NJPW G1 Climax 29 Night 5: How to watch, match card and more

After two nights of rest the G1 Climax picks back up with the third night of A-Block action. Here’s all you need to know about G1 Climax 29 Night 5 including how to watch.

The first of a three-night run at Korakuen Hall sees several big-time matchups, including a Wrestle Kingdom 13 rematch between Kota Ibushi and Will Ospreay. The event will take place on Thurday, July 18, live from Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

All ten A-Block participants will have their third of nine block matches, one being a first time ever singles match (Lance Archer vs. KENTA). Underneath them will be four tag team matches that serve as warm-ups for the B-Block’s tournament matches held on the following night.

Event info

Event: NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Night 5)

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019

Venue: Korakuen Hall — Bunkyo, Tokyo

Start time 5:30 a.m. Eastern/2:30 Pacific

Watch live: NJPW World

NJPW G1 Climax 29 Night 5 match card

Featured bouts

Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and BUSHI vs. Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens vs. Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma and Ren Narita

Juice Robinson, Toa Henare and Yota Tsuji vs. Jeff Cobb, Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI

Jon Moxley and Shota Umino vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Yuya Uemura

A-Block tournament matches

KENTA (2-0) vs. Lance Archer (2-0)

SANADA (1-1) vs. EVIL (1-1)

Kazuchika Okada (2-0) vs. Bad Luck Fale (1-1)

Hiroshi Tanahashi (0-2) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (0-2)

Kota Ibushi (0-2) vs. Will Ospreay (1-1)

Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemates and former two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, EVIL and SANADA, will be forced to square off in a singles match for the first time since the G1 Climax 27, a bout won by SANADA. The main event sees a rematch from Wrestle Kingdom 13 where Will Ospreay defeated Kota Ibushi for the NEVER Openweight Championship.