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G1 Climax 29
Logo of the 2019 G1 Climax
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJuly 6 to August 12, 2019
CitySee venues
VenueSee venues
Attendance97,191 (combined)[1]
Event chronology
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Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
Southern Showdown
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Super J-Cup
Royal Quest
G1 Climax chronology
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G1 Climax 28
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G1 Climax 30
G1 Climax 29
Kota Ibushi, winner of G1 Climax 29
Tournament information
SportProfessional wrestling
Location
DatesJuly 6, 2019–August 12, 2019
Tournament
format(s)
Two-block round-robin tournament
Participants20
Final positions
ChampionKota Ibushi
Runner-upJay White
Tournament statistics
Bouts fought91

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 [ja] in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

Production

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Other on-screen personnel
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

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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

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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

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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

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Night 1 (A Block)

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G1 Climax in Dallas
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJuly 6, 2019
CityDallas, Texas, U.S.
VenueAmerican Airlines Center
Attendance4,846[34]
Event chronology
← Previous
Southern Showdown
Next →
G1 Climax 29
G1 Special chronology
← Previous
G1 Special in San Francisco
Next →
TBA

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.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)Tag team match6:42
2Ren Narita and Jeff Cobb defeated Shota Umino and Tomohiro IshiiTag team match7:18
3Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jay White)Tag team match8:38
4Jushin Thunder Liger, Juice Robinson and Toru Yano defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito)Six-man tag team match8:18
5Lance Archer defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:16
6Bad Luck Fale defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:33
7Sanada defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:12
8Kenta defeated Kota IbushiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:51
9Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:04

Tournament scores

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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)

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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]StipulationsTimes[16]
1Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay and Yuya UemuraSix-man tag team match7:59
2Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Tag team match5:59
3Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino and Ren Narita by submissionSix-man tag team match11:13
4Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) by submissionTag team match11:16
5Juice Robinson defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:41
6Jon Moxley defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:36
7Toru Yano defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament3:42
8Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:33
9Hirooki Goto defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:06

Tournament scores

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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)

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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]StipulationsTimes[17]
1Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) and Yota Tsuji defeated Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya UemuraSix-man tag team match6:31
2Jeff Cobb and Ren Narita defeated Jon Moxley and Shota UminoTag team match4:53
3Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens)Six-man tag team match9:23
4Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi)Six-man tag team match8:33
5Lance Archer defeated Bad Luck FaleSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:12
6Will Ospreay defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:06
7Kazuchika Okada defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:01
8Evil defeated Kota IbushiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:11
9Kenta defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:35

Tournament scores

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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)

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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]StipulationsTimes[18]
1Kota Ibushi and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Shota Umino and Yota Tsuji by submissionTag team match8:19
2Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) and Ren NaritaSix-man tag team match7:18
3Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl FredericksEight-man tag team match11:23
4Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase OwensTag team match8:43
5Shingo Takagi defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:16
6Juice Robinson defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:23
7Jon Moxley defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:54
8Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:13
9Taichi defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:01

Tournament scores

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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)

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The third night of A Block took place on July 18, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[19]

No.Results[19]StipulationsTimes[19]
1Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Yuya UemuraTag team match5:46
2Jeff Cobb and Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) and Yota Tsuji by submissionTag team match9:30
3Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toru Yano and Tomoaki Honma) and Ren NaritaSix-man tag team match8:49
4Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito and Bushi)Six-man tag team match8:35
5Kenta defeated Lance ArcherSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:58
6Evil defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:11
7Kazuchika Okada defeated Bad Luck FaleSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:15
8Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:56
9Kota Ibushi defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:16

Tournament scores

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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)

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The third night of B Block took place on July 19, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[20]

No.Results[20]StipulationsTimes[20]
1Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Tag team match4:40
2Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki HonmaTag team match9:48
3Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Evil and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenta and Clark ConnorsSix-man tag team match9:02
4Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Will Ospreay and Toa HenareTag team match8:46
5Shingo Takagi defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:40
6Jeff Cobb defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:21
7Toru Yano defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament3:04
8Tetsuya Naito defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:01
9Jon Moxley defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:36

Tournament scores

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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)

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The fourth night of A Block took place on July 20, 2019, at the Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.[21]

No.Results[21]StipulationsTimes[21]
1Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Juice Robinson and Yota Tsuji by submissionTag team match3:56
2Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Toru Yano) and Yuya UemuraSix-man tag team match8:52
3Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb, Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare)Six-man tag team match9:50
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) and Ren NaritaSix-man tag team match7:33
5Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bad Luck Fale by countoutSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament6:30
6Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Lance ArcherSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:58
7Kenta defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:03
8Kota Ibushi defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:14
9Kazuchika Okada defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament21:56

Tournament scores

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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)

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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]StipulationsTimes[22]
1Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) defeated Will Ospreay, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya UemuraSix-man tag team match9:20
2Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Bushi)Six-man tag team match8:09
3Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shota Umino defeated Kota Ibushi and Ren NaritaTag team match7:45
4Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Toa Henare defeated Kenta, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks by submissionSix-man tag team match8:51
5Juice Robinson defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament4:28
6Taichi defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:11
7Jon Moxley defeated Shingo Takagi by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:45
8Jay White defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:50
9Tetsuya Naito defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:58

Tournament scores

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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)

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The fifth night of A Block took place on July 27, 2019, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.[23]

No.Results[23]StipulationsTimes[23]
1Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Yota Tsuji, Ren Narita and Jeff CobbSix-man tag team match8:46
2Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma and Juice Robinson)Six-man tag team match8:09
3Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)Tag team match7:15
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota UminoTag team match7:50
5Kota Ibushi defeated Lance ArcherSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:42
6Will Ospreay defeated Bad Luck Fale by disqualificationSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:08
7Evil defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:00
8Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:07
9Kazuchika Okada defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament26:53

Tournament scores

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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)

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The fifth night of B Block took place on July 28, 2019, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.[24]

No.Results[24]StipulationsTimes[24]
1Ren Narita defeated Yuya UemuraSingles match7:25
2Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare) and Kota IbushiSix-man tag team match8:20
3Suzuki-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 match9:35
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Sanada and Evil) defeated Karl Fredericks, Kenta, Hiroshi TanahashiSix-man tag team match8:59
5Hirooki Goto defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament1:42
6Tomohiro Ishii defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:54
7Jeff Cobb defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:30
8Jay White defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament19:26
9Jon Moxley defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:41

Tournament scores

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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)

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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]StipulationsTimes[25]
1Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) and Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura, Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro IshiiSix-man tag team match9:24
2Toru Yano and Ren Narita defeated Shota Umino and Jon MoxleyTag team match4:08
3Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Jay White) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi)Six-man tag team match7:39
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare, Jeff Cobb and Juice Robinson)Six-man tag team match9:27
5Kota Ibushi defeated Bad Luck FaleSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:27
6Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Will Ospreay by submissionSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament20:02
7Kazuchika Okada defeated Lance ArcherSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament14:15
8Sanada defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:10
9Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:02

Tournament scores

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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)

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The sixth night of B Block took place on August 1, 2019, at the Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka.[26]

No.Results[26]StipulationsTimes[26]
1Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and KentaSix-man tag team match8:11
2Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Tag team match5:00
3Kota Ibushi and Taguchi Japan (Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ren Narita and Shota UminoSix-man tag team match8:18
4Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada)Six-man tag team match9:14
5Jeff Cobb defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:27
6Toru Yano defeated Jon Moxley by countoutSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament5:08
7Tetsuya Naito defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament13:47
8Jay White defeated TaichiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:07
9Hirooki Goto defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:01

Tournament scores

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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)

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The seventh night of A Block took place on August 3, 2019, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.[27]

No.Results[27]StipulationsTimes[27]
1Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) defeated Ren Narita and Yota TsujiTag team match6:18
2Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb, Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano)Six-man tag team match5:50
3Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Six-man tag team match7:28
4Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jay White) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota UminoTag team match5:55
5Bad Luck Fale defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament7:20
6Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Lance ArcherSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:43
7Evil defeated Will OspreaySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:08
8Kota Ibushi defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:53
9Sanada defeated Kazuchika OkadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament29:47

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]StipulationsTimes[28]
1Toa Henare and Yuya Uemura defeated Ren Narita and Shota UminoTag team match6:06
2Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and SanadaSix-man tag team match6:38
3Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki HonmaSix-man tag team match8:16
4Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and KentaSix-man tag team match8:24
5Tomohiro Ishii defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:36
6Taichi defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:28
7Hirooki Goto defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:20
8Jay White defeated Jon MoxleySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:15
9Tetsuya Naito defeated Shingo TakagiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:15

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]StipulationsTimes[29]
1Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Toru Yano, Yota Tsuji and Yuya UemuraSix-man tag team match8:56
2Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota UminoTag team match5:09
3Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma)Six-man tag team match9:31
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi defeated Jeff Cobb, Ren Narita and Tomohiro IshiiSix-man tag team match8:50
5Sanada defeated Lance ArcherSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:28
6Bad Luck Fale defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament9:58
7Will Ospreay defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:33
8Kota Ibushi defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:46
9Kazuchika Okada defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament27:00

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]StipulationsTimes[30]
1Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota TsujiTag team match5:39
2Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada)Six-man tag team match7:50
3Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and KentaSix-man tag team match7:17
4Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi, Toa Henare and Will OspreaySix-man tag team match7:20
5Toru Yano defeated Taichi by countoutSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament5:04
6Tetsuya Naito defeated Jeff CobbSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament12:47
7Hirooki Goto defeated Jon MoxleySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament8:38
8Jay White defeated Juice RobinsonSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament23:01
9Shingo Takagi defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament22:41

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]StipulationsTimes[31]
1Jon Moxley and Shota Umino defeated Juice Robinson and Ren NaritaTag team match3:41
2Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb and Toa Henare) defeated Taguchi Japan (Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano)Tag team match5:23
3Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi)Six-man tag team match7:50
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Jay White and Yujiro Takahashi)Six-man tag team match8:37
5Lance Archer defeated EvilSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:02
6Bad Luck Fale defeated SanadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament10:38
7Zack Sabre Jr. defeated KentaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:26
8Will Ospreay defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament17:12
9Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika OkadaSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament25:07

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]StipulationsTimes[32]
1Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota TsujiTag team match7:34
2Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada)Six-man tag team match7:54
3Kota Ibushi, Toa Henare and Tomoaki Honma defeated Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks and KentaSix-man tag team match8:22
4Chaos (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 match10:35
5Jeff Cobb defeated Toru YanoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament5:19
6Taichi defeated Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament11:56
7Juice Robinson defeated Jon MoxleySingles match for the G1 Climax tournament16:26
8Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki GotoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament15:10
9Jay White defeated Tetsuya NaitoSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament18:51

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.

No.Results[33]StipulationsTimes[33]
1Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks defeated Ren Narita and Yota TsujiTag team match9:53
2Taguchi Japan (Jeff Cobb and Jushin Thunder Liger) and Tiger Mask IV defeated Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Six-man tag team match7:36
3Chaos (Sho, Will Ospreay and Yoh) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro TakahashiSix-man tag team match7:57
4Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) defeated Jon Moxley and Shota UminoTag team match6:19
5Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Sanada, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano) and Hirooki GotoTen-man tag team match8:56
6Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) and KentaSix-man tag team match8:35
7Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika OkadaTag team match15:27
8Kota Ibushi defeated Jay WhiteSingles match for the G1 Climax tournament final31:01

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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