Here are the results from Day 16 of the G1 Climax Tournament:
Rysuke Taguchi b. David Finlay – Taguchi takes the win after hitting the Dodon
Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale b. Juice Robinson, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima – Tonga hits the Gun Stun to take the win for his team
SANADA & BUSHI b. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan – SANADA hits the Skull End to take the win for his team
Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji b. Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi – Goto secures the win for his team after hitting the GTR on Jushin Thunder Liger
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G1 Climax Tournament B Block Results
Kenny Omega b. Katsuhiko Nakajima – Omega hits the One Winged Angel to take his scorecard up to 5-3, Nakajima is now on 4-4
EVIL b. Toru Yano – EVIL takes the pinfall win to move up to 3-5, Yano is now 4-4
Tetsuya Naito b. YOSHI-HASHI – Naito takes the win with the Destino in what is possibly YOSHI-HASHI’s best match to date. Naito is now on 6-2 and YOSHI-HASHI is 3-5
Katsuyori Shibata b. Yuji Nagata – Shibata took the referee stoppage win with Nagata in a sleeper hold, Shibata is now 5-3
Michael Elgin b. Tomoaki Honma – Elgin takes his 5th win of the tournament while handing Honma his 6th loss, Elgin is 5-3, Honma is 2-6
Here are the updated standings:
A BLOCK
- Tanahashi – 10 Points
- Fale – 10 Points
- Goto – 10 Points
- Marufuji – 10 Points
- Okada – 10 Points
- Makabe – 8 Points
- Tonga– 6 Points
- SANADA – 6 Points
- Ishii – 4 Points
- Tenzan – 4 Points
B BLOCK
- Naito – 12 Points
- Elgin – 10 Points
- Shibata – 10 Points
- Omega – 10 Points
- Nakajima – 8 Points
- Yano – 8 Points
- Nagata – 6 Points
- YOSHI-HASHI – 6 Points
- EVIL – 4 Points
- Honma – 4 Points