On Saturday, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) held Night 2 of the G1 Climax 36 tournament in Hokkaido, Japan, as the prestigious annual competition continued with matches from both the A Block and B Block.
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The second night featured several notable results, including Drilla Moloney defeating Gabe Kidd in the AEW star's first match of the tournament, while Konosuke Takeshita bounced back from his opening-night defeat with a victory over Jake Lee.
Drilla Moloney "O‐KNEE → Leg-trap Piledriver → Drilla Killa"
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In the night's main event, Hirooki Goto handed reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji his first loss of the tournament.
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The full results are as follows:
Tag Team Action: Aaron Wolf & Tatsuya Matsumoto defeated Toru Yano & Taisei Nakahara
Tag Team Contest: Ren Narita & Dick Togo defeated Callum Newman & Zane Jay
Tag Team MatchL Zack Sabre Jr. & Hartley Jackson defeated Yuya Uemura & Masatora Yasuda
B Block Match: Drilla Moloney defeated Gabe Kidd
A Block Match: Great-O-Khan defeated SANADA
A Block Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Jake Lee
A Block Match: Boltin Oleg defeated Yuto-Ice
A Block Match: Shingo Takagi defeated Ryohei Oiwa
A Block Match (Main Event): Hirooki Goto defeated Yota Tsuji
Night 2 delivered another series of competitive encounters, with Konosuke Takeshita earning his first victory of this year's tournament after falling to Yota Tsuji on the opening night.
Drilla Moloney also enjoyed a successful G1 Climax debut by defeating Gabe Kidd, while Hirooki Goto capped off the evening with a statement win over the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
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