleg was my favorite match of the night.