G1 Climax 30 Finals: Bullet Club (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI)
EVIL and Yujiro teaming here was intriguing, following Takahashi not laying down for Switchblade during the G1 Climax 30. This furthered the Bullet Club dissension. We got EVIL attacking Naito from behind to start the match, allowing Yujiro to work over Naito. Naito regained control and tagged in BUSHI. Yujiro took BUSHI to the floor and drove him into the guardrail. On the other side of the ring, EVIL attacked Naito with a steel chair to the back.
Dick Togo attacked BUSHI on the outside before throwing him inside. EVIL and Yujiro worked over BUSHI in this G1 Climax 30 semi main event. Naito tagged in and went on the offensive on Yujiro. He hit combination carbon on Takahashi. Yujiro bit Naito's hand and tagged in EVIL. EVIL hit a huge lariat for a two count. He then looked for the Dark Scorpion Death Lock, but Naito fought out. Naito then hit a tornado DDT to put EVIL down.
BUSHI tagged in and hit a missile dropkick. He quickly followed with a tope suicida. Back in the ring, BUSHI hit a DDT for a two count. EVIL took back control, leading to a double team that ended with EVIL hitting the fisherman's buster for two. Naito broke up Everything Is EVIL to save his partner in this G1 Climax 30 tag battle.
Yujiro took out Naito leading to BUSHI taking down both EVIL and Yujiro on his own. BUSHI hit a rewind kick but ran into a huge lariat. EVIL followed with Darkness Falls for a near fall. EVIL then applied the Dark Scorpion in the middle of the ring for the submission win in just over fourteen minutes of this G1 Climax 30 tag team encounter.
After the match, EVIL kept on the Scorpion Death Lock until Naito got him off. We had a standoff between EVIL and Naito until Dick Togo came in with the choker. EVIL then hit Everything Is EVIL, laying out the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion. He then posed with the titles to officially set up a challenge. That was a fun tag team semi main event for the G1 Climax 30 Finals.
Results: Bullet Club defeats LIJ via submission
Star Rating: ***1/4