NJPW G1 Climax 2019 Night 8 (July 24) - B BLOCK: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best
3. Juice Robinson Vs. Toru Yano
Typically considered one of the more flamboyant members of the New Japan roster but playing it straight here as he has for much of the tournament thus far, Juice Robinson’s immunity to Toru Yano’s comedy traps was rooted in his rank refusal to lose points to them.
This was as purpose-serving as Yano has been since his opening match victory over Tetsuya Naito. There, his place as a booking device was to shockingly take points away from the LIJ without burying him - here he did the honours for Robinson in a match that did little to damage the bodies of either. Little, but not nothing.
The pair managed one stupendous count-out tease (itself enhanced by Zack Sabre Jr.’s win over Bad Luck Fale last week) with a series of brutal-sounding guardrail spots, but Juice’s Left Hand Of God/Pulp Friction combination victory was eventually academic after all the typical tape and turnbuckle-based temerity.