New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/6/2026 Road to G1 Climax 36 Day 6

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/6/2026 Road to G1 Climax 36 Day 6

El Desperado, Masatora Yasuda, Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs. House Of Torture (DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA & SHO)

Sho talks on the mic before the match and HoT rush the faces before the bell. Sho chokes Despy in the ring. Despy slaps his opponents. Despy takes a knee to the gut and a double stomp to the gut. Sanada throws Despy out. Ren hits Despy in the gut with a chair then Despy is sent into the post. 

Despy takes spears ijn the corner and has all 4 limbs pulled on. Ren stomps Despy and Despy slaps back. Sanada trips Despy from the outside and Ren gets a shot in on Despy. Ren is tripped by the faces then Despy basement dropkicks him. 

Yuya goes up and over Ren then hits armdrags on 3 heels. Yuya then hits triple dropkicks. Yuya slams Ren for 2. Yuya armbars him. Sanada dropkicks Tai in the knee then Tai facekicks him. Ren throws Tai out.

Yuya and Ren butt heads. Ren chokes him. Yuya 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Masa comes in and Douki works his knee. Masa hits a big dropkick. Tai clubs Douki down then throws Masa onto him off the top for 2. Douki gori specials Masa and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and nothing of note. We didn't get to see much of anyone here and it was a waste of all of these guys.

Aaron Wolf, Hirooki Goto, Oleg Boltin & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Yuto-Ice)

Tat and Nagai go at it. They do some amateur wrestling. Tat shoulders him over then Nagai dropkicks him. Tat's head is banged off the buckles. Tat is double shouldered over. Shingo elbow drops Tat. Shingo suplexes Tat.

Yota slams Tat. Tat hits forearms on him. Tat flying euros Shingo then he dropkicks Yota. Goto comes in and running lariats Shingo. He then suplexes Nagai onto Shingo for 2. Goto spinning heel kicks Yota in the corner. Wolf suplexes Yota then elbow drops him for 2.

Yota superkicks, pumping knees and flatliners Wolf. Wolf hip throws Yota. Ice and Oleg get in. Ice hits chest kicks on him. Oleg shoulders him over. Oleg corner splashes Ice and karelin's lifts him. Ice slap and punch flurries Oleg. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him. 

Ice superkicks him in the gut and chest kicks him down. Nagai comes in and dropkicks Oleg in the knees and chest. Oleg takes corner attacks. Oleg is dropkicked then Shingo running lariats Oleg. Oleg double shoulders Yota and Shingo.

Oleg catches Nagai's flying headscissors and Nagai sunset flips him off of it. Nagai slaps Oleg and Oleg finlay rolls him. Oleg then pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright tag. Ice hit some good shots and Nagai was fiery as usual. Not everyone got to do all that much here and it definitely could have used double the time.

Jado & Tiger Mask vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & Taiji Ishimori)

Togo's team slides out to start. Gedo hits shots on Tiger. TI and Gedo dosey-do. Tiger forward rolling double mule kicks Gedo. Tiger tilt-a-whirl backbreakers TI. Jado chops Gedo in the corner. Jado is double foot choked. Togo 2nd rope double axe handles Jado. Kanemaru hits knees on Jado's shoulder. 

Gedo eye rakes TI. Gedo and Togo trade punches. Togo eye pokes him and punches him. Jado's arm is yanked on by Kanemaru. Kanemaru is sent into Togo. Jado shoulder Kanemaru over.  

Tiger hits kicks on the heels. Togo eye rakes Tiger. Togo throws Tiger out. TI handspring back elbows Togo and Kanemarue, then he slingshot plancha's Togo. Kanemaru kneebreakers Gedo, bangs his knee off the mat and figure fours him. Togo crossfaces TI at the same time. Jado puts a crossface on Kanemaru at the same time.

Kanemaru takes running corner attacks from 4 people. Kanemaru is held upside down and they try to get Tiger to do the 2nd rope chop to the crotch. Tiger does it. Tiger htis a tiger driver on Kanemaru for 2. Togo hits TI with a weapon then chokes Jado with it. Tiger high kicks Togo out. Kanemaru spits Mist in Tiger's eyes and rolls him up for the win.

Thoughts: The line-up on paper for this one pretty much said it all. It looked like a heel dominated match without a ton of excitement and that's what it was. Tiger doing the 2nd rope crotch chop was amusing though.

Tiger talks on the mic after. He says tomorrow will be his last match. He says he will give it his all.

G1 Climax 36 Block B Play-In Match - Yujiro Takahashi vs. OSKAR

Os running facekicks Yujiro then he puts him in a sleeper. Sho rings the bell to make it seem like it is over when it isn't. Os lets go of the hold. Yujiro clips Os from behind. Os is thrown out and House of Torture beat him up outside. Os' knees are banged off the floor and Ren chairs Os in the knee. 

Yujiro butt drops Os' leg on the ropes then boots his leg. Yujiro splashes the leg and does a reverse figure four. Os hits chops and forearms. Yujiro bites his hand then eye rakes him. Yujiro sliding kicks him. 

Os bites Yujiro's hand and shoulders him over. Yujiro boots Os in the corner then running back elbows him. Os legdrops him for 2. Os is thrown out. Os sends the heels into each other outside and sends Ren and Yujiro into the post. 

Os slams Yujiro and sleepers him. Os throws him down and Ren pulls the ref out on the pin attempt. Sanada then nails Os from behind outside and Os is gangbeaten. Yujiro his Os in the throat with a cane shot. Yujiro low ddt's Os and Yuto Ice pulls the ref out. 

Ice fights off HoT in the ring then he facekicks Yujiro. Yujiro takes the head kick + tombstone finisher from Os and Ice and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was complete crap and a total waste of time.

G1 Climax 36 Block A Play-In Match - El Phantasmo vs. Ryohei Oiwa

ELP snapmares Oiwa and gets a crucifix on him for 2. Oiwa wristlocks him. ELP flips out using the ropes and wristlocks him. ELP surfboards him and Oiwa goes for a pin. Oiwa side headlocks ELP. Oiwa shoulders him over and sentons him for 2. 

Oiwa side headlocks him. ELP dropkicks him out. Oiwa is sent into the post. ELP slingshot plancha's him. ELP top rope moonsaults him outside. ELP springboard swantons him into an asai moonsault in the ring. 

Oiwa back body drops him and armdrags him into an armlock. Oiwa shoulders him over, hiptosses him and armdrags into an armlock. Oiwa chops ELP in the corner. ELP enzugiri's him then 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's him. 

ELP superkicks Oiwa for 2. ELP superkicks him in the gut and Oiwa spinning lariats him. ELP hurricanrana's him for 2. Oiwa sunset flips him then sitout powerbombs him for 2. ELP step up enzugiri's him. Oiwa germans him and ELP germans him back. Oiwa htis a chaos theory german.

Oiwa spinning lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: What we got was fine but sadly, we didn't get a lot of it. They definitely rushed through this a bit and it wasn't that much but their signature moves. 

Oiwa talks on the mic after and says he will make it to the G1 final. He says he will be the big name of the summer.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match - Shota Umino (c) vs. Gabe Kidd

Gabe comes through the crowd. Gabe then dropkicks the ref before it starts. Shota throws Gabe out. They trade forearms in the crowd and Shota is sent into the rails. They go into the seats and trade shots. They then go up to the aisle in the stands and trade shots. Shota drops him with a forearm. 

Shota is sent into the seat entrance area in the stands. Shota is busted open. Gabe pounds on Shota's cut and bites it. They forearm each other and Gabe shoves him down. Gabe chokes Shota with a towel. Gabe then chops him down the stairs. Gabe forearms him on the floor then sends him into the post. 

Gabe spits in Tanahashi's face. Shota lariats Gabe as he comes in. The match then officially starts. Shota lariats him again. Shota brainbusters him on the floor. Shota hits chops and forearms in the corner. Gabe slap flurries him. Shota drops him with a big forearm.

Shota step up knees him in the corner then low flying knees him for 2. Gabe lariats Shota then brainbusters him for 2. Gabe hits a slap flurry and stomps him. Shota hits a big slap. They trade slaps. Gabe stomps him. I think Gabe kisses him and Shtoa slaps him. Gabe is down and is holding his previously injured shoulder. 

Gabe then gets up and lariats Shota. Gabe piledrivers him for 2. Gabe piledrivers him on the floor and spits on Tanahashi. Gabe half-package piledrivers him for 2. Gabe hits a death rider ddt and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like the ref getting hit before the bell and the excessive fighting before the bell. While this match on paper only went 8 minutes, it went like double that with all the fighting. It was a good showing for Shota with him getting bloodied and throwing hard shots. Gabe hits lots of stiff shots too. I liked it and thought it was mostly good. I don't like Shota losing, but burying the natives is an NJPW staple at this point.

Tana gives Gabe the title after and Gabe spikes it down. Gabe then has Tana put the belt on him. Gabe gets up in Tana's face and drops him with a slap. Gabe then spikes the belt down again. 

They have an embarrassing hype video for this one with Yoh wearing nothing but a metal plate.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match - YOH (c) vs. Francesco Akira

They lock up. Yoh kips up out of a wristlock and Akira hammerlocks him. Akira side headlock takeovers him. Yoh chops him on the break. Akira shoulders him over. Akira is tripped and takes a basement dropkick. 

Akira bangs Yoh's head off the apron. Akira tries to slingshot plancha him but nail a young lion instead. Akira's head is banged off the apron. Yoh tries to slingshot plancha him but nails the young lion as well. Akira's head is banged off the commentary table. 

Akira is sent into the post. Yoh then whips a young lion into Akira. Akira hits him with a metal plate then hits the young lion with it too. Akira suplexes him on the floor. Yoh's back is rammed into the apron edge. Akira does a tarantula on him. Akira hooks his arm and chinlocks him. Akira dragon sleepers him and Yoh ropebreaks. Akira chops him. They trade forearms. Yoh flying forearms him. Yoh hits running forearms and swinging neckbreakers him.

Yoh puts him in a paradise lock and sits on his back. Great O'Khan tries to come in as Yoh mocks him. Yoh basement dropkicks Akira in the butt for 2. Akira is pulled to the apron. Akira slingshot cutters him in the ring. Akira then final cut's him for 2. 

Akira faceshoves him and they trade forearms. Akira lariats him on the ropes and dropkicks him in the knee. Yoh ushigoroshi's him and  does an anaconda vice. Yoh falcon arrows him for 2. 

Akira rolls him up then rolls him into a double stomp. They trade shots and Yoh superkicks him down. They fight on the apron. Yoh is pushed into the post then Akira powerbombs him through a table. Akira asai moonsaults him then powerbombs him for 2. Akira rolling neckbreakers him for 2. Yoh holds onto Akira's leg. Akira forearms him and bangs his face off the mat. Yoh dragon suplexes him, Akira no sells it and Yoh flips him with a lariat. 

Yoh ushigoroshi's him for 2. Akira rolls him into a sleeper + armlock submission. Yoh turns it into a crucifix for 2. Akira meteora's him for 2. Akira meteora's him from behind for 2. Yoh flying knees him then does an anaconda vice. Yoh twisting double underhook suplexes him and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it all that much. Yoh goofed around during the first part of this and it was only in the second half that they really treated it like a title match. Yoh is still doing other NJPW wrestlers moves. This also seemed to be a No DQ match even though it shouldn't have been.

Yoh talks on the mic after and says Akira has to be 100% to beat him. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was not much of note. The second match was fine but needed double the time. Tiger's match was what it looked like on paper and it was heel dominated and not that exciting. Yujiro/Oskar was the usual HoT crap. Oiwa/ELP wasn't bad, but it needed a lot more time to be special. I liked Gabe/Shota as the two just stiffed each other and hit hard shots. That was the match of the night. I didn't care for the main so much as Yoh didn't take the first half too seriously and it seemed like a No DQ match when it shouldn't have been. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall as it was mostly average. It could have been better if some things were given more time and if we had less House of Torture.