It will either be Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Jon Moxley or Tetsuya Naito who will be your G1 Climax B Block winner this year.
All four superstars are tied with 10 points each following last night’s tournament action.
Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson, Shingo Takagi and Taichi are no longer in contention.
Moxley’s G1 run has taken a turn for the worse. Photo: NJPW.
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Jon Moxley, who had been undefeated for most of the tournament, lost his third match in a row. Hirooki Goto took all the punishment Moxley could dispense including being thrown into the ringside barriers. Goto was victorious over Moxley with a GTR.
You can never count out Naito. Photo: NJPW.
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The finalist of B Block will be decided on Sunday while A Block will be settled on Saturday ushering in the finals on Monday, August 12th. The winner of the G1 Climax 29 tournament will win a spot in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom.
White started off weak but has rebounded. Photo: NJPW.
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In other tournament matches:
Yano has a Young Lion and Taichi all wrapped up. Photo: NJPW.
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Toru Yano versus Taichi
Sneaky Style wins again. Yano ties Taichi up in the ring apron. Taichi was counted out.
Winner: Toru Yano.
Jeff Cobb versus Tetsuya Naito
It took two Destinos to pin for Naito to pin Cobb.
Winner: Tetsuya Naito.
Juice Robinson Versus Jay White
Robinson is slammed on steel chair. White also smashes his knee with the chair. Robinson submits to White.
Winner: Jay White .
In other matches:
Suzuki unleashes the Gotch Piledriver. Photo: NJPW.
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Ren Narita and Shota Umino defeated Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji.
Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale) beat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada). Owens pinned Bushi with the Package Piledriver.
Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors and Kenta. Suzuki pinned Connors with the Gotch Piledriver.
Yoshi-Hashi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada beat Toa Henare, Will Ospreay and Kota Ibushi. Yoshi-Hashi put away Henare with a brain buster.