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NJPW G1 Climax 29 Finals
Kota Ibushi (Block A Champion) def. Jay White (Block B Champion)
Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.) def. Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) def. Kenta & Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi)
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Sanada & Shingo Takagi) def. Ryusuke Taguchi, Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Homna & Togi Makabe) & Chaos (Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto)
Toa Henare & Juice Robinson def. Jon Moxley & Shota Umino
Chaos (Will Ospreay, Sho & Yoh) def. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
Tiger Mask IV, Jushin “Thunder” Liger & Jeff Cobb def. Suzuki-Gun (Lance Archer, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Karl Fredericks & Clark Connors def. Yota Tsuji & Ren Narita
Yota Tsuji & Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks & Clark Connors
The match begins with Tsuji nailing Fredericks with a drop kick, Tsuji picks up Fredericks and they exchange some strikes. Tsuji gets Fredericks in a headlock and Fredericks gets free to land a cross body block, Narita and Connors get tagged in by their respective partners. Narita trips up Connors and wrenches away on his leg, Connors gets free and Narita rolls him up for a near fall. Connors gains control by attacking Narita with a few strikes and a hip toss, Connors then hits Narita with a slam. Fredericks tags in and he works with Connors to hit Narita with a double shoulder tackle, Fredericks holds Narita down while wrenching away on his ankle. Connors tags in and he kicks away at a cornered Narita, Connors also nails Narita with shoulder thrusts in the corner. Narita recovers and he drops Connors with a hip toss, Fredericks tags in and he slams Narita before landing a jumping stomp for a near fall. Fredericks and Connors double team Narita for another near fall, Fredericks then clobbers Narita with European uppercuts.
Narita recovers and he nails a charging Fredericks with an overhead release suplex, Connors and Tsuji get tagged in. Tsuji and Connors have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Tsuji hits a charging Connors with a back body drop. Tsuji corners Connors before landing a bunch of chops, Tsuji drops Connors with a shoulder tackle. Tsuji looks for a Boston crab and Connors gets to the ropes, Connors fights back and he exchanges blows with Tsuji. Connors then levels a charging Tsuji with a drop kick, Tsuji fights back and Connors drills him with a spear. Connors gets Tsuji in a Boston crab and a tap out follows.
Winners: Karl Fredericks & Clark Connors
Tiger Mask IV, Jushin “Thunder” Liger & Jeff Cobb vs. Suzuki-Gun (Lance Archer, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun jumping their opponents before the bell sounds and the brawl spills all over the place, Taichi and Kanemaru double team Liger in the ring. Taichi places Liger on the top rope while trying to remove his mask, Liger gets free and he nails Taichi with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Liger drops Kanemaru before getting kicked in the face by Archer, Mask IV tags in and he leaps at Archer. Archer catches Mask IV and nails him with a slam. Taichi places Mask IV on the top rope while trying to remove his mask, Taichi gets Mask IV off the ropes before throwing him out of the ring. Kanemaru gets Mask IV in the ring before tagging into the match, Kanemaru works over Mask IV before tagging Archer in. Archer nails Mask IV with a few strikes before choking him in the corner, Taichi tags in and Mask IV nails him with a few strikes. Taichi halts Mask IV’s momentum before landing a clothesline for a near fall, Taichi goes for a buzzsaw kick and Mask IV fights back. Kanemaru hits the ring so Mask IV can take himself and Taichi out, Cobb and Archer get tagged in.
Cobb attacks Archer with some strikes before eating a boot to the face, Archer nails Cobb with a top rope moonsault. Cobb blocks the EVD Claw and Archer nails him with a Derailer, Kanemaru tags in and he drop kicks Cobb in the knee. Suzuki-Gun hits the ring and they triple team Cobb, a brawl breaks out between both teams and it spills all over the place. Cobb catches a leaping Kanemaru to land an overhead release suplex, Cobb then drills Kanemaru with a clothesline for a near fall. Cobb sets up for a moonsault and Kanemaru rolls him up for a near fall, Cobb hits Kanemaru with a Tour Of The Islands for a three count.
Winners: Tiger Mask IV, Jushin “Thunder” Liger & Jeff Cobb
Chaos (Will Ospreay, Sho & Yoh) vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
The match begins with Ishimori nailing Yoh with a kick to the midsection, Ishimori then hits Yoh with a springboard seated senton. Yoh recovers as Sho hits the ring to help double team the opposition, Ospreay hits the ring and he drop kicks Owens out of it. Chaos sets up for dives and Bullet Club drags them all out of the ring, a brawl breaks out between both teams and it spills all over the place. Ishimori gets Yoh in the ring and he drops him before nailing him with a neck crank, Takahashi tags in and he nails Yoh with some strikes. Takahashi drops Yoh before landing a leg drop for a near fall, Owens tags in and he nails Yoh with a short arm clothesline for a near fall. Ishimori hits the ring before Yoh takes him and Owens out, Owens fights back and Yoh nails him with an enzaguri. Sho tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Sho holds the arm of Owens while landing a bunch of kicks for a near fall. Sho and Owens have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Sho then drops a swinging Owens with a spear.
Owens recovers and he clobbers Sho with a rebound lariat, Ospreay and Takahashi get tagged in by their respective partners. Takahashi knocks Ospreay to the ring apron and Ospreay responds by landing a springboard forearm strike, Takahashi trips up Ospreay before landing a drop kick. Bullet Club hits the ring and they triple team Ospreay, Takahashi hits Ospreay with a fisherman buster suplex for a near fall. Everybody from both teams hit the ring and they all take each other out, Takahashi then drops Ospreay with a reverse DDT, Sho and Yoh return to nail Takahashi with a double knee strike. Ospreay nails Takahashi with a hook kick and Storm Breaker for a three count.
Winners: Chaos (Will Ospreay, Sho & Yoh)
Toa Henare & Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley & Shota Umino
The match begins with Moxley jumping his opponents before the bell sounded, Moxley traps Robinson in the corner while choking him. Moxley then drops Robinson with a short arm clothesline for a near fall, Umino tags in and he works with Moxley to land a few double team maneuvers for a near fall. Umino holds Robinson down while wrenching away on the injured knee, Moxley tags in and he nails Robinson with a dragon screw leg whip. Moxley holds Robinson down while wrenching away on the injured leg, Moxley then applies a single leg crab to Robinson until Robinson gets to the ropes. Robinson fights back and he nails Moxley with the Juice Box, Henare and Umino get tagged in by their respective partners. Umino quickly drops Henare with a running forearm strike, Umino then hits Henare with a suplex for a near fall. Henare fights back and he attacks Umino with some strikes, Henare cracks Umino with a suplex after avoiding a drop kick. Moxley hits the ring and he goes after Henare, Robinson returns and he nails Moxley with a spear.
Umino nails Henare with a few strikes before eating a clothesline, Henare then hits Umino with a Rampage for a near fall. Umino escapes a uranage attempt to hit Henare with a German suplex for a near fall, Henare escapes a fisherman suplex to hit Umino with a headbutt and uranage for a three count.
Winners: Toa Henare & Juice Robinson
After the match, Jon Moxley lays out both Toa Henare and Juice Robinson before setting up a table on the arena floor. Moxley then uses a uranage to put Robinson through the table.
Ryusuke Taguchi, Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Homna & Togi Makabe) & Chaos (Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto) vs. Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Sanada & Shingo Takagi)
The match begins with Evil kicking Makabe in the midsection before applying a headlock, Makabe and Evil exchange shoulder tackles util Makabe goes down. Makabe recovers and drops Evil with a shoulder block, Taguchi tags in and he nails Evil with hip attacks. Evil nails a leaping Taguchi with an atomic drop, Evil knocks Taguchi to the ground before LIJ jumps everybody to start a huge brawl that spills all over the place. Sanada applies the Paradise Lock to Yano and he is stuck on the aisle, Naito tags in and he attacks the behind of Taguchi. Naito drops Taguchi with a modified neck breaker before landing a drop kick, Naito then hits Taguchi with another neck breaker. Bushi tags in and he corners Taguchi before landing a missile drop kick, Taguchi goes for a hip attack and Bushi counters with an atomic drop. Taguchi recovers and he nails a charging Bushi with a hip attack, Naito interferes and he attacks Taguchi.
Taguchi recovers to drop Naito and Bushi with a double DDT, Goto and Takagi get tagged in by their respective partners. Goto quickly drops Takagi with a clothesline before cleaning house on the opposing team, Goto nails Takagi with a back drop suplex for a near fall. Takagi and Goto have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Takagi ends the exchange by dropping Goto with a clothesline. Sanada tags in and Goto quickly nails him with a Ushigoroshi, Homna tags in and he nails a cornered Sanada with a bulldog. Homna sets up for kokeshi and Bushi interferes, Homna recovers and he nails Sanada with a kokeshi. Sanada and Homna exchange strikes in the middle of the ring, Homna misses a kokeshi and LIJ starts another big brawl with the opposition. Sanada and Evil double team Homna in the ring for a near fall, Sanada looks for Skull End and Yano breaks it up. Sanada gets Homan in Skull End and Homna counters with a roll up for a near fall, Sanada hits Homna with a TKO for a near fall.
Sanada then nails Homna with a back breaker, Sanada goes to the top rope and he nails Homna with a moonsault for a three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Sanada & Shingo Takagi)
Kenta & Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
The match begins with Fale nailing Yoshi-Hashi with a knee strike, Fale corners Yoshi-Hashi before missing a punch. Yoshi-Hashi responds by nailing Fale with a few strikes, Fale misses a charge and Yoshi-Hashi hits him with a clothesline. Yoshi-Hashi then hits Fale with a drop kick to the knee followed by a headhunter, Tonga interferes and Fale accidentally runs into him. Fale still drops Yoshi-Hashi with a shoulder tackle a short time later, Loa tags in and he nails a cornered Yoshi-Hashi with some strikes. Tonga tags in and he nails Yoshi-Hashi with a slingshot swanton bomb, Tonga then nails Yoshi-Hashi with a suplex for a near fall. Fale tags in and he attacks Yoshi-Hashi with more strikes, Fale then runs over Yoshi-Hashi before landing an elbow drop for a near fall. Loa tags in and he stands on Yoshi-Hashi with Fale, Tonga tags in and he nails an elevated Yoshi-Hashi with a springboard elbow strike for a near fall. Yoshi-Hashi fights back and he eventually nails Tonga with a neck breaker, Ishii and Loa get tagged in by their respective partners.
Ishii and Loa exchange shoulder tackles until Loa goes down, Fale hits the ring and he slams Ishii. Loa corners Ishii before landing multiple clotheslines, Loa then hits Ishii with a running power slam for a near fall. Tonga tags in and he double teams Ishii with Loa, Ishii fights back and he drops both opponents before searching for a tag. Ishii goes to tag kenta and Kenta goes to the arena floor instead of tagging in, Tonga nails Ishii with a frog splash for a near fall. Yoshi-Hashi hits the ring and he eats a Gun Stun from Tonga, Ishii blocks a Gun Stun from Tonga before suplexing Fale. Ishii then levels Tonga with a clothesline before eating a Psycho Knee from Kenta, Kenta then hits Ishii with a Go To Sleep. Tonga then gets the three count on a downed Ishii.
Winners: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
After the match, Kenta and the Bullet Club attack their opponents and the Young Lions, Katsuyori Shibata hits the ring and he attacks Kenta. Kenta destroys Kenta with a ton of forearm strikes while also laying out Bullet Club, Shibata then nails Kenta with a stalling drop kick. Shibata also locks Kenta in a sleeper hold, Shibata goes for a penalty kick until Jado attacks him with a kendo stick. Kenta gets Shibata in a sleeper hold before landing a penalty kick, Jado attacks Shibata with more kendo stick shots. Kenta then appears to have joined Bullet Club.
Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.)
The match begins with some chain wrestling between Tanahashi and Sabre Jr, Sabre Jr drags Tanahashi to the ground while applying the head scissors. Tanahashi gets free to apply a bow and arrow stretch that Sabre Jr quickly escapes from, Tanahashi gets Sabre Jr back down with a headlock. Sabre Jr gets free and Tanahashi takes him back down with a cross body block, Okada hits the ring to double team Sabre Jr with Tanahashi. Sabre Jr recovers and he catches a leaping Tanahashi with an arm bar, Suzuki attacks Okada and a brawl breaks out between both teams that spills to the arena floor. Suzuki and Okada have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Sabre Jr waits for Tanahashi to get back in the ring and he stomps on his bent arm. Suzuki tags in and he quickly drops Tanahashi before attacking Okada, Suzuki holds Tanahashi down while pulling back on his arms. Sabre Jr tags in and he applies submissions on Tanahashi alongside Suzuki, Tanahashi fights back and he gets Sabre Jr in an abdominal stretch.
Sabre Jr quickly gets free and he gets Tanahashi in an abdominal stretch, Tanahashi gets free and he nails Sabre Jr with a dragon screw leg whip. Okada tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Okada nails Sabre Jr with a DDT for a near fall. Okada leaps off the top rope and Sabre Jr gets out of the way, Sabre Jr then gets Okada in an octopus stretch. Sabre Jr then nails the arm of Okada with an overhead kick, Suzuki tags in and he drops Okada to land a penalty kick for a near fall. Suzuki attacks the arm of Okada until Tanahashi comes into the ring to attack him, Suzuki quickly knocks Tanahashi out of the ring. Okada then attacks Suzuki with a few strikes until getting caught in a front choke, Okada recovers and he nails Suzuki with a neck breaker. Tanahashi and Sabre Jr get tagged in by their respective partners, Sabre Jr applies the octopus hold to Tanahashi. Tanahashi gets free to nail Sabre Jr with Twist N’ Shout followed by a sling blade for a near fall, Okada and Suzuki battle on the arena floor.
Tanahashi goes for a High Fly Flow and Sabre Jr gets his knees up, Sabre Jr then applies a triangle choke and Tanahashi goes for a roll up to escape. Sabre Jr gets up first and he nails Tanahashi with a penalty kick, Okada and Suzuki get tagged in. Okada quickly nails Suzuki with a shotgun drop kick and a slam, Okada then hits Suzuki with a top rope elbow drop. Okada and Suzuki have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Okada misses a drop kick and Suzuki nails him with a penalty kick. Suzuki goes for a pile driver and Tanahashi drops him with a sling blade, Sabre Jr hits the ring and Tanahashi knocks him back out before landing a dive. Okada then nails Suzuki with a drop kick to the back of the head, Okada and Suzuki have a few exchanges until Suzuki gets him in a sleeper hold. Tanahashi hits the ring and Sabre Jr gets him in a guillotine choke, Suzuki nails Okada with a Gotch Style Pile Driver for a three count.
Winners: Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.)
NJPW G1 Climax 29 Finals
Kota Ibushi (Block A Champion) vs. Jay White w/Bullet Club (Block B Champion)
The match begins with the referee immediately throwing everybody from Bullet Club out of the ringside area except for Gedo, Ibushi starts the action off by backing White into the ropes. Gedo interferes and White nearly gets control on Ibushi, the referee then tosses Gedo from the ringside area. White leaves the ring to argue with the ref and Ibushi gets him back in the ring, Ibushi nails White with a flying mid kick. White rolls out of the ring and Ibushi gets him back in before landing a drop kick, White rolls out of the ring and he hangs Ibushi upside down by the ring post during a Golden Triangle attempt. White gets Ibushi to the arena floor before throwing him into the barricade, White traps Ibushi’s leg in the barricade while pulling back on it. White gets Ibushi back in the ring before smashing the injured leg on the ring post, White then nails Ibushi with a suplex followed by a modified dragon screw leg whip for a near fall. White follows that up by suplexing Ibushi into the corner for a near fall, Ibushi tries fighting back and White nails him with a dragon screw leg whip.
Ibushi fights back and he drops White with a snap rana, Ibushi then nails a charging White with a power slam and middle rope moonsault for a two count. White fights back before Ibushi nails him with a kick followed by a standing moonsault, Ibushi goes for the double knee strike and White gets out of the way. White crushes Ibushi with a DDT before landing a stunner to the injured leg, White then nails Ibushi with a Blade Buster for a near fall. White goes for a submission and Ibushi kicks his way free, Ibushi then hits a sliding White with a double stomp. White recovers and he drops Ibushi with a flat liner followed by a release German suplex, White places Ibushi on the top rope while nailing him with more strikes. White goes to the top rope and he nails Ibushi with a superplex, Ibushi escapes a Kiwi Crusher attempt and he nails White with a package tombstone pile driver. Ibushi and White have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, White ends the exchange by nailing Ibushi with a lariat.
Ibushi quickly gets up and White drills him with a uranage followed by a Kiwi Krusher for a near fall, White goes for Blade Runner and Ibushi escapes to land a sleeper suplex. Ibushi looks for a lawn dart and White escapes to push Ibushi into the referee, White then hits Ibushi with a low blow. Gedo makes his way to the ring and he brings a chair into it, White then nails the injured leg of Ibushi with a chop block. White grabs the steel chair and he attacks Ibushi’s injured leg with it, White then nails Ibushi with a dragon screw leg whip. White applies the TTO to Ibushi and Ibushi eventually makes it to the ropes to break the hold, Ibushi gets up and he drops White with an overhead kick. Ibushi follows that up by nailing White with a lawn dart into the corner, Ibushi then nails White with a super German suplex for a near fall. Ibushi goes for a sit out power bomb and White attacks the injured leg, Ibushi backs White into the corner while landing a ton of strikes. White recovers and he nails Ibushi with a dragon screw leg whip, Ibushi fights back to crush White with a lariat.
Ibushi then hits White with a sit out power bomb for a near fall, Ibushi goes for a running knee strike and White falls down to prevent it from landing. White distracts the ref and Ibushi lays out Gedo with a head kick as he tried interfering, Ibushi then nails White with a knee strike to the head. Rocky Romero leaves the broadcast area to get Gedo out of the ring, Ibushi nails White with another running knee strike for another near fall. White fights back and he attacks the injured leg of Ibushi, Ibushi recovers and drops White with a few head kicks. Ibushi goes for a knee strike and White counters with Blade Runner, White gets Ibushi up and Ibushi clobbers him with a headbutt. Ibushi then nails White with a straight jacket German suplex, White recovers and he nails Ibushi with a few sleeper suplexes. White then nails Ibushi with a cross arm brain buster, White goes for Blade Runner and Ibushi counters with a knee strike. Ibushi crushes White with a three pack of knee strikes for another near fall, Ibushi levels White with another knee strike for a three count.
Winner: Kota Ibushi
