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The G1 Climax 29 was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament commenced on July 6 and concluded on August 12, 2019. It is the twenty-ninth edition of G1 Climax, and forty-fifth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names. A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Jay White in the final to win the tournament.

Considered NJPW's most important tournament, the G1 Climax features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results. On the final day of the event, the winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who will gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event.

The event saw the G1 Climax debut of Jeff Cobb, Jon Moxley, KENTA, Shingo Takagi, and Will Ospreay as well as Lance Archer's first participation since 2014; this was KENTA's in-ring debut at NJPW. As usual, the tournament took place over several cities and locations; the 2019 edition marked the first time that the G1 Climax tournament took place outside of Japan, as the event opened in Dallas at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, before moving back to Japan. The event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States, and TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

Background
On January 14, 2019, during Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome, NJPW officially announced the 2019 edition of the tournament between July 6 and August 12; it was announced that the first night of the tournament would be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, marking the first time that the tournament would be held outside of Japan.

Previously in December 2016, Pro Wrestling Insider reported that New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) was planning to hold the first two nights of the 2017 G1 Climax in the United States with New England-based wrestling personality George Carroll and wrestler Rocky Romero reportedly doing ground work for the dates in Long Beach, California. On January 4, 2017, during Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, NJPW officially announced the shows for July 1 and 2, 2017, taking place at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. These shows, however, would not be part of the G1 Climax, but would instead serve as a prelude to the tournament, which took place between July 17 and August 13.

Tournament rules
As per usual G1 Climax tradition, the tournament features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestler within the same block in singles match, with the winner of each block being determined via a point system, gaining two points for a win, one point for a tie, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of a same block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results, typically facing their future tournament opponents. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each others in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.

On the final day of the event, the respective winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who would gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NJPW's top championship, at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event; if the IWGP Heavyweight Champion himself wins, he gets to pick his opponent at Wrestle Kingdom. The low-card matches have a twenty-minutes time limit, while the matches of the tournament have a 30-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a tie); the final match between the two block winners has no time limit.

Participants
On May 31, 2019, first-time participant Jeff Cobb and returning participant Tomohiro Ishii announced that would going to participate in the tournament. On June 9, 2019 at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, several wrestlers announced their decision to participate in the G1 Climax for the first time, including IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley. Best of the Super Juniors winner Will Ospreay, immediately after defeating Dragon Lee to win the IWGP Junior heavyweight Champion, also announced his intention to participate, marking a rare participation to the tournament by a member of the Junior Heavyweight division. Junior Heavyweight Shingo Takagi, who defeated heavyweight Satoshi Kojima at Dominion, announced his move to the Heavyweight division after the match, as well as his participation to the G1 Climax. KENTA, who had been released by WWE the previous February, made his surprise NJPW debut at the event, also announcing his participation in the G1 Climax. Four time-participant Lance Archer, who had last participated to the tournament in 2014, announced his participation on June 10, 2019 via the company's official YouTube channel.

The twenty participants were officially announced on June 16, 2019. The list included six first-time participants, namely Cobb, Moxley, Ospreay, Takagi, KENTA, and Taichi, with fourteen participants returning from the previous year, and Archer returning after a five-year hiatus; participants from the previous year who did not return were Michael Elgin, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, who had left NJPW, and Minoru Suzuki, Tama Tonga, Togi Makabe, and Yoshi-Hashi. The event marked KENTA's NJPW in-ring debut, while Moxley was still undefeated since joining the company.

July 6
The first night of A Block took place on July 6, 2019 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It marked the first time that a night of the G1 Climax took place outside of Japan. This event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States and New Japan Pro Wrestling World. The show would receive coverage from more mainstream publications such as Sports Illustrated.

The show kicked off with a non-tournament tag team match featuring Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) taking on the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa). After a back and forth match, the Guerrillas of Destiny won the match after pinning Yoh with the Super Powerbomb.

The following match, featured a predule match for the B Block featuring Tomohiro Ishii teaming with Young Lion Shota Umino taking on Jeff Cobb and Young Lion Ren Narita. In the end, Cobb won the match for his team after pinning Umino with the Tour of the Islands. In the third match, featured another predule match, featuring CHAOS (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) facing Bullet Club (Jay White and Chase Owens). The end featured, Goto pinning Owens with the GTR to win the match. Following the match, Goto and White had a brief confrontation.

The fourth match saw another predule match, featuring Jushin Thunder Liger, Juice Robinson and Toru Yano facing Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and BUSHI). The end of the match featured Yano hitting BUSHI with a low blow followed by a roll-up to win the match. The fifth match saw Lance Archer taking on IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay for the two points in the A Block. The end featured, Archer pinning Ospreay with the EBD Claw to win the match and scoring the two points.

The following match featured Bad Luck Fale taking on EVIL for the two points in the A Block. In the end, Fale hit the Bad Luck Fall to win the match and scoring the two points. In the sixth match, featured SANADA taking on Zack Sabre Jr, for the two points in the A Block. In the end, SANADA pinned Sabre with the Japanese Leg Roll Clutch to win the match and scoring the two points.

In the semi-main event featured KENTA taking on Kota Ibushi for the two points in the A Block. In the end, KENTA hit the Go 2 Sleep on Ibushi to win the match and scoring the two points. In the the main event, Kazuchika Okada faced Hiroshi Tanahashi for the two points in the A Block. In the end, Okada hit the Rainmaker to win the match and scoring the two points, Afterwards, Okada would close the show.

July 13
The first night of the B Block took place on July 13, 2019 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. This event was broadcast live in New Japan Pro Wrestling World.

The show kicked off with a non-tournament six-man tag team match featuring Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA and BUSHI) taking on the Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay and Yuya Uemura. In the end, BUSHI won the match for his team after pinning Uemura with the MX.

The following match, featured a predule match for the A Block featuring Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) taking on Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens). In the end, Owens won the match for his team after pinning Kanemaru with the Package Piledriver. In the third match, featured another predule match, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino and Ren Narita facing KENTA, Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks. The end featured, Fredericks submitting Narita with a Single-leg Boston Crab to win the match.

The fourth match saw another predule match, featuring CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) facing Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.). The end of the match featured Sabre submitting Hashi with a Cross Armbreaker. The fifth match saw Shingo Takagi taking on Juice Robinson for the two points in the B Block. The end featured, Robinson pinning Takagi with the Pulp Friction to win the match and scoring the two points.

The following match featured Jon Moxley taking on Taichi for the two points in the B Block. In the end, Moxley hit the Death Rider to win the match and scoring the two points. In the seventh match, featured Tetsuya Naito taking on Toru Yano, for the two points in the B Block. In the end, with a low blow followed by a roll-up to win the match and scoring the two points.

In the semi-main event featured Tomohiro Ishii taking on Jeff Cobb for the two points in the B Block. In the end, Ishii hit the Vertical Drop Brainbuster on Cobb to win the match and scoring the two points. In the the main event, Hirooki Goto faced Jay White for the two points in the B Block. In the end, with the GTR to win the match and scoring the two points.

July 14
The second night of the A Block took place on July 14, 2019 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. The event was broadcast live in New Japan Pro Wrestling World.

The show kicked off with a non-tournament six-man tag team match featuring Juice Robinson, Toa Henare and Yota Tsuji taking on the Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura. In the end, Henare won the match for his team after pinning Uemura with the Toa Bottom.

The following match, featured a predule match for the B Block featuring Jeff Cobb and Ren Narita taking on Jon Moxley and Shota Umino. In the end, Cobb won the match for his team after pinning Umino with the Tour of the Islands. In the third match, featured another predule match, featuring CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and Yoshi-Hashi) facing Bullet Club (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens). The end featured, In the end, Yano won the match for his team hitting Owens with a low blow followed by a roll-up to win the match.

The fourth match saw another predule match, featuring Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and BUSHI) facing Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru). The end of the match saw Suzuki winning the match for his team after pinning BUSHI with the Gotch-style Piledriver.

The fifth match saw Lance Archer taking on Bad Luck Fale for the two points in the A Block. The end featured, Archer pinning Fale with the EBD Claw to win the match and scoring the two points.

The following match featured Will Ospreay taking on SANADA for the two points in the A Block. In the end, Ospreay hit the Storm Breaker to win the match and scoring the two points. In the seventh match, featured Kazuchika Okada taking on Zack Sabre Jr., for the two points in the A Block. In the end, Okada hit the Rainmaker to win the match and scoring the two points.

In the semi-main event featured Kota Ibushi taking on EVIL for the two points in the A Block. In the end, EVIL hit the EVIL on Ibushi to win the match and scoring the two points. In the the main event, KENTA faced Hiroshi Tanahashi for the two points in the A Block. In the end, KENTA hit the Go 2 Sleep on Ibushi to win the match and scoring the two points.