G1 Climax 35

G1 Climax 35
Tournament information
Sport	Professional wrestling
Location	Japan;
Dates	July 19, 2025–August 17, 2025
Tournament; format(s)	Two-block round-robin tournament
Participants	20
Final positions
Champion	TBD
Runner-up	TBD
Tournament statistics
Bouts fought	19
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G1 Climax 35
G1 Climax 35
	Promotional poster of the tournament
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	July 19 – August 17, 2025
City	See venues
Venue	See venues
Event chronology
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The G1 Climax 35 is an ongoing professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 19 and will conclude on August 17, 2025. It is the thirty-fifth edition of G1 Climax, and the fifty-first edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names.

Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features 20 wrestlers, divided into two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant will face all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block will be determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point each for a draw, and no points for a defeat. Each night of the event seen matches from two blocks per night. On the final three days of the event, top 3 wrestlers in each block will advance and will enter into an six-man playoff, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals to determine the winner of the tournament, who also receives a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom.

Production

Tournament rules

The tournament features 20 wrestlers, divided into two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss; each night of the event sees one match from each block between two members competing for the tournament. In case of several wrestlers sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each other in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.^[1]^[2]

On the final three days of the event, top 3 wrestlers in each block advances and enter into an six-man playoff, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he selects his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a tie); the quarterfinals (2nd and 3rd places of the block), the semifinal (block winners and quarterfinals winners) and final (semifinal winners) matches, where a winner must be determined, have no time limit.^[1]^[2]

History

On April 7, 2025, after Sakura Genesis, NJPW officially announced the 2025 edition of the tournament will take place between July 19 and August 17; as usual, the tournament will take place over several cities and locations across Japan.^[3]

Storylines

The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[4]

Venues

The venue list was announced on April 7, 2025, after Sakura Genesis.^[3]


Dates	Venue	Location	Block play
July 19	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Hokkaido	A and B
July 20	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Hokkaido	A and B
July 22	Sendai Sun Plaza Hall	Sendai, Miyagi	A
July 23	City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka	Nagaoka, Niigata	B
July 25	Ota City General Gymnasium	Ōta, Tokyo	A
July 26	Ota City General Gymnasium	Ōta, Tokyo	B
July 27	Port Messe Nagoya	Nagoya, Aichi	A
July 30	Yamato Arena	Suita, Osaka	B
August 1	Sun Messe Kagawa	Takamatsu, Kagawa	A
August 2	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Nishi-ku, Hiroshima	B
August 3	Fukuoka Convention Center	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka	A
August 5	Intex Osaka	Suminoe-ku, Osaka	B
August 7	Korakuen Hall	Bunkyo, Tokyo	A
August 8	Yokohama Budokan	Naka-ku, Yokohama	B
August 10	G Messe Gunma	Takasaki, Gunma	A
August 13	Act City Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka	B
August 14	Korakuen Hall	Bunkyo, Tokyo	Playoffs
August 16	Ariake Arena	Kōtō, Tokyo	Semifinals
August 17	Ariake Arena	Kōtō, Tokyo	Final

Participants

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the sixteen pre-qualified participants at Dominion on June 15.^[5] A day later, they announced the eight wrestlers who will wrestle in a play-in tournament for the remaining four slots.^[6] On June 25, NJPW announced that Don Fale, who was scheduled to compete in a play-in match against Ryohei Oiwa, had pulled out due to a family tragedy, and was replaced by Satoshi Kojima.^[7] On July 5, NJPW announced that Hirooki Goto had sustained an elbow injury during his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship defence on June 29 and would have to withdraw; his spot in the tournament will be filled by the winner of a gauntlet match between the four play-in tournament losers.^[8]


Block	Wrestler	Unit	Notes
A	Boltin Oleg	Main Unit	NEVER Openweight Champion. 2nd appearance.
	Evil	House of Torture	10th appearance.
	David Finlay	Bullet Club War Dogs	4th appearance.
	Callum Newman	United Empire	2nd appearance.
	Ryohei Oiwa	TMDK	Debutant.
	Sanada	House of Torture	10th appearance.
	Taichi	Main Unit	IWGP Tag Team Champion. 6th appearance.
	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Main Unit	Three-time G1 Climax winner (17, 25, 28). 23rd appearance.
	Yota Tsuji	Unaffiliated	3rd appearance.
	Yuya Uemura	Main Unit	2nd appearance.
B	El Phantasmo	Main Unit	NJPW World Television Champion. 4th appearance.
	Gabe Kidd	Bullet Club War Dogs	IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion. 3rd appearance.
	Drilla Moloney	Bullet Club War Dogs	Debutant.
	Ren Narita	House of Torture	3rd appearance.
	Great-O-Khan	United Empire	5th appearance.
	Zack Sabre Jr.	TMDK	IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. G1 Climax winner (34). 9th appearance.
	Shingo Takagi	Unaffiliated	7th appearance.
	Konosuke Takeshita	Don Callis Family (AEW)	2nd appearance.
	Shota Umino	Main Unit	3rd appearance.
	Yoshi-Hashi	Main Unit	8th appearance.
Play-in tournament
A	Satoshi Kojima	Main Unit	Propsective 16th appearance. Replaced Don Fale, who withdrew from the play-in tournament for personal reasons.
B	Tomohiro Ishii	Main Unit	Strong Openweight Champion and IWGP Tag Team Champion. Prospective 12th appearance.
B	Chase Owens	House of Torture	Prospective 4th appearance.
Withdrew before the tournament
A	Don Fale	House of Torture	Propsective 8th appearance. Withdrew due to personal reasons; replaced in the play-in tournament by Satoshi Kojima.
A	Hirooki Goto	Main Unit	G1 Climax winner (18). Prospective 18th appearance. Withdrew due to elbow injury.

Results

Play-in tournament

New Japan Soul, Night 5 (June 23, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo; qualifying matches only)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Drilla Moloney defeated Tomohiro Ishii by pinfall	Singles match to determine qualification to the B Block in the G1 Climax tournament	17:10
2	Callum Newman defeated Taichi by pinfall	Singles match to determine qualification to the A Block in the G1 Climax tournament	23:32

New Japan Soul, Night 8 (July 4, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo; qualifying matches only)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Ryohei Oiwa defeated Satoshi Kojima	Singles match to determine qualification to the A Block in the G1 Climax tournament	9:44
2	Yoshi-Hashi defeated Chase Owens	Singles match to determine qualification to the B Block in the G1 Climax tournament	12:03

New Japan Soul, Night 9 (July 6, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo; qualifying match only)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Taichi defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Chase Owens and Satoshi Kojima	Last Chance Gauntlet match to determine qualification to the A Block in the G1 Climax tournament	17:33

Night 1

The first night took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido on July 19, 2025.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[9]
1	Yoshi-Hashi defeated Shingo Takagi by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	4:45
2	Evil (with Dick Togo and Don Fale) defeated Callum Newman by submission	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	9:02
3	Drilla Moloney defeated Great-O-Khan by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	9:08
4	Yuya Uemura defeated Boltin Oleg by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	11:03
5	Shota Umino defeated El Phantasmo by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	11:29
6	Ryohei Oiwa defeated David Finlay (with Gedo) by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	13:10
7	Konosuke Takeshita defeated Gabe Kidd by referee stoppage	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	13:15
8	Yota Tsuji defeated Sanada by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	5:11
9	Ren Narita defeated Zack Sabre Jr. by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	16:14
10	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Taichi by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	20:21

Night 2

The second night took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido on July 20, 2025.

After his match with Konosuke Takeshita the previous night, Gabe Kidd sustained a hyperextended knee injury and withdrew from his scheduled matches on Night 2 and Night 3 against Zack Sabre Jr.,^[10] and Shingo Takagi,^[11] before officially withdrawing from the tournament.^[12]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[13]
1	Callum Newman defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	7:32
2	Drilla Moloney defeated Shota Umino by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	12:30
3	Boltin Oleg defeated Ryohei Oiwa by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	9:10
4	Yoshi-Hashi defeated Ren Narita by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	1:26
5	David Finlay (with Gedo) defeated Sanada by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	10:21
6	Great-O-Khan defeated Shingo Takagi (with Daiki Nagai) by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	12:12
7	Evil (with Dick Togo and Don Fale) defeated Yota Tsuji (with Daiki Nagai) by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	11:01
8	El Phantasmo defeated Konosuke Takeshita (with Rocky Romero) by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	15:02
9	Taichi defeated Yuya Uemura by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	19:02

Night 3

The third night took place at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi on July 22, 2025.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[14]
1	Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Shoma Kato and Yoshi-Hashi by submission	Tag team match	6:30
2	House of Torture (Ren Narita and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated El Phantasmo and Jado by submission	Tag team match	6:08
3	The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita and Rocky Romero) defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jakob Austin Young) by pinfall	Tag team match	7:30
4	TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Hartley Jackson) defeated Shota Umino and Katsuya Murashima by pinfall	Tag team match	8:53
5	Ryohei Oiwa defeated Callum Newman by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	10:24
6	Boltin Oleg defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	9:50
7	Sanada defeated Evil (with Dick Togo and Don Fale) by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	6:33
8	Taichi defeated David Finlay (with Gedo) by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	13:35
9	Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	16:56

Night 4

The fourth night took place at Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata on July 23, 2025.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[15]
1	Boltin Oleg and Toru Yano defeated House of Torture (Sanada and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by pinfall	Tag team match	6:01
2	United Empire (Callum Newman and Jakob Austin Young) defeated Shoma Kato and Yuya Uemura by pinfall	Tag team match	6:42
3	House of Torture (Evil and Dick Togo) (with Don Fale) defeated Taichi and Masatora Yasuda by submission	Tag team match	6:30
4	TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa and Hartley Jackson) defeated Yota Tsuji and Daiki Nagai defeated by pinfall	Tag team match	6:25
5	Katsuya Murashima and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay and Gedo) defeated by submission	Tag team match	7:56
6	Yoshi-Hashi defeated Drilla Moloney by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	11:32
7	Ren Narita defeated El Phantasmo (with Jado) by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	9:50
8	Konosuke Takeshita defeated Great-O-Khan by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	17:05
9	Shota Umino defeated Zack Sabre Jr. by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	22:10

Night 5

The fifth night took place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo on July 25, 2025.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[16]
1	United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jakob Austin Young) defeated Shoma Kato and Yoshi-Hashi by pinfall	Tag team match	7:49
2	Jado and El Phantasmo defeated TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Hartley Jackson) by pinfall	Tag team match	6:37
3	House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Ren Narita) defeated Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma by pinfall	Tag team match	7:04
4	The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita and Rocky Romero) defeated Daiki Nagai and Shingo Takagi by submission	Tag team match	7:31
5	Boltin Oleg defeated Sanada by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	10:14
6	Yuya Uemura defeated Callum Newman by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	10:48
7	Evil (with Dick Togo and Don Fale) defeated Taichi by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	10:33
8	Yota Tsuji defeated Ryohei Oiwa by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	13:42
9	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated David Finlay (with Gedo) by pinfall	A Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	16:02

Night 6

The sixth night took place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo on July 26, 2025.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[17]
1	Boltin Oleg and Toru Yano defeated Daiki Nagai and Yota Tsuji by pinfall	Tag team match	4:46
2	United Empire (Callum Newman and Jakob Austin Young) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay and Gedo) by pinfall	Tag team match	5:41
3	House of Torture (Sanada and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Masatora Yasuda and Taichi by submission	Tag team match	8:38
4	House of Torture (Dick Togo and Evil) (with Don Fale) defeated Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura by pinfall	Tag team match	7:46
5	TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa ND Hartley Jackson) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Katsuya Murashima by pinfall	Tag team match	6:53
6	Great-O-Khan defeated Yoshi-Hashi by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	12:25
7	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated El Phantasmo by submission	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	18:55
8	Ren Narita defeated Shota Umino by pinfall	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	17:45
9	Konosuke Takeshita defeated Shingo Takagi by referee stoppage	B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament	23:56

Night 7

The seventh night will take place at Port Messe Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi on July 27, 2025.

No.

Matches*

Stipulations

1

Shoma Kato & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Gabe Kidd & Gedo)

Block A	Boltin	Evil	Finlay	Newman	Oiwa	Sanada	Taichi	Tanahashi	Tsuji	Uemura
Boltin	—	Aug 7	Aug 1	Aug 3	Boltin (9:10)	Boltin (9:57)	Aug 10	Boltin (9:50)	Jul 27	Uemura (11:03)
Evil	Aug 7	—	Aug 3	Evil (9:02)	Aug 1	Sanada (6:33)	Evil (10:31)	Aug 10	Evil (11:01)	Jul 27
Finlay	Aug 1	Aug 3	—	Jul 27	Oiwa (13:10)	Finlay (10:21)	Taichi (13:35)	Tanahashi (16:02)	Aug 7	Aug 10
Newman	Aug 3	Evil (9:02)	Jul 27	—	Oiwa (10:24)	Aug 1	Aug 7	Newman (7:32)	Aug 10	Uemura (10:32)
Oiwa	Boltin (9:10)	Aug 1	Oiwa (13:10)	Oiwa (10:24)	—	Aug 10	Aug 3	Jul 27	Tsuji (13:43)	Aug 7
Sanada	Boltin (9:57)	Sanada (6:33)	Finlay (10:21)	Aug 1	Aug 10	—	Jul 27	Aug 7	Tsuji (5:11)	Aug 3
Taichi	Aug 10	Evil (10:31)	Taichi (13:35)	Aug 7	Aug 3	Jul 27	—	Tanahashi (20:21)	Aug 1	Taichi (19:02)
Tanahashi	Boltin (9:50)	Aug 10	Tanahashi (16:02)	Newman (7:32)	Jul 27	Aug 7	Tanahashi (20:21)	—	Aug 3	Aug 1
Tsuji	Jul 27	Evil (11:01)	Aug 7	Aug 10	Tsuji (13:43)	Tsuji (5:11)	Aug 1	Aug 3	—	Tsuji (16:56)
Uemura	Uemura (11:03)	Jul 27	Aug 10	Uemura (10:32)	Aug 7	Aug 3	Taichi (19:02)	Aug 1	Tsuji (16:56)	—
Block B	Phantasmo	Kidd	Moloney	Narita	O-Khan	Sabre Jr.	Takagi	Takeshita	Umino	Yoshi-Hashi
Phantasmo	—	Phantasmo (Forfeit)	Aug 5	Narita (9:50)	Jul 30	Sabre Jr. (18:55)	Aug 2	Phantasmo (15:02)	Umino (11:29)	Aug 8
Kidd	Phantasmo (Forfeit)	—	Moloney (Forfeit)	Narita (Forfeit)	O-Khan (Forfeit)	Sabre Jr. (Forfeit)	Takagi (Forfeit)	Takeshita (13:15)	Umino (Forfeit)	Yoshi-Hashi (Forfeit)
Moloney	Aug 5	Moloney (Forfeit)	—	Jul 30	Moloney (9:08)	Aug 8	Aug 13	Aug 2	Moloney (12:30)	Yoshi-Hashi (11:32)
Narita	Narita (9:50)	Narita (Forfeit)	Jul 30	—	Aug 5	Narita (16:14)	Aug 8	Aug 13	Narita (17:45)	Yoshi-Hashi (1:26)
O-Khan	Jul 30	O-Khan (Forfeit)	Moloney (9:08)	Aug 5	—	Aug 2	O-Khan (12:12)	Takeshita (17:05)	Aug 13	O-Khan (12:25)
Sabre Jr.	Sabre Jr. (18:55)	Sabre Jr. (Forfeit)	Aug 8	Narita (16:14)	Aug 2	—	Aug 5	Jul 30	Umino (22:10)	Aug 13
Takagi	Aug 2	Takagi (Forfeit)	Aug 13	Aug 8	O-Khan (12:12)	Aug 5	—	Takeshita (23:57)	Jul 30	Yoshi-Hashi (4:45)
Takeshita	Phantasmo (15:02)	Takeshita (13:15)	Aug 2	Aug 13	Takeshita (17:05)	Jul 30	Takeshita (23:57)	—	Aug 8	Aug 5
Umino	Umino (11:29)	Umino (Forfeit)	Moloney (12:30)	Narita (17:45)	Aug 13	Umino (22:10)	Jul 30	Aug 8	—	Aug 2
Yoshi-Hashi	Aug 8	Yoshi-Hashi (Forfeit)	Yoshi-Hashi (11:32)	Yoshi-Hashi (1:26)	O-Khan (12:25)	Aug 13	Yoshi-Hashi (4:45)	Aug 5	Aug 2	—

Production

Tournament rules

History

Storylines

Venues

Participants

Results

Play-in tournament

Night 1

Night 2

Night 3

Night 4

Night 5

Night 6

Night 7

Night 8

Night 9

Night 10

Night 11

Night 12

Night 13

Night 14

Night 15

Night 16

Blocks

References

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