NJPW G1 Climax Night 2 Results (July 13, 2019): Jon Moxley makes G1 debut

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb

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Cobb rocked his signature shiny black and gold singlet, contrasted by Ishii’s much simpler black and white MMA-inspired gear. Cobb opened his offence with feats of strength, breaking Ishii’s early momentum.

Cobb grimaced at the crowd, dominant as he delivered chest chops along every side of the ring. Ishii returned them in far faster form. Elbows and chops were both men’s weapons of choice, chipping away at each others’ significant endurance. Grappling and throws followed, leaving Ishii to weakly kick out of Cobb’s pinfall attempt. The men were so well matched that even though they were only using a few moves repeatedly they were able to enchant the crowd.

Cobb delivered a beautiful suplex that nearly gave him the victory. Ishii’s resilience found him delivering an angled superplex, but Cobb was happy to give him one in return. Ishii kicked out of Cobb’s pinfall attempt at the 2-count. Cobb headbutted Ishii so hard that he was able to easily deliver a brutal piledriver. Ishii kicked out once more.

Cobb attempted his Tour of the Islands finisher and failed, leaving him open to Ishii’s suplex. They traded suplexes and hard lariat strikes until the crowd was chanting. Ishii’s dragon suplex couldn’t put Cobb away, nor could his German suplex. Cobb was able to free himself during two pinfall attempts, but he fell to Ishii’s vertical brainbuster.

As the men were helped out of the ring and to the back, I realized I loved the ubiquitous blue ice packs used to contain neck swelling after matches. I need one, just like Cobb needed this victory.

Result: Tomohiro Ishii def. Jeff Cobb via pinfall