{"id":13107,"date":"2019-08-02T15:39:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=13107"},"modified":"2019-08-02T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:39:59","slug":"g1-climax-29-night-9-12-results-and-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/02\/g1-climax-29-night-9-12-results-and-review\/","title":{"rendered":"G1 Climax 29 Night 9-12 Results and Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Night\n9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: July 27, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Aichi, Japan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Undercard Results:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taichi, Suzuki, &amp; Kanemaru def. Cobb, Narita,\n&amp; Tsuji<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jay White, Yujiro, &amp; Chase def. Juice, Honma,\n&amp; Henare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toru Yano &amp; Tomohiro Ishii def. Hirooki Goto\n&amp; YOSHI-HASHI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tetsuya Naito &amp; Shingo Takagi def. Jon Moxley\n&amp; Shota Umino<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A Block Matches:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kota\nIbushi def. Lance Archer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once again, Archer continues to impress with another\nterrific match against Kota Ibushi. As expected Ibushi worked mainly as the\nunderdog in peril to the much bigger opponent. If anything, Ibushi plays that\nrole perfectly and I couldn&#8217;t think of a better big mean villain to go along\nwith that than Archer. In comparison to the other Archer matches though, this\none had a faster pace than usual. It did not overstay it&#8217;s welcome and it took\ntwo Kamigoye&#8217;s to actually put Archer down at the 11 minute and 42 second mark.\nA nice way to set the bar for the rest of the matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Will\nOspreay def. Bad Luck Fale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match itself? Not much happened other than your\nusual Ospreay moveset and Fale shenanigans with Jado and Chase. The only\nnoteworthy thing really is the finish, original referee which I believe to be\nMarti Asani gets knocked out, Fale does a lot of B.S. and then Red Shoes goes\nin for the count, but wait&#8230; He hates the Bullet Club just as much as Yoshi\nTatsu and disqualifies Fale, getting the first DQ finish of the entire\ntournament this year! DQ&#8217;s were a frequent occurrence in last year&#8217;s G1 with\nFale and Tama, but if they do it in small doses like this, it actually means\nsomething. Red Shoes is the true MVP of this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EVIL\ndef. Zack Sabre Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many times they&#8217;ve faced each other in the past, ZSJ\nalways had EVIL&#8217;s number. But this year it&#8217;s a different story for Zack. Everyone\nin the field has experienced his submission techniques and have found solutions\nto counter them, EVIL is no different. While I prefer their past matches, this\none isn&#8217;t a slouch either. A solid 16 minute bout with two drastically\ndifferent styles and they never disappoint. Everything is Evil for the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hiroshi\nTanahashi def. SANADA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This match felt like it had it all. A story of the\nyoung star going against the veteran Ace of the universe. Technical holds to\nstrong strikes. While Okada is the current face of New Japan right now and rightfully\nso, during this match it felt like SANADA is the honorary successor to Tana, at\nleast that&#8217;s how I felt. Both idolized Keiji Mutoh as well so there&#8217;s that. A\ngreat back and forth between them and my only complaint is for SANADA to\nactually get the win but I understand he is going against the defending G1\nwinner so they don&#8217;t want Tana looking weak and he is still capable of being a\ngood wrestler after all, his G1 sendoff is still pretty far. After 18 minutes\nof action, the High Fly Flow was effectively used to take home the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kazuchika Okada def. KENTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.njpw1972.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/9_2-9.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Photo (c) njpw1972.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dream match at least a decade in the making. One man is the greatest champion in company history while the other is still treated as an outsider, trying to redeem himself at home. Anytime New Japan visits America for Mania weekend, I always see photos of Okada not only hanging out with his mentor Shinsuke Nakamura, but KENTA as well. Always had this as one of my dream matches and boy did it deliver. Probably my favorite KENTA match so far, even better than the ones he had with Ibushi and Tanahashi earlier on. Instead of being the disrespectful wrestler to veterans, he&#8217;s the one playing the vet role this time against a much younger and faster opponent. Going into this match both men are undefeated, this one had the most glimpses of the KENTA of old. His past matches you may see moves or spots that remind you of what has been, but this one throughout the match, I felt the intensity a young KENTA would&#8217;ve exuberated. Okada really does bring out the best out of anyone. There were instances where KENTA could&#8217;ve won and I wouldn&#8217;t mind actually since Okada does need a fresh challenger for his title but I guess it&#8217;s not meant to be right now. KENTA&#8217;s streak on New Japan has been ended with a Rainmaker after a glorious 26 minute match. Imagine if his younger self would&#8217;ve wrestled here, it could&nbsp; very well rival if not be better than Okada vs. Omega but alas that will only be a dream for eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Night\n10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: July 28, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Aichi, Japan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Undercard Results:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ren Narita def. Yuya Uemura<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fale, Yujiro, &amp; Chase def. Ibushi, Honma, &amp;\nHenare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archer, ZSJ, Suzuki, &amp; Kanemaru def. Okada,\nOspreay, YOSHI-HASHI, &amp; Umino<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EVIL, SANADA, &amp; BUSHI def. Tanahashi, KENTA,\n&amp; Karl Fredericks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">B Block Matches:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hirooki\nGoto def. Toru Yano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll keep the review short and simple just like the\nmatch itself. Goto literally pulled a roll up on Yano a minute into the match\nand that&#8217;s that. A win for the Samurai Warrior is always a good thing. YTR will\nget another moment later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tomohiro\nIshii def. Juice Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hate sounding repetitive here but man, Tomohiro\nIshii is the MVP of this tournament and it showed. I love Juice, big fan of his\nbut he rarely meshes well with a lot of wrestlers in the roster and we&#8217;ll get\nmore onto that later, with Ishii though, you bet they meshed well and what a\nhard hitting affair this was! Ever since that Moxley match, Juice had a change\nof attitude and brought more hard hitting strikes into his arsenal. Arguably\nJuice&#8217;s best match in the tournament by far and I actually did not expect this\nto be as good as it turned out, but it&#8217;s a welcomed surprise. These two just\nwent at it nonstop for the whole 17 minutes. Ishii&#8217;s patented vertical drop\nbrain-buster earned him the win in the end though. I wish Juice would&#8217;ve won\nand challenge for the NEVER belt because man I wanted to see more action\nbetween these two!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jeff\nCobb def. Taichi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going to be completely honest, I don&#8217;t remember much\nfrom this match. It was a solid affair for sure but their match for the NEVER\nOpenweight title earlier this year was more memorable. Not a great match nor it\nis bad. Just decent is the best way to describe it I think. Cobb wins with the\nTour of the islands avenging his loss to the Holy Emperor at the 12 minute\nmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jay\nWhite def. Shingo Takagi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ishii vs. Juice match is the best of the night\nfor me, but Switchblade vs. Shingo is surprisingly not that far behind. A first\ntime matchup between these two and barring the interferences from Gedo, this\nwas actually a great match. Jay as always plays the villain role so well, even\nbetter than Marty Scurll but I digress. He doesn&#8217;t get much credit into this\naspect, but Shingo can really work the crowd well and get them all behind his\nback, cheering against the evil gaijin wrestler. Dare I say he&#8217;s better at it\nthan EVIL and SANADA both of whom are his LIJ compatriots. Anyway, it was a\nsolid effort from both men, will probably go down as one of the underrated\nmatches of the entire tournament. Jay wins with the Bladerunner after a match\ntime of 19 minutes and 26 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jon Moxley def. Tetsuya Naito<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.njpw1972.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/9_10-10.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\"\/><figcaption>Photo (c) njpw1972.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last match of the night and it was a shocker for many people including yours truly, Moxley vs. Naito for the first time, one of the most anticipated matches when the tournament blocks were announced. Now first, I&#8217;ll get this out of the way, the match itself was actually disappointing. Again, it was good but it didn&#8217;t seem to click well between these two. The taunting was fun and all but the execution of action did not feel like it was there, no instant chemistry unlike with Mox and Ishii or even Shingo. Maybe their styles are just way too drastic with one another for it to work the first time. The finish though, that&#8217;s what really got into everyone. Social media exploded with the Moxley victory as seemingly everyone, like myself, picked Naito to win and eventually headline Wrestle Kingdom once more but that felt like it was thwarted for a moment when Mox hits the Death Rider and take the win. This was a champion vs. champion after all but man nobody expected going into this year&#8217;s G1 for Mox to go undefeated in his first 5 matches, I guess New Japan is really milking this for however long they&#8217;ll have him. I don&#8217;t mind it at the very least and I actually wasn&#8217;t mad that Naito loss, it&#8217;s just that I still hope the dream of seeing him be double champ is alive after the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Night\n11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: July 30, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From: Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1 (Kagawa,\nJapan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Undercard Results:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, &amp; Tsuji def. Ishii, Honma,\n&amp; Uemura<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toru Yano &amp; Ren Narita def. Jon Moxley &amp;\nShota Umino<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jay White, Yujiro, &amp; Chase def. Taichi, Suzuki,\n&amp; Kanemaru<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naito, Shingo, &amp; BUSHI def. Juice, Cobb, &amp;\nHenare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A Block Matches:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kota\nIbushi def. Bad Luck Fale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A forgettable match. Just a slog. It&#8217;s harsh but a\nHonma match would&#8217;ve been more entertaining. Okada and Ibushi can&#8217;t get a good\nmatch out of Fale, hopefully this is a sign it&#8217;s over for him next year. I\ndon&#8217;t really do match ratings but if I were to follow the Meltzer scale, this\nis what you can call a DUD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zack\nSabre Jr. def. Will Ospreay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Kelly mentioned on commentary that this is the\nfirst British vs. British matchup in the entire history of the G1. It&#8217;s pretty\ncrazy but I don&#8217;t know any other British wrestlers besides these two and Lord\nSteven Regal that have competed so there you go, a fun little fact. What was\nalso fun is the match itself, man was it good! After that nothing match between\nIbushi and Fale, we were treated with a nice clash of styles between ZSJ and\nOspreay. One wrestles in the classic submission World of Sport way while the\nother has a heavy influence from the rich history of lucha libre. The match was\nworked perfectly from top to bottom. ZSJ mainly working on Ospreay&#8217;s injury and\nthe latter really sold me on his underdog run throughout the match. In theory a\nmatchup between a highflyer and technical wrestler may not work but these are\nvery much familiar with each other at this point and as Rocky said they are two\nof the best British wrestlers today so it&#8217;s no surprised that they brought one\nhelluva match to the table! Lots of counter wrestling as well, just every\nsecond mattered and got you glued to the screen. In the end Zack got another\nwin over the junior heavyweight champ. I was hoping for an Ospreay victory and\nmaybe get a re-match down the line at Royal Quest but it doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s\ngoing to head that way. <em>&#8220;Hurrah!\nAnother Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable\nMarch of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness&#8221;<\/em> managed to get ZSJ\nthe win, plus imagining Ospreay as Boris Johnson probably helped too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kazuchika\nOkada def. Lance Archer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Okada could even remove his glorious gear,\nArcher attacked him and that&#8217;s mainly the story for the first half of this\nmatch. Okada getting decimated by the American Psycho. Lance is even more\ncrazier than usual, attacking and scaring anyone in his sights. Young lions,\ncamera men, referee, and even a little kid! Archer making kids cry, just\nanother weekday for him. Anyway Okada would rally back and eventually get the\nwin after a single Rainmaker. There were some complaining about that but you\nhave to remember, Okada is being presented as the greatest wrestler alive in\nNew Japan. Having his finisher get kicked out often would diminish it so I\ndidn&#8217;t mind it at all. I was surprised when it first occurred but it just goes\nto show you we are pretty much used to false finishes at this point, so yeah a\none hit KO isn&#8217;t so bad. Later on Okada went to the kid and cheered him up,\ncan&#8217;t get any more babyface than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SANADA\ndef. KENTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another match wherein KENTA is going up against a\nNew Japan talent for the first time in SANADA. I have to address this somewhere\nso I&#8217;ll go on ahead and do it here, apparently some Japanese fans are really\nnot welcoming of KENTA according to the Super J-Cast twitter, especially in the\nYouTube comments where he isn&#8217;t exactly treated nicely, getting sentiments such\nas &#8220;he should&#8217;ve stayed in NOAH&#8221; and &#8220;be gone from the\ncompany&#8221; stuff like that. It just opened my eyes that there are those\ntypical fans in Japan as well, I guess having &#8220;smart marks&#8221; if you\nwill isn&#8217;t solely a Western idea but for the rest of the world. I for one like\nKENTA and what he&#8217;s been doing so far but from their perspective and if they\nare long time New Japan fans I get it but they might have to deal with it for I\nsee KENTA staying for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now with that out of the way, onto the match. I\nthought it was just another decent match. Nothing really stands out, it had a\nsimilar pace to his Ibushi match at opening night. At least that&#8217;s how I felt.\nSANADA actually wins with the Mutoh Moonsault and I guess they&#8217;re building him\nup to be Okada&#8217;s first defeat or draw and eventually face again for the title.\nDon&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve always liked Okada and SANADA matches but it feels\nlike it&#8217;s been overdone in such a short span of time. I would&#8217;ve preferred KENTA\nchallenging for the title instead as it is something new but that may be on the\nback burner for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi def. EVIL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.njpw1972.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/9_12-10.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\"\/><figcaption>Photo (c) njpw1972.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main event of the night is between The Ace and The\nKing of Darkness. For the fans who just got into New Japan this year, I think\nthis is the best showcase for you to understand why Tana is such a beloved\nfigure. You can see how instantly he can get the crowd riled up and cheer him,\nleading to a victory or at the very least a solid comeback. Men, women,\nchildren, all are rooting for Tana despite knowing the damage that has taken a\ntoll on him for the past decade, carrying the company in his back and saving\nNew Japan from obscurity. Have to give props to EVIL as well for playing the\nheel role for the most part, it&#8217;s like him in Naito&#8217;s shoes during this match,\nanother one of Tana&#8217;s rivals. He is very much past his prime now but it shows\nyou that with proper story and opponent, Tanahashi can still bust out instant\nclassics if he damn well pleases. Another High Fly Flow gets the win but how\nmuch more can he take?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A Block Leaderboard:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12\nPoints<\/strong> = Kazuchika Okada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8\nPoints<\/strong> = Hiroshi Tanahashi, KENTA, Kota Ibushi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6\nPoints<\/strong> = EVIL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4\nPoints<\/strong> = SANADA, Lance Archer, Will Ospreay, Zack Sabre\nJr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2 Points<\/strong> = Bad Luck Fale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Night\n12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: August 1, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From: Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium (Fukuoka, Japan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Undercard Results:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fale, Yujiro, &amp; Chase def. KENTA, Connors, &amp;\nFredericks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ZSJ &amp; Suzuki def. Archer &amp; Kanemaru<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ibushi, Honma, &amp; Henare def. Tanahashi, Umino,\n&amp; Narita<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okada, Ospreay, &amp; YOSHI-HASHI def. SANADA, EVIL,\n&amp; BUSHI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">B Block Matches:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jeff\nCobb def. Shingo Takagi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August is upon us and to kick things off for the G1\nits Jeff Cobb and Shingo Takagi. You love good ol&#8217; hoss fights? Then this is\nexactly for you! Both men just annihilated each other for the whole 12 minutes\nof action. It&#8217;s honestly been Cobb&#8217;s second best match of the tournament so far\nin my opinion, only behind his Ishii match. A 10-12 minute match time certainly\nworks for Cobb and with a great opponent like The Dragon, it really gets the\nbest out of him. Tour of the Islands takes the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Toru Yano def. Jon Moxley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EA5oA5sWkAAez3k.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Photo (c) @Brokumania on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He&#8217;s done it\nagain! He&#8217;s done it again! Yano wins!&#8221; the famous words uttered by Kevin\nKelly as Toru Yano becomes the first man to defeat Jon Moxley in his New Japan\ncareer! Mox has proved that he can work both a serious and comedy match, I know\nthat&#8217;s kind of established during his time with the WWE but it couldn&#8217;t be more\napparent with this match. Him and Yano have a perfect chemistry of goofiness\nand madness. Yano tied up Moxley&#8217;s feet to Shooter (Shota Umino) outside with\nhis signature tape and earned the count out victory. He gets the win and his\n5,000 yen back. Now he has wins over the IC and US Champions. Yano Two Belts when?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tetsuya\nNaito def. Juice Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With YTR getting the win over Moxley, Naito and\nSwitchblade&#8217;s hopes of winning the G1 are kept alive. I&#8217;ve mentioned earlier,\nJuice is a good wrestler but doesn&#8217;t nearly mesh well with styles of the other\nNew Japan wrestlers and I guess this is just another case of that. Not all good\nwrestlers whenever pitted against one another will give you an instant classic,\nsometimes it just turns out to be decent. Which I&#8217;ll take all day rather than a\nFale match but enough about the guy. Lots of teasing between these two though\nwhich I found fun, such as Juice taking a lot of his time removing three\nshirts, then Naito mocking the &#8220;Juice!&#8221; chant. The match itself was\nserviceable but nothing worthy of jumping out of your seat. Destino at 13\nminutes and 47 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jay\nWhite def. Taichi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the battle of New Japan&#8217;s biggest douches. This\nis one of those matches that I&#8217;ve also looked forward to when the blocks were\nannounced, not because it might turn out to be a classic masterpiece, but for\nthe sheer aura of two heels going at it. I can say, it delivered as expected.\nIf you&#8217;re expecting a clean match between two members of Bullet Club and\nSuzuki-Gun then you&#8217;re watching the wrong match. The interferences and other\nshenanigans actually added into the story. Gedo and Kanemaru played their roles\njust as well too, with the former even strangling Miho Abe in the hair, how\ndare he! Anyway, I think it speaks volumes to how great of a heel Jay is that\nhe makes Taichi beloved like Tanahashi! How can someone even be able to do\nthat? It&#8217;s rare to see Taichi work in the &#8220;babyface&#8221; role if you can\neven call it that but yeah, Switchblade was clearly the dominant heel here and\nin the end, got the win with a Bladerunner. A 15 minute clusterf*ck, but a good\none at that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hirooki\nGoto def. Tomohiro Ishii<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To end the night we have a classic matchup between\nIshii and Goto.&nbsp; If you wanna know what\nstrong style and fighting spirit is all about, then this match is the\nembodiment of that. Last year in the G1 they had a similar hard hitting affair,\nthis year is no different. It&#8217;s always a treat to see these two each other in\nthe ring and man do they make you feel like they hate each other whenever they\ngo at it despite being in the same faction together. Elbows, chops, kicks, you\nname every imaginable strike and they&#8217;ll punish each other with it. This will\nprobably go down as one of the underrated matches of the entire tournament but\nit&#8217;s definitely up there for me in terms of favorites. You can never go wrong\nwith an Ishii vs. Goto match. Samurai Warrior gets a victory with a GTR, hoping\nwe get a re-match for the NEVER title down the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">B Block Leaderboard:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10\nPoints<\/strong> = Jon Moxley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6\nPoints<\/strong> = Naito, Cobb, Goto, Ishii, Juice, White, Yano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4\nPoints<\/strong> = Taichi, Shingo Takagi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Night 9 Date: July 27, 2019 From: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Aichi, Japan) Undercard Results: Taichi, Suzuki, &amp; Kanemaru def. Cobb, Narita, &amp; Tsuji Jay White, Yujiro, &amp; Chase def. 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