NJPW G1 Climax 2019 Night 6 (July 19) - B BLOCK: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

5. Juice Robinson Vs. Jeff Cobb

A slightly lethargic, at-times clumsy encounter between the former Ring Of Honor rivals almost found a finish that may have helped the audience forget a flacid first five minutes, but even the super-over Juice Robinson couldn't quite whip Korakuen Hall into a frenzy as his clash with Jeff Cobb concluded.

Cobb's conditioning was called into question as his contest with Tomohiro Ishii sagged towards the end, and he didn't get long enough to show what he had left after getting polished off by Jon Moxley in a spry 8:54.

This lacked the fire of either of those matches, but Cobb's defensive position again suggested he perhaps didn't have the engine for the G1's gruelling schedule. Juice's reinvention as an all-business best self suited their chemistry when it came time for high impact comebacks and killer blows, particularly in defeat.

A star powerful enough to put others over with a loss, Robinson's momentum wasn't halted by his first tournament defeat, nor was their shame in going down to Cobb's Tour Of The Islands finisher. The impact of this particular result on the pair's points will be best analysed towards the end of the tournament.