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Mitchell’s NJPW G1 Climax 34 Results & Report! (8/3/24)
A Block, Round 6!

Time to roku ‘n’ roll!
Of all people to lead the G1 Climax’s A Block, it’s EVIL! Will the King of Darkness continue to cheat his opponents until he wins it all?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 8 Man Tag: Konosuke Takeshita & The United Empire VS Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma, Shota Kato & Katsuya Murashima; Konosuke & The United Empire win.
- Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano VS David Finlay & Gedo; Oleg & Yano win.
- El Phantasmo & Jado VS Yuya Uemura & Taka Michinoku; Yuya & Taka win.
- Yota Tsuji & BUSHI VS Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru; Yota & Bushi win.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Callum Newman VS Jake Lee; Jake wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Great-O-Khan VS EVIL; Khan wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Tetsuya Naito VS Gabe Kidd; Naito wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shota Umino VS SANADA; Sanada wins.
- G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shingo Takagi VS Zack Sabre Jr; Takagi wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Here are the current 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!
David Finlay: 3-2, 6 points
Konosuke Takeshita: 3-2, 6 points
Henare: 3-2, 6 points
Jeff Cobb: 3-2, 6 points
Yuya Uemura: 3-2, 6 points
Ren Narita: 3-2, 6 points
Hirooki Goto: 2-3, 4 points
Yota Tsuji: 2-3, 4 points
Boltin Oleg: 2-3, 4 points
El Phantasmo: 1-4, 2 points
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Callum Newman VS Jake Lee!
The Prince of Pace is stuck in the middle of the pack, but better than being at the back. Will Callum even out at 3-3? Or will the Smart Bastard find a way to slow Callum down?
The bell rings and they both rush in! Callum gets around to waistlock. Jake elbows free then snapmares, but Callum avoids the Penalty Kick! Jake avoids the roundhouse and bails out! The fans cheer, and even Jake applauds Callum on that opening exchange. Jake takes his time returning, Callum taunting that he’s in a hurry, let’s get going. The fans rally up, the two reset and circle. They feel things out, and Jake taunts Callum with height and long arms. Jake goes low but Callum kicks the hand away. They knuckle lock and Jake wrenches. Callum wrenches back, but then Jake wrenches back. Callum wrenches, slips through, and waistlocks.
Jake standing switches, but then Callum wrenches out to headlock. Callum brings Jake to the mat, but Jake fights up. They end up on ropes and the ref calls the break. Callum lets off slowly, fakes a chop, then backs off. The fans cheer, but Jake storms up to kick low! Jake whips, Callum ducks ‘n’ dodges to build speed and BOOT! Jake tumbles away and the fans fire up! Jake gets on the apron but Callum BOOTS him again! Callum goes out, goes up, but Jake YANKS Callum down! The height comes in handy there. Jake then pushes Callum through the gap in the railing and pulls him back against the railing!
The ref reprimands and counts, Jake lets go while telling the ref to shut up! Jake drags Callum up but Callum fires forearms! The fans rally, but Jake eggs Callum on. Callum fires more forearms, so Jake kicks low! Jake POSTS Callum, then rolls into the ring. The count starts and Jake waits on Callum. Callum rises slowly, and Jake taunts him to hurry up. Callum stands at 10 of 20, rolls in at 13, and the fans cheer. Jake cravats Callum for a neck wrench, but Callum fights up. Jake keeps Callum from ropes, then pushes him down, to drop a leg, brother! Cover, TWO! Jake clamps right on with a chinlock and he grinds Callum down.
The fans rally while Callum endures. Jake pushes Callum down so he can stomp him! The fans rally and Jake smirks. Callum gets up to CHOP! Jake mockingly plays up the pain, and he taunts Callum. Callum CHOPS again, and Jake again plays it up. Callum dares Jake to try then! Jake winds up, to poke Callum in the eye! Jake then whips Callum, but Callum rolls off his back! Jake kicks low, runs, but Callum trips him and DOUBLE STOMPS him! The fans fire up while both men are down. Jake goes to a corner, Callum rolls up to his feet and UPPERCUTS! Then GAMANGIRIS! Snapmare, and PENALTY KICK!
Jake roars as he sits up, so Callum grins. Callum PENALTY KICKS again! Jake rises again, so Callum fakes and KICKS! Then STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up as Callum grabs the legs. Callum works to turn Jake over but Jake gets a leg free and BOOTS back! Jake TOSSES Callum out, then storms out after him. Jake aims from the apron to PENALTY- NO! Callum blocks the kick, trips Jake up, then goes up and up to ASAI MOONSAULT! Down goes Jake and the fans fire up again! Callum feeds off that energy to fire himself up, and he puts Jake in the ring. Callum aims, runs up, DREAMCAST KICK! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally as Callum considers his options. Callum drags Jake up, chicken wings the arms, but Jake stomps Callum’s foot! Callum fires a forearm, then whips. Jake reverses to KNEE low! Callum sputters while he’s down on the mat, but the fans rally up again. Jake rises, fakes a kick, and then clamps on a SLEEPER! Jake laughs while he leans on the hold. But Callum endures, fights up, and JAWBREAKERS free! The fans fire up and Callum goes Around the World to DROPKICK! Callum then goes up and up, but Jake avoids the jump! Jake swings, Callum dodges but the CHOP knocks him down!
Callum kips up to ENZIGIRI! Then OSC- CHOKE SLAM!! Jake slam dunks Callum and covers, TWO!! The fans boo Jake but Jake takes aim again. Callum slowly rises as Jake stomps the mat. The fans clap along, Jake clamps on, CHOKE- RANA!! Cover, TWO!! Callum ROUNDHOUSES! HEEL KICKS! Callum runs, into a GIANT KILLING KNEE! Then the FACE BREAK SHOT!! Cover, Jake wins!
Winner: Jake Lee, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Callum earns 0)
The Smart Bastard used Callum’s own speed against him and comes away the winner! Will he find that outside shot to get into the playoffs? Is the Prince of Pace already out of the running?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Great-O-Khan VS EVIL w/ Dick Togo!
The Dominator finally got going in this G1 with his win over Jake Lee, but now he runs into the ONLY undefeated 5-0 man in this tournament. Can the KOPW Champion conquer the King of Darkness? Or will he see that Everything is Evil?
Seems Khan is taking a lesson from Tetsuya Naito by taking his time with his entrance attire. But while Evil was patient with Naito, he attacks Khan from behind! The ref reprimands but Evil CLUBS Khan down! The fans boo, the bell rings and Evil taunts Khan. Evil stomps Khan, drags him up, and TOSSES him out of the ring. The fans rally for Khan but Evil stands Khan up, to RAM into the timekeeper! Abe-san goes down again! The fans boo more but Evil gets the mic to tell them all off. Evil even insults Khan before stomping him. Evil CHOKES Khan with the cord and tells him to just give up already!
The ref stops Evil, but then Evil drags Khan up to whip hard into railing! Khan drops to his knees, but Evil brings him out through the gate! They go into the crowd, where Evil BOWLS Khan into chairs! A strike for sure, and then Evil CHOKES Khan with one of the chairs! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Evil tells them all to shut up. Evil leaves Khan behind and goes to the ring. Khan coughs and sputters, but the fans rally up behind him. The count begins, Khan crawls his way back. He reaches the aisle at 8 of 20, manages to stand at 11, and he hobbles his way over. Khan makes it to ringside at 14 and slides in at 15.
But Evil distracts the ref while Dick drags Khan back out! The ref didn’t know Khan was in, so the count continues from 16! Khan rises at 18 and slides in at 19! Evil is still annoyed by a bad count, but then he grabs his House of Torture shirt. The ref sees that, takes the shirt from him, so Evil uses the TAG ROPE! Evil CHOKES Khan, the ref sees that, and so Evil stops. Khan coughs and sputters more, and Evil swears he has no other items. Cocky cover, TWO! Evil taunts Khan, grabs a leg, and turns him for a HALF CRAB! Khan has the ROPEBREAK right away! Evil holds until the ref counts 4.
Evil paces while Khan clutches his knee. Evil storms up to stomp away on that leg! Khan grabs the ropes but Evil drops an elbow on the knee! The ref reprimands but Evil just paces around. Khan goes to a corner, and Evil CLUBS him down! Evil paces, Khan grits his teeth and CHOPS! Evil kicks Khan, Khan chops again! Evil CLAWS Khan’s eyes! The ref reprimands and counts, Evil lets off to cover, TWO! Evil is annoyed again but the fans rally up. Evil taunts Khan as we pass five minutes, and he stands on Khan’s face. Khan pushes the foot away, but Evil slaps him around now. The fans rally, and Khan stands to ROCK Evil!
Khan ROCKS Evil again, and again! Evil knees low! Evil whips, Khan reverses to BELLY2BELLY! The fans fire up while both men are down! The fans rally again as Khan rises, and he nods. Khan drags Evil up, lifts him up, and then runs to RAM Evil into a corner! Then he Mongolian Chops! And Mongolian Chops again! And then feints to UPPERCUT! The fans fire up, and Khan has Evil in a corner! Khan hops up to sit on his throne! The fans cheer as the King of Darkness is being humbled! Khan pulls the arms back, but the ref counts. Khan hops off, then he wrenches Evil to reel him in, fireman’s carry takeover! Cover, TWO!
Khan drags Evil around for an omoplata! But Evil BITES Khan’s leg! The ref reprimands, Evil lets go and Khan hobbles away. Khan stomps Evil for that, then he drags Evil up to whip. Evil reverses, runs in, but he blocks a boot. And another boot! Evil puts Khan in ropes to CLUB and WOE STOMP! The fans rally up while Khan writhes. Evil drags Khan up to FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer but Evil is annoyed again. Evil talks trash, drags Khan up by his ponytail, then goes to fireman’s carry. Khan fights with elbows, waistlocks and ripcords, SAYANAGI! Both men are down and the fans fire up!
Khan and Evil slowly rise again and the fans rally. Khan brings Evil up but Evil goes to low blow! Khan blocks and traps the arm, INVERTED ARMBAR! Khan digs his elbow into Evil’s head, but Evil grabs the ref! Evil brings the ref down so that Dick can get in! Dick drags Khan away by his ponytail! The fans boo but Evil is still saved. Khan is mad at Dick but Evil TOSSES Khan up and out! Evil then distracts the ref so that Dick can JAM Khan with a chair, and SMACK him down! Khan writhes, the fans boo, but Dick drags Khan up and into the ring. Evil storms over, stomps away on Khan at 10 minutes, then CLUBS him.
Evil has the legs, steps through, and has the SHARPSHOOTER! Khan endures, fights up, and the fans rally as he fights forward! But Evil sits deep on the hold! Khan still fights, and still has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Evil lets go at 4. The fans rally for Khan but Evil storms back over. Evil drags Khan up, fireman’s carries, and DARKNESS FALLS! Cover, TWO! Khan is tougher than that and Evil is furious! The fans fire up, but Evil slashes his throat. Evil drags Khan up, spins him, EVERY- NO, Khan fights with elbows! Evil still tries, but Khan slips free and SLAM DUNKS Evil! The fans fire up while both men are down!
Khan sits up and the fans rally again. Khan drags Evil up, but Dick is on the apron! So Khan DECKS Dick! Evil LARIATS, but Khan blocks! KIMURA!! Evil falls to the mat, Khan puts on all the pressure he can! Khan rips away the tape around the elbow to really torture Evil! Evil fights around, but Khan just puts MORE pressure on! The fans rally as Khan keeps going, and he headscissors Evil’s head, too! Then he shifts to an ARMBAR!! Evil flails, grabs the ref, then Dick DRAGS the ref out! Dick storms in to stomp Khan down! And then, SPOILER CHOKER!! The fans boo as hard as they can as Khan coughs and sputters!
Evil grabs a chair, and he takes aim! Evil JAMS Khan low, then sets Khan up, for MAGIC KILLER!! Dick fetches the ref while Evil covers! TWO!!!! Khan survives and the fans are thunderous! Dick is in disbelief but Evil slashes his throat again! Evil drags Khan up, spins him around, EVERY- NO! ELBOW BREAKER! Khan runs, but Dick SMACKS Khan behind the ref’s back!! Dick drags Khan up as we hit 15 minutes, but Khan DECKS him again! Evil continues to have the ref check his elbow, but Khan powers up to PLANCHA down onto Dick! The fans are thunderous as Khan believes he can fly! Khan’s Monster Rage boils over and the fans fire up again!
Khan goes back to the ring, runs in at Evil, but SURPRISE! No buckle pad!! Khan hits bare buckles, then Evil sends him back in! Evil runs to LARIAT!! Cover, TWO!! The fans are thunderous again as Khan survives! Evil vows to end this! EVERY- HITSUJIGOROSHI!! FLATLINER!! And then, ELIMINATOR!!! Cover, KHAN WINS!!!
Winner: Great-O-Khan, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Evil earns 0)
Justice has been served! Khan conquers the King of Darkness for the United Empire! Evil may still lead the block, but he isn’t undefeated anymore! Can Khan play spoiler to a few more playoff hopefuls? Will Evil still take over the Climax?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Tetsuya Naito VS Gabe Kidd!
The IWGP World Heavyweight Champion meets the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion at a pivotal point in this tournament. Naito wants to repeat as G1 Champion, but is that about to become an uphill climb? Or can he stay tranquilo against this absolute Mad Man?
The originator of the gag, Naito takes his time with the entrance attire. Gabe decides to let him take that time, because it’s all over after this either way. “I’ll have you pushing up daisies, boy.” Naito puts the pants aside, the bell rings, and the fans rally and duel, “NA-I-TO!” “GABU!” Gabe smirks as he has just as many fans as the top guy, and the two circle. They approach, but then Naito backs away. Naito says chill, and they reset. They approach, but then Naito steps aside. So Gabe CLUBS, SLAPS and HAMMERS away on Naito in the corner! The ref counts, tries to back Gabe off but Gabe pushes him aside!
Gabe stomps a mudhole in, digs his boots in, and says Naito ain’t got ish on him! The ref storms back up but Gabe pushes him aside again! Gabe mocks the LIJ fist bump and then SPITS at Naito! The fans are torn but Gabe drags Naito up to TOSS him out. Gabe then storms out after Naito, whips him hard into railing, then says he’ll take his time with this. Gabe stalks Naito, then whips him into more railing! Gabe Too Sweets David Finlay on English commentary, then goes into the ring. Gabe builds speed, just to mock the tranquilo! Finlay taunts Naito, too, and Gabe goes out to stomp Naito.
Gabe puts Naito in the ring, but then Naito rolls out the side. Gabe mockingly applauds, then goes out again. Gabe CHOPS Naito, follows him around the way, then puts him back in the ring. Naito rolls all the way to the other end, and bails out again. The fans rally, but Gabe pursues and CHOPS! Gabe puts Naito back in, storms up, but Naito fires forearms! Naito HOTSHOTS Gabe, then builds speed, to tranquilo! Naito shows Gabe how it’s done and Gabe gets mad. Gabe runs in, into an atomic drop! Naito turns Gabe, but Gabe pulls hair! Naito still NECKBREAKERS! The fans cheer, Naito covers, ONE!!
Naito stays cool as he drags Gabe back up. Naito cravats for a neck wrench, but Gabe endures. Gabe fires body shots, then he BITES Naito! He is a War Dog, after all! Gabe spits, then whips, but Naito reverses to ELBOW! Gabe says F that, but Naito kicks low, ELBOWS him again, only for Gabe to avoid the dropkick! Gabe scoops and SLAMS, and then leans against ropes. The fans rally up, but Gabe snarls and goes back for Naito. Gabe kicks Naito out of the ring, then opens the gate. Gabe brings Naito out to No Man’s Land, UPPERCUTS him, then pulls apart railing! The Young Lions hurry to move fans aside!
Gabe BOWLS Naito, really only gets a few chairs, but then shouts, “I’M A MAD MAN, Y’KNOW!” Gabe mocks Naito’s posing again, then leaves Naito behind. Gabe looks under the ring, and he brings out some chairs! Gabe storms back over, puts those down, pulls apart even more railing, and he makes quite the pile. Naito storms up but Gabe UPPERCUTS him! Gabe reels Naito in, to suplex Naito, only for Naito to knee free! Naito wrenches, and fires the heavy elbows! Then Naito BOWLS Gabe into chairs! STRIKE! The fans fire up, Young Lions clear the area, and Naito hobbles over to bring Gabe back up.
Naito SMACKS Gabe off a chair! The fans are torn as Naito positions another chair. Naito drags Gabe back up, and he SMACKS him off that chair now! Naito then brings Gabe up to drag him to ringside, using a cravat neck wrench. But Gabe POSTS Naito! And then hits an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Naito sputters but Gabe sits down to catch his breath. The fans rally, Finlay helps Gabe get water to refresh himself. Gabe then SPITS at Naito, tells him off, and storms back into the ring. Cover, TWO! Gabe pushes Naito down to get in his face. Gabe says Naito’s time is up, and he rains down fists! Naito SPITS at Gabe!
Gabe rains down more fists, but the ref stops him! Gabe SPITS at Naito before he lets off. The fans rally, Gabe waits in a corner. Naito stirs, Gabe says it is time for Naito to give up! LION’S TAMER! Naito endures being bent sideways, fights around, but Gabe shifts to a BOSTON CRAB! We pass 10 minutes but Naito endures! Gabe lets off, drags Naito up, and says he’s dead now! Gabe suplexes, DESTINO!! Naito pulls that one out of nowhere and the fans rally up again! Both men stir, the fans rally harder, and Naito goes to a corner. Naito waits on Gabe, Gabe runs in, but Naito dodges! Naito runs in but Gabe puts him on the apron.
Gabe takes a swing, Naito ducks it and sweeps the legs! Gabe hits buckles, Naito swings to fake the dropkick, and then DROPKICKS anyway! Naito drags Gabe up, goes up the corner, and reels Gabe in, for ESPERANZA! The fans fire up and Naito waits on Gabe again. Naito runs up, into an UPPERCUT! And SAIDO! Cover, TWO!! Naito survives and the fans fire up again! Gabe rises, but then falls back, needed to catch his breath. Gabe sits up cross legged, then he tells Naito he’s just an old rat. The fans rally as Gabe brings Naito up, reels him in, but Naito fights the lift! Gabe DOUBEL CHOPS Naito on the back!
Naito stands to SPIT Gabe! And SLAP Gabe! Gabe SLAPS back, gut wrenches, but Naito RANAS! Naito then atomic drops, and fires heavy elbows! Gabe says F that, but Naito ENZIGIRIS! Gabe comes back, Naito ducks ‘n’ dodges ‘n’ CORRIENDO CRADLE! NAITO WINS!!!
Winner: Tetsuya Naito, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Gabe earns 0)
Finlay is just as upset as Gabe is that The Uncontrollable Charisma pulled on over on them! Naito relaxes on Japanese commentary’s desk, taunting Gabe to fist bump him. Will the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion still have a spot in the playoffs? Will the Mad Man stay NJPW Strong and find his own way to the Climax?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shota Umino VS SANADA!
The Roughneck is moving up after bringing down Zack Sabre Jr. while the Cold Skull is feeling down after losing to Tetsuya Naito. Will these trends continue as Shota brings the Paradigm Shift? Or will he run right into a Skull End?
Both men take time with their big jackets, then the bell rings. The fans rally, and it sounds pretty even between “SHO~TA!” and “SA-NA-DA!” The two circle, feel things out, then tie up. Shota wrenches to wristlock, but Sanada moves around. Shota keeps him from ropes so Sanada knees free and wrenches back. Shota rolls, wrenches and wristlocks again. Shota shifts to a top wristlock, brings Sanada to a knee, then hammerlocks. Shota spins Sanada to a headlock and takeover, but Sanada headscissors. Shota kips free, but Sanada blocks his kick! Sanada trips Shota but Shota fights off Paradise! Shota scoops to DROP Sanada, then runs to SHOTGUN!
The fans fire up with Shota while Sanada flounders. Shota stomps Sanada, stomps him again, then brings Sanada up. Shota clamps on a cravat neck wrench, but Sanada endures. Shota CLUBS Sanada, whips him to ropes, but Sanada KICKS back! Sanada then DUMPS Shota out, and goes out after him. Sanada whips Shota hard into railing! Shota slumps down but Sanada storms up again. Sanada stands Shota up to CLUB him, then he brings Shota around to fireman’s carry. SNAKE EYES off railing! Shota sputters as he drops to his knees and the fans rally up. Sanada takes his time coming back for Shota, to then stand Shota up.
Sanada puts Shota in the ring, clamps on a chinlock, and he leans on the hold. Shota endures, so Sanada pushes him down for an elbow drop! Cover, TWO! Sanada stands Shota up again, to CLUB him on the neck. Sanada whips corner to corner, runs up, and ELBOWS Shota! Shota staggers, Sanada brings him in, RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Cover, TWO! Shota stays in this but Sanada stays on him with another chinlock. The fans rally as Shota endures, and Shota fights up. Shota fires body shots, but Sanada CLUBS him again! And CLUBS him again! Sanada CLUBS Shota a third time, runs, but into a DROPKICK! The fans fire up while both men are down!
Shota and Sanada stir as we pass five minutes. The fans rally, Shota stands, and he goes corner to corner to UPPERCUT Sanada! FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but Shota stays cool. Shota brings Sanada up, clinches, but Sanada fights the lift! Sanada fires elbows, Shota staggers, but Sanada whips him. Shota holds ropes to stop, then he drop toeholds Sanada onto ropes! Shota slingshots, APRON DDT! Sanada flops down and the fans fire up with Shota! Shota storms over to Sanada, drags him up, and puts him in the ring. The fans applaud and Shota climbs up a corner! MISSILE DROPKICK!
Shota drags Sanada up to EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! Sanada’s tougher than that, being a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, but Shota stays on him. Shota dragon sleepers, but Sanada fights that. Shota waistlocks, Sanada switches, but Shota fires an elbow! Shota runs, but Sanada hurdles, hurdles and DROPKICKS! The fans fire up again while Shota bails out. Sanada hurries to PLANCHA Shota down! The fans cheer and Sanada encourages them to get louder. The fans oblige, and Sanada brings Shota up. Sanada puts Shota in, the fans cheer, and Sanada brings Shota up, for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO!
Sanada stays cool and the fans rally again. Sanada clamps onto Shota with the dragon sleeper! But Shota arm-drags free! Shota runs up, but into a BOOT! Sanada QUEBRADA, and dragon sleeper! SKULL END! Sanada pulls on the hold, Shota starts to fade, but he throws hands! Shota then spins things around, TEST DRIVE! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Shota aims from a corner, Sanada rises, and Shota runs in, but into a dropkick to the legs! Sanada swings, but into a dragon sleeper! TRIDENT! Cover, TWO! Shota fires up and he aims from a corner. Sanada rises at 10 minutes, and Shota runs in, but Sanada dodges Ignition!
But then Shota dodges the Shining Wizard! Shota has a leg, STF! Sanada endures, fights around, but Shota pulls on the hold! Sanada still reaches out, claws his way over, but Shota drags him back! STF! Sanada endures all over again! Sanada still fights, powers his way forward, and the fans rally up! Sanada reaches out for the ROPEBREAK! Shota lets go in frustration but the fans cheer. Shota drags Sanada up, UPPERCUTS, then stands him back up, for another UPPERCUT! Sanada staggers to a corner, Shota brings him around to UPPERCUT again! Shota reels Sanada in, but Sanada stops the tornado to MAGIC SCREW!
The fans fire up while both men are down again! Sanada kips up and fires up! The fans are with Sanada as he aims from the corner. Shota sits up, into the SHINING WIZARD! Sanada isn’t done, he goes up to ROUNDING BODY PRESS, onto knees! Shota saves himself in time, though perhaps double-edged. The fans rally as Shota shakes out his legs. Shota rises while Sanada crawls to a corner. Shota runs in, to BLINDSIDE KNEE! Then TORNADO DDT! Shota aims again as Sanada rises, and IGNITION! Cover, TWO! Sanada survives but Shota powers up! The fans rally as Shota takes aim again. Sanada sits up, into BLAZE- NO, Sanada ducks!
Shota avoids another Shining Wizard to POP-UP KNEE! ELBOW! ROLLING ELBOW! Sanada roars!! Shota ENZIGIRIS! But Sanada SHINING WIZARDS!! The fans fire up and Sanada drags Shota up, clinches, DEAD- NO, Shota spins Sanada around! Shota underhooks, but Sanada NORTHERN LIGHTS out of it! Bridging cover, TWO and Shota still has the arms! Spin and backslide! TWO!! Shota still holds on, steps over, LA MAGISTROL! TWO!! Pop-up, BEARHUG, and then ELEVATED DEATH RIDER!! Cover, TWO!!! Sanada survives and we pass 15 minutes! The fans are thunderous as Shota roars!
Shota aims from a corner, watches Sanada rise up, and runs in to BLAZE BLADE!! Shota then stands Sanada up, but Sanada suddenly O’Conner Rolls, AND BRIDGES!! SANADA WINS!!
Winner: Sanada, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Shota earns 0)
Just as The Roughneck was heating things up, Cold Skull puts him in a deep freeze! Sanada and Shota are both 3-3, but does this victory open the way for one while closing the door on the other? Or do both men still have a chance to enter the playoffs?
G1 Climax 34 A Block: Shingo Takagi VS Zack Sabre Jr!
The Rampaging Dragon and the Front Man both want some redemption after losing to the young upstarts, Gabe Kidd and Shota Umino. Will Takagi prove it is his time? Or will ZSJ make him #JustTapOut?
The bell rings and the two run up! Takagi dodges, ZSJ dodges, then ZSJ headlocks. Takagi powers out but ZSJ BOOTS him! Takagi roars, the fans fire up, and Takagi ROCKS ZSJ! Takagi runs to RAM ZSJ, but ZSJ comes back. Takagi dodges the boot to waistlock but ZSJ elbows free. ZSJ runs, and he counters Takagi’s hip toss to clamp on a COBRA TWIST! The fans fire up, Takagi endures, and Takagi powers out! ELBOW! JAB! YUKON- ZSJ catches that arm to wrench and PELE, but Takagi blocks it! Takagi sits ZSJ up to SLIDING- NO, ZSJ avoids the lariat and RAMS Takagi! ZSJ snapmares, but Takagi UP-KICKS! The fans fire up as the two stand off!
Takagi and ZSJ back up to corners to reset. The fans rally and the two circle again. They feel things out, tie up, and ZSJ facelocks. Takagi moves around, ZSJ waistlocks, but Takagi switches. ZSJ wrenches out and wristlocks, then knuckle locks. They go shoulder to shoulder for a Test of Strength, and Takagi has ZSJ on his knees. But ZSJ rolls back to reverse the pressure! Takagi powers up but ZSJ turns him. They again go shoulder to shoulder, Takagi makes ZSJ bridge back. ZSJ kips up, gets under, and NORTHERN LIGHTS! But Takagi CLOBBERS ZSJ! The fans fire up again while ZSJ sits up and Takagi storms over.
Takagi stands ZSJ up, KNEES him against ropes, and KNEES him again. Takagi reels ZSJ in to snap suplex! ELBOW DROP! Cover, ONE!! ZSJ is tough but Takagi clamps on a chinlock. The fans rally, Takagi steps over to trap an arm, and he cranks the neck. ZSJ eggs Takagi on so Takagi BELL CLAPS, then clamps on a tighter headlock. ZSJ finds the ROPEBREAK, so Takagi lets off. Takagi then CLUBS ZSJ, reels him in, but ZSJ fights the saido with elbows. Takagi CLUBS ZSJ, runs, but into a BOOT! ZSJ runs, but Takagi blocks the boot! But ZSJ slips free of the dragon screw to NECK TWIST! ZSJ sits Takagi up to basement dropkick!
Takagi rolls away while ZSJ catches his breath. The fans rally while Takagi goes to a corner. ZSJ storms over to Takagi, brings him up, and cravats. Then ZSJ UPPERCUTS Takagi into the corner! ZSJ stands Takagi up, UPPERCUTS again, and then snapmares. ZSJ clamps on a headscissor squeeze! The fans rally, Takagi endures, and he clasps hands to fight. But ZSJ drags Takagi from ropes, squeezes harder, but Takagi has the ROPEBREAK with a foot. ZSJ lets go, the fans rally, and ZSJ brings Takagi up. Takagi fires body shots and forearms at five minutes, but ZSJ clamps on a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK!
Takagi endures, fights, but ZSJ pulls on the hold! Takagi RAMS ZSJ into a corner, gets free, but ZSJ runs up! ELBOW! JAB! But ZSJ jumps on for the GUILLOTINE, only for Takagi to THROW him away! The fans fire up while both men are down again. ZSJ goes to a corner, Takagi rises up, and Takagi runs in. Takagi blocks a boot, LARIATS, and fires up himself! The fans fire up with Takagi as he JABS, CHOPS and repeat! Red Shoes counts, Takagi JABS, JABS and CHOPS! Takagi runs, CLOBBERS ZSJ, but ZSJ is right up! Only for Takagi to scoop, SLAM and SENTON! Takagi then suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO!
Takagi shouts to the fans, “TOKI GA KITA! <The time has come!>” The fans fire up with Takagi and he rises. Takagi sits ZSJ up, for HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! The fans chant “OI! OI! OI!” with each shot! Takagi runs, SLIDING- NO, ZSJ rolls through the lariat to trap the arm! And TWIST! Takagi writhes, the fans rally, and ZSJ takes a moment to catch his breath. ZSJ grabs Takagi’s bad arm, and pulls it in a DISARMER! Then he STOMPS the arm! Takagi writhes and goes to ropes, but ZSJ stalks him. ZSJ wrenches to ELBOW BREAKER, and ELBOW BREAKER, and ELBOW- NO, Takagi has a SLEEPER!
ZSJ slips out, he has a SLEEPER! Takagi throws ZSJ off, then catches ZSJ’s uppercut to spin and suplex! ZSJ fights it, so Takagi SWINGING NECKBREAKERS! Takagi taunts Finlay with a Too Sweet before he goes back for ZSJ. The fans rally as Takagi runs in to LARIAT at the corner! Takagi stays fired up and the fans rally with him. Takagi brings ZSJ up, shoutout to Sabu before he puts ZSJ on the top rope. Takagi climbs, but ZSJ bends the fingers! Takagi fires body shots, then fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT! The fans rally, Takagi brings ZSJ up to the very top, and SUPER DUPER PLEXES!! The fans fire up while both men are down again!
Takagi crawls his way over, drags ZSJ back up and runs, SLIDING LARIAT! But that was the bad arm! The fans rally, Takagi and ZSJ slowly sit up, and Takagi fires up! “OI! OI! OI!” echoes out again, and Takagi shakes out the arm. Takagi hauls ZSJ up but ZSJ fights the pump handle! ZSJ slips around, Takagi elbows free, but runs into a BOOT! ZSJ KICKS the lariat down! The fans fire up again, but then Takagi hooks ZSJ in the Gory Especial! We pass 10 minutes, ZSJ uses a SLEEPER to get free! Then it’s into the IRON OCTOPUS!! Takagi endures, even as ZSJ has his behind-the-back hold! ZSJ drags Takagi into a GROUND OCTOPUS!
The fans rally, Takagi fights around, reaches out, but ZSJ has both legs! NAPALM DEATH!! Takagi endures, powers free, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as ZSJ backs away. ZSJ then crawls up, grabs the bad arm, and he SNAPS fingers!! And MORE fingers! Red Shoes reprimands but ZSJ STOMPS the arm! Then he runs to PENALTY KICK! Takagi rolls to his feet! POINT-BLANK PUMPING BOMBER!! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous! Takagi rises, goes to ZSJ, and drags him up. Takagi ROCKS ZSJ, ROCKS him again, and ZSJ staggers away. ZSJ comes back to UPPERCUT!
Takagi ROCKS ZSJ, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS! Takagi ROCKS ZSJ, ZSJ UPPERCUTS again! Takagi DOUBLE CHOPS, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS the arm again and again! But Takagi catches ZSJ’s arm! MADE IN JAPAN!! Cover, TWO!! ZSJ survives and the fans fire up again! Takagi roars, the fans are with him, and he drags ZSJ up. Pump handle, but ZSJ fights the lift! ZSJ wrenches, but Takagi RIDGE HANDS again and again! Then he fires boxing elbows! Takagi winds up, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS! ZSJ runs, into a LARIAT! Takagi keeps moving, but ZSJ jumps on! Takagi pushes him back, but ZSJ scoops! ZACK DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans are thunderous as Takagi survives! ZSJ reaches up to sit up and the fans rally more. ZSJ grabs at Takagi, Takagi fights his hands off, and they stand. Takagi pushes ZSJ, HEADBUTTS him, and ZSJ drops to his knees! Takagi HEADBUTTS again, but ZSJ SLAPS back! And SLAPS again, and again, and again! ZSJ unleashes furious slaps, but Takagi JABS! ZSJ runs, into a HEADBUTT!! Takagi runs, but ZSJ is up, and DOUBLE LARIATS collide! ZSJ rebounds to BOOT! Takagi rebounds to PUMPING BOMBER!! Takagi fires up, the fans are thunderous, and Takagi reels ZSJ in, pump handle and torture rack, but ZSJ slips into a SLEEPER!!
Takagi stays on his feet, even with the body scissors, and he BACKPACK SENTONS! But ZSJ clamps back on!! ARMBAR!! Takagi fights around, the fans are thunderous, and Takagi powers up! ZSJ shifts to a TRIANGLE HOLD!! ZSJ squeezes as tight as he can but Takagi still endures! Red Shoes checks, Takagi is fading, and Red Shoes calls- NO, Takagi finds a second wind to tell Red Shoes stop! ZSJ fires elbows but Takagi powers up! DEADLIFT, into the torture rack! LAST OF THE DRAGONS!!! Cover, TAKAGI WINS!!!
Winner: Shingo Takagi, by pinfall (gains 2 points; ZSJ earns 0)
Maybe The Mighty Don’t Kneel, but they do fall! The Front Man is no longer out in front, can he still secure a spot in the playoffs?
As for Takagi, he manages to sit up so that Red Shoes can lift his hand in victory. Takagi still takes a moment to catch his breath before he gets the mic. Takagi apologizes because he’s pretty beat up. But again, a win is a win! That means whether physically or technically, Takagi is the best tonight. And now that Takagi thinks about it, this is the first time NJPW has been in this building. “Yamato Arena” is a pretty good name! The fans cheer that. Yamato is incredibly Japanese. So it doesn’t matter if you’re British, American, or wherever, you aren’t going to beat the Yamato Spirit of this man! The fans cheer that!
Takagi says he’ll say it again, his opponent could be Zack, Sabre, OR Junior, Takagi ain’t losing to ’em! And he’s not done in the G1 yet. “I’m going to run wild right to the top.” The fans cheer again, but Takagi says you’re a little quiet, Osaka. This may be the rice fields of the north, but let’s get more out of them before they’re gone! “Osaka~!” The fans cheer! “Osaka~!!” The fans cheer! “OSAKA~!!” Takagi thanks them for coming today, and that’s all he’s got to say about that! Mic drop from the Rampaging Dragon, will he soar all the way to the top of the heap now? Or is he just one loss away from missing that window?
Here are the NEW A Block standings!
Evil: 5-1, 10 points
Zack Sabre Jr: 4-2, 8 points
Shota Umino: 3-3, 6 points
Shingo Takagi: 3-3, 6 points
Tetsuya Naito: 3-3, 6 points
Sanada: 3-3, 6 points
Gabe Kidd: 3-3, 6 points
Great-O-Khan: 2-4, 4 points
Jake Lee: 2-4, 4 points
Callum Newman: 2-4, 4 points
Here are the current B Block standings!
David Finlay: 3-2, 6 points
Konosuke Takeshita: 3-2, 6 points
Henare: 3-2, 6 points
Jeff Cobb: 3-2, 6 points
Yuya Uemura: 3-2, 6 points
Ren Narita: 3-2, 6 points
Hirooki Goto: 2-3, 4 points
Yota Tsuji: 2-3, 4 points
Boltin Oleg: 2-3, 4 points
El Phantasmo: 1-4, 2 points
My Thoughts:
Another great night for G1, with still plenty of surprising results. I figured Jake Lee was winning, he is still a big get for NJPW and they can’t dump on him for being a transfer out of NOAH. But then what an awesome thing for Khan to be the guy that finally beats Evil in this run. That will probably be Khan’s one real win, because I don’t see him doing much better in the last three. Callum is next on August 6th, then it’s Sanada and Naito. Callum could give up a loss to Khan, but Khan is more than likely losing to Sanada and Naito. We saw Naito get a great win off Gabe, and Sanada get a great win off Shota, I’m certain Naito and Sanada are going to stay in the mix until the end for some real playoff drama.
Takagi VS ZSJ was awesome stuff, and I’m actually a little surprised Takagi won. ZSJ is a step behind Evil, so there’s still drama going into their match in the very next round. If ZSJ wins, the records are tied but his win puts him over Evil so that ZSJ would go into the playoffs as the one seed and get that coveted first-round-bye. Takagi winning also keeps him in the mix with Naito and Sanada. Takagi beat Naito, and he’s facing Sanada next, Takagi could box them both out of the playoffs if he wins out from here.
My Score: 8.9/10
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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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