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Andrew’s G1 Climax 29 Ratings & Analysis: Night 2 B Block

After nearly a week between shows, the G1 Climax 29 continues! Who sets the pace in B Block?

Published

6 years ago

July 13, 2019

Andrew Balaz

After nearly a week between shows, the G1 Climax 29 continues! Who sets the pace in B Block?

This block has a lot of new faces to G1, with Jeff Cobb, Jon Moxley and Shingo Takagi making their G1 debuts.

Tetsuya Naito is the early favorite, but Toru Yano is known to get random tricky wins. Being the sublime master thief, Naito could find himself in a hole…purely out of shenanigans.

Let’s get the B Block started!

Ratings:

SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI vs Yuya Uemura, Will Ospreay & Kota Ibushi: BUSHI wins via Codebreaker @8:00 – ** 1/4
Lance Archer & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens: Owens wins via Package Piledriver @6:00 – **
Karl Fredricks, Clark Connors & KENTA vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ren Narita & Shota Umino: Fredricks wins via Half Crab Submission @11:10 – ** 1/2
Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr vs Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI: Sabre Jr wins via Cross Arm Breaker @11:15 – ***
Block B: Juice Robinson vs Shingo Takagi: Juice wins via Pulp Friction @14:40 – ***3/4
Block B: Jon Moxley vs Taichi: Moxley wins via Death Rider @7:35 – ***
Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs Toru Yano: Yano wins via Roll-Up @3:40 – **
Block B: Tomohiro Ishii vs Jeff Cobb: Ishii wins via Vertical Drop Brainbuster @18:35 – ****
Block B: Jay White vs Hirooki Goto: Goto wins via GTR @21:05 – **** 1/4

Analysis:

The story of this match was Ibushi’s injured ankle. EVIL and SANADA both worked over Ibushi, focusing on the injury. Ospreay wasn’t in much, but it seemed to mostly just get across that SANADA is just as athletic as Ospreay. BUSHI getting the win over the Young Lion doesn’t affect things too much, but he could build momentum for himself. G1 tends to have an interesting under current for the people not in the G1 Climax.

Our big men in this match do more of a “anything you can do, I can do better”, while the Juniors actually did some real wrestling. Chase showed some of his amateur background, Kanemaru used his veteran cheating prowess, but after a few big shots the match is down to the Juniors. Chase hits the Package Piledriver and gets things trending up for Bullet Club.

The Japanese debut of the LA Dojo Young Lions, and they come out looking solid. All four Young Lions do most of the work, Clark broke up a bunch of pinfall attempts while Karl had a late rally fire up to get the win over Ren Narita. KENTA and Tanahashi did just enough to get people invested, but nothing crazy. This was fine.

Suzuki and Sabre are the dynamic duo of tormenting. YOSHI-HASHI tried to do things, but he’s YOSHI-HASHI and he sucks. Okada had a few moments with Sabre, but nothing heavy. YOSHI is just such a bad joke of a wrestler. Match was pretty solid, but whenever YOSHI is involved, you can never count on him winning.

A slug fest between two brawlers. Nice exchanges, big lariats and strikes, just a really nice start to the B Block. Juice gets a hard fought win and Shingo should struggle a little bit since he’s still considered a Junior. So when most wrestlers start coming up in weight class, they have to pay their dues. Damn good match though.

Taichi attacks Moxley during his crowd entrance and takes an early advantage. A few hardcore elements with Taichi’s usual heel stuff made this entertaining but it’s not like it was a technical masterpiece. Taichi looked a little resilient and Moxley solidified his Japan character as a brawling babyface. Fun match.

Naito takes like two minutes to take off his outfit to frustrate Yano, but then the comedy kicks in. Yano decides that if Naito is gonna stall he’ll go for the turnbuckle pads, a few scramble moments ensue. Yano does his BREAK spot, Naito duplicates it and puts Yano’s shirt over his head to try and win in Yano fashion. The finish comes from Naito pushing Red Shoes so he can use the turnbuckle pad like a baseball bat, but Red Shoes recovers and literally flies in to grab the pad away. Yano puts Red Shoes shirt over his head, low blows Naito, shirts him as well, and then hits the Roll Up since Red Shoes recovered in time for the three count. Yano shenanigans are always entertaining.

HOSS FIGHT! Big boys do big boy things and it was great. Chop exchanges, suplexes and both men putting the other through hell. Each favored their backs at different points, which made sense with all the punishment and suplexes both we dolling out. This definitely felt like it could go either way and that’s always a great vibe. Cobb never hit Tour of the Islands, so it was well protected.

Jay White hasn’t taken Goto seriously, like the better portion of New Japan fans. White put on some great heel work, from his interactions with Gedo, to being a step ahead with a beaming shit eating grin the whole time. Goto showed the heart and resolve that he used to be well known for. Most people who became fans over the last 4 years or so, know Goto as a good hand but to never accomplish anything really. This could finally be a return to the form he had a while ago when he was considered on equal footing with Nakamura and Tanahashi. Damn great effort from both wrestlers.

Overall Score: 7/10

Not quite as much energy and name quality on the matches as the first night, but this was definitely an entertaining show. Undercard felt less impactful, except for the Ibushi’s ankle story. The block matches were about even with A Block so far, so it’s nice to see there’s not as palpable of a gap, like there was last year.

B Block Standings:

Hirooki Goto – 1-0 (2 Points)
Tomohiro Ishii – 1-0 (2 Points)
Jon Moxley – 1-0 (2 Points)
Juice Robinson – 1-0 (2 Points)
Toru Yano – 1-0 (2 Points)
Jay White – 0-1 (0 Points)
Jeff Cobb – 0-1 (0 Points)
Shingo Takagi – 0-1 (0 Points)
Taichi – 0-1 (0 Points)
Tetsuya Naito – 0-1 (0 Points)

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Published

2 weeks ago

June 6, 2025

PC Tunney

Sing it with me… money money money money moneeeeeeeeeyeeeeee… everybody’s got a price! MONEY IN THE BANK is here!!! How money will our staff picks be?!?

AJ – Roxanne Perez
Andrew – Stephanie Vaquer – *Bubba Sparxxx Impression* I don’t tell stories, I let them tell theyself.
Dave – Guilia – A stacked field but I just like her here.
DJ – Naomi
DPP – Roxanne Perez
Jason – Alexa Bliss
Patrick – Roxanne Perez
Rey – Naomi – If Naomi loses, we riot!
Rob – Naomi
Greg – Alexa Bliss – Bliss has had huge reactions since returning and is moving a ton of merch. While I can see them wanting to build Roxanne Perez, Giulia, or Stephanie Vaquer, I think Alexa Bliss.

Tunney’s Take: Rhea Ripley – I’ll make my case short and sweet… Mami in the Bank! You can’t leave that money on the table.

Chairshot Pick – Tie – Naomi 3 & Roxanne Perez 3 (Alexa Bliss 2, Giulia 1, Rhea Ripley 1, Stephanie Vaquer 1)

AJ – LA Knight
Andrew – El Grande Americano – Feels correct given his push and the fact he’s over.
Dave – Seth Rollins – Got to push that new faction.
DJ – LA Knight
DPP – El Grande Americano
Jason – LA Knight
Patrick – Solo Sikoa
Rey – LA Knight – Looks like another push, and he does have history with Cena.
Rob – Solo Sikoa
Greg – Seth Rollins – This company is extremely high in the El Grande Americano gimmick, but this match comes down to Seth Rollins or LA Knight. Given the Rollins storyline, it’s his briefcase to win.

Tunney’s Take: El Grande Americano – Picture this: Chad Gable wins the AAA Mega Championship and El Grande Americano wins MITB! WHAT A SATURDAY in LA!!!

Chairshot Pick – LA Knight 4 (El Grande Americano 3, Seth Rollins 2, Solo Sikoa 2)

AJ – Becky Lynch – Sadly
Andrew – Becky Lynch – I still don’t care about Lyra.
Dave – Lyra Valkyria – Starting to warm up to her and Becky has a lot to do with that.
DJ – Lyra Valkyria
DPP – Becky Lynch
Jason – Becky Lynch
Patrick – Lyra Valkyria
Rey – Becky Lynch – Put some fire on the Irish Beef.
Rob – Becky Lynch
Greg – Becky Lynch – I don’t think you do a rematch here just to have Becky lose again. Unless Bayley shows up to help Lyra.

Tunney’s Take: Becky Lynch – A big part of me feels that winning this title checks off a major box for Becks in her HOF career.

Chairshot Pick – Becky Lynch 8-3

AJ – Cena & Paul
Andrew – Rhodes & Uso – Easy way for Cena to lose without eating the pinfall.
Dave – Rhodes & Uso – Get the QB back on the winning track.
DJ – Rhodes & Uso
DPP – Rhodes & Uso
Jason – Cena & Paul
Patrick – Cena & Paul
Rey – Rhodes & Uso – Heels usually lose these kinds of matches. Logan takes the pin.
Rob – Cena & Paul
Greg – Rhodes & Uso – I hope Jey isn’t an afterthought here like Cody was last fall when he was paired up with Roman. I think Cody pins Cena to set up Cody-Cena 2 at SummerSlam.

Tunney’s Take: Cena & Paul – I don’t think Cena is involved in another loss until he loses the WWE Championship. I also think Logan Paul is NOT done trying to capture Jey Uso’s World Heavyweight Championship. …Travis Scott in the house?

Chairshot Pick – 6-5 Rhodes & Uso

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Chairshot Staff Picks: Backlash St. Louis

Chairshot Staff picks!!!

Published

1 month ago

May 9, 2025

PC Tunney

May is upon us and with that, so is Backlash from St. Louis! What does the first PLE after WrestleMania have in store for the WWE Universe? Let’s see if the Chairshot Staff can properly interpret the crystal ball of rasslin’ future.

AJ – Pat MacAfee – Gunther has to start losing control and who better than an announcer.
Andrew – Pat MacAfee – Goldberg getting involved does seem correct here.
Dave – Gunther – He’s not losing to a broadcaster.
DJ – Gunther – Pat is sent to the shadow realm until football season is over.
DPP – Gunther – Post match beat down leads to Pat time off.
Jason – Gunther – One massive spot and or bump from Pat.
Patrick – Gunther
Rey – Gunther – RIP MacAfee, t’was a good life.
Rob – Gunther
Greg – Pat MacAfee – Why? Goooooldbeeerrrrrgggggg!

Tunney’s Take: Gunther – Seems like the right pick here. Pat may be getting some time off and Gunther needs more heat.

Chairshot Pick – GUNTHER 8-3

AJ – Lyra Valkyria – Becky’s hopefully putting her over, still mad about Dakota.
Andrew – Becky Lynch – I have no real interest in Lyra currently.
Dave – Becky Lynch – Lyra is boring AF!
DJ – Lyra Valkyria – Bayley interferes.
DPP – Becky Lynch – Becky cheats and steals the title.
Jason – Lyra Valkyria – Bayley costs Becks.
Patrick – Becky Lynch
Rey – Becky Lynch – Story needs to jump up a bit, Becky Charlotte’s Lyra.
Rob – Lyra Valkyria
Greg – Becky Lynch – It’s been fun, Lyra. (It kinda hasn’t)

Tunney’s Take: Lyra Valkyria – Bayley’s interference should set up some type of program with Becky as we head towards Summer(Slam).

Chairshot Pick – BECKY LYNCH 6-5

AJ – Jacob Fatu – Great way to put him over w/ two former WHCs and LA Knight.
Andrew – Jacob Fatu – He’s Jacob Fatu!
Dave – Jacob Fatu – Too soon to pull the belt off him.
DJ – Jacob Fatu – Priest and LA can’t decide who’s is bigger.
DPP – Jacob Fatu – Your hardcore match, tables and chairs involved.
Jason – Jacob Fatu – The Champ retains due to or in spite of Solo.
Patrick – Jacob Fatu
Rey – Jacob Fatu – All gas. No brakes. Ain’t losing.
Rob – Jacob Fatu
Greg – Jacob Fatu – Someone from The Samoan Dynasty ain’t winning a title just to drop it.

Tunney’s Take: Jacob Fatu – Uncle Mo is on Fatu’s side and other than Knight, I don’t see Drew or Priest holding the US title in the current circumstances of this title’s landscape.

Chairshot Pick – JACOB FATU 11-0

AJ – Dominic Mysterio – Judgement Day shenanigans just leading up to Finn turning on Dom later.
Andrew – Penta – Dom’s fine having a short reign, could also work for pushing AAA.
Dave – Dominic Mysterio – He’s probably more over than Penta.
DJ – Dominic Mysterio – Dirty Dom takes home the gold and the girl.
DPP – Dominic Mysterio – Big Head helps Dom pull out the win.
Jason – Dominic Mysterio – By hook and crook.
Patrick – Dominic Mysterio
Rey – Dominic Mysterio – Latino Heat keeps burning. Finn gets closer to the edge.
Rob – Dominic Mysterio
Greg – Dominic Mysterio – Someone from The Guerrero Dynasty ain’t winning a title just to drop it.

Tunney’s Take: Dominic Mysterio – That belt looks good with the king of chicken tendys. I can see Penta and Rey reforming as a tag team sooner than later.

Chairshot Pick – DOMINIC MYSTERIO 10-1

AJ – John Cena – Why? Cena wins, lol.
Andrew – John Cena – Shenanigans ensue so it’s not a clean win.
Dave – John Cena – The last time is now.
DJ – John Cena – Randy hears voices telling him he needs an Attitude Adjustment.
DPP – John Cena – Cena tries to cheat but the ref doesn’t call for a DQ.
Jason – John Cena – Nefarious means, Randy not ready for Evil John Cena.
Patrick – John Cena
Rey – John Cena – Cena just counting down the dates. Should be fun though.
Rob – John Cena
Greg – John Cena – You know they want Cody to be the hero in the end.

Tunney’s Take: Randy Orton – Once upon a time Randy got himself intentionally disqualified and it cost John. Saturday, history repeats itself with a 180-degree twist. Cena retains via Orton DQ victory. This time, Travis Scott’s appearance takes care of that task.

Chairshot Pick – JOHN CENA 10-1