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| G1 Climax 29 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Logo of the 2019 G1 Climax | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | July 6 to August 12, 2019 | ||
| City | See venues | ||
| Venue | See venues | ||
| Attendance | 97,191 (combined)[1] | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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| G1 Climax chronology | |||
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 Kota Ibushi, winner of G1 Climax 29 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | |
| Dates | July 6, 2019–August 12, 2019 |
Tournament format(s) | Two-block round-robin tournament |
| Participants | 20 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Kota Ibushi |
| Runner-up | Jay White |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Bouts fought | 91 |
The G1 Climax 29 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 6 and concluded on August 12, 2019. It is the twenty-ninth edition of G1 Climax, and forty-fifth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names.[2] A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Jay White in the final to win the tournament.
Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results. On the final day of the event, the winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who will gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event.
The event saw the G1 Climax debut of Jeff Cobb, Jon Moxley, Taichi, Kenta, Shingo Takagi, and Will Ospreay as well as Lance Archer's first participation since 2014; this was Kenta's in-ring debut in NJPW. As usual, the tournament took place over several cities and locations; the 2019 edition marked the first time that the G1 Climax tournament took place outside of Japan, as the event opened with G1 Climax in Dallas at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, before moving back to Japan.[2][3] The event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States, TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.
Production
[edit]| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| English Commentators | Kevin Kelly |
| Rocky Romero | |
| Chris Charlton (nights 2, 3, 5─7, 13, 14, 16─19) | |
| Japanese Commentators | Shinpei Nogami (nights 18 & 19) |
| Shigeki Kiyono (nights 2, 3, 8─10) | |
| Yohei Onishi (nights 1 & 4) | |
| Shunichiro Fujisawa (nights 5─7, 12, 15) | |
| Haruo Murata (nights 11, 13, 14, 16) | |
| Shinji Yoshino (night 17) | |
| Milano Collection A.T. | |
| Miki Motoi (nights 1, 3, 5, 15, 18) | |
| Yusuke Okamoto (nights 7 & 12) | |
| Katsuhiko Kanazawa (nights 4, 6, 19) | |
| Soichi Shibata (night 2) | |
| Kazuo Yamazaki (night 17) | |
| Ring announcers | Kimihiko Ozaki |
| Makoto Abe | |
| Referees | Kenta Sato |
| Marty Asami | |
| Red Shoes Unno | |
| Tiger Hattori |
Tournament rules
[edit]NJPW announced that the 2019 edition and its dates of the G1 Climax on January 4, 2019, at Wrestle Kingdom 13; it was announced that the first night of the tournament will be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, marking the first time the tournament would be held outside of Japan.[4] As per usual G1 Climax tradition, the tournament features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestler within the same block in singles match, with the winner of each block being determined via a point system, gaining two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a loss; each night of the event sees the ten members of a same block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results, typically facing their future tournament opponents. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each other's in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.[5][6]
On the final day of the event, the respective winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he gets to pick his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The low-card matches have a twenty-minutes time limit, while the matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a tie); the final match between the two block winners has no time limit.[5][6]
Storylines
[edit]The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[7]
First-time participant Jeff Cobb and returning participant Tomohiro Ishii announced their participation to the tournament on May 31, 2019.[8]
On June 9, 2019, at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, several wrestlers announced their decision to participate in the G1 Climax for the first time, including IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley.[9] Best of the Super Juniors winner Will Ospreay, immediately after defeating Dragon Lee to win the IWGP Junior heavyweight Champion, also announced his intention to participate, marking a rare participation to the tournament by a member of the Junior Heavyweight division.[10] Junior Heavyweight Shingo Takagi, who defeated heavyweight Satoshi Kojima at Dominion, announced his move to the Heavyweight division after the match, as well as his participation to the G1 Climax.[10] Kenta, who had been released by WWE the previous February, made his surprise NJPW debut at the event, also announcing his participation in the G1 Climax.[11][12]
Four time-participant Lance Archer, who had last participated to the tournament in 2014, announced his participation on June 10, 2019, via the company's official YouTube channel.[13]
The twenty participants were officially announced on June 16, 2019. The list included six first-time participants, namely Cobb, Moxley, Ospreay, Takagi, Kenta, and Taichi, with fourteen participants returning from the previous year, and Archer returning after a five-year hiatus; participants from the previous year who did not return were Michael Elgin, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, who had left NJPW, and Minoru Suzuki, Tama Tonga, Togi Makabe, and Yoshi-Hashi.[14]
Venues
[edit]| Dates | Venue | Location | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 6 | American Airlines Center[15] | Dallas, Texas | United States |
| July 13–14 | Ota City General Gymnasium[16][17] | Ōta, Tokyo | Japan |
| July 15 | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center[18] | Toyohira-ku, Sapporo | |
| July 18–20 | Korakuen Hall[19][20][21] | Bunkyo, Tokyo | |
| July 24 | Hiroshima Sun Plaza[22] | Nishi-ku, Hiroshima | |
| July 27–28 | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium[23][24] | Nagoya | |
| July 30 | Takamatsu City General Gymnasium[25] | Takamatsu, Kagawa | |
| August 1 | Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium[26] | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | |
| August 3–4 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium[27][28] | Namba, Osaka | |
| August 7 | Hamamatsu Arena[29] | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | |
| August 8 | Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium[30] | Naka-ku, Yokohama | |
| August 10–12 | Nippon Budokan[31][32][33] | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Results
[edit]Night 1 (A Block)
[edit]| G1 Climax in Dallas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | July 6, 2019 | ||
| City | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||
| Venue | American Airlines Center | ||
| Attendance | 4,846[34] | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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| G1 Special chronology | |||
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The first night of A Block took place on July 6, 2019, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas; it was promoted as G1 Climax in Dallas.[15][35] It marked the first time that a night of the G1 Climax took place outside of Japan.[2] This event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World. The show would receive coverage from more mainstream publications such as Sports Illustrated and Deadspin.[36][37]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) | Tag team match | 6:42 |
| 2 | Ren Narita and Jeff Cobb defeated Shota Umino and Tomohiro Ishii | Tag team match | 7:18 |
| 3 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jay White) | Tag team match | 8:38 |
| 4 | Jushin Thunder Liger, Juice Robinson and Toru Yano defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) | Six-man tag team match | 8:18 |
| 5 | Lance Archer defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:16 |
| 6 | Bad Luck Fale defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:33 |
| 7 | Sanada defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:12 |
| 8 | Kenta defeated Kota Ibushi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 20:51 |
| 9 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 22:04 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Bad Luck Fale | Win | 0 | 2 |
| Kazuchika Okada | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Kenta | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Lance Archer | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Sanada | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | Evil | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Kota Ibushi | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Ospreay | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
Night 2 (B Block)
[edit]The first night of B Block took place on July 13, 2019, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo.[16]
| No. | Results[16] | Stipulations | Times[16] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay and Yuya Uemura | Six-man tag team match | 7:59 |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) | Tag team match | 5:59 |
| 3 | Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino and Ren Narita by submission | Six-man tag team match | 11:13 |
| 4 | Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) by submission | Tag team match | 11:16 |
| 5 | Juice Robinson defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:41 |
| 6 | Jon Moxley defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 7:36 |
| 7 | Toru Yano defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 3:42 |
| 8 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:33 |
| 9 | Hirooki Goto defeated Jay White | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:06 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Hirooki Goto | Win | 0 | 2 |
| Jon Moxley | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Juice Robinson | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Toru Yano | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | Jay White | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Cobb | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Shingo Takagi | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Taichi | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
Night 3 (A Block)
[edit]The second night of A Block took place on July 14, 2019, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo.[17]
| No. | Results[17] | Stipulations | Times[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) and Yota Tsuji defeated Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura | Six-man tag team match | 6:31 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb and Ren Narita defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino | Tag team match | 4:53 |
| 3 | Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) | Six-man tag team match | 9:23 |
| 4 | Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi) | Six-man tag team match | 8:33 |
| 5 | Lance Archer defeated Bad Luck Fale | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:12 |
| 6 | Will Ospreay defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:06 |
| 7 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:01 |
| 8 | Evil defeated Kota Ibushi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 19:11 |
| 9 | Kenta defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:35 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 2 | 4 |
| Kenta | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Lance Archer | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | Bad Luck Fale | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Evil | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Sanada | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Will Ospreay | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| Kota Ibushi | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
Night 4 (B Block)
[edit]The second night of B Block took place on July 15, 2019, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.[18]
| No. | Results[18] | Stipulations | Times[18] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Ibushi and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Shota Umino and Yota Tsuji by submission | Tag team match | 8:19 |
| 2 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) and Ren Narita | Six-man tag team match | 7:18 |
| 3 | Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks | Eight-man tag team match | 11:23 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens | Tag team match | 8:43 |
| 5 | Shingo Takagi defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 6:16 |
| 6 | Juice Robinson defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:23 |
| 7 | Jon Moxley defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 8:54 |
| 8 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jay White | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 19:13 |
| 9 | Taichi defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:01 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Win | 2 | 4 |
| Juice Robinson | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Shingo Takagi | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Taichi | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Toru Yano | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Jay White | Loss | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Cobb | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 0 | 0 | |
Night 5 (A Block)
[edit]The third night of A Block took place on July 18, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[19]
| No. | Results[19] | Stipulations | Times[19] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Yuya Uemura | Tag team match | 5:46 |
| 2 | Jeff Cobb and Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) and Yota Tsuji by submission | Tag team match | 9:30 |
| 3 | Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toru Yano and Tomoaki Honma) and Ren Narita | Six-man tag team match | 8:49 |
| 4 | Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito and Bushi) | Six-man tag team match | 8:35 |
| 5 | Kenta defeated Lance Archer | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:58 |
| 6 | Evil defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:11 |
| 7 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Bad Luck Fale | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:15 |
| 8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:56 |
| 9 | Kota Ibushi defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:16 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 4 | 6 |
| Kenta | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| 2 | Evil | Win | 2 | 4 |
| Lance Archer | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Bad Luck Fale | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Kota Ibushi | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Sanada | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Will Ospreay | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 0 | 0 |
Night 6 (B Block)
[edit]The third night of B Block took place on July 19, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[20]
| No. | Results[20] | Stipulations | Times[20] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) | Tag team match | 4:40 |
| 2 | Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma | Tag team match | 9:48 |
| 3 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Evil and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenta and Clark Connors | Six-man tag team match | 9:02 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Will Ospreay and Toa Henare | Tag team match | 8:46 |
| 5 | Shingo Takagi defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:40 |
| 6 | Jeff Cobb defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:21 |
| 7 | Toru Yano defeated Jay White | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 3:04 |
| 8 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:01 |
| 9 | Jon Moxley defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 20:36 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Shingo Takagi | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Toru Yano | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Cobb | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| Taichi | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Win | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jay White | Loss | 0 | 0 |
Night 7 (A Block)
[edit]The fourth night of A Block took place on July 20, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[21]
| No. | Results[21] | Stipulations | Times[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Juice Robinson and Yota Tsuji by submission | Tag team match | 3:56 |
| 2 | Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Toru Yano) and Yuya Uemura | Six-man tag team match | 8:52 |
| 3 | Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb, Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) | Six-man tag team match | 9:50 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) and Ren Narita | Six-man tag team match | 7:33 |
| 5 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bad Luck Fale by countout | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 6:30 |
| 6 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Lance Archer | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:58 |
| 7 | Kenta defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:03 |
| 8 | Kota Ibushi defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 19:14 |
| 9 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 21:56 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 6 | 8 |
| Kenta | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| 2 | Evil | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Kota Ibushi | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Lance Archer | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Bad Luck Fale | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Sanada | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Will Ospreay | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 0 | 2 | |
Night 8 (B Block)
[edit]The fourth night of B Block took place on July 24, 2019, at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.[22]
| No. | Results[22] | Stipulations | Times[22] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Will Ospreay, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura | Six-man tag team match | 9:20 |
| 2 | Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) | Six-man tag team match | 8:09 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shota Umino defeated Kota Ibushi and Ren Narita | Tag team match | 7:45 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Toa Henare defeated Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks by submission | Six-man tag team match | 8:51 |
| 5 | Juice Robinson defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 4:28 |
| 6 | Taichi defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:11 |
| 7 | Jon Moxley defeated Shingo Takagi by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:45 |
| 8 | Jay White defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:50 |
| 9 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:58 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Win | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson | Win | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Taichi | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Toru Yano | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hirooki Goto | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Cobb | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Jay White | Win | 0 | 2 | |
Night 9 (A Block)
[edit]The fifth night of A Block took place on July 27, 2019, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.[23]
| No. | Results[23] | Stipulations | Times[23] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Yota Tsuji, Ren Narita and Jeff Cobb | Six-man tag team match | 8:46 |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma and Juice Robinson) | Six-man tag team match | 8:09 |
| 3 | Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | Tag team match | 7:15 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino | Tag team match | 7:50 |
| 5 | Kota Ibushi defeated Lance Archer | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:42 |
| 6 | Will Ospreay defeated Bad Luck Fale by disqualification | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 9:08 |
| 7 | Evil defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:00 |
| 8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:07 |
| 9 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 26:53 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Kenta | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Evil | Win | 4 | 6 |
| Kota Ibushi | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Lance Archer | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Will Ospreay | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Bad Luck Fale | Loss | 2 | 2 |
| Sanada | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 2 | 2 | |
Night 10 (B Block)
[edit]The fifth night of B Block took place on July 28, 2019, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.[24]
| No. | Results[24] | Stipulations | Times[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Narita defeated Yuya Uemura | Singles match | 7:25 |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) and Kota Ibushi | Six-man tag team match | 8:20 |
| 3 | Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. and Lance Archer) defeated Shota Umino, Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada) | Eight-man tag team match | 9:35 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Sanada and Evil) defeated Karl Fredericks, Kenta, Hiroshi Tanahashi | Six-man tag team match | 8:59 |
| 5 | Hirooki Goto defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 1:42 |
| 6 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:54 |
| 7 | Jeff Cobb defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:30 |
| 8 | Jay White defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 19:26 |
| 9 | Jon Moxley defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:41 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Win | 2 | 4 |
| Hirooki Goto | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Taichi | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Shingo Takagi | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Jay White | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Toru Yano | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
Night 11 (A Block)
[edit]The sixth night of A Block took place on July 30, 2019, at the Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Arena 1 in Kagawa.[25]
| No. | Results[25] | Stipulations | Times[25] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) and Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura, Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii | Six-man tag team match | 9:24 |
| 2 | Toru Yano and Ren Narita defeated Shota Umino and Jon Moxley | Tag team match | 4:08 |
| 3 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) | Six-man tag team match | 7:39 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare, Jeff Cobb and Juice Robinson) | Six-man tag team match | 9:27 |
| 5 | Kota Ibushi defeated Bad Luck Fale | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 9:27 |
| 6 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Will Ospreay by submission | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 20:02 |
| 7 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Lance Archer | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 14:15 |
| 8 | Sanada defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:10 |
| 9 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 23:02 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Kenta | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| Kota Ibushi | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| 3 | Evil | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Lance Archer | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Will Ospreay | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Sanada | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Bad Luck Fale | Loss | 2 | 2 |
Night 12 (B Block)
[edit]The sixth night of B Block took place on August 1, 2019, at the Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka.[26]
| No. | Results[26] | Stipulations | Times[26] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta | Six-man tag team match | 8:11 |
| 2 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) | Tag team match | 5:00 |
| 3 | Kota Ibushi and Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ren Narita and Shota Umino | Six-man tag team match | 8:18 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) | Six-man tag team match | 9:14 |
| 5 | Jeff Cobb defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:27 |
| 6 | Toru Yano defeated Jon Moxley by countout | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 5:08 |
| 7 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 13:47 |
| 8 | Jay White defeated Taichi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:07 |
| 9 | Hirooki Goto defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:01 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | ||||
| Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 6 | 6 | |
| Jay White | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| Jeff Cobb | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| Hirooki Goto | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| Toru Yano | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Taichi | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Shingo Takagi | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
Night 13 (A Block)
[edit]The seventh night of A Block took place on August 3, 2019, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.[27]
| No. | Results[27] | Stipulations | Times[27] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) defeated Ren Narita and Yota Tsuji | Tag team match | 6:18 |
| 2 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb, Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano) | Six-man tag team match | 5:50 |
| 3 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) | Six-man tag team match | 7:28 |
| 4 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jay White) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino | Tag team match | 5:55 |
| 5 | Bad Luck Fale defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 7:20 |
| 6 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Lance Archer | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:43 |
| 7 | Evil defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:08 |
| 8 | Kota Ibushi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:53 |
| 9 | Sanada defeated Kazuchika Okada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 29:47 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Loss | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Evil | Win | 6 | 8 |
| Kenta | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| 4 | Sanada | Win | 4 | 6 |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Lance Archer | Loss | 4 | 4 |
| Will Ospreay | Loss | 4 | 4 | |
| Bad Luck Fale | Win | 2 | 4 | |
Night 14 (B Block)
[edit]The seventh night of B Block took place on August 4, 2019, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.[28]
| No. | Results[28] | Stipulations | Times[28] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toa Henare and Yuya Uemura defeated Ren Narita and Shota Umino | Tag team match | 6:06 |
| 2 | Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada | Six-man tag team match | 6:38 |
| 3 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma | Six-man tag team match | 8:16 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta | Six-man tag team match | 8:24 |
| 5 | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 9:36 |
| 6 | Taichi defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:28 |
| 7 | Hirooki Goto defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:20 |
| 8 | Jay White defeated Jon Moxley | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:15 |
| 9 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Shingo Takagi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:15 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Hirooki Goto | Win | 6 | 8 |
| Tetsuya Naito | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Jay White | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| 3 | Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| Toru Yano | Loss | 4 | 6 | |
| Jeff Cobb | Loss | 6 | 6 | |
| Taichi | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Shingo Takagi | Loss | 4 | 4 |
Night 15 (A Block)
[edit]The eighth night of A Block took place on August 7, 2019, at the Hamamatsu Arena in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu.[29]
| No. | Results[29] | Stipulations | Times[29] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Toru Yano, Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura | Six-man tag team match | 8:56 |
| 2 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota Umino | Tag team match | 5:09 |
| 3 | Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma) | Six-man tag team match | 9:31 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi defeated Jeff Cobb, Ren Narita and Tomohiro Ishii | Six-man tag team match | 8:50 |
| 5 | Sanada defeated Lance Archer | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:28 |
| 6 | Bad Luck Fale defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 9:58 |
| 7 | Will Ospreay defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:33 |
| 8 | Kota Ibushi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:46 |
| 9 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 27:00 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada | Win | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Evil | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| Kenta | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Sanada | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| 4 | Bad Luck Fale | Win | 4 | 6 |
| Will Ospreay | Win | 4 | 6 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Loss | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Lance Archer | Loss | 4 | 4 |
Night 16 (B Block)
[edit]The eighth night of B Block took place on August 8, 2019, at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Naka-ku, Yokohama.[30]
| No. | Results[30] | Stipulations | Times[30] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji | Tag team match | 5:39 |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) | Six-man tag team match | 7:50 |
| 3 | Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta | Six-man tag team match | 7:17 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi, Toa Henare and Will Ospreay | Six-man tag team match | 7:20 |
| 5 | Toru Yano defeated Taichi by countout | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 5:04 |
| 6 | Tetsuya Naito defeated Jeff Cobb | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 12:47 |
| 7 | Hirooki Goto defeated Jon Moxley | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 8:38 |
| 8 | Jay White defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 23:01 |
| 9 | Shingo Takagi defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 22:41 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jon Moxley | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| Hirooki Goto | Win | 8 | 10 | |
| Jay White | Win | 8 | 10 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Win | 8 | 10 | |
| 2 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| Toru Yano | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| 3 | Jeff Cobb | Loss | 6 | 6 |
| Juice Robinson | Loss | 6 | 6 | |
| Taichi | Loss | 6 | 6 | |
| Shingo Takagi | Win | 4 | 6 | |
Night 17 (A Block)
[edit]The ninth night of A Block took place on August 10, 2019, at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and saw the finals of the A Block.[31] Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada to be declared the winner of the A Block.
| No. | Results[31] | Stipulations | Times[31] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Juice Robinson and Ren Narita | Tag team match | 3:41 |
| 2 | Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb and Toa Henare) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano) | Tag team match | 5:23 |
| 3 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) | Six-man tag team match | 7:50 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi) | Six-man tag team match | 8:37 |
| 5 | Lance Archer defeated Evil | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:02 |
| 6 | Bad Luck Fale defeated Sanada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 10:38 |
| 7 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kenta | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:26 |
| 8 | Will Ospreay defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 17:12 |
| 9 | Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 25:07 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Kota Ibushi | Win | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada | Loss | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Bad Luck Fale | Win | 6 | 8 |
| Will Ospreay | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Evil | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Kenta | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Sanada | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| 4 | Lance Archer | Win | 4 | 6 |
Night 18 (B Block)
[edit]The ninth night of B Block took place on August 11, 2019, at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and saw the finals of the B Block.[32] Jay White defeated Tetsuya Naito to be declared the winner of the B Block.
| No. | Results[32] | Stipulations | Times[32] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji | Tag team match | 7:34 |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) | Six-man tag team match | 7:54 |
| 3 | Kota Ibushi, Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and Kenta | Six-man tag team match | 8:22 |
| 4 | Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr.) | Eight-man tag team match | 10:35 |
| 5 | Jeff Cobb defeated Toru Yano | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 5:19 |
| 6 | Taichi defeated Tomohiro Ishii | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 11:56 |
| 7 | Juice Robinson defeated Jon Moxley | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 16:26 |
| 8 | Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki Goto | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 15:10 |
| 9 | Jay White defeated Tetsuya Naito | Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament | 18:51 |
Tournament scores
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| 1 | Jay White | Win | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Jon Moxley | Loss | 10 | 10 |
| Hirooki Goto | Loss | 10 | 10 | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Loss | 10 | 10 | |
| 3 | Tomohiro Ishii | Loss | 8 | 8 |
| Toru Yano | Loss | 8 | 8 | |
| Jeff Cobb | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Juice Robinson | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Taichi | Win | 6 | 8 | |
| Shingo Takagi | Win | 6 | 8 | |
Night 19 (Final)
[edit]The final night took place on August 12, 2019, at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo.[33] A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Jay White to be declared the winner of the tournament.
Final standings
[edit]| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kota Ibushi | 14 | Jay White | 12 |
| Kazuchika Okada | 14 | Hirooki Goto | 10 |
| Will Ospreay | 8 | Jon Moxley | 10 |
| Bad Luck Fale | 8 | Tetsuya Naito | 10 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 8 | Jeff Cobb | 8 |
| Evil | 8 | Shingo Takagi | 8 |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | 8 | Tomohiro Ishii | 8 |
| Sanada | 8 | Taichi | 8 |
| Kenta | 8 | Juice Robinson | 8 |
| Lance Archer | 6 | Toru Yano | 8 |
Tournament overview
[edit]| Block A | Archer | Evil | Fale | Ibushi | Kenta | Okada | Ospreay | Sabre | Sanada | Tanahashi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | — | Archer (10:02)[31] | Archer (10:12)[17] | Ibushi (11:42)[23] | Kenta (11:58)[19] | Okada (14:15)[25] | Archer (18:16)[15] | Sabre (10:43)[27] | Sanada (10:28)[29] | Tanahashi (11:58)[21] |
| Evil | Archer (10:02)[31] | — | Fale (11:33)[15] | Evil (19:11)[17] | Kenta (15:03)[21] | Okada (27:00)[29] | Evil (17:08)[27] | Evil (16:00)[23] | Evil (18:11)[19] | Tanahashi (23:02)[25] |
| Fale | Archer (10:12)[17] | Fale (11:33)[15] | — | Ibushi (9:27)[25] | Fale (7:20)[27] | Okada (10:15)[19] | Ospreay (9:08)[23] | Sabre (6:30)[21] | Fale (10:38)[31] | Fale (9:58)[29] |
| Ibushi | Ibushi (11:42)[23] | Evil (19:11)[17] | Ibushi (9:27)[25] | — | Kenta (20:51)[15] | Ibushi (25:07)[31] | Ibushi (27:16)[19] | Ibushi (15:46)[29] | Ibushi (19:14)[21] | Ibushi (15:53)[27] |
| Kenta | Kenta (11:58)[19] | Kenta (15:03)[21] | Fale (7:20)[27] | Kenta (20:51)[15] | — | Okada (26:53)[23] | Ospreay (16:33)[29] | Sabre (16:26)[31] | Sanada (16:10)[25] | Kenta (18:35)[17] |
| Okada | Okada (14:15)[25] | Okada (27:00)[29] | Okada (10:15)[19] | Ibushi (25:07)[31] | Okada (26:53)[23] | — | Okada (21:56)[21] | Okada (12:01)[17] | Sanada (29:47)[27] | Okada (22:04)[15] |
| Ospreay | Archer (18:16)[15] | Evil (17:08)[27] | Ospreay (9:08)[23] | Ibushi (27:16)[19] | Ospreay (16:33)[29] | Okada (21:56)[21] | — | Sabre (20:02)[25] | Ospreay (17:06)[17] | Ospreay (17:12)[31] |
| Sabre | Sabre (10:43)[27] | Evil (16:00)[23] | Sabre (6:30)[21] | Ibushi (15:46)[29] | Sabre (16:26)[31] | Okada (12:01)[17] | Sabre (20:02)[25] | — | Sanada (21:12)[15] | Tanahashi (13:56)[19] |
| Sanada | Sanada (10:28)[29] | Evil (18:11)[19] | Fale (10:38)[31] | Ibushi (19:14)[21] | Sanada (16:10)[25] | Sanada (29:47)[27] | Ospreay (17:06)[17] | Sanada (21:12)[15] | — | Tanahashi (18:07)[23] |
| Tanahashi | Tanahashi (11:58)[21] | Tanahashi (23:02)[25] | Fale (9:58)[29] | Ibushi (15:53)[27] | Kenta (18:35)[17] | Okada (22:04)[15] | Ospreay (17:12)[31] | Tanahashi (13:56)[19] | Tanahashi (18:07)[23] | — |
| Block B | Cobb | Goto | Ishii | Moxley | Naito | Robinson | Taichi | Takagi | White | Yano |
| Cobb | — | Goto (11:20)[28] | Ishii (18:33)[16] | Moxley (8:54)[18] | Naito (12:47)[30] | Cobb (13:21)[20] | Cobb (12:30)[24] | Cobb (12:27)[26] | White (15:50)[22] | Cobb (5:16)[32] |
| Goto | Goto (11:20)[28] | — | Goto (18:01)[26] | Goto (8:38)[30] | Naito (16:01)[20] | Robinson (12:23)[18] | Taichi (12:11)[22] | Takagi (15:10)[32] | Goto (21:06)[16] | Goto (1:42)[24] |
| Ishii | Ishii (18:33)[16] | Goto (18:01)[26] | — | Moxley (20:36)[20] | Naito (18:58)[22] | Ishii (17:54)[24] | Taichi (11:56)[32] | Takagi (22:41)[30] | Ishii (19:13)[18] | Ishii (9:36)[28] |
| Moxley | Moxley (8:54)[18] | Goto (8:38)[30] | Moxley (20:36)[20] | — | Moxley (16:41)[24] | Robinson (16:26)[32] | Moxley (7:36)[16] | Moxley (14:45)[22] | White (15:15)[28] | Yano (5:08)[26] |
| Naito | Naito (12:47)[30] | Naito (16:01)[20] | Naito (18:58)[22] | Moxley (16:41)[24] | — | Naito (13:47)[26] | Taichi (21:01)[18] | Naito (27:15)[28] | White (18:51)[32] | Yano (3:42)[16] |
| Robinson | Cobb (13:21)[20] | Robinson (12:23)[18] | Ishii (17:54)[24] | Robinson (16:26)[32] | Naito (13:47)[26] | — | Taichi (12:27)[28] | Robinson (14:41)[16] | White (23:01)[30] | Robinson (4:28)[22] |
| Taichi | Cobb (12:30)[24] | Taichi (12:11)[22] | Taichi (11:56)[32] | Moxley (7:36)[16] | Taichi (21:01)[18] | Taichi (12:27)[28] | — | Takagi (14:40)[20] | White (15:07)[26] | Yano (5:04)[30] |
| Takagi | Cobb (12:27)[26] | Takagi (15:10)[32] | Takagi (22:41)[30] | Moxley (14:45)[22] | Naito (27:15)[28] | Robinson (14:41)[16] | Takagi (14:40)[20] | — | White (19:26)[24] | Takagi (6:16)[18] |
| White | White (15:50)[22] | Goto (21:06)[16] | Ishii (19:13)[18] | White (15:15)[28] | White (18:51)[32] | White (23:01)[30] | White (15:07)[26] | White (19:26)[24] | — | Yano (3:04)[20] |
| Yano | Cobb (5:16)[32] | Goto (1:42)[24] | Ishii (9:36)[28] | Yano (5:08)[26] | Yano (3:42)[16] | Robinson (4:28)[22] | Yano (5:04)[30] | Takagi (6:16)[18] | Yano (3:04)[20] | — |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Kota Ibushi | Pin | ||
| B1 | Jay White | 31:01[33] | ||
Reception
[edit]Between nights 7 and 8, Deadspin noted how the 2019 G1 Climax offered an excellent platform for Jon Moxley to shine following his departure from WWE; they notably singled out his match against Tomohiro Ishii, calling it "almost certainly Moxley’s best singles match ever, under any name, but it felt significant in another sense. It was good, brutal fun to watch, but it also pointed a way forward for Moxley not just as an attraction, but rather as a brilliant and brilliantly violent wrestler."[38] Many of the tournament's matches were acclaimed, with eight of them attaining a rating of five or more stars by wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer.[39][40]
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External links
[edit]- G1 Climax at NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)