NJPW G1 Climax 2019 Night 5 (July 18) - A BLOCK: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best
4. EVIL Vs. SANADA
EVIL and SANADA have shared some lofty plaudits in this year's tournament having contested thrillers with the likes of Kota Ibushi and Will Ospreay respectively, but a battle between the two this year was broadly framed around passable dissension between the tag partners.
Trading - of all things - The Paradise Lock to highlight just simpatico they were physically in spite of the war they found themselves waging, the two huffed and puffed a bit trying to get the match to spring to life before it finally just about managed it by the end.
SANADA's entire arc this year tacitly revolves around pinning Kazuchika Okada - a feat EVIL has managed once before - but his middling streak of matches should possibly be of greater concern.
This was okay in patches, but 'Cold Skull's selling couldn't make EVIL's match-winning hammering particularly satisfying. The pair don't have bad matches with each other or the rest of the field in the tournament, but they both could have done with this being match of the night instead of merely middling.
The Los Ingobernables de Japon fist bump at the conclusion of the match had more drama than every heavy blow they dished out in the 18 minutes beforehand. This was, subsequently, less than ideal.