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NJPW G1 Climax 29 A Block
Kazuchika Okada def. Kenta
Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Sanada
Evil def. Zack Sabre Jr.
Will Ospreay def. Bad Luck Fale by DQ
Kota Ibushi def. Lance Archer
Non-Tournament Matches
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) def. Jon Moxley & Shota Umino
Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) def. Chaos (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)
Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) def. Juice Robinson, Tomoaki Homna & Toa Henare
Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Jeff Cobb, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
Jeff Cobb, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun jumping their opponents before the bell sounded and that brawl spills all over the arena, Suzuki works over Narita in the ring. Narita quickly drops Suzuki with a suplex, Narita traps Suzuki in the ropes before getting caught in a rope assisted arm bar. Suzuki drags Narita out of the ring before throwing him into the barricade, Taichi grabs an umbrella and he attacks Cobb with it. Suzuki grabs a piece of the barricade and he attacks Narita with it, Suzuki gets Narita back in the ring to work him over some more. Suzuki drops Narita before applying a knee bar to him, Narita eventually gets to the ropes and Kanemaru tags into the match. Kanemaru keeps Narita down while stomping away on his injured leg, Taichi tags in and he kicks away at Narita.
Narita fights back and he nails a charging Taichi with a drop kick, Cobb tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Cobb traps Taichi in the corner before landing a flying back elbow smash, Cobb then hits Taichi with a slam before missing a standing moonsault. Taichi corners a charging Cobb before kicking him in the head, Taichi nails Cobb with a buzzsaw kick for a near fall. Taichi gets Cobb in a standing stretch plum until Tsuji breaks it up, Cobb and Taichi go down after a brief exchange. Tsuji and Kanemaru get tagged in by their respective partners, Tsuji then drops Kanemaru with a shoulder tackle. Tsuji and Narita then double team a cornered Taichi for a near fall, Tsuji then gets Kanemaru in a Boston crab until Suzuki breaks it up. Kanemaru and Suzuki double team Tsuji for a near fall, Kanemaru then hits Tsuji with Deep Impact for a three count.
Winners: Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Juice Robinson, Tomoaki Homna & Toa Henare vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)
The match begins with Bullet Club jumping their opponents as the bell sounded, Homna fights back against them all to clear the ring. Homna slams Takahashi before missing a falling headbutt, a brawl between members of both teams happens on the arena floor. Takahashi smashes the face of Homna into the boots of White and Owens, White tags in and he attacks a cornered Homna with strikes. Owens tags in and he stomps away on a downed Homna, Owens keeps Homna down while landing a falling fist drop. Takahashi tags in and he drops Homna with a thrust kick for a near fall, Takahashi traps Homna in the ropes before kicking him in the head. White tags in and Homna drops him before missing another headbutt, Homna then hits White with a leaping headbutt.
Robinson tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Robinson hits White with a spine buster followed by leg lariats for Owens and Takahashi. Robinson then hits White with his patented jabs, White recovers and he drops Robinson with a DDT. White then hits Robinson with a running European uppercut, Robinson recovers to drop White with a full nelson bomb. Henare and Owens get tagged in by their respective partners, Henare quickly drops Owens with a flying shoulder tackle. Henare follows that up by nailing Owens with a suplex for a near fall, Owens drops a swinging Henare with a modified reverse DDT for a near fall. Henare recovers to crack a swinging Owens with a headbutt, Takahashi interferes and he eats a headbutt from Henare. Henare almost takes out the referee after Owens gets him in the way, Owens hits Henare with a knee strike and package pile driver for a three count.
Winners: Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)
Chaos (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
The match begins with Yano instantly playing his mind games with Goto, Goto quickly drops Yano with a shoulder tackle. Ishii tags in and he gets Goto in a headlock, Goto and Ishii exchange shoulder tackles and strikes until Ishii goes down. Yoshi-Hashi tags in and he attacks Ishii with some strikes to the back of the head, Ishii fires back and a striking exchange takes place until Yoshi-Hashi lands a headhunter. Yoshi-Hashi then nails a cornered Ishii with a running chop, Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi then have a chopping exchange in the middle of the ring. Yoshi-Hashi then drops Ishii with a shoulder tackle, Ishii recovers and he quickly drops Yoshi-Hashi with a suplex. Yano tags in and he removes a turnbuckle pad before throwing it at Goto, Yano then throws Yoshi-Hashi into the exposed corner.
Yoshi-Hashi recovers and he drops Yano with a mule kick, Goto tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team. Goto then hits Yano with a back drop suplex for a near fall, Yano uses a ref distraction to roll up Goto for a near fall. Goto recovers and he drops Yano with a clothesline before tagging Yoshi-Hashi in, Yoshi-Hashi and Goto then double team Yano for a near fall. Yoshi-Hashi then throws Yano into the exposed corner before rolling him up for a near fall, Yano recovers by using a ref distraction to low blow Yoshi-Hashi and roll him up for a three count.
Winners: Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) vs. Jon Moxley & Shota Umino
The match begins with Umino cornering Takagi and nailing him with a few strikes, Takagi and Umino have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Umino quickly drops Takagi with a shoulder tackle, Takagi attacks the previously injured arm of Umino. Naito tags in and he works over the injured arm of Umino, Naito drops Umino before landing a drop kick to the injured arm. Moxley hits the ring and he goes right after Naito, Naito and Moxley take their battle to the arena floor. Takagi stays in the ring and he works over the injured arm of Umino, Naito gets back in the ring to tag Takagi into the match. Takagi then nails Umino with a suplex for a near fall, Umino fights back and he eventually drops Takagi with a suplex.
Moxley tags in and Naito gets the tag as well, Moxley quickly corners Naito before kicking away at him. Moxley nails Naito with a back suplex for a near fall, Naito spits at Moxley and Moxley responds by nailing him with knee strikes. Naito recovers and he nails Moxley with a drop kick to the knee, Takagi tags in and Moxley quickly drops him with a uranage. Umino tags in and he nails Takagi with a running back elbow strike followed by a running forearm strike, Umino follows that up by landing a spine buster for a near fall. Takagi recovers and he double teams Umino with Naito, Takagi drops Umino with a pumping bomber for a near fall. Takagi nails Umino with a second pumping bomber for a three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi)
NJPW G1 Climax 29 A Block
Kota Ibushi vs. Lance Archer
The match begins with Ibushi attacking Archer with some leg kicks, Ibushi then stuns a charging Archer with a drop kick. Ibushi goes for a springboard hold and Archer blocks it, Ibushi then uses a hurricarana to take Archer to the arena floor. Ibushi goes for a Golden Triangle and Archer knocks him to the arena floor. Archer grabs Ibushi and he throws him into the barricade, Archer drags Ibushi into the crowd while throwing a Young LIon into him. Archer gets Ibushi back into the ring and he follows him in there, Ibushi fights back and Archer nails him with a black hole slam for a near fall. Archer keeps Ibushi in a seated position while landing some strikes to the upper body, Archer nails Ibushi with a leg sweep after failing to apply the EVD Claw. Archer follows that up by nailing Ibushi with a short arm clothesline for a near fall, Ibushi fights back and he drops a charging Archer with a double knee strike.
Ibushi attacks Archer with a combination before landing a power slam and second rope moonsault for a near fall, Ibushi goes to the top rope and Archer nails him with a knee strike, Archer goes to the top rope as well and Ibushi gets down to land a sit out power bomb for a near fall. Archer gets to the ring apron and he nails Ibushi with a flipping senton to get back into the ring, Ibushi tries fighting back and Archer lands a choke slam for a near fall. Archer applies the EVD Claw and Ibushi gets to the ropes, Archer goes for a full nelson bomb and Ibushi counters with a roll up before landing a knee strike. Archer recovers and he drills Ibushi with his own knee strike for a near fall, Archer goes to the top rope and he misses a moonsault attempt. Ibushi recovers and he nails Archer with a head kick, Ibushi then nails Archer with a running knee strike for a near fall.
Ibushi follows that up by drilling Archer with two more knee strike for a three count.
Winner: Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 29 A Block
Will Ospreay vs. Bad Luck Fale
The match begins with Fale attacking Ospreay before he even got into the ring after a distraction from Chase Owens, Owens attacks Ospreay further until Jado accidentally hits him with a kendo stick. Ospreay the hits Fale with a springboard forearm strike for a near fall, Jado interferes again and he attacks Ospreay with a kendo stick. Fale attacks the injured neck of Ospreay in the corner, Fale also chokes Ospreay on the top rope. Fale attacks Ospreay with some elbow strikes to the injured neck, Fale keeps Ospreay down while standing on top of him. Fale keeps Ospreay down more by applying a camel clutch to him, Fale releases the camel clutch to apply the nerve hold to a downed Ospreay. Ospreay gets free and he drops Fale with a handspring enzaguri, Ospreay then hits a cornered Fale with a plethora of strikes.
Fale recovers before missing a charge into the corner, Ospreay then hits Fale with an enzaguri followed by a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Ospreay then nails a downed Fale with a Robinson Special, Ospreay goes for the Os Cutter and Fale pushes the referee into him. Owens interferes and Ospreay nails him with a hook kick, Ospreay gets back in the ring and Fale nails him with an avalanche followed by a Grenade for a near fall. Fale goes for a Bad Luck Fall and Ospreay escapes to land a hook kick, Ospreay goes for Storm Breaker and he goes for the Hidden Blade instead for a near fall. Ospreay then nails Fale with an Os Cutter for a near fall after Owens interferes, Jado hits the ring and Ospreay lays him out. Ospreay grabs the kendo stick and Owens attacks him from behind, Owens eventually hits Ospreay with a kendo stick and a package pile driver.
Another referee makes his way to the ring and he DQ’s Fale for all of the interference.
Winner: Will Ospreay, by DQ
NJPW G1 Climax 29 A Block
Evil vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
The match begins with Evil catching Sabre Jr in a headlock, Sabre Jr gets free and he goes through a series of reversals with Evil. Sabre Jr nails Evil with a headbutt to the midsection before applying a headlock, Evil recovers and he nails Sabre Jr with a shoulder tackle. Evil holds Sabre Jr down while pulling back on both arms, Sabre Jr gets free and he drops Evil before twisting his neck. Sabre Jr keeps Evil near the ropes while applying a double wrist lock, Sabre Jr transitions to another submission as Evil gets to the ropes. Evil recovers and he nails Sabre Jr with a slam, Sabre Jr goes for a jump guillotine choke and Evil quickly counters with a suplex. Evil then hits a cornered Sabre Jr with a seated senton for a near fall, Sabre Jr tries fighting back and Evil lands forearm strikes followed by a back breaker. Evil looks for a sharp shooter and Sabre Jr scrambles to get him in a triangle choke, Evil gets free by nailing Sabre Jr with a power bomb.
Evil goes for a sharp shooter again and Sabre Jr gets free to apply one of his own, Evil gets to the ropes to break the hold. Sabre Jr keeps Evil down while stomping away on his knee, Evil rolls out of the and he gets Sabre Jr out there before landing a hanging neck breaker on the arena floor. Evil gets Sabre Jr in the ring and he follows him in there, Evil then crushes a cornered Sabre Jr with a running clothesline. Evil sets up for Darkness Falls and Sabre Jr counters by applying a sleeper hold, Evil gets free and Sabre Jr catches him in a heel hook. Evil finds a way to counter the heel hook by getting Sabre Jr in a sharp shooter, Sabre Jr gets to the ropes to break the submission attempt. Sabre Jr recovers and he drops a charging Evil with a pair of kicks, Sabre Jr goes for a penalty kick and Evil blocks it before landing a clothesline. Evil goes for Everything Is Evil and Sabre Jr counters with a roll up for a near fall, Evil slows down Sabre Jr by landing a thrust kick to the midsection.
Evil goes for a fisherman buster suplex and Sabre Jr counters with an overhead kick followed by a penalty kick, Sabre Jr nails Evil with another penalty kick for a near fall. Sabre Jr goes for the Zack Driver and Evil escapes to land a headbutt, Sabre Jr recovers and he gets Evil in the octopus stretch. Evil gets free and he nails Sabre Jr with Darkness Falls, Evil goes for Everything Is Evil and Sabre Jr counters with a roll up for a near fall. Evil finally hits Sabre Jr with Everything Is Evil for a three count.
Winner: Evil
NJPW G1 Climax 29 A Block
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Sanada
The match begins with Sanada taking Tanahashi down with a drop toe hold before wrenching away on his leg, Tanahashi gets free and he gets Sanada in a headlock. Sanada gets free and he gets Tanahashi in a headlock of his own, Tanahashi and Sanada have a chain wrestling session that ends with nobody getting an advantage. Tanahashi goes for a sunset flip and Sanada escapes to catch him in a paradise lock, Sanada frees Tanahashi from the paradise lock by landing a drop kick. Sanada attacks the back of the neck of Tanahashi with a few strikes, Sanada then nails Tanahashi with a suplex for a near fall. Sanada slows things down further by holding Tanahashi in a chin lock, Tanahashi gets free and Sanada drops him. Sanada goes for a standing moonsault and Tanahashi gets out of the way, Tanahashi gets up and he attacks Sanada with a few strikes followed by a flying forearm strike.
Tanahashi then hits Sanada with a slam before landing a middle rope swanton bomb for a near fall, Sanada fights back and Tanahashi nails him with a dragon screw leg whip. Sanada recovers to hit a charging Tanahashi with a drop kick to the knee, Sanada then nails Tanahashi with a dragon screw leg whip. Sanada follows that up by knocking Tanahashi out of the ring with a springboard drop kick, Sanada then takes out Tanahashi with a dive. Sanada gets Tanahashi in the ring and a striking exchange breaks out between the two, Tanahashi ends the exchange by nailing Sanada with a few Twist N’ Shouts. Sanada recovers and he nails Tanahashi with a rope assisted twisting neck breaker, Sanada goes for a TKO and Tanahashi escapes to land another Twist N’ Shout followed by a sling blade for a near fall. Tanahashi goes for a HIgh Fly Flow and Sanada gets out of the way, Sanada goes for a top rope moonsault and Tanahashi gets out of the way.
Sanada looks for Skull End and Tanahashi counters with a small package for a near fall, Tanahashi goes for another roll up and Sanada counters while looking for Skull End. Tanahashi gets free and he gets Sanada in the Skull End, Sanada gets free and he reapplies Skull End to Tanahashi. Tanahashi gets free and he nails Sanada with a reverse DDT, Tanahashi and Sanada have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Tanahashi nails Sanada with a dragon suplex for a near fall, Tanahashi then hits Sanada with a series of High Fly Flows for a three count.
Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi
NJPW G1 Climax 29 A Block
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenta
The match begins with some chain wrestling between Okada and Kenta, Okada and Kenta back each other into the ropes while mocking each other. Okada and Kenta have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Kenta traps Okada in the ropes while landing a few kicks followed by a middle rope knee strike to the back of the head. Kenta knocks Okada out of the ring before landing a leaping stomp on the back of the neck, Kenta picks up Okada and he throws him into the ring post. Kenta kicks Okada in the back before getting him into the ring, Kenta then hits Okada with a DDT for a near fall. Kenta slows things down further by holding Okada in a chin lock, Kenta transitions to a head scissors against Okada. Kenta releases the hold and he attacks Okada with a few kicks, Okada gets up and Kenta drags him back to the ground while wrenching away on his head.
Kenta then nails Okada with an elbow drop on the back of the head, Kenta follows that up by applying a chin lock to Okada. Okada fights back and Kenta drops him with a knee lift followed by a kick to the back, Okada fights back again and he nails Kenta with a back body drop. Okada follows that up by dropping Kenta with a running back elbow smash, Okada then hits Kenta with a DDT for a near fall. Kenta recovers and he nails a charging Okada with a power slam, Kenta then hits Okada with a tornado DDT into the ropes and a top rope clothesline for a near fall. Kenta drags Okada back to the ground while applying a triangle choke, Okada gets free and he nails Kenta with a flapjack. Okada and Kenta have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Okada then places Kenta on the top rope before knocking him to the arena floor with a drop kick.
Okada would then throw Kenta into the barricade before kicking him in the face, Kenta recovers and he places Okada on the barricade before landing a few kicks. Kenta then takes out Okada with a leaping double stomp from the ring apron, Kenta gets Okada in the ring before landing a series of drop kicks. Kenta misses a top rope double stomp and Okada takes him out with a pair of drop kicks, Okada goes to the top rope and Kenta meets him up there. Kenta looks for a superplex and Okada blocks it before knocking Kenta off the ropes, Okada goes for a top rope elbow drop and Kenta catches him in Game Over. Okada eventually gets to the ropes to break the submission hold, Kenta then hits Okada with a series of knee strikes for a near fall. Kenta then nails Okada with a Psycho Knee for another near fall, Kenta follows that up with a top rope double stomp on Okada for another near fall. Okada goes for a tombstone pile driver and Okada gets free, Kenta goes for Go To Sleep and Okada counters by landing a series of drop kicks.
Okada then drills Kenta with a tombstone pile driver, Okada sets up for the Rainmaker and Kenta nails him with a spinning clothesline. Okada and Kenta have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Okada looks for the Rainmaker again and Kenta catches him in a sleeper hold. Kenta releases the hold and Okada nails him with a drop kick, Okada then hits Kenta with a spinning tombstone pile driver and a Rainmaker for a three cover.
Winner: Kazuchika Okada
