Robbie Eagles, Mikey Nicholls (w/Kosei Fujita) def Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI – (9:26, Turbo Backpack)
“Mad Bastards” (Jake Lee, Gabe Kidd) def Tomoaki Honma, Hirooki Goto – (7:41, FBD)
Callum Newman, Jeff Cobb, KONOSUKE TAKESHITA def Jado, El Phantasmo, Shota Umino – (8:33, World Class Elbow)
Jado and ELP are still not fully on the same page, and it cost them. Shooter is continuing to play peacemaker.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, EVIL (w/Dick Togo) def Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi – (9:37, EVIL)
The House continue the beat down post-match. Shota Umino and ELP come out to make the save, returning the favor from last show. As he is retreating, EVIL asks ELP “Can you trust them?” and tells him “You can come;” presumably into the House (though I wouldn’t be surprised if EVIL was into edging/power play).
Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Taiji Ishimori def TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi – (8:02, Bone Lock)
Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, HENARE def BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito – (9:07, Ultima)
We do in fact appear to be building towards O-Khan challenging Naito for the WHC. Hiromu is also still looking to find a way to justify challenging for HENARE’s NEVER Openweight title.
KONOSUKE TAKESHITA joins the Japanese commentary team for the final two matches.
Winner’s Tournament Semifinals Match– B Block Bracket: Yota Tsuji def David Finlay (w/Gedo) – (28:05, a Yuya-esque double underhook suplex followed by a Gene Blaster)
Winner’s Tournament Semifinals Match– A Block Bracket: Zack Sabre Jr. (w/Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Robbie Eagles) def
Shingo Takagi – (27:38, a ZSJ submission that probably has a long name but NJPW’s official records just say “knee bar”)Yota Tsuji comes out to shake Zack’s hand in advance of their G1 Finals match.
Zack then takes the mic out into the crowd and tells them in Japanese “Ryogoku, see you tomorrow.”
———Overall Competition Results———
———A Block———
Winner’s Tourney A Block Bracket Winner:
Zack Sabre Jr. — 1st Place in Block — 14 points (7-2) — beat Shingo in Winner’s Tourney Semis
——Rest of A Block (in order of elimination)——
- Shingo Takagi — 2nd Place in Block — 10 (5-4, tiebreak over GOK, Naito, EVIL) — beat GOK in Winner’s Tourney Quarters — lost to Zack in Winner’s Tourney Semis
- Great-O-Khan — 3rd Place in Block — 10 (5-4, tiebreak over Naito, EVIL) — lost to Shingo in Winner’s Tourney Quarters
- Tetsuya Naito — 10 (5-4) — tiebreak under Shingo, GOK
- EVIL — 10 (5-4) — tiebreak under Shingo, GOK
- SANADA — 8 (4-5)
- Jake Lee — 8 (4-5)
- Gabe Kidd — 8 (4-5)
- Shota Umino — 8 (4-5)
- Callum Newman — 4 (2-7)
———B Block———
Winner’s Tourney B Block Bracket Winner:
Yota Tsuji — 3rd Place in Block @ 10 points (5-4, tiebreak over Cobb, Narita) — beat Take in Winner’s Tourney Quarters — beat Finlay in Winner’s Tourney Semis
——Rest of B Block (in order of elimination)——
- David Finlay — 1st Place in Block @ 12 points (6-3) — lost to Tsuji in Winner’s Tourney Semis
- KONOSUKE TAKESHITA — 2nd Place @ 10 (5-4, tiebreak over Tsuji, Cobb, Narita) — lost to Tsuji in Winner’s Tourney Quarters
- Jeff Cobb — 10 (5-4) — tiebreak under Take, Tsuji
- Ren Narita — 10 (5-4) — tiebreak under Take, Tsuji
- Hirooki Goto — 8 (4-5)
- Yuya Uemura — 8 (4-5) — final match loss due to injury withdrawal
- HENARE — 8 (4-5)
- Boltin Oleg — 8 (4-5) — final match auto win due to Yuya withdrawal
- El Phantasmo — 6 (3-6)
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