NJPW G1 Climax 35 Night 16: ZSJ, Umino, Takeshita Qualify for next Round

On Wednesday, New Japan Pro Wrestling organized night 16 of its prestigious tournament, G1 Climax 35.

Today's event witnessed the final block day for B block.

TMDK Leader and IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. qualified for the semi-final after capturing 14 points, while Shota Umino qualified as second after capturing 12 points, and Konosuke Takeshita qualified as third.

So the final standings of Group B are: Zack Sabre Jr. (14), Shota Umino (12), Konosuke Takeshita (12), Ren Narita (10), Drilla Moloney (8), Great-O-Khan (8), Shingo Takagi (8), Yoshi-Hashi (8), El Phantasmo (8), Gabe Kidd (0).

Tomorrow, Tsuji will face Shota Umino, while Takeshita will face Finlay on Sunday.

The results of night 16 are as follows:

Tag Team Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima defeated Taichi & Masatora Yasuda 

Tag Team Action: TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young) 

Tag Team Contest: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano defeated House of Torture (Sanada & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) 

Tag Team Fight: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura & Shoma Kato 

Tag Team Game: House of Torture (Evil & Dick Togo) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay & Gedo) 

B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament: Shingo Takagi defeated Drilla Moloney 

B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yoshi-Hashi 

B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament: Shota Umino defeated Great-O-Khan 

B Block singles match in the G1 Climax tournament: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Ren Narita