G1 Climax 36 night one: Callum Newman tops Yuya Uemura

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At NJPW G1 Climax 36 Night 1 in the NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates, IL on 7/11/2026, Callum Newman defeated Yuya Uemura in an A Block match. Newman, who denied Uemura a New Japan Cup win earlier this year and later captured (then lost) the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, landed a running shotgun dropkick despite carrying a shoulder injury sustained at Dominion last month. A published card of night-one results rated the match ****1/4. The bout was repeatedly singled out in coverage of the show as one of the night's standout matches and figures into Newman's ongoing push in NJPW's G1 storyline.

no average joel

@noaveragejoel.bsky.social

Konosuke Takeshita is a seriously excellent professional wrestler. He holds the beauty and power of this sport so expertly. #G1CLIMAX36

254h ago

Pinfall from Grace

@pinfallfromgrace.bsky.social

We were living the suite life at #G1Climax36 tonight thanks to @hardcamcreations.bsky.social 🥰 If you love wrestling and cute accessories, check out Jillian's immense talent!

A view of the stage and tron at G1 Climax night one

113h ago

Jillian Claire1

It was so nice to see you!!

Anderson1

I was living below you with the regular people. Great shots for a fun show! 👏

Pinfall from Grace1

One of the better efforts I've seen from Tsuji. He and Takeshita have good wrestling chemistry. Not sure if Callum is 100% yet, but he's a special talent. Yuto Ice is so fun. Shooter vs ZSJ might be my surprise second best of the night. Good fun all around.

Cholula

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We G1 Climaxed tonight but Ren Narita was there too in a weirdly-cut vest which was upsetting #G1Climax36 🤼 This was offset by SANADA’s outfit (not pictured because I have low battery and frankly an iPhone’s not gonna do it justice)

154h ago

Jay T. Shirt

@fight4ever.bsky.social

After tonight, I would not hate that 😂. Here's a shot I took of Sanada tonight at #G1CLIMAX36 before turning in. Gonna have to go through more at another time but this was too good not to share immediately.

Sanada, a pro wrestler in NJPW, makes his entrance to the ring wearing and exceptionally gaudy outfit entirely made out of golden mirror panels along with a wide brimmed hat.

61h ago

Tony Miller

@beardedrogue.bsky.social

Does the G in G1 stand for Goto or “God Damn What A Big Hat?” About to find out. #NJPW

83h ago

NJPW Unofficial

@njpwunofficial.bsky.social

G1 Climax 36 B Block Callum Newman vs Yuya Uemura Callum Newman denied Yuya a New Japan Cup win earlier this year, and it directly led into his shock IWGP Heavyweight Championship win. He's since lost it, but can he become the youngest G1 winner and reclaim the gold? #NJPW #NJPWWorld #G1CLIMAX36

67h ago

Celeste Shun 🇻🇦 🐸🌻

@charxthree.bsky.social

I truly respect that #NJPW always puts on a good, tight card that doesn't waste your time. All killer, no filler #G1Climax

44h ago

adamoftheban.bsky.social

@adamoftheban.bsky.social

Incredible night at #g1climax36 with @diemerchicago.bsky.social What a show, especially Tsuji-Takeshita and Uemura-Newman.

43h ago

Zach Lawing

@zlaw2315.bsky.social

Holy fuck this G1 Climax main event got me punching the air. #G1CLIMAX36 #NJPW

54h ago

Jules

@julesmac72.bsky.social

NJPW not allowing you to rewind the entire show is nonsense. I'll watch live then go back when the chapters are up. #G1Climax

45h ago

Mike “Zim” Zimmelman

@mikeiszim.bsky.social

Night one of the #G1Climax closes with a damn great main event. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defeated Konosuke Takeshita in a rematch from their Tokyo Dome match earlier this year.

24h ago

Geoffrey D. Wessel

@gdwessel.bsky.social

New Japan Pro Wrestling: G1 Climax 36 Night 1, NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates, IL, 7/11/2026. Had a blast, every match was good-great, even the ones I didn't care about. #njpw #g136 #g1climax36 1/3