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August 11, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [A & B Block Finals]: Golden Ticket.

DAY SEVENTEEN - A BLOCK FINAL – Lance Archer v EVIL - Archer has had a very very good G1 and this was a huge win over EVIL, who just took Okada to the near distance just a couple nights ago. Perhaps that was the story. A chokeslam reversal of EIE, an F5 and the …

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August 8, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Fifteen & Sixteen Review]: Made In Japan.

DAY FIFTEEN - A BLOCK – SANADA v Lance Archer - A good match between two hungry guys, one who has shocked the world and had himself a tournament, and another, who's had a fine, albeit disappointing G1 (compared to 2018), but shocked the world with a win over the tournament favorite and IWGP champ …

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August 4, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Thirteen & Fourteen Review]: DestinWHOA!

DAY THIRTEEN - A BLOCK – Bad Luck Fale v KENTA - Bad Match Fale needed a roll-up to defeat 205 Live's Hideo Itami! Need I say more? No, but I will. To KENTA's credit, he was able to pull one of the better matches in this tourney out of the Worst Wrestler of 2019. …

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August 1, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Eleven & Twelve Review]: CHAOS From The Top Down.

DAY ELEVEN - A BLOCK – Kota Ibushi v Bad Luck Fale - Kota Ibushi in a *1/4 match. Nuff said. - 1.25/5 – Zack Sabre Jr. v Will Ospreay - As great as you'd imagine. Two of the, if not the two best, British wrestlers in the world go full out for 20-minutes. From …

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July 15, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Three & Four Review]: The Heat is On.

NIGHT THREE - A BLOCK – Lance Archer v Bad Luck Fale - This match went a helluva lot better than I imagined. That's chiefly in part to how great New Japan is pushing their new singles monster, Lance Archer. To get a clean, pretty dominant win -- via Iron Claw nonetheless! -- over a …

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July 13, 2019August 4, 2019

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 29 [Day Two Review]: The Last Samurai.

B BLOCK - Juice Robinson vs. Shingo Takagi - An opening match to this year's G1 Climax B Block worthy of a main event in any other town. Juice has a new look, new attitude, and he's ready to let the "CJ Parker" go with a stronger, stiffer working style, and had no problem exchanging …

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