NJPW G1 Climax 36 Finals: Uemura vs. Oiwa Headlines Star-Studded Card; Aaron Wolf Out Due to Illness

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has officially announced the match card for the G1 Climax 36 finals.

The tournament concludes this Sunday, August 16, with a highly anticipated main event featuring Yuya Uemura against Ryohei Oiwa.

The event features a variety of multi-man tag team matches. However, NJPW has confirmed that NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf has been removed from the card due to health concerns and will not compete.

The full NJPW G1 Climax 36 Finals schedule is as follows:

– YOH & Hirooki Goto vs. Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji & Taiji Ishimori)
– Konosuke Takeshita, Taichi & Satoshi Kojima vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Shun Skywalker, Ren Narita & SANADA)
– War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) vs. The Death Riders (Gabe Kidd & Wheeler Yuta)
– Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman)
– Aaron Wolf, Boltin Oleg & Master Wato vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson)
– Most Violent Players (Toru Yano & Togi Makabe) vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira & Zane Jay)
– YOSHI-HASHI, El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
– G1 Climax 36 Final: Yuya Uemura vs. Ryohei Oiwa

The full card is SET for this afternoon in Ryogoku!

Oiwa Vs Uemura the #G1FINAL!

An all star tag semi main!

Shun Skywalker’s in ring NJPW debut and more!

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) August 16, 2026

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ウルフアロン選手は体調不良のため、本日、8月16日（日）両国国技館は欠場となります。 pic.twitter.com/XTZRbm1u6h

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