NJPW G1 Climax Night 10 Results: Moxley and Naito Get Crazy

Taichi (4) vs. Jeff Cobb (2)

G1 CLIMAX 29 愛知大会！第7試合Bブロック公式戦、@taichi0319 VS @RealJeffCobb！ 握手で始まったこの試合、クリーンファイトが行われると思ったが…一体どんな結末を迎えるのか!?登録＆視聴▷https://t.co/A46l87EsBe#njpw #njpwworld #G1Climax #G129 pic.twitter.com/xoULi8D8zO

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The return of Taichi's valet, Miho Abe, was a delightful match opener for me! I think she's just adorable. Red Shoes Unno refereed. Shenanigans were guaranteed when Taichi took off his coat and revealed an arm sling that Unno didn't let him keep.

He handed it off (and I expected that he had smuggled the Iron Finger inside of it) to Abe, and the men shared an honourable handshake after the bell. Cobb is a brick of a man and Taichi was a delightful snake, relying on Abe to distract the former NEVER champion. Cobb's dropkick took the match outside of the ring, and Taichi happily enlisted Abe to stop Cobb's momentum.

Taichi proceeded to smack Cobb's face into the English announce table and their announcer chairs for his trouble. Once the action moved back to the ring and the announcers were back in place, Taichi continued his dominance over Cobb until Cobb delivered a flurry of elbows and cornered Taichi.

A Samoan drop from the suplex specialist nearly put Taichi away. They countered each other before kicking each other in the face, Taichi in the corner and Cobb in the middle of the ring. More kicks from Taichi chipped away at Cobb and kept him motivated but when the kicks stopped connecting reliably, Cobb attempted his Tour of the Islands finishing move.

The shenanigans I thought would happen during the match didn't, and Cobb performed suplex after suplex, punctuating his progress with a piledriver and pinfall attempt. Abe fired the audience up to encourage Taichi's return, and he threw Unno into Cobb's way. It wasn't enough to distract Cobb, who finally completed his Tour of the Islands to pin Taichi.

Results: Jeff Cobb (4) def. Taichi (4) via pinfall