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Mitchell’s NJPW G1 Climax 34 Results & Report! (7/29/24)
A Block, Round 5!

Another former LIJ member faces the Uncontrollable Charisma!
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Tetsuya Naito, is in rough shape this G1 Climax. At 1-3 going into the fifth, does he have a shot at the playoffs? Or will he run into a Skull End?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Yuya Uemura & Taka Michinoku VS Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi; Yano & Tanahashi win.
- Yota Tsuji & BUSHI VS Boltin Oleg & Katsuya Murashima; Yota & Bushi win.
- Jeff Cobb & HENARE VS El Phantasmo & Jado; Cobb & Henare win.
- Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma; Ren & Kanemaru win.
- Konosuke Takeshita & Francesco Akira VS David Finlay & Gedo; Konosuke & Akira win.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Callum Newman VS EVIL; Evil wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Great-O-Khan VS Jake Lee; Khan wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shota Umino VS Zack Sabre Jr; Shota wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shingo Takagi VS Gabe Kidd; Gabe wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Tetsuya Naito VS SANADA; Naito wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current A Block standings!
Zack Sabre Jr: 4-0, 8 points
Evil: 4-0, 8 points
Sanada: 2-2, 4 points
Gabe Kidd: 2-2, 4 points
Callum Newman: 2-2, 4 points
Shingo Takagi: 2-2, 4 points
Shota Umino: 2-2, 4 points
Tetsuya Naito: 1-3, 2 points
Jake Lee: 1-3, 2 points
Great-O-Khan: 0-4, 0 points
Here are the current B Block standings!
Yuya Uemura: 3-1, 6 points
Konosuke Takeshita: 3-1, 6 points
Henare: 2-2, 4 points
Jeff Cobb: 2-2, 4 points
David Finlay: 2-2, 4 points
Boltin Oleg: 2-2, 4 points
Ren Narita: 2-2, 4 points
Hirooki Goto: 2-2, 4 points
El Phantasmo: 1-3, 2 points
Yota Tsuji: 1-3, 2 points
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Callum Newman VS EVIL w/ Dick Togo!
The Prince of Pace pulled off a shocker when he slayed The Rampaging Dragon. Can Callum add another former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion to the list? Or will the King of Darkness resort to more of his tricks and cheat Callum like he did THE IWGP World Heavyweight Champion?
Oh OF COURSE Dick attacks! The Spoiler gets the drop on Callum at the ramp, and then Evil storms up to join in. They mug Callum on stage while the fans boo, and then hoist him up, MAGIC- NO! Callum kicks Dick and then suplexes Evil onto the ramp! The fans fire up as Callum turns the tide! Callum drags Evil up to ROCK him, and Evil staggers down to ringside. Callum puts Evil in the ring, the bell sounds, and DREAMCAST KICK! Callum springboards, but Evil gets outta there! Callum lands safe while Evil avoids the cutter. Callum dares Evil to come back, and the fans rally, but Evil tells everyone to shut up.
Evil takes his time returning, then slides in, only for Callum to stomp him down! Callum ROCKS Evil, whips him, but Evil reverses. Callum ducks ‘n’ dodges and builds speed, but Dick trips him up! Evil blocks the ref’s view while fans boo. Evil kicks Callum to the apron, CLAWS his face, but lets off as the ref counts. Evil stalks Callum, whips him hard into railing, and Callum sputters. Evil whips Callum hard into more railing! And then whips again, but Callum reverses! Only for Evil to reverse back! Callum hits railing hard again, right in front of English commentary. Evil taunts Cobb with crowns up while standing on Callum’s head.
The fans boo, Evil leaves Callum behind and taunts Bushi on Japanese commentary. Evil offers a shirt to Bushi, but then tada! Middle finger! Evil steps into the ring and the ring count starts. Callum stirs, rises up at 9 and rolls in at 10, but Dick drags Callum back out! The ref doesn’t know, Evil is in his face! The count keeps going past 15! Callum uses the railing to springboard his way into the ring at 19! The fans fire up and Dick can’t believe it! Evil is annoyed but he drags Callum up. FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Evil covers again, TWO! Evil covers again and deep, TWO! Evil argues with the ref but the fans cheer.
Evil kicks Callum around, taunts the fans, and then mockingly chants “CAL-LUM-MU! CAL-LUM-MU!” Evil slaps Callum around, but Callum stands. Evil CHOPS him and Callum staggers to ropes. The fans rally and Callum eggs Evil on. So Evil CHOPS again! Callum fires up and the fans fire up, but Evil CHOPS! Callum storms up, Evil pokes him in the eyes! Then CHOPS him down! Callum kips up to ENZIGIR! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Callum rises, the fans rally, and he brings Evil up. Callum fires forearms, whips, but Evil reverses. Callum goes up the ropes and springboards but Evil dodges.
Evil runs up, Callum ELBOWS him! Then Callum puts Evil in the ropes, runs and SHOTGUNS Evil in the back! Cover, TWO! Evil is still in this but Callum grabs the legs. Evil scrambles and grabs the ROPEBREAK! Callum lets go to then KICK Evil in the corner! Evil stands but Callum KICKS again! The fans fire up, Callum goes corner to corner and UPPERCUTS! Callum rolls, and he forearm SMASHES! But wait, Dick is untying the buckle pad! Callum grits his teeth and keeps moving, but tada! Bare buckles! Callum stops himself in time, dodges Evil, and then trips Evil up! DOUBLE STOMP! The fans fire up and Callum grabs the legs!
Callum turns Evil for a BOSTON CRAB! The fans cheer as Evil endures! But then Evil drags the ref down, and Dick gets in! Dick uses the SPOILER CHOKER on Callum! The fans boo but Callum pries the choker away! Callum THROWS Dick, then SUPERKICKS him! Evil shoves the ref at Callum! Callum pushes the ref aside, but Evil kicks low! Evil reels Callum in, but Callum suplexes and uses the ref for MAGIC KILLER! The fans fire up while everyone is down! Callum calls to the ref, covers Evil, TWO! Evil survives and flounders away. The fans rally for Callum and he feeds off the energy. Callum rises, runs in at Evil, and DROPKICKS!
Callum pushes Evil down, goes up, and DIVING- NO, Evil moves! Evil runs up, into a BUSAIKU KNEE! Cover, TWO!! Evil survives but Callum drags him right up! Callum calls his shot, but Evil reels him! EVERYTHING- NO, Callum slips around, full nelsons, but Evil fights free! But Callum HOOK KICKS! Callum OSC- NO, Evil catches him and shoves him into bare buckles! Callum still comes back! But Evil sends him back into the buckles! And then EVERYTHING IS EVIL!! Cover, Evil wins!
Winner: Evil, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Callum earns 0)
The King of Darkness trumps the Prince of Pace! He’s at 5-0, will there be no stopping him now? Can Callum still rise up in the second half of the round robin?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Great-O-Khan VS Jake Lee!
The Dominator is not looking so dominant as he is the only man at 0-4 in this year’s G1. However, he’s still only a step behind the Smart Bastard. Can Khan conquer this War Dog for the United Empire? Or will the KOPW Champion take a Face Break Shot in the fifth?
The bell rings and the fans rally for Jake. Jake and Khan circle, feel things out, and clinch. Khan throws Jake down by the bad arm and wants a double wristlock. Jake fights up, Khan shifts his grip and then CLUBS the arm. Khan whips, Jake reverses and KNEES low! Jake then THROWS Khan out of the ring! Jake pulls the tape off his elbow and does pushups because surprise, that arm is just fine! He was just tricking Khan into going for a target! Jake goes out, stomps Khan, then brings him up. Jake whips Khan hard into railing! Khan falls and Jake mockingly applauds. Jake then hears the ring count, and he brings Khan up.
Jake puts Khan in at 12 of 20, covers, TWO! Jake drags Khan up, brings him around, and cravats for a neck wrench. Khan endures, Jake puts on the pressure, but Khan fights around to a ROPEBREAK! Jake lets go, the fans cheer, and Khan sputters. Jake stomps Khan, Khan pounds the mat in frustration, but Jake just stomps him more. Khan CHOPS, and CHOPS, and CHOPS again! Jake kicks the legs out, scoops Khan, and then SLAMS! The fans fire up and Jake covers, TWO! Jake paces around while Khan writhes. The fans rally up, Jake scuffs Khan, and then mocks the “O-Khan! O-Khan!” chant. Khan snarls and rises up.
Khan fires forearm after forearm, but Jake kicks low! Jake whips, KNEES, then whips again for another KNEE! Jake snapmares, runs, and fakes the Penalty Kick to clamp on a SLEEPER! Khan endures, the fans rally up, but Khan is fading! The ref checks, Khan grabs at Jake, but Jake leans on the hold! Jake pushes Khan to a cover, TWO! So Jake PENALTY KICKS! Cover, TWO! Khan survives and the fans fire up! Jake stays cool and he waits on Khan. Khan rises, into the choke- NO, Khan holds back Jake’s hand! Khan IRON- NO, Jake blocks Khan’s hand! The fans fire up, Jake kicks low, and Jake runs, but Khan grabs a leg!
Khan DRAGON SCREWS the leg, then KICKS it! The fans rally, Khan clamps onto the foot, and he mule kicks the knee! Jake writhes, Khan ties up the legs and an arm, to KNEE away at the hip! Then Khan KNEES the knee! Jake writhes but the fans fire up! Khan storms back over to Jake, grabs the bad leg, and twists it around in a modified toehold! Khan traps the other leg, too, so Jake has to crawl with just his arms! Jake reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Khan lets go of the legs, then scuffs Jake. Khan drags Jake up by his hair, then whips. Jake reverses, but Khan blocks the knee! DRAGON SCREW, and ANKLE LOCK!
Jake endures, reaches out, but rolls free! Khan ducks a boot, double leg takedown and ANKLE LOCK! Jake tries to reel Khan in, but Khan fights it off and drops into a KNEEBAR! The fans fire up while Jake endures again! Khan shifts to a HEEL HOOK, then back to KNEEBAR! Khan thrashes that leg around, then grabs an arm! Jake only has his left arm to crawl his way over with! Khan puts as much pressure as he can on the leg, but Jake still gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Khan lets go, and Jake clutches his knee again. Khan stomps Jake, drags him up, and has the leg. Jake fights the knee breaker, then KNEES free!
Khan wobbles, but comes back to BOOT! Jake roars, Khan Mongolian Chops! And Mongolian Chops! Jake ROCKS Khan, Khan IRON RIGHTS in return! Khan runs in, into a KNEE!! Jake roars, drags Khan up, and hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Khan survives and the fans fire up again! We hit 10 minutes, Jake aims from a corner! FACE BREAK- NO, Khan dodges the FBS to waistlock! Jake flails, but Khan GERMAN SUPLEXES! The fans fire up while both men are down! Jake and Khan stir, the fans rally up, and they stand. Jake clamps onto Khan, but Khan pries Jake’s hand away! Khan kicks the bad leg! IRON CLAW!
Jake pries the Iron Claw away!? And KNEES low again! But Khan roars! They both claw the other! Jake KNEES again, and CHOKE- NO, HITSUJIGOROSHI, COMPLETE SHOT! And then the IRON CLAW, ELIMINATOR!! Cover, KHAN WINS!!
Winner: Great-O-Khan, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Jake earns 0)
Finally, the Dominator has points on the board! Is this the start of a crazy comeback from Khan? Is Jake going to miss out on a spot in the playoffs because of this?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shota Umino VS Zack Sabre Jr. w/ Kosei Fujita!
The Roughneck brought down The Dominator last round, but no one’s been able to bring The Front Man down yet! Will #SHOOTER find a way to make The Mighty kneel? Or will he #JustTapOut?
The bell rings and the fans rally while the two stare down. They slowly circle, feel things out, and knuckle lock. ZSJ quickly wrenches, wrenches, and wristlocks, but Shota rolls, slips through but ZSJ slips away. The fans cheer that opening exchange, and the two tie up. ZSJ waistlocks, Shota wrenches, then Shota wristlocks. ZSJ rolls, bridges, spins and drop toeholds. ZSJ has the standing toehold but Shota rolls free. The fans cheer this second exchange, and the two reset again. They feel out another knuckle lock, go forehead to forehead, but Shota puts pressure on the hands. ZSJ stands on Shota’s hand, then pulls on the other!
ZSJ shifts to have a motorcycle stretch! Shota powers things around onto ZSJ and the fans applaud. ZSJ powers through but Shota spins it right back around! ZSJ flips, kicks, and is free. The fans cheer as the two stand off again. They circle, feel things out, and then Shota shoots in. Shota grabs an arm, wrenches to wristlock, but then ZSJ wrenches back. Shota counters but ZSJ rolls to boot him away! The two stand and the fans fire up again. ZSJ shakes out his arm, then resets with Shota. They tie up, Shota headlocks, but ZSJ powers up and out. Shota runs ZSJ over! The fans cheer while Shota flexes.
Shota stomps ZSJ, but ZSJ rises up. Shota CLUBS him, then ROCKS ZSJ in a corner. ZSJ goes to another corner but Shota follows. Shota whips corner to corner, ZSJ reverses but Shota goes up and over. ZSJ runs up but Shota avoids the dropkick. Shota scoops ZSJ, DROPS him, then runs to SHOTGUN! The fans fire up with Shota while ZSJ checks his nose. ZSJ goes to ropes, Shota waits on him to stand. Shota then slingshots, but ZSJ moves back! ZSJ sweeps the legs! Shota falls then stumbles into railing! Shota falls over, clutches his leg, but ZSJ goes out to fetch him. ZSJ drags Shota around to KICK him in the leg! And again!
ZSJ leaves Shota behind while the ref checks Shota. The fans rally, the ring count starts. Shota sits up at 3 of 20, grits his teeth, and the fans rally up. Shota stands at 10, hobbles over, and rolls in at 12. ZSJ drags Shota to have a toehold, and he twists Shota’s ankle! Shota endures but then ZSJ drops a knee on the knee! Shota writhes, the fans cheer, and ZSJ spaces. ZSJ grabs Shota’s leg, digs his knee into the knee, then pulls on the foot! ZSJ traps the leg in a toehold, and digs his elbow into the knee. Shota tries to fight back with a chinlock but ZSJ pulls on the leg! Shota reaches out, ROPEBREAK! ZSJ lets go and the fans cheer.
Shota crawls to a corner, ZSJ drags him back up. ZSJ UPPERCUTS and Shota staggers away. ZSJ storms up, UPPERCUTS, then UPPERCUTS again! Shota growls, fires forearm after forearm, but ZSJ KICKS Shota’s leg! ZSJ runs, into a DROPKICK! Both men are down and the fans fire up! ZSJ checks his nose again while Shota slaps his bad leg into working. The fans rally as both men stand, and then Shota runs corner to corner to UPPERCUT! Shota reels ZSJ in, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! The fans fire up with Shota as he brings ZSJ up again. ZSJ fights the clinch, kicks the leg then BOOTS Shota’s face!
ZSJ runs, Shota drop toeholds him onto ropes! Then slingshot, APRON DDT!! ZSJ flops to the floor while Shota clutches his leg, and the fans fire up again! The ref checks ZSJ and he’s apparently okay to continue. The ring count starts, Shota fires up and the fans are with him. Shota drags ZSJ up at 7 of 20, puts him in at 8, then goes to the apron. Shota goes up a corner, takes aim, MISSILE DROPKICK! And then EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and Shota brings ZSJ into the dragon sleeper. ZSJ slips free to have a SLEEPER! Shota snapmares free, both men go to corners then run in, ZSJ dropkicks Shota’s legs out!
The fans fire up while both men are down! The ref checks Shota’s leg, the fans rally up, and ZSJ catches his breath. ZSJ stands, he grabs Shota’s leg and we reach 10 minutes. ZSJ manages a HALF CRAB, but then shifts to hook up the legs! ZSJ grabs at the arms, Shota resists, so ZSJ STOMPS the knees! Shota writhes and the fans rally up again. ZSJ KICKS Shota’s leg, then KICKS him again! Shota sits up, ZSJ PENALTY- NO! Shota blocks that kick! Shota stands, ROCKS ZSJ, but ZSJ kicks the bad leg! ZSJ kicks again but Shota blocks again! Shota ROCKS ZSJ, dragon sleeper, TEST DRIVE! Both men are down and the fans fire up!
The fans rally up as Shota rises. Shota brings ZSJ up, dragon sleepers, for TRIDENT! Cover, TWO! ZSJ is still in this but Shota aims from a corner! IGNITION!! The fans fire up more and Shota reels ZSJ in! But ZSJ rolls to get a leg! ZSJ trips Shota, steps through, but Shota cradle counters! TWO!! ZSJ escapes, runs up, but into a pop-up ELEVATED DEATH RIDER!! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ survives but Shota just loads up in the corner! Shota runs in, BLAZE- ARMBAR!! ZSJ catches Shota in time, but Shota moves! ZSJ makes it a TRIANGLE HOLD! ZSJ holds on, shifts back to the ARMBAR, but Shota fights up!
Shota stacks but ZSJ shifts, KNEEBAR!! ZSJ grapevines the leg, drags Shota from ropes, but Shota still endures! Shota fights around to go the other way, but ZSJ again drags him to center! DOUBLE HEEL HOOK!! Shota endures, ZSJ ties him up in a TRAILER HITCH HEEL HOOK COMBO!! Shota fights forward, ZSJ drags him back again, and the fans are thunderous! Shota pushes up and the fans duel as hard as ever! Shota goes to his left, claws forward, ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer again as ZSJ lets go. Shota clutches his legs while ZSJ watches. We reach 15 minutes, and ZSJ KICKS Shota! Shota eggs ZSJ on!
ZSJ KICKS again! And again! Shota snarls, UPPERCUTS, and UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS again! ZSJ UPPERCUTS Shota back and he staggers away! Shota shakes his head, goes back to ZSJ, and UPPERCUTS! ZSJ walks that off, comes back, and UPPERCUTS! Shota shakes his head again, and he comes back to UPPERCUT! ZSJ says that was okay, and he UPPERCUTS again! Shota UPPERCUTS, ZSJ UPPERCUTS, repeat! Shota UPPERCUTS and ZSJ wobbles! Shota fires more UPPERCUTS, but then ZSJ SLAPS him! Shota swings, ZSJ hooks him but then spins him to scoop! Shota slips free to waistlock!
ZSJ mule kicks the bad leg, fakes out the dropkick, and PENALTY KICKS! Cover, TWO!! Shota survives and the fans fire up again! ZSJ drags Shota up, KICKS him, then sits him back up. ZSJ KICKS, sits Shota up, and KICKS again! Shota huffs ‘n’ puffs as he stands up, and he ROCKS ZSJ with a forearm! ROLLING ELBOW! ZSJ grabs a leg but Shota ENZIGIRIS! And then BLAZE BLADE to the front!! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ survives but Shota is all fired up! Shota reels ZSJ in, underhooks, but ZSJ flips forward, traps the arms, and pops Shota into a sunset flip! TWO, and ZSJ UPPERCUTS! Shota SHOT- NO, ZSJ blocks the dropkick!
ZSJ rolls, ANKLE LOCKS, then reels Shota in for a GERMAN SUPLEX! But Shota’s right up! BLAZE BLADE to the back!! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ survives again and the fans fire back up! Shota stalks ZSJ, pump handles, and POWERSLAMS! Then underhooks for DEATH RIDER!!! Cover, SHOTA WINS!!
Winner: Shota Umino, by pinfall (gains 2 points; ZSJ earns 0)
The Front Man fought as hard as he could, but he could not break Shota’s fighting spirit! Will ZSJ be able to hold onto a playoff berth like this? Is #SHOOTER about to bring the Paradigm Shift to the Climax?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shingo Takagi VS Gabe Kidd!
The Rampaging Dragon and the Mad Man both fell last round, but they’re not out of the running yet. Will “the liveliest old man” still be able to teach this whelp a few things? Or will Gabe prove he is NJPW Strong?
The bell rings and the two run up! Gabe BOOTS, fires forearms, then runs, but Takagi BOOTS him! Takagi fires forearms, the two go forehead to forehead, then Gabe shoves Takagi. Gabe runs to BOOT Takagi, but Takagi rebounds to BOOT Gabe! Gabe rebounds to BOOT Takagi, Takagi rebounds to BOOT Gabe! Gabe BOOTS again, runs, but Takagi dodges! Only for Gabe to RUN him over! But Takagi’s right up to run Gabe over! Gabe stands, they go to corners and come back to RAM shoulders! The fans fire up while the two are forehead to forehead. Gabe fires a forearm, then eggs Takagi on.
Takagi fires a forearm, Gabe fires back, and fans rally up. Gabe ROCKS Takagi, but Takagi shakes that off. Takagi fires a forearm, Gabe eggs him on. Takagi fires more forearms, but Gabe HAYMAKERS! And CHOPS! Gabe LARIATS in a corner, then CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOSP! Takagi turns things around to CHOP, CHOP and CHOP! Gabe laughs as he CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS! Takagi JABS, CHOPS, and repeat! Takagi CHOPS again, but Gabe BOOTS! Takagi blocks, to DOUBLE CHOP! Gabe falls and Takagi catches his breath but the fans fire up. Takagi rises, stomps Gabe, then stalks him.
Takagi brings Gabe up, KNEES him against ropes, then whips to ropes for another KNEE! And then Takagi reels Gabe in, but Gabe suplexes first! Then Gabe looks around for cameras, and he says “My time coming, F YOU, B*TCH!” The fans are torn but Gabe kicks Takagi around. Gabe eggs Takagi on, drags him up, but Takagi fights the suplex! Takagi suplexes, Gabe fights it, so Takagi TWIST ‘N’ SHOUTS! The fans rally and Takagi watches Gabe go to a corner. Takagi runs in, but blocks a boot to LARIAT! Takagi reels Gabe in to suplex high and hard! Cover, TWO! Takagi fires up, and tells Nagata… NO, he has to duck Gabe’s cheap shot first!
Takagi ELBOWS! JABS! And YUKON LARIATS! The fans fire up, and now Takagi looks to camera! “TOKI GA KITA!” The fans fire up and join in on “OI! OI! OI!” Takagi kicks Gabe in the side, drags him back up, but Gabe BITES Takagi’s face! Red Shoes reprimands, but Gabe CHOPS Takagi. Takagi comes back to get face to face with Gabe. Then Takagi CHOPS! Gabe snarls, and he CHOPS back! Takagi nods, and he CHOPS again! Gabe staggers to ropes, but he seethes and shakes his head. Gabe comes back to CHOP, Takagi CHOPS, the fans rally as the CHOPS keep going! But Gabe wobbles! Takagi CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS!
Takagi eggs Gabe on, so Gabe CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS! Takagi JABS, JABS and fakes the chop to BITE Gabe’s head! Red Shoes reprimands, Takagi lets off and spits, Gabe doesn’t taste good. But then Gabe clinches Takagi for an EXPLODER! The fans rally while both men are down. Takagi and Gabe slowly stir, then Gabe stands. Gabe drags Takagi up, but Takagi fights the clinch with elbows! Gabe swings, into a clinch! EXPLODER! But Gabe’s up to SAIDO! And then Gabe runs, COMEBACKER- SAIDO! Gabe staggers back up, runs in, and he RUNS Takagi over! The fans fire up while both men are down again!
Takagi and Gabe stir, and they crawl to opposite ends. The fans rally, Takagi goes to a corner, and Gabe sits up cross-legged. Takagi headbutts the buckles to fire up! The fans fire up, Gabe shouts at Takagi, “OI!” Takagi glares at Gabe, and they run in! DOUBLE LARIATS! Neither falls, so they DOUBLE LARIAT again! And again! And again! Then again! The fans fire up while both men grit their teeth, to LARIAT point blank again and again, and again and again! They lean on each other, but Takagi fires off RIDGE HANDS! Then a LARIAT! Gabe drops to a knee, but he shakes his head. Gabe stands to LARIAT back!
Takagi staggers, Gabe eggs him on. Takagi stumbles, lariats, but there was nothing behind it! Gabe CLUBS, LARIATS, repeat, and then Takagi falls! Gabe looms over Takagi at the ropes, drags him up, and runs, only for Takagi to follow! LARIAT at ropes! Takagi runs, Gabe steps forward, DOUBLE LARIATS at center! Takagi ELBOWS, JABS, but Gabe HEADBUTTS! Takagi HEADBUTTS! Gabe UPPERCUTS! Takagi JABS and YUKON LARIATS! Cover, ONE!! Gabe LARIATS! Cover, ONE!! The fans are thunderous and both men rise up! Gabe runs in, Takagi dodges, but then Gabe dodges! PUMPING BOMBER hits!!
The fans are thunderous as Takagi roars! Takagi storms over to Gabe, drags him up and pump handles, torture rack, but Gabe slips free! PILEDRIVER!! Takagi’s up!? SLIDING BOMBER!! Gabe rises?! PUMPING BOMBER CRADLE!! TWO!!! Gabe survives, and this is just the 10 minute mark! The fans rally up while both men stir. Takagi rises with “OI! OI! OI!” The fans join in, and Takagi sits Gabe up. Takagi HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS away on Gabe! Takagi drags Gabe up, though he’s a ragdoll, and pump handles! Torture rack, but no, Gabe slips free! SHOTEI! Gabe snarls, and he SLAPS, SLAPS and SLAPS again!
Gabe fires off more slaps, “F YOU!” Takagi SLAPS back! Gabe drops to his knees, and the fans rally up! Takagi fires boxing elbows, but Gabe withstands them all! He eggs Takagi on, Takagi fires more shots, Gabe again says “F YOU!” Takagi JABS, then HEADBUTTS! Gabe sits down, SLIDING PUMPING BOMBER!! Gabe is right back up!? Gabe runs, dodges, and COMEBACKER!! Both men flounder after that impact and the fans are thunderous! There are “GABU! GABU! GABU!” chants emerging over the “TA-KA-GI!” Red Shoes checks both men, they’re both okay to continue, and the fans continue to rally.
Gabe sits up cross-legged again. Gabe drags Takagi up, storms around, and he copies Takagi by headbutting buckles! Gabe reels Takagi in, but Takagi fights the driver! Takagi wrenches, Gabe CLUBS the arm. Takagi HEADBUTTS! Gabe SHOTEIS! Takagi ROCKS Gabe! Gabe falls over and the fans fire up again! Takagi roars and the fans fire up even more! Takagi drags Gabe up by his ears, but Gabe HEADBUTTS! Then PILEDRIVER!! Gabe holds on?! And he PILEDRIVERS again!!! Cover, GABE WINS!!!
Winner: Gabe Kidd, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Takagi earns 0)
The Mad Man avenges his loss over the NEVER Openweight Championship, and he is moving up the ranks! Will Gabe be NJPW Strong all the way until he’s conquered the G1?
Wait, Gabe has them cut his music? He stands at the center of the ring, and he bows in respect to Takagi!! The fans cheer, and then Gabe has them calm down. Gabe offers a handshake? Gabe says be a man and take it. Takagi struggles to even sit up, so Gabe goes over to him. Gabe puts the icepack on Takagi’s shoulder, and still offers the handshake. Takagi manages to stand, and fans applaud in encouragement. Takagi shows respect back by shaking Gabe’s hand. But then Gabe kicks Takagi low! The Mad Man is still a War Dog, will he do what he wants to who he wants? As for Takagi, will he make sure to fight that much harder to redeem himself?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Tetsuya Naito VS SANADA!
Well, the Uncontrollable Charisma took on former LIJ member, Evil, just last round, and was cheated out of a main event moment. Now another former LIJ member is here to face the champion. The Cold Skull is much more honorable than the King of Darkness, but will he still steal the spotlight? Or can Naito keep things tranquilo?
Again, Naito takes his time with the entrance attire. But again, Sanada is former LIJ, so he is patient. The pants are put aside and the bell rings. The fans rally up, “NA-I-TO!” “SA-NA-DA!” Red Shoes assesses things, and Naito’s side is leading, but Sanada is sure it isn’t by much. The two circle, tie up, and they’re in a deadlock. Sanada waistlocks but Naito wrenches out. Naito hammerlocks, Sanada slips out to waistlock, but Naito drop toeholds. Naito floats to a headlock, but Sanada fights up. The fans rally, Sanada pries at the hold, and he tries for a top wristlock. Naito fights, but Sanada trips him! But Naito headscissors!
Sanada tries to kip free but Naito holds on tight. Sanada endures, fights around, and headstands to then trap Naito’s legs and pop out. Sanada leaps for a headlock, but Naito rolls him and has the headlock instead. Naito pulls on Sanada’s head, but Sanada fights up. Sanada puts Naito on ropes, Red Shoes calls the break. but Naito lets go slowly. Then Naito puts Sanada on ropes! Red Shoes reprimands but Naito lets off slowly again. He pats Sanada on the shoulders, the fans cheer, but then Naito SPITS at Sanada. Sanada sighs, then he kicks low and throws Naito out! Sanada builds speed, but Naito slides in!
Sanada tumbles up and over to the apron, Naito DECKS him! Naito builds speed, but he fakes Sanada out to tranquilo! But Sanada dropkicks him! Again, Sanada knows the tricks. Naito goes to the apron, Sanada storms over and scrapes Naito out of the ring. Sanada goes out, then he whips Naito hard into railing! Naito slumps down, crawls away, but Sanada stalks him. Sanada brings Naito up, fireman’s carries, and SNAKE EYES off railing! Right in front of Bushi on commentary! The fans rally, Sanada brings Naito up, headlocks and brings him around, for an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Naito writhes but Sanada pushes him into the ring. Sanada covers, TWO!
The fans cheer and Sanada stays cool. Sanada drags Naito up, CLUBS him on the neck, and Naito staggers. Sanada brings Naito back around to CLUB him again. Sanada whips, then he catches Naito to a SLEEPER! Naito flails, but Sanada sits him down and leans on the hold. The fans rally as Naito endures, but Sanada grinds Naito down. Naito reaches out, kicks around, and finds his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer and Sanada lets go. Sanada drags Naito up but Naito fires forearms! Sanada reels Naito in for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up and Sanada brings Naito into the dragon sleeper!
But Naito spins things around! BACKBREAKER, to basement dropkick! Both men are down and the fans rally again. Naito sits up first, then stands. Naito drags Sanada up to whip, arm-drag, and then ELBOW! Basement DROPKICK! Naito then brings Sanada up to whip to a corner, and ELBOW! Naito puts Sanada in ropes, DRAPING NECKBREAKER! Then Naito stands Sanada up to turn him, hold him, and NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up and Naito covers, TWO! Sanada stays in this and the fans rally again. Naito drags Sanada up, cravats and neck wrenches. Sanada fires body shots, but Naito CLUBS him!
Naito snapmares Sanada into the LEG HOOK NELSON! Sanada endures while Naito puts on the pressure. Sanada kicks around, reaches out, and gets the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, but Naito “needs help.” Red Shoes helps undo the hold, and Naito brings Sanada up. Naito reels Sanada in to hammerlock and half nelson, but Sanada resists the lift. Sanada clubs at Naito, but Naito CLUBS Sanada. Naito whips, Sanada reverses and hurdles, hurdles, and DROPKICKS! The fans fire up while Naito bails out and we hit 10 minutes. Sanada PLANCHAS and down goes Naito! The fans fire up and Sanada has them get louder.
Sanada storms over to Naito, brings him up, and puts him in the ring. Sanada stalks Naito, brings him up, and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEPS! Cover, TWO! The fans rally, Sanada stays cool, and he drags Naito up. Sanada fireman’s carries, but Naito fights free! Sanada runs, but Naito ELBOWS him! Sanada rebounds, Naito spins him and NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up while both men are down again! Naito rises up, hobbles over, and he drags Sanada up. Naito throws heavy elbow after elbow! Sanada falls to all fours, and the fans rally up again. Naito brings Sanada up, to throw more heavy elbows!
Sanada again falls over, and the fans rally up more. Sanada clutches the right shoulder, but Naito drags him up, for more heavy elbows! Naito puts Sanada up top, climbs up after him, and SUPER STEINERS! The fans fire up as Sanada flounders! Naito aims from the corner, runs up, but Sanada dropkicks the legs! Naito still swings, but into a suplex, for MAGIC SCREW! Both men are down again and the fans fire up! Sanada grits his teeth as he rises up, and he goes up a corner! ROUNDING BODY- NO, he has to land out as Naito moves! Sanada runs up, but Naito wrenches and TORNADO- NO, Sanada stops the DDT!
Sanada runs up, Naito avoids the Shining Wizard! Sanada comes back but Naito SPINEBUSTERS! Naito hauls Sanada up to wrench and tilt-o-whirl, but Sanada stops Destino! Fireman’s carry, T K O!! Both men are down again and the fans fire up! We hit 15 minutes, and the fans rally again. Sanada stirs, as does Naito. Sanada kips up! Naito slowly sits up, into the SHINING WIZARD! Sanada then goes up top, to ROUNDING BODY PRESS!! Cover, TWO!! Naito survives and the fans fire up as Sanada says one more time! Sanada clinches, but Naito spins free! Naito suplexes for a BRAINBUSTER!
Naito hurries to haul Sanada up, and he wrenches to tilt-o-whirl, but Sanada slips free! O’Conner Roll BRIDGE! TWO!!! Naito escapes, but a SHINING WIZARD hits again!! Sanada roars, and he brings Naito up again! Clinch, DEAD- NO, Naito slips free, ripcord and DESTINO!!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sanada survives and shocks the fans! But Naito just drags Sanada back up! Another wrench, another tilt-o-whirl, DESTINO~!!! Cover, NAITO WINS!!
Winner: Tetsuya Naito, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sanada earns 0)
A powerful battle worthy of that IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, but it was the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion who comes out on top! Will Sanada have to try even harder if he wants to take the title back?
As for Naito, he catches his breath, stands back up, and has his hand raised. Red Shoes brings him his baseball cap, and after refreshing with some water, Naito gets the mic. “Buenas noches, Fukuoka~!” The fans cheer, and Naito says, “This was our second night of G1 in Fukuoka. Thank you to you all for coming. Gracias, amigos.” The fans cheer again, and Naito asks if they enjoyed these hot two days of action. The fans cheer because they did! Naito says it has been awhile since the G1 was in the Kyushu region, so he enjoyed it, too. Naito notes he is 2-3 now, and as the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and defending G1 winner… “That’s a bad record.”
But Naito says he will get more and more wins and move into the positive so as to win his second G1 in a row. The fans cheer in hopes of seeing that. And Naito knows they know what’s next. This will be their first roll call in Fukuoka since May of 2016! Eight years and two months! Are they ready? The fans cheer, and Naito says that the only way to close out the G1 in Fukuoka is of course… “Bushi! Hiromu! Takagi! Titan! Yota! Y Naito! NOSOTROS! LOS INGOBERRRRNABLEEEES~! DE! JA! PON!” The fans cheer, but will Naito be able to pull off back to back Climaxes? Or will he fall short of such an achievement?
Here are the NEW A Block standings!
Evil: 5-0, 10 points
Zack Sabre Jr: 4-1, 8 points
Gabe Kidd: 3-2, 6 points
Shota Umino: 3-2, 6 points
Callum Newman: 2-3, 4 points
Shingo Takagi: 2-3, 4 points
Tetsuya Naito: 2-3, 4 points
Sanada: 2-3, 4 points
Great-O-Khan: 1-4, 2 points
Jake Lee: 1-4, 2 points
Here are the current B Block standings!
Yuya Uemura: 3-1, 6 points
Konosuke Takeshita: 3-1, 6 points
Henare: 2-2, 4 points
Jeff Cobb: 2-2, 4 points
David Finlay: 2-2, 4 points
Boltin Oleg: 2-2, 4 points
Ren Narita: 2-2, 4 points
Hirooki Goto: 2-2, 4 points
El Phantasmo: 1-3, 2 points
Yota Tsuji: 1-3, 2 points
My Thoughts:
Another great round for the G1, and they keep on giving us some rather surprising outcomes. Well, Evil beating Callum was the one clear move, and Evil was still going to cheat even then. However, he’s also the only one going 5-0 now and that seems real bunk to me. Shota is great and all but I wanted to see ZSJ keep pace with Evil going into their match. But they’ll face off on August 6th, so maybe by then, Evil will have lost a match and they’ll have equal records anyway. Khan bringing down Jake Lee to get his first win was great, and that could very well be the spoiler win for Khan, keeping Jake outside of the top three.
While Gabe VS Takagi wasn’t the main event, it was probably the best match of the night. Great intensity, and Gabe winning out was somewhat surprising. As was Gabe’s swerve of showing respect just to get a cheap shot. Gabe’s win over Shota might also come in handy when it comes to determining the third seed. Gabe would have to lose one more than Shota and they’d swap in the block. Naito VS Sanada was still a great main event, and I almost thought Sanada was getting it, but Naito would be shockingly 1-4 so that wasn’t happening. Naito himself might start moving up the block from here, and he’s up against Gabe next, so that’ll be a crucial match.
My Score: 9/10
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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 5.29.25
Stuff happens, maybe it doesn’t, Dreamer and Delirious can’t book.

Well Trick Willie is the new TNA champ and this is the first iMPACT since his win…so let’s just hear him talk about it.
"TNA turned into TRICK-NA. Lets talk about it"@_trickwilliams #WWENXT
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/StU4pmi3oy
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Ratings:
- The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System: Rascalz win via Meteora – ***
- Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali: Ali wins via…No Shit – Squash Garbage
- ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Spinning TKO – ** 3/4
- Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber: Mance wins via Hit the Pay Winda – Squash
- Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa: Team Robbie wins via shenanigans – **
- International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona: Maclin retains via KIA – ***
Results:
The Rascalz vs Fir$t Cla$$ vs Laredo vs The System
Octagon got jumped by The System earlier so Laredo is fighting alone. Another backstage jumping is getting a little dumb.
Laredo and Trey start. Typical Indie start with Simultaneous awful Dropkick spot and bad counters, AJ blind tag runs the smaller guys over, tags out to KC and the Rascalz instantly get the moment. KC is rocked, tags in Laredo and Laredo takes out the System before Lish gets on the apron and grabs Laredo. The referee kicks out Lish and Rehwoldt on commentary points out it’s a No DQ match so that’s dumb.
KC gets tossed at AJ, he catches him, Rascalz Dive and do their taunt as we go to commercial. We come back, Tennessee Whiskey into a KC tag in for the near fall on Laredo. Corner combo, Snapmare into Flip Forward Neck Breaker, KC is on a roll. AJ tags Laredo and starts talking crap to KC, they swerve and go Finger Poke of Doom, but it’s not a legal pin. Suddenly tornado attacks, System and Rascalz go for broke, AJ hits the Senton to break the eventual pin, Laredo counters AJ’s Chokeslam attempt. Trey clears out The System, Wentz sends himself and KC over and out, Laredo with a Corkscrew Moonsault, which looked cool but it’s the pile of morons waiting to get hit spot.
AJ hits the Down Payment on Laredo, but Trey blind tagged AJ. Meteora on AJ, Trey pins Laredo and Rascalz win.
Raj Singh vs Mustafa Ali
Raj looks like shit in the gear he came down in…and he wrestles equivalently. I would rather anyone else comeback…give me Anarquia.
Ali murders Raj, Instant Dropkick, Rolling Neckbreaker, Corkscrew Standing Moonsault, it’s not close. Raj tries to counter things but Ali Bellclap, a little Duck the left, connect the right. Raj even does a terrible looking Punch Combo, he’s in bad shape, a bad looking Ushigoroshi, Raj with a sloppy looking something, 450 ends it.
Fire Raj as quickly as you brought him back. You don’t need a comedically pathetic job guy when the roster is like 4 guys getting pushed and everyone else sucks. Stop being stupid. Ali still hates women too.
This Injury Report is the dumbest segment in the history of wrestling. Stop treating fake shit as “serious business”.
ASH by Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee
ASH mocks karate stuff, Lei throws a few Rising Crane kicks as ASH bails and then things slow down a little. But a Pump Kick, Sliding Kick and Low Dropkick cause ASH to cower and claim her tooth broke. It’s a bait to pull Lei into the turnbuckles and them get in a few stomps. Ash keeps Lei in the corner, Suplexes her ankles into the buckles and then Ash throws a few Booty Shots/Hit Attacks then starts a grounded stretch, Lei Headscissors her down, still sells the hips and ankles, but dodges and fires, combination strikes into the 10 Count Down Strikes. T-bone Suplex, into the pinfall, for only two.
Cheapshot into Running Meteora from ASH for two. Ash goes for the Miz Yes Kicks and Lei No Sells and asks for more. Gorgeous Capture Suplex into Thunder Struck and TKO with flair. My baby has a better finish now! Yay!
Mance Warner w/SDL vs Jobber
Hannifan cursing and being pissed at Trick for not even showing but is more entertaining than a squash match. Not that Mance’s offense is bad, but 2 out of 3 job matches is stupid.
.@milanmiracle and @AriannaGraceWWE make history as the first father/daughter tag team in TNA!
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/GrBQpdX5g5 pic.twitter.com/3s8OhtYFPv
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 30, 2025
Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford w/Tessa
Marella tries to tie up with Robbie, but he bails and tags out to Victoria so Arianna comes in and aside from Alicia Fox’s silliness, the tie up was decent with Arianna and Victoria. Tessa interferes and the Referee throws her out. Victoria comes back in and aside from a slight miscommunication with how Arianna does her punches, Alicia Fox is making her look…pretty good. Transition moves, okay brawling and Arianna looks amazing in her outfit.
Rob and Santino distract the referee and Victoria hits a Figure Four into her Northern Lights Suplex, only for 2. Arianna finally Back Body Drop to find the tag, Santino and Rob, Santino does his split dodge into the Standing Headbutt, Arianna Cross Body onto Victoria. Rob pulls out the ref, then shoves the ref into Santino, Santino into the steps and Arianna attack but Alicia and Lish, the fix is in, Arianna eats the pin.
International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs Matt Cardona
A few quick brawl moves, Shoulder Tackles, Strikes, Back Breakers, Cardona does get dumped out and eats a SCUD. Maclin bounces Cardona’s face off the apron and hits an Elbow off the apron to keep Cardona reeling, but a dodged tackle sends Maclin into the steps. Cardona tries to Piledriver Maclin on the ramp, but Back Drop counter, into commercial.
Formulaic commercial etiquette of Cardona still in control, throws Maclin into the ropes, Diving Shoulder Tackle lays both dudes out and they get up by 8. Fighting Spirit spot, Cardona hits ropes and gets hit by Maclin twice, Thesz Press, Ground and Pound, Back Elbow and Olympic Slam has Maclin rolling. Splash into Lariat for two. Maclin has been all gas no brakes. Cardona tries to take a few shortcuts that turns into a Straight Jacket Takedown. Cardona to the top, Maclin cuts him off, Superplex spot. 1-2-kick out!
Maclin goes topside for a Jar Headbutt, Cardona hits the ropes so Maclin crashes into the corner, 2 Reboots connect, the third gets caught, counter into Busaiku Knee, Jar Headbutt. In and out, Cardona uses the middle rope for the Low Blow, Killswitch from Cardona but Maclin kicks out. Cardona dodges and shoves Maclin towards the ref, he puts the brakes on, Radio Silence! 1-2-Kick out! Maclin catches a top rope move, Power Bomb, Corner Splash, Tree of Woe, Caught in the Crosshairs, KIA and Maclin retains!
Overall Score: 4.5/10
Boring paint by numbers show, no Trick, System has one move, Robert Stone is a scumbag, too long to introduce new girls, lots of throw away segments and Rosemary sets up YET ANOTHER Monster’s Ball match. These aren’t interesting when there’s one every 3 months. So we can have terrible Monster’s Ball matches quarterly, Barbed Wire Massacre and Clockwork Orange House of Fun…BUT NO LOCKDOWN!?
Go home TNA, you’re drunk.
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Mitchell’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Results & Report! (5/29/25)
B Block, FINAL ROUND!

Who heads to the finals?
Kosei Fujita won A Block, and now B Block finalizes its ranking! Who heads to the Best of the Super Juniors finals this weekend?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia VS Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai; Kushida, Mack & Dia win.
- Master Wato, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima VS The House of Torture; The House of Torture wins.
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji VS Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young; Hiromu & Tsuji win.
- Six Man Tag: TMDK VS Bullet Club; TMDK wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight; Knight wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne; Titan wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO; Mao wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles; Despy wins.
- Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori; Yoh wins.
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Here are the current B Block standings!
YOH: 5-3, 10 points
MAO: 5-3, 10 points
El Desperado: 5-3, 10 points
Nick Wayne: 4-4, 8 points
SHO: 4-4, 8 points
Taiji Ishimori: 4-4, 8 points
Robbie Eagles: 4-4, 8 points
Kevin Knight: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-5, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi VS Kevin Knight!
The Funky Weapon and The Jet may be out of the running, but they will still fight for themselves. Who earns their final points in this final round?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Taguchi and Knight circle with a bit of a strut, and then they tie up. Knight puts Taguchi on the ropes, the ref calls the break, and Knight lets off to swivel his hips. Taguchi pumps up, but Knight says he can’t see anything. Knight flexes and says he tsuyoi. They tie up with knuckle locks, then go shoulder to shoulder in a test of strength. Knight hooks a leg to power Taguchi back, and Taguchi bridges! The fans cheer as Taguchi fights up back up! Taguchi bends Knight into a bridge, has the shoulders down, TWO as Knight powers back up! The fans rally, Knight and Taguchi start vibing with the arm wave, then a full body wave!
Taguchi wiggles around, sends it back to Knight, and Knight spins Taguchi around and around, to then headlock. Taguchi powers up and out, drops down, then hurdles over. Knight stops to waistlock but Taguchi fires elbows. Taguchi runs to fake Knight out, but Knight goes up and over! Knight avoids the Hip Attack! The fans cheer while Taguchi stares Knight down from underneath. Taguchi says bring it, so Knight punches those cheeks! Taguchi’s iron buns withstand it, and Knight says, “Itai itai.” Knight winds up again, and he punches cheeks! Taguchi still stands tall, but the fans rally for Knight.
Knight does some push-ups, he and Taguchi do squats, and Knight winds up again. The fans rally and Knight lines up a shot, to then headlock! Taguchi powers up and out, bypasses and bypasses, but Knight redirects himself! And again, and again, and again! Knight is making Taguchi spin around, and then Taguchi gets dizzy and falls! The fans cheer while Taguchi slumps out of the ring. Knight runs and FLIES! Down goes Taguchi and the fans fire up! “Ore wa meccha, meccha… Meccha tsukareta…” Knight admits he is tired, and he asks for water. A Young Lion brings him water and Knight refreshes himself.
Taguchi sputters, Knight makes his way over to Taguchi, and then brings him back into the ring. The fans cheer and Knight snapmares Taguchi to run and SLIDING TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Taguchi is still in this and the fans applaud. Taguchi flounders, Knight does some squats to get his glutes going. Knight brings Taguchi around to HIP ATTACK! Knight gives Taguchi another HIP ATTACK! The fans rally and Knight does more squats to power up. Knight runs, but Taguchi somersaults to HIP ATTACK! The fans fire up and Taguchi powers up now. Taguchi has Knight on the ropes, rubs it in literally, and then gives point-blank HIPS!
Taguchi runs and HIP ATTACKS at the ropes! Knight dangles out of the ring! Knight flops down, the fans rally again, and Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Down goes Knight and the fans fire up again! Taguchi rises, steadies himself, and then puts Knight in the ring. Taguchi goes up, up, and MISSILE HIPS! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans rally again. Taguchi looks to the corner, and he calls upon the powers of Strange Style! “ORYA~!” Taguchi runs in, but Knight hurdles Ketsuye! SUPERKICK! Taguchi mule kicks, runs, but Knight somersaults, into a FLAPJACK! OH MY GAH ANKLE!! Knight endures, reaches out, but Taguchi drags him back!
Knight reaches up to headscissor into the victory roll, TWO! Taguchi goes to a corner, BOOTS back, then goes up, MISSILE HIP meets DROPKICK! Knight’s antiair works out, and then he somersaults to SATELLITE DDT! Knight goes up top and the fans rally for the hip swivel and MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)
The Jet still flies high, and he ends with a 4-5 record. Taguchi ends with 6 points in the 9th round, is that nice enough for him?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: Titan VS Nick Wayne!
El Inmortal may not have life in the block, but he can still be a spoiler! Will he pop the Prodigy’s bubble? Or will this still be Wayne’s World in the end?
The bell rings and Titan runs up! Nick dodges, whips, but Titan reverses to TORNADO- NO, Nick powers out! Nick wrenches and whips, Titan goes up and over, and then Titan handsprings away! The fans cheer as things keep moving. Nick hurdles then bypasses Titan to UPPERCUT him down! Nick kips up and the fans cheer again. Nick covers, TWO! The fans rally as Nick brings Titan up. Nick CHOPS Titan, Titan leans on the ropes, and Nick brings him around. Nick ROCKS Titan, then whips corner to corner. Nick runs in, UPPERCUTS, and then pushes Titan down to cover, TWO! Titan stays in this and the fans applaud.
Nick stays cool and he sits Titan up. Nick KICKS Titan in the back, then paces. Titan writhes but Nick brings him back up. Titan CHOPS and the fans “WOO~!” Titan CHOPS again, but Nick ROCKS him! Nick then whips Titan, runs in, but Titan BOOTS, SOBATS, KICKS, and fires fast hands! Nick ducks the jump sobat to SOBAT back! Nick cravats, ASAI DDT. but Titan kips up! PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Titan roars and rises up, then he brings Nick around. TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures the leglock and the fans rally again! Nick crawls forward, reaches out, and manages the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Titan lets go of the hold. Nick shakes out the legs but Titan KICKS Nick in the back. Titan brings Nick in but Nick resists the lift. The fans rally again as Nick and Titan fight for control. Nick wrenches, kicks, and runs, but Titan follows to RANA! Nick bails out, Titan builds speed, and Titan DIVES into an UPPERCUT! The fans rally harder as Titan flops to the apron! Nick rises, he stalks Titan on the apron, and Nick drags Titan up. The ref says don’t do it, but the fans rally up. Nick waistlocks, then goes for the nelson, but Titan resists. Titan fires elbows and Nick backs off. Titan runs up but Nick BOOTS him!
Nick runs up, but Titan SUPERKICKS! Nick falls back, Titan skins the cat to the top rope! Titan aims for LA APRON LANCER!! The fans fire up and Titan roars while Nick sputters and coughs! Titan shoves Nick into the ring, goes up the corner again, and LA LANC- NO, Nick dodges! Titan’s leg jams, Nick DROPKICKS the other out, then he DRAGON SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! Titan survives and Nick snarls. Nick goes to the corner and climbs up while the fans rally again. FROG- NO, Titan bails out! Nick rolls through and then comes right back, to FLY over the corner! Down goes Titan and the fans fire up!
Titan puts Nick in, goes back up, and he tries again! FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives again and the fans fire up! Nick huffs ‘n’ puffs, hears the fans cheering, and shouts “IKU ZO!” Nick drags Titan up, hooks a leg, PRODIGY- CRADLE COUNTER! TWO!! Nick escapes, Titan ducks the roundhouse to fire off his strike fest! But Nick still ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up, up, WAYNE’s- NO, Titan stops the cutter to shove and TORNADO DDT! Titan isn’t done there! He suplexes and GOURD- NO! Nick lands out! But Titan goes Matrix and then CALF KICKS! Titan roars, the fans fire up, and Titan has the ripcord, YOYO SLAM!
Titan goes to a corner, skins the cat again, and LA LANCER!!! Titan crawls to the cover, TWO?!?! Nick survives, but Titan ties up the legs! Deathlock, and then LLAVE INMORTAL!! Nick is caught, the straitjacket variation is in, and Nick QUITS!! Titan wins!!
Winner: Titan, by submission (gains 2 points; Nick earns 0)
Nick Wayne falls to 4-5, he is out of the running! But bigger yet, Titan has a win over the ROH World Television Champion! AEW/ROH and CMLL are going to meet in Arena Mexico for Grand Slam: Mexico, could these two run it back with gold on the line?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: MAO VS SHO!
The Strange Love Connection is the first of the top three to compete tonight, and while he has to hope for the others to fall, he still has to do his part and win. Will the Murder Machine make that all moot with another underhanded trick up his sleeve? Or can the star of DDT Pro make it to the finals?
Wait, Mao already turns the tables by pedaling in on his bike! He RAMS Sho down from behind! The fans fire up as Mao hurries to CLUB Sho down! Yujiro Takahashi AND Ren Narita hurry out here already to mug Mao before this on the record! The fans boo but Mao’s friends from DDT Pro are here! Kanon helps fight off the House, and Mao wants fans to clear out! Mao whips, but Sho reverses and BOWLS Mao into chairs! STRIKE! Ren & Yujiro keep the rest of DDT Pro back while Sho CHOKES Mao with a chair! The ref reprimands but Sho shoves him back! Wait, Kanon has the house in headlocks! Shunma Katsumata stops Sho from hitting Mao with the chair!
Sho gets mad hearing that trash talk, but that lets Mao SMACK Sho in the back with a chair! And Mao sends Sho out the door?! The fans rally as everyone is waiting on the street, and Mao runs to FLY! Down goes the House and DDT stands tall! Wait, wait, they spot a fan parked nearby. Mao hops in and he turns the key! The fans cheer as Mao kicks it into drive, and he comes barreling down the road! Sho and the House freak out, and Sho gets SMACKED by the front of the van! The fans cheer and Mao grins as he steps out. The ref reprimands but Mao drags Sho back into the building! Mao says now they can have this match!
Mao makes Sho sit on the hand cart, and Mao pushes Sho back to ringside! The fans cheer as Sho is barely conscious as Mao drags Sho into the ring. The bell finally rings, Mao covers, TWO!! Sho survives Mao’s hit ‘n’ run and Mao can’t believe it! Mao drags Sho up, but the ref wants to check him. Sho sputters and sits up in a daze, and Ren drags Mao out! Ren beats up Mao, beats up on Mao’s team, and Yujiro SMACKS Mao with a chair! The fans boo as they put Mao’s arm in a chair! Yujiro STOMPS away on the chair! Ren POSTS Kanon, and Sho grabs Mao’s bike! Sho brings it over and he runs over Mao’s arm! Sho does wheelies to smash Mao’s arm!
The fans boo but then Sho adds insult to injury by RIPPING OFF the DDT Pro hood off the bike! Sho and the House beat up the bike! The ref reprimands and Mao says they’ll pay for that! Sho CLUBS Mao, puts him in the ring, and then pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sho has the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Mao endures and the fans rally. Mao kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Sho puts Mao on the apron, and he has the arm in the rope! ARM WRINGER! Sho then pulls Mao through the corner, traps his arm against the buckle pad, and then KNEES the arm! Mao is stuck and Sho stands on the arm!
The ref counts, Sho step off, and Mao is freed. The fans rally, Mao throws a forearm but there’s not much to it. Sho kicks Mao, Mao fires more shots, but Sho slips around, GERMAN ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Mao flails, reaches out, but Sho pulls on the arm! Mao still kicks his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Sho lets Mao go, and Mao clutches his arm. Sho wrenches Mao’s arm, twists it, and hits the ELBOW BREAKER! Sho holds on to wrench and ELBOW BREAKER again! Sho grins as he lets Mao slump down. Sho knuckle locks, wrenches, and ELBOW- SLEEPER!! Mao has Sho now and the fans fire up!
Sho pries at the bad arm, pulls the fingers, but Mao breaks free! Look! HAYMAKER! Sho wobbles and the fans fire up! Mao whips, Sho reverses, but Mao SHOTGUNS! Sho flounders, the fans rally up, and Mao runs to BOOT Sho! Sho sputters, Mao runs again, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Sho survives, but is now in JUST FACELOCK! Sho endures, fights around, and both Ren & Yujiro are on the apron. But Mao’s team YANKS them down! Sho flails, the bell rings, but it was REN! The fans boo the usual tricks from the House, and Mao is upset that he fell for such a basic trick. Mao drags Sho up, but Sho CLAWS Mao’s eyes!
Sjo runs, but Mao uses the ref as a shield! Mao runs, but now Sho uses the ref as a shield! Sho runs but Mao hurdles over the spear! Mao sends the ref back at Sho, then he HIGH JUMP CUTTERS!! The fans fire up and Mao waits on Sho. Sho rises, Mao brings him around, OSAKA RENKAI!! Cover, YUJIRO DRAGS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, Kanon is up but Yuijro & Ren BLAST him! The House mugs Mao, drags him up, and double whip him into a corner. Yujiro BOOTS Mao, Ren ELBOWS Mao, then Ren snapmares Mao to hold him open! Yujiro hits the FALLING HEADBUTT LOW BLOW! The fans boo while Mao writhes!
Ren stands Mao up and Yujiro has his pimp cane! But wait, SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK from Shunma! Down goes Tokyo Pimp! Ren BOOTS Shunma, he BOOTS Kanon, but Kanon roars! Ren CLAWS Kanon’s eyes, runs, but Kanon LARIATS! The fans fire up as the full Strange Love Connection aims at Sho, HIGH LOW LARIATS!! Shunma builds speed and he DIVES! Down go Ren & Yujiro! Kanon & Mao set Sho up, but YOSHINOBU KANEMARU shows up! WHISKEY MIST for Kanon, and the BOTTLE SHOT for Mao! The fans boo as the Heel Master helps screw over the enemies of the House!
Kanemaru shoves the ref in and Sho laughs at Mao! STRAITJACKET DRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mao survives and the fans fire up! But Sho has the ARMBAR!! Mao flails, fights around, and he stacks Sho! TWO and Sho still has the arm! SNAKE BITE!! Mao fights against the modified triangle, fights his way over, and has the ROPEBREAK!! The fans cheer and Sho lets go in frustration. Sho crawls his way over and looks for his things. Sho grabs his Torture Tool and NEVER Openweight Six Man belt. The ref sees the belt and takes that, but then Mao surprises Sho with is iron gauntlet! Mao PUNCHES the Torture Tool down!
Sho dodges the fist, pushes Mao to ropes, and Kanemaru is there! But Mao ducks, WHISKEY MIST hits Sho! Mao BOOTS Kanemaru, then powers up the gauntlet! ROCKET PUNCH!! And then SAMURAI SUPERKICK!! Cover, TWO?!?! Sho survives, but Mao says he’ll finish this now! Mao drags Sho to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and 450 SPLASHES!!! Cover, MAO WINS!!
Winner: Mao, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Sho earns 0)
Sho tried to stack the deck, but justice was still served! Mao is alive in the block, if only for now. Can he count on Robbie Eagles AND Taiji Ishimori to bring down El Desperado and Yoh?
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: El Desperado VS Robbie Eagles!
The Rogue Luchador still has that target on his back, not only because he could go to the finals with his win and Yoh’s loss, but because he is THE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Could the Sniper of the Skies kill two birds with one victory? Or is Despy about to go back-to-back at the BOSJ finals?
Eagles shows off his Soul of PWA Championship, and makes a point that it is bigger and shinier. Despy says yeah, that’s nice. The fans rally and duel already, and the bell rings. Despy and Eagles circle, the fans rally more, and they feel things out. The fans already start up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” so Eagles joins in! “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE!” “OI!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” The fans applaud, Eagles mocks Despy’s bow and waving arms, then the two tie up. Despy waistlocks, Eagles switches but Despy wrenches. Eagles rolls, wrenches, hammerlocks, but Despy headlocks for the takeover.
Eagles headscissors, Despy rolls Eagles around to then float, but Eagles gets his leg guard up. Eagles wrangles Despy and goes for a leg, but Despy rolls to have a toehold. Eagles kicks Despy down to have the HEEL HOOK! Despy scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, and Despy goes to the apron. Eagles smirks and eggs Despy on. Despy rises up, the fans rally and duel, and Despy steps inside. Despy and Eagles circle, tie up, and Despy powers Eagles to the ropes. Red Shoes counts the break, Despy lets off to pat Eagles on the shoulder. But then he KNEES low! Despy whips, but Eagles holds ropes to block!
Despy still tries, Eagles still holds on, but Despy CLAWS Eagles’ eyes! Red Shoes reprimands but Despy whips, only for Eagles to go up and around to arm-drag! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles then RANAS, but Despy sunset flips through! TWO, Eagles high stacks, TWO! Both men stand, Despy KNEES low again, then whips. Eagles reverses to WHEEL KICK and kip up! The fans fire up and Eagles paces. Despy rises but Eagles is on him with a CHOP! Despy goes to ropes, Eagles is on him in the corner. Eagles CHOPS, puts Despy’s leg in ropes, and pulls! Despy shouts for Red Shoes, Red Shoes counts, and Eagles lets go, to basement 619!
Despy tumbles out of the ring, the fans rally, and Eagles paces. Eagles mockingly calls for Despy, then goes to the outside. Eagles stomps away on Despy’s leg, and then SMASHES it on the floor! Eagles flexes, says hey to Ninja Mack on commentary, then goes for Despy. Despy fires body shots and CHOPS, but Eagles TACKLES him down! Eagles YANKS Despy’s leg, puts him in the ring, then sits him up to step over and tie up the legs! STUMP PULLER! Despy endures and clubs at Eagles’ leg, but Eagles drops back to make this a cover, ONE!! The fans cheer as Despy sits up. Eagles KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! But Despy blcoks!
Despy spins Eagles, Eagles knees free, then Eagles runs, but Despy dropkicks a leg! Despy grabs that leg for a SHIN BREAKER! The fans fire up while Eagles writhes. Despy has the leg and SPLASHES down on it! Eagles kicks at Despy from the mat, but Despy pushes on a leg to have a toehold! Eagles endures, Despy drags him around, and ties up the legs for an INDIAN DEATHLOCK! Despy slaps his own leg into working, but Eagles sits up to CHOP! Despy eggs him on so Eagles CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Despy “falls over” and that puts on more pressure! Eagles flails while Despy just lounges. Eagles crawls over, pushes Despy out of his way, and has the ROPEBREAK!
The fans applaud and Red Shoes calls the break. Despy claims he needs help, but Eagles fires hands! Despy lets go, but he kneels on the bad leg! Eagles has the ropes again, Red Shoes counts, and Despy finally stands. Eagles crawls away, but he refuses to let Red Shoes stop this. Despy drags Eagles up but Eagles fires body shots and forearms! Despy KNEES low, but Eagles BOOTS! Eagles whips, Despy reverses, but Eagles fights the spinebuster! Despy KNEES low again, suplexes, but Eagles slips free to CHOP BLOCK and BLINDSLIDE LARIAT! Despy tumbles out, the fans rally up, and Eagles pushes through the pain to DIVE!
The fans fire up with Eagles but he still hobbles on that bad leg. Eagles sees a young fan dressed like him and cheers with him. Eagles then puts Despy in the ring, pounds the apron, and the fans rally up more. Eagles springboards to SNIPER DROPKICK! And then he has the leg to roll Despy into the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy shouts and flails, scratches and claws, and makes his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets go, then Eagles drags Despy to center. Despy kicks at Eagles, but Eagles KICKS the leg! Despy writhes, Eagles hobbles, and they go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in, but Despy dodges!
Eagles’ knees hit buckles, Despy runs up, and Despy blocks a boot! Despy kicks one leg, and DRAGON SCREWS the other! Then he has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles flails, reaches out, but Despy thrashes him around! Eagles lunges to the ROPEBREAK! Despy lets go and the fans rally again. Despy hobbles over to bring Eagles up, and he reels Eagles in. Despy suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud while Despy drags Eagles up. Despy gut wrenches for GUITARRA- NO, Eagles slips free and waistlocks! Despy ELBOWS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses, only for Despy to reverse and SPINEBUSETR! High stack, TWO!
Despy has the STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles endures, Despy thrashes, then Despy rolls Eagles away to have NUMERO DOS! Eagles reaches out with his free arm, then activates the core to sit up! Eagles DESTROY- NO, Despy blocks the rolling driver, tucks Eagles in, but Eagles CLUBS away on the legs! Eagles slips free, wrangles Despy, and has the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Despy endures, reaches out, and he crawls forward. Despy drags Eagles along with him, but Eagles drags Despy back! Eagles puts on the pressure and the fans are thunderous! Despy fights his way forward again, but Eagles thrashes around! Despy gives it one last gasp and he has the ROPEBREAK!!
Eagles lets go, to drop KNEES on the knee! Then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Then SPINNING TOEHOLD! Despy writhes, Eagles goes out and up, for WARP 4.5, but onto KNEES! Well, to clarify, the legs are usually the target, but Despy gets his knees up to jam Eagles! Both men are down and the fans rally up again. Eagles and Despy stir, then crawl for each other. They go forehead to forehead, then rise up to go forearm for forearm! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Despy slaps his leg into working, ROCKS Eagles, and then stands. Eagles ROCKS Despy, Despy ROCKS Eagles again, but now Eagles UPPERCUTS!
The fans rally up more as Despy storms back up. He SLAPS Eagles! Eagles takes off the headband and bandana! Eagles huffs ‘n’ puffs and SLAPS Despy! And SLAPS, and KICKS! Despy ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles says I’LL BE BACK! ROUNDHOUSE! SUPERKICK! ENZI- NO, Despy ducks to roll and STRETCH MUFFLER! Eagles rolls Despy to a cover, TWO! Eagles schoolboys with a bridge, TWO! Despy stands, Eagles SOBATS, then ASAI DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Despy stands, spins Eagles around and around, then PINCHE LOCO!! But Despy can’t make the cover! The fans fire up as Despy crawls and covers, TWO!!!
The fans fire up as Eagles survives! Despy rises, brings Eagles around, and Despy underhooks. TIGER DRIVER!! And then he underhooks again, but Eagles fireman’s carries! Eagles shifts things around to hit the TURBO BACKPACK!! Eagles crawls to the cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans are thunderous! Eagles goes to the corner, takes aim, and he basement SUPERKICKS!! Eagles can’t make the cover, his bad leg hurts too much! The fans rally harder as both men rise, and Eagles is back at the corner. Eagles runs to HYPER- NO, Despy ducks and has the leg! STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Eagles flails, sits up again, but Despy makes it a SPINEBUTER!!
Despy has NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! Eagles dangles as he endures, and he QUITS! Despy wins!!!
Winner: El Desperado, by submission (gains 2 points; Eagles earns 0)
The Sniper could not take out the Rogue Luchador, and Desperado is still in the running! With that, Mao is now out of the running, too, so it all comes down to the main event!
Best of the Super Juniors 32 B Block: YOH VS Taiji Ishimori!
The pressure is on for Direct Drive! Yoh beat Despy in their 1v1, so if Yoh wins, he is in! Will this be a fresh finals for the Best of the Super Juniors? Or can the Bone Soldier help Despy make it through?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Yoh and Taiji circle, feel things out, and they tie up. Taiji wrenches to a wristlock, but Yoh rolls then trips Taiji. Taiji counters by going for the armbar, but Yoh stacks Taiji to a cover, ONE! The two back off and the fans cheer. Yoh and Taiji reset, circle again, and feel things out. They knuckle lock, but then Yoh goes for a leg. Taiji holds him off and puts him on ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, and Taiji lets off with pats to the shoulder. The two reset again, tie up, and Taiji headlocks. Yoh fires body shots, powers up and out, then drops down. Yoh bypasses Taiji, drop toeholds, but Taiji avoids the basement dropkick!
Yoh avoids a Penalty Kick, but Taiji kicks low to snapmare and NECK- NO, Yoh victory rolls, so that he can NECK TWIST! The fans rally while Taiji goes to ropes. Yoh runs up, Taiji puts him on the apron, but Yoh blocks a shot. Taiji ducks Yoh’s punch to HOTSHOT him down! Taiji then runs to a corner, goes up, up, and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up and Taiji brings Yoh around. Taiji hammerlocks Yoh’s arm and POSTS him! Yoh staggers away, Taiji goes off to the blue corner and he undoes the buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play, but Taiji waits as the ring count climbs.
Yoh stands at 3 of 20, shakes out the bad arm, and rolls in at 8. The fans cheer, Taiji storms up, but Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back, snapmares, and NECK TWISTS! The fans cheer while Yoh clutches his neck and shoulder. Taiji drags Yoh up, snapmares, and FIST DROPS! Cover, TWO! Taiji sits Yoh up to clamp on with a chinlock! Yoh endures the knee in his back, then fights his way around. Yoh reaches out, but Taiji turns him with a wristlock. Taiji wrenches and WRINGS Yoh to then WRING the arm again! Yoh scrambles to ropes while the fans cheer. Taiji storms over, grabs the arm, and has a COBRA CLUTCH!
Yoh endures as Taiji drags him away to center. Yoh kicks and reaches out, then fights up. Taiji ripcords to RAM Yoh, then COBRA CLUTCH and a takedown! COBRA TRIANGLE! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh kicks around to have the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration, and Yoh coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Taiji CLUBS Yoh, drags him up, but Yoh fires forearms and kicks! Taiji BODY BLOWS, then CLUBS Yoh! Yoh goes back to the ropes, Taiji brings him around to whip into a corner. Taiji runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him away! Taiji comes back, but into a clinch, BACKBREAKER and NECKBREAKER!
The fans rally while both men are down again. Yoh and Taiji rise, and Yoh runs up to rally with forearms! Yoh whips, Taiji reverses, but Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up with Yoh, and he brings Taiji up. Yoh scoops Taiji to SLAM him, and then he revels in cheers. Yoh drops the ELBOW, then covers. TWO, and Yoh drops the KNEE! Cover, TWO and Yoh SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Yoh shakes out the arm. Yoh drags Taiji up, reels him in, but Taiji fights the suplex to wrench and ARM CODE BREAKER! Then BONE LOCK! But Yoh rolls it fast! TWO!! Taiji kicks low, CLAWS Yoh’s eyes, then whips.
Yoh reverses, Taiji handsprings, but Yoh catches him! Taiji switches, ducks an elbow, then spins Yoh around, to POST him! The Bullet Club Special comes through, and Taiji brings Yoh out. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, scoops, and SHOULDER BUSTERS! Yoh writhes, Taiji goes back to the corner, and the fans rally up. Taiji runs back in, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTIC- NO, Yoh spins that into a COBRA TWIST! Yoh then shifts to throw elbows, and he puts on the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji reaches out, fights his way over, but Yoh wrangles him to the mat! Taiji endures, rolls, pops free, and has the BONE LOCK!!
Yoh endures again and the fans rally back up! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him back for BLOODY- NO, Yoh handsprings through and O’Conner Rolls! Taiji stops the bridge, pushes Yoh down, BONE LOCK!! Yoh endures again and the fans rally! Yoh fights over again, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Yoh literally escapes by a foot. Taiji lets go, then grins as he brings Yoh back up. Taiji gut wrenches, and CIPHER UTAKI! But Taiji says that’s not all! He aims his finger gun, says BANG, and then brings Yoh back in. But Yoh suplexes, FALCON GOROSHI! Both men are down and the fans rally up again!
Yoh and Taiji slowly stir, rise up, and Yoh fires a forearm! Taiji fires back! Yoh fires another, Taiji fires another, repeat! They pick up speed and the fans rally! Taiji LARIATS but Yoh stays up! Yoh LARIATS but Taiji stays up! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Yoh runs up but Taiji JUMP KNEES! BANG and BLOODY- NO, Yoh wrenches out to HEADBUTT! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Taiji and Yoh stir, but Yoh sits up first. Yoh roars, slaps his bad arm into working, and then crawls over to Taiji. Yoh underhooks but Taiji fights the lift! Taiji wrenches out but Yoh full nelsons! Taiji fights that, but Yoh ripcords!
Taiji blocks the knee but that hurts his harm! Taiji takes a swing, but into the ANACONDA VICE! Taiji fights the hold, wrenches out, and tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! BONE LOCK!!! Yoh fights around, reaches out, but Taiji rolls him! Yoh uses that to have the ANACONDA VICE!!! Taiji endures, fights to sit up, and then he stands to fire body shots. Taiji RAMS Yoh into the bare buckles! Both men fall back and the fans rally harder! Taiji drags Yoh up, reels him in, but Yoh blocks! Yoh fireman’s carries, and he hits an USHIGOROSHI! The fans fire up and Yoh full nelsons Taiji! DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Taiji escapes but Yoh vows to end this! The fans are thunderous as Yoh hauls Taiji up! DIRECT DRIVE!!! Cover, YOH WINS!!!
Winner: Yoh, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taiji earns 0)
The Bone Soldier fails, and now Desperado is NOT going to the finals! Desperado will now be on the outside looking in, waiting for his next challenger.
Speaking of which, Kosei Fujita now makes his way out here to be face to face with Yoh. Yoh holds the ropes open for Fujita to step into the ring. Fujita and Yoh get face to face, and Fujita points at the tag title on Yoh’s shoulder, because he also wants that belt. Yoh knows, since he and Wato took it from Fujita & Eagles. But Yoh dismisses Fujita, they’ll meet again on June 1st. Yoh then takes up the mic to tell Fujita, “Ya bastard… I’ll show you true chaos! Now, just one more win. In Ota, the best wind will blow.” Yoh drops the mic to leave it at that. Will that wind be the winds of change? Or will Yoh fail to bring down The Mighty Japanese Young Punk?
Here are the FINAL B Block standings!
YOH: 6-3, 12 points [FINALIST]
El Desperado: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
MAO: 6-3, 12 points [ELIMINATED]
Taiji Ishimori: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Robbie Eagles: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
SHO: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Nick Wayne: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Kevin Knight: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Titan: 4-5, 8 points [ELIMINATED]
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-6, 6 points [ELIMINATED]
My Thoughts:
A great night to wrap round nine and therefore the round robin portion. No repeat BOSJ finalists, which is actually great because now we’ve got a fresh match-up. Taguchi VS Knight was still a great match for not affecting outcomes, and Knight gets to return to AEW with a win. The flipside is Titan gets a win over Nick Wayne, I really do think it books itself, Nick VS Titan for the ROH World TV Championship on Grand Slam: Mexico. Christian Cage can even be condescending to Nick over how Nick didn’t make it to the finals, adding to that feud. Nick can beat Titan in the rematch, then get in Christian’s face to make a match for All In: Texas, or at least Supercard of Honor where ROH titles should be showing up anyway.
Great stuff with Mao and his team against Sho and the House of Torture. I was pleasantly surprised that Mao won, and I wonder if the House of Torture goes to a DDT Pro show to battle it out with Strange Love Connection. Mao winning also added great drama to the remaining matches, Despy VS Eagles was awesome stuff, probably the actual best match of the night. Yoh VS Taiji wasn’t quite as hot going by the crowd, but Yoh getting the win to shut the door on Despy was good. Yoh VS Fujita will be great, a bit hard to call, but that makes it fun.
My Score: 9/10
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